On Friday, I read that Moiliili Mochi & Candies and the Peanut  Shop is shutting down later this month.  I’m sorry to hear that another mom-n-pop store is going to be history soon.  I vaguely recall when Moiliili Moch/Peanut Shop moved to Liliha.  I remember thinking that here’s another shop whose name is out of place.  Click on the picture to see a close up of the building’s name.

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Then I started thinking of other shops with names that are out of place.  The one that most people think of first is Punchbowl Fender Works located in Kaimuki.  Now I’m sure the name of these shops once reflected the area that the shop was originally located in, but still, it’s fun to point them out.

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In some cases, it’s not the establishment that moved, but rather the landmark it was named after.  For example, Stadium Bowl-0-Drome which used to be located right next door to the Honolulu Stadium.

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Here’s one that recently relocated and kept the same name, falling into the out-of-place name establishments.  Kalihi Pet Clinic located on Beretania Street in Moiliili.

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And there are new ones to be discovered all the time.  After my wife and I went cruising around and snapped the Kalihi Pet Clinic picture, just one block away on Young street we found, Kalakaua Converters.  I have no idea what kind of business this is.

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And yet one block further on King street, we find Kaimuki Typewriter located right across the McCully Zippy’s.  Notice the building name is Miss Hawaii Bldg.

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Now, I’m not sure if this one counts, but we found Varsity Top Shop on Kalakaua Avenue.  I was actually looking for Kamaile Magazine (which is another one) but it looks like they closed up.

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Can you think of any other businesses that fit this category.  Food establishments perhaps? (hint)  How about schools?  Kapiolani Community College located in the Diamond Head area.  That’s another one.  Kelli’s parents explained to her that KCC used to be located on Kapiolani and Pensacola streets, next to McKinley.  She would’ve never believed it.

If you can’t think of any, how about remnants of old businesses still around at the new place of business?  Like the Garden House sign still there on the now, mattress store.

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Bonus: Here’s a little something that I always wanted to show before it’s gone.  Remember these signs?

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I’ve only seen them in one place in town.

More Silent Library antics:

Silent Library - Part 2
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Silent Library - Part 3
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Ahh, Monday… the start of another workweek. I thought I’d start out the week with some humor and show a video of those crazy Japanese people and their games. But I also wanted to try something for those of you who can’t see the video due to your firewall. So besides the regular Youtube link, I’ll include another link and hopefully the video will work.

Silent Library is a game that takes place in a library were, needless to say, everyone is trying to remain quiet. Cards are laid out and whoever is the unfortunate person that picks the death card must perform a nasty deed while trying to remain quiet. In this episode, the big guy is Ernesto Hoost from The Netherlands. He’s a kickboxer and four-time world K-1 champion. He’s also a good sport.

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If you can’t see the video, try clicking on this link. Let me know if the link worked or not. Thanks.

Snow Says:
Anyway, just reminding you to tell us the joke about the boys talking about who has the fastest father… if I wait until later, I’ll forget! (This is the blog about “Midlife Crisis,” right?)

Okay, since you asked for it:

Three boys were talking about which one has the fastest dad.

The first boy says “My dad is the fastest. “My dad works downtown and he gets home to Salt Lake by 5:20 — and he gets off work at 5:00!“.

The second boy says “My dad is faster. He works at the airport and he gets home to Kailua by 4:15 — and he gets off work at 4:00!“.

The third boy says “My dad is faster than all you guys dad. He works for the State and he gets home to Kapolei by 3:30 — and he gets off work at 4:30!“.

A friend of mine, Loof Lirpa from Sweden, was visiting Hawaii for the first time and he was practicing his comprehension of the English language when he came upon the following sign. He was having a hard time understanding it so he took a picture of it to show me:

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Can you see why my friend Loof Lipra was confused?

But the thing is, there were 2 more signs exactly like this one within 100 feet of this sign. That’s 3 chances that the workers had to catch the mistake - but didn’t…

Fool me once - shame on you.
Fool me twice - shame on me.
Fool me three times - must be a state worker.