Sideswipe: Secret recipe spring roll

Rupert thinks it's nice that Armourguard is hiring disabled people ... "Looks like they still need to get those stickers for their windscreens, though," he adds.

The Chinese name reads "secret recipe spring roll", says Danny Lam.

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Inventive and often punny names for real businesses:

* Tanning salon called "Tanfastic".
* Band called "Free Beer," as in "tonight only ... Free Beer".
* Body waxing enterprise called "The Screaming Peach".
* Thai Restaurants: "Thai Tanic" and "Thaiphoon".
* Jewellery store called "Family Jewels".
* Dry cleaners called "Drop Your Pants Here".
* Restaurant called "Grill from Ipanema".
* Costume shop called "Lucy In Disguise With Diamonds".
* Dog groomers called "Doggy Styles".
* Florist called "Floral and Hardy".
* Chinese Restaurant called "Fire and Rice".

(Source: Mentalfloss.com)

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Mike Williams from Papakura: "Today we had the pleasure of taking Dad out to lunch to celebrate his 80th birthday. We had heard good things about the Grand Park Restaurant at Alexandra Park. Yum Cha, yummy. Dad arrived, not too late, having driven around looking for Grand Pa's Restaurant. All went well; I love the way they write what time you will leave the restaurant on the table's ticket; that is authenticity. Walking back to our cars, we passed all the officials' names for the horse racing carparks and noticed a P. Cook and a G. Running - and what are the odds Mr Running's full initials are G.G.?"

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I suffer from this every Christmas: According to the bbc.co.uk, "wrap rage" is a term coined to describe the anger people feel trying to get into bonded plastic "clamshell" packaging, usually associated with children's toys and "electronics, software or other high-value items where the manufacturer does not want anybody slyly stealing from the boxes".

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Rhonda says: "Jono clearly was not a child of the 60s. His literal interpretation of the Hallmark card alone confirms that. The children of the 60s were the hippies, pseudo or otherwise, who espoused peace and love. Yes, the children of the 60s are very much turning 60."

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The SkyCity Grand Hotel has had some unsatisfied customers venting in Sideswipe, but here's a guest who enjoyed the saucy treats they provided. "My husband and I stayed at the SkyCity Grand Hotel the night after our wedding night in March," writes Hannah. "We were shown to our room. We didn't have to carry our own bags, the door was opened and there waiting for us was a bottle of bubbles and a magnificent chocolate strawberry tower. Included in the welcome was a small box of scented soaps and chocolate body paint, complete with paint brush."

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