Not Surprisingly, This London Coffee Shop Is Being Pressured to Change Its 'Offensive' Name

Nobody appreciates a good pun anymore

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For a country that commonly uses an incredibly vulgar c-word to punctuate phrases, the U.K. is awfully shy about swearing. The latest example of this comes from London coffee shop Fuckoffee, whose landlord is demanding that it remove the "offensive sign" that is the name of the business.

You know, it wasn't that long ago that Malcolm McLaren opened a fetishwear consignment shop in Chelsea and flat-out called it Sex.

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