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28th Oct 2015

London coffee shop finds creative way around ‘offensive’ signage (Pics)

Is this offensive to you?

JOE

A London cafe was recently ordered to take down its sign – a look at its name and you can see why some folk might have been offended.

https://twitter.com/fuck0ffee/status/657136048548552704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

When they received a letter from their building’s lawyers, they decided to comply with the the request to remove the offensive sign…

https://twitter.com/fuck0ffee/status/659039852554514432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

… but they also had a installed a new one.

https://twitter.com/fuck0ffee/status/659050618728919040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

By simply replacing the u with an asterisk, they were allowed to keep their name and avoid any censorship issues, which we think is a f*cking great idea.

https://twitter.com/fuck0ffee/status/659057605235613696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Topics:

Coffee,London