Coffeeshop file Stories From The FlowWhat is in a Name?Coffeeshop Mind.......Coffeeshop Popeye The owner of ....coffeeshop Popeye.... in Amsterdam had a very original way to give his shop a name. When he started the shop, he was considering how to make quite clear from the outside that there is a coffeeshop inside. First that seemed like a problem, because in Holland you will get a penalty of Fl 10.000 for putting a marijuana-leaf on the window of a coffeeshop. (this in the eyes of the law consitutes promoting the smokig of cannabis, which is not allowed - strange but true)The owner was in deep though over the whole thing, when he had an inspired though!! Popeye is always seen smoking a pipe! He could be associated with smoking marijuana!. If Popeye was on the window, smoking his pipe people would come in to his coffeeshop, knowing that it is a place for smoking. And as a result he sloved two problems with the one name. Everyone would know at a glance that the was a smoking joint and also a good name for his Coffeeshop!.Need we say that is a worked and it is still working now 15 years later, he is still the happy owner of a well-visited coffeeshop.Which over the years has a given his establishment the repulation for having really good grass.Coffeeshop Popeye is well situated in Amsterdam attracting a lot of foreign visitors. But the locals also know that y smokers visiting new Coffeeshop, it is always nice to know it is Not just for the Tourist...In the meantime he has refurbished the cellar of the shop in room where you can make cheap private calls to foreign countries along with accessibility to computer terminals, connected up the Internet so you can Surf over to The Flow for that real at home feelin..
