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PeonForHer -> Stupid town and city names. (2/12/2013 4:01:40 PM)
An American comedian whose name I don't remember (though it could have been Rich Hall) was being interviewed about his experience of being in England. When asked about something he found funny, his first choice was town-names. Especially, he said, town names that sounded like people 'doing something'. 'Dorking' (in Surrey, SE England) was one of his favourites. Comment, with example(s) on similarly risible town names of which you are acquainted. That's it - get on with it.

OsideGirl -> RE: Stupid town and city names. (2/12/2013 4:03:17 PM)
Amish country in Pennsylvania is home to Intercourse and Climax.

PeonForHer -> RE: Stupid town and city names. (2/12/2013 4:04:09 PM)
Excellent[:D] Who could top that?!

punisher440 -> RE: Stupid town and city names. (2/12/2013 4:21:27 PM)
Well,here in Arkansas we have Bald Knob.Blue Ball,Evening Shade,Turkey Scratch,Greasy Corner,Smackover,Fifty-Six,Apt,Ink,Possum Grape,Goobertown,Hooker,and Toad Suck to name a few....[8\|]

PeonForHer -> RE: Stupid town and city names. (2/12/2013 4:25:13 PM)
Oh come on. Seriously? I could Google to check, you know. Frigging hell, I don't think we've got anything to match any of those. Superb!! [:D] Well, there is a hill - the highest in Cornwall, W. England - called Brown Willy. Would you chortle at the town-name of 'Maidenhead'? A friend of mine lives there. He gets embarrassed by it when it gets mentioned on international forums.

JstAnotherSub -> RE: Stupid town and city names. (2/12/2013 4:25:55 PM)
Cumming Georgia is just up the road from me.

PeonForHer -> RE: Stupid town and city names. (2/12/2013 4:28:43 PM)
You can hear her from that far away?

theshytype -> RE: Stupid town and city names. (2/12/2013 4:40:01 PM)
Ones I always got a kick out of: Michigan: Hell, Climax Indiana: Floyds Knob, Gas City, French Lick

ladynlord -> RE: Stupid town and city names. (2/12/2013 4:46:28 PM)
There is a town here in Louisiana named "Waterproof". As a young child I remember the headline in the local paper that read "Waterproof man drowns". I also remember scratching my head and thinking "How?" I know, I should be ashamed of myself.

poise -> RE: Stupid town and city names. (2/12/2013 6:53:19 PM)
Don't forget, Louisiana is also home of Kickapoo and Cranky Corner. [:D]

igor2003 -> RE: Stupid town and city names. (2/12/2013 8:02:38 PM)
Some of the better ones in Idaho are: Beer Bottle Crossing, Chat’u’washa’lgs Bluff, Picabo (The town that Olympic skier Picabo Street was named after), Good Grief, Old Beaver, Keuterville, Slickpoo, and last but not least...Dickshooter.

LadyRedRoseToo -> RE: Stupid town and city names. (2/12/2013 8:05:37 PM)
stony ridge ohio, route 420. not kidding. makes me laugh every time I drive under the sign on the turnpike.

DOM68005 -> RE: Stupid town and city names. (2/12/2013 9:29:48 PM)
Dead Horse, Alaska Fleatown, Ohio Virginville, Pennsylvania Looneyville, Texas Boogertown, North Carolina Boring, Oregon Spread Eagle, Wisconsin Hooker, Oklahoma Dismal, Tennessee Why, Arizona Two Gun, Arizona (two people / two buildings / two guns and two dogs) - yes, I passed through there when I was a kid. Peculiar, Missouri Burnt Corn, Alabama Possum Grape, Arkansas No Name, CO

punisher440 -> RE: Stupid town and city names. (2/12/2013 9:42:10 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PeonForHer Oh come on. Seriously? I could Google to check, you know. Frigging hell, I don't think we've got anything to match any of those. Superb!! [:D] Well, there is a hill - the highest in Cornwall, W. England - called Brown Willy. Would you chortle at the town-name of 'Maidenhead'? A friend of mine lives there. He gets embarrassed by it when it gets mentioned on international forums. Feel free to Google all those names...I've been to every one of those places.Now I'm not saying they are big cities[Turkey Scratch is about 10 minutes from me and might have 20 people living in it] and Toad Suck has a fairly large festival each year called Toad Suck Daze...I am not kidding.They got the name from the old steamboat days when boats would tie off and the captain and crew would refresh themselves at the local tavern there, to the dismay of the folks living nearby, who said: “They suck on the bottle ’til they swell up like toads.” Many of these towns have a tale to tell about how they were named.

tj444 -> RE: Stupid town and city names. (2/12/2013 10:04:47 PM)
well,.. a website has offered $$$ for the city of Sugarland (TX) to change its name to SugarDaddy... So far I guess not enough $$$ for the city to accept the kind offer however.. [:D]

MysticFireTopaz -> RE: Stupid town and city names. (2/13/2013 1:18:54 AM)
This isn't as bad as some of the others mentioned, but every time I hear about Gun Barrel City, TX, the thought crosses my mind that it's a dumb name for a city. It just doesn't sounds like a very welcoming place. I looked it up in Wikipedia and there apparently is a reason behind the name: The city takes its name from a former road, Gun Barrel Lane (which is now State Highway 198), as well as its motto, "We Shoot Straight with You" and its symbol - a rifle with two crossed antique pistols. Gun Barrel Lane got its name during the 1920s and '30s when outlaws frequented the area. It was considered a safe backwoods place during Prohibition when the likes of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker hung out in the area. A local resident, Mr. C. L. Wait, lived along the road and was known for sitting at the window of his house with a shotgun sticking out the window. It was his way of deterring those he deemed unwelcome on this back country road. To each his own, I guess.

MysticFireTopaz -> RE: Stupid town and city names. (2/13/2013 1:30:54 AM)
Another stupid town name: Bad Axe, Michigan My family actually lived there for a short time before I was born (thank God!) Again, in checking Wikipedia, there is a reason behind the name: The city's unusual name dates to the time of its settlement. While surveying the first state road through the Huron County wilderness in 1861, Rudolph Papst and George Willis Pack made camp at the future site of the city and found a much-used and badly damaged axe. At Pack’s suggestion, Papst used the name “Bad Axe Camp” in the minutes of the survey and on a sign he placed along the main trail. Again, not as bad as the others, but definitely dumb!

TimeLimited -> RE: Stupid town and city names. (2/15/2013 7:33:41 PM)
My breakfast food comes from Battle Creek, Michigan.

Rasnow -> RE: Stupid town and city names. (2/15/2013 8:38:46 PM)
Ass, Ukraine Dildo, Newfoundland, Canada Long Dong, Vietnam Twatt, UK Tittybong, Victoria, Australia Little Dix Bay, British Virgin Islands I wouldn't say I'm acquainted with any of them but these gave me a good laugh

muhly22222 -> RE: Stupid town and city names. (2/16/2013 7:33:06 AM)
The favorite one that I've actually been in is Jumbo, Ohio. The name isn't ridiculous until you realize that Jumbo is about 5 houses that are along the side of a 2-lane state route (not a large road).

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