I've been there Bob and if MSMC there are three consecutive towns on that
highway: Blue Balls, Intercourse and Paradise.
Charlie
On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Ah, no one beats the Brits for place names, with the possible exception of
> the folks in Pennsylvania who named their town Intercourse, and it's equally
> notorious and possibly apocryphal Intercourse Motel.
>
> Just down the street less than a mile from me is a dirt road, which, after
> the enhanced 911 system required all roads to post names, briefly sported
> the name Hiscock Road. (Pronounced with a "hisss" rather than the more
> common pronoun pronunciation of "his.") The sign never lasted more than a
> day or so. For a while the town kept replacing it, but after five or six of
> them were taken, the name was changed to Yates Road. Not a one of the Yates
> signs has gone missing.
>
> --Bob
>
>
> On May 7, 2011, at 9:20 PM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>
> > Beter than that town in Austria called F***. They were talking of
> changing the name - because English speaking tourists kept stealing the town
> signs.
> > Then there's a village I've visited near Cognac, called Ars. I REALLY
> want to add the 'e' with a marker pen.
> > And a couple of villages near ChrisB called Ugley and Nasty as I
> remember. Either side of Bishops Stortford.
> > I used to wonder about the Ugley Women's Association and the Nasty Police
> Station when I saw the signposts.
>
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