[78-L] Funny Town Names

[Royal Pemberton]

On the way south from where I live to Mountain View, Arkansas, there's a
turnoff to a highway that goes through a small town called 56, which I
understand was the home town of the late Grandpa Jones.

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 6:16 AM, Bob Rice <bobrice at snet.net> wrote:

> "84" is STILL in Penns-Slo-Mania!Near Pittsburgh.
>
>    Bob
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steven C. Barr" <stevenc at interlinks.net>
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> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 6:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Funny Town Names
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> >>I can see nobody's ever looked at a map of Newfoundland, which has Dildo,
> >>Come
> >> By Chance and Black Tickle. Or globally..Hell (Norway, also Arizona and
> >> Michigan), Condom (France), F*cking (Austria).
> >>
> > And German license plates from Fuerth included FU-CK #### (which US GI's
> > liked to steal?!). BTW, the above "U" has an umlaut...!
> >> Intercourse, Pennsylvania
> >> Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico
> >> DISH, Texas
> >>
> > I used to spend hours poring through Road Atlases looking for funny town
> > names...and visited them if I ever got close. Went through Hot Coffee,
> > Mississippi
> > and Eighty-Four (forgot the state)! Worth mentioning is a tiny village
> > west
> > of
> > Hamilton, Ont'o., Canada...a sign gives its name as "Dogs Nest," Ontario!
> >
> > Steven C. Barr
> >
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