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Started by Max Rockatansky, March 22, 2021, 09:53:02 PM

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tolbs17

#25
March 23, 2021, 12:24:59 PM  
Tick Bite, NC (South of Grifton)

jmacswimmer

#26
March 23, 2021, 12:29:31 PM  
Accident, MD.  My dad always joked to use extreme caution driving thru this town :-D (and FWIW, the speed limit drops from 55 to 25 on US 219 passing thru town)
"Now, what if da Bearss were to enter the Indianapolis 5-hunnert?"
"How would they compete?"
"Let's say they rode together in a big buss."
"Is Ditka driving?"
"Of course!"
"Then I like da Bear buss."
"DA BEARSSS BUSSSS"

CoreySamson

#27
March 23, 2021, 12:30:38 PM   Last Edit: March 23, 2021, 02:51:00 PM by CoreySamson
A couple Texas ones:

Scissors
Notrees (out in the middle of the desert!)
Ransom Canyon
Lone Star
Cut and Shoot
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JayhawkCO

#28
March 23, 2021, 01:26:56 PM  
Toad Suck, AR



Chris

kenarmy

#29
March 23, 2021, 01:31:07 PM   Last Edit: March 23, 2021, 01:35:10 PM by kenarmy
Rolling Fork, MS
Slaughter, LA
Just a reminder that US 6, 49, 50, and 98 are superior to your fave routes :)


EXTEND 206 SO IT CAN MEET ITS PARENT.

JayhawkCO

#30
March 23, 2021, 01:34:23 PM  
I'm a little bit shocked that this thread has gone on this long without someone mentioning Dildo, NL.

Chris

kphoger

#31
March 23, 2021, 02:44:17 PM  
Well, considering almost everyone on here is choosing place names that imply they're still stuck in junior high...

French Lick, IN
Hooker, OK
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

CtrlAltDel

#32
March 23, 2021, 02:50:17 PM  
On US-81 in Nebraska:

Interstates clinched: 4, 57, 275 (IN-KY-OH), 465 (IN), 640 (TN), 985
State Interstates clinched: I-26 (TN), I-75 (GA), I-75 (KY), I-75 (TN), I-81 (WV), I-95 (NH)

SkyPesos

#33
March 23, 2021, 02:56:15 PM  

Steve.S

#34
March 23, 2021, 03:16:20 PM  
Semper ubi sub ubi.

1995hoo

#35
March 23, 2021, 04:16:55 PM  
Penistone, England (not pronounced the way it looks, naturally).

Quote from: dlsterner on March 22, 2021, 11:21:18 PM
.... Bumpass, Virginia.

Another one that, sadly, is not pronounced the way it looks (it's pronounced like Bumpus, as in the family with the dogs who lived next door to Ralphie in A Christmas Story).

Not far from Bumpass, however, you'll find Cuckoo, Virginia.
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

Jim

#36
March 23, 2021, 04:21:39 PM  
I've always wanted to drive through Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Quebec.
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kphoger

#37
March 23, 2021, 04:22:34 PM  
Quote from: 1995hoo on March 23, 2021, 04:16:55 PM
Cuckoo, Virginia.

What's cool about the name?  It's just a bird, or a synonym for a crazy person.  Am I missing something?
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

1995hoo

#38
March 23, 2021, 04:26:22 PM  
Quote from: kphoger on March 23, 2021, 04:22:34 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on March 23, 2021, 04:16:55 PM
Cuckoo, Virginia.

What's cool about the name?  It's just a bird, or a synonym for a crazy person.  Am I missing something?

I always found it mildly amusing for the cited reason.

Then, of course, there's Lititz, Pennsylvania:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE-SpAKDF4o
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

oscar

#39
March 23, 2021, 04:40:22 PM  
Quote from: Jim on March 23, 2021, 04:21:39 PM
I've always wanted to drive through Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Quebec.

I drove through and stopped there, hoping (to no avail) to find some amusing postcards to send to my nieces. But really nothing noteworthy there other than the funny name.

Flin Flon, Manitoba was also a letdown.

The former Asbestos, Quebec (now Val-des-Sources) made more of an effort to make the most of its notorious former name.
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Big John

#40
March 23, 2021, 04:49:58 PM  
Quote from: kphoger on March 23, 2021, 02:44:17 PM
Well, considering almost everyone on here is choosing place names that imply they're still stuck in junior high...

French Lick, IN
Hooker, OK
Beaver, PA

jmacswimmer

#41
March 23, 2021, 04:52:18 PM  
Quote from: Big John on March 23, 2021, 04:49:58 PM
Quote from: kphoger on March 23, 2021, 02:44:17 PM
Well, considering almost everyone on here is choosing place names that imply they're still stuck in junior high...

French Lick, IN
Hooker, OK
Beaver, PA
Big Beaver, PA
"Now, what if da Bearss were to enter the Indianapolis 5-hunnert?"
"How would they compete?"
"Let's say they rode together in a big buss."
"Is Ditka driving?"
"Of course!"
"Then I like da Bear buss."
"DA BEARSSS BUSSSS"

kphoger

#42
March 23, 2021, 04:54:42 PM  
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

CNGL-Leudimin

#43
March 23, 2021, 05:29:18 PM  
Weed CA
Joder NE (Spanish for "f*ck")

Guarroman, Spain (Guarro means "dirty")
Neuquen, Argentina (sounds like neuken which is Dutch for "f*ck")
Bezons, France (sounds like baisons which means "we f*ck")
Fuqing, China (it doesn't sound like you think, though)
Puta, Azerbaijan (Spanish for "slut")
Zorra ON, Canada (Spanish for "bitch")
Shit, Iran
Poo, Spain

Now for some non-teeny ones:
Obama, Japan
Taft, Iran (of all places!)
Codroipo, Italy (perfect anagram of the signature Italian blasphemy, porco Dio "damn God", literally "God is a pig")
Arnac-la-Poste, France (Arnac sounds like arnaque, "scam", so it sounds like "to scam the post")
Supporter of the construction of several running gags, including I-366 with a speed limit of 85 mph (137 km/h) and the Hypotenuse.

Please note that I may mention "invalid" FM channels, i.e. ending in an even number or down to 87.5. These are valid in Europe.

kphoger

#44
March 23, 2021, 05:37:59 PM  
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on March 23, 2021, 05:29:18 PM
Zorra ON, Canada (Spanish for "bitch")

or Mrs Zorro
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

Dirt Roads

#45
March 23, 2021, 06:23:17 PM  
Quote from: cabiness42 on March 23, 2021, 12:22:39 PM
Cool, California

Quote from: CtrlAltDel on March 23, 2021, 02:50:17 PM
On US-81 in Nebraska:  [McCoolsville] https://i.imgur.com/4K4bVmu.png

I had a bunch of cousins that lived in Coolville, Ohio.  Some folks still think that Coolsville of Scooby Doo fame was named after this town.  Always thought it was "cool" that my aunt and uncle had kids that ranged from twins that were a year younger than my mom to a daughter who was just a few days older than I am.  (Ruht roy!)

Scott5114

#46
March 23, 2021, 06:27:54 PM  
Quote from: kphoger on March 23, 2021, 02:44:17 PM
Well, considering almost everyone on here is choosing place names that imply they're still stuck in junior high...

This is a thread for cool place names, not funny place names, anyway. None of the ones in the OP are remotely funny, they're just awesome.
uncontrollable freak sardine salad chef

Steve.S

#47
March 23, 2021, 06:35:06 PM  
Truth or Consequences, NM:

https://goo.gl/maps/inhZPwYgKkMz2imT7
Semper ubi sub ubi.

SkyPesos

#48
March 23, 2021, 06:38:10 PM  
I think this one is well-known already: Santa Claus, IN

hotdogPi

#49
March 23, 2021, 08:30:38 PM  
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on March 23, 2021, 05:29:18 PM
Joder NE (Spanish for "f*ck")

I'm not entirely sure this one actually exists. It could easily be a USGS employee from decades ago having fun.
Clinched

Traveled, plus 13, 44, and 50, and several state routes

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I-189 clinched
US 7, VT 2A, 11, 15,  17, 73, 103, 116, 125, NH 123 traveled
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