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06-30-2002, 10:06 AM

Eclectic, Alabama
Muck City, Alabama

Cold Foot, Alaska
Eek, Alaska
Chicken, Alaska

Magazine, Arkansas
Rambo Riviera, Arkansas
Romance, Arkansas
Toadsuck, Arkansas

ZZYZX, California

No Name, Colorado

Aces of Diamonds, Florida
Two Egg, Florida
Yeehaw Junction, Florida
Jupiter, Florida

Big Foot, Illinois
Chestnut, Illinois
Normal, Illinois
Roachtown, Illinois
Sandwich, Illinois

Buddha, Indiana

Monkeys Elbow, Kentucky

Uncle Sam, Louisiana

Bald Head, Maine

Boring, Maryland

Hell, Michigan
King Arthurs Court, Michigan

Embarrass, Minnesota

Cold Water, Mississippi
Hot Coffee, Mississippi
Hot Water, Mississippi
It, Mississippi

Frankenstein, Missouri
Peculiar, Missouri

Belcher, New York
Lawyersville, New York

Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

Zap, North Dakota

Hicksville, Ohio
Worstville, Ohio

Okay, Oklahoma

Fearnot, Pennsylvania
Mars, Pennsylvania
Panic, Pennsylvania
Porkey, Pennsylvanania
Quiggleville, Pennsylvania

Disco, Tennessee
Dismal, Tennessee

Chocalate Bayou, Texas
Gun Barrel City, Texas
Lollipop, Texas
Uncertain, Texas

Plain City, Utah

Odd, West Virginia
War, West Virginia

Beetown, Wisconsin
Footville, Wisconsin

Big Sandy, Wyoming
Dry Fork, Wyoming
Sand Draw, Wyoming

smoke gets in my eyes · 06-30-2002, 01:28 PM

Ahem, that's Monkey's Eyebrow, KY.

Wonder why they left out Waddy and Pee Wee Valley?

JT · 07-01-2002, 05:50 AM

Now Smoke...I just knew you would have some coming from the south....driving down the interstate is a vitual maze of Mayberry's!

smoke gets in my eyes · 07-01-2002, 10:35 AM

No one throws down the gauntlet like you JT!

En garde!

Kentucky-
Appliance Park, Bagdad, Bandana, Belfry, Butterfly, Climax, Confluence, Cranks, Crummies, Daisy, Day, Decoy, Dice, Drip Rock, Dry Creek, Egypt, Eighty-Eight, Eminence, Ever, Fancy Farm, Fish Trap, Flippin, Flying High, Furnace, Gethsemene, Goshen, Gravel Switch, Gypsy, Halfway, Handshoe, Hippo, Julip, Kaliopi, Kingbee, Lookout, Lovely, Marrowbone, Marshes Sliding, Mistletoe, Nazareth, Neon, Oven Fork, Parrot, Paw-paw, Pigeonroost, Premium, Pyramid, Quality, Quicksand, Ready, Rowdy, Science Hill, Size Rock, Slaughters, Soldier, Stopover, Thousandsticks, Touristville, Turkey, Wild Cat, Windy, Wolverine.

And I was being selective.

Sit Tight · 07-01-2002, 12:29 PM

How about:

Golden Shower, Guam

Debbie · 07-01-2002, 12:42 PM

Oh my.

Well, I live in PA and I am going to be a tad selective like Smoke

Beaverdale, PA
Bird-in-Hand, PA
Blue Ball, PA
Intercourse, PA
Jugtown, PA
Stalker, PA

Sit Tight · 07-01-2002, 02:38 PM

There is such an obvious response to your post, barbiedeb! Logic would have it then, that in the state of Pennsylvania (my home state) the following might be true:

According to the Pennsylvania Dept. of Tourism most travelers come to Pennsylvania looking for Jugtown, PA hoping that it will take them to Beaverdale, PA. If their trip is pleasant they then hope to visit Intercourse, PA. Ah... but should they fail they simply end up in Blue Ball, PA and then visit Bird-in-Hand, PA ~ or hang a right and head for Stalker, PA.

I couldn't resist

smoke gets in my eyes · 07-01-2002, 03:01 PM

And I believe it is a proven statistic that most vehicle breakdowns occur in Blue Ball?

Debbie · 07-01-2002, 08:08 PM

Now I would have never came up with that

**Ann** · 07-01-2002, 11:05 PM

A few Canadian beauties:

Come-By-Chance - Newfoundland (if you saw where this place is you would know how it got it's name)

Moose Jaw - Saskachewan

Buffalo Jump - Alberta

Wolfdung Lake - Alberta (I wouldn't swim there!!)

Radium Hot Springs - B.C.

Hell's Gate, B.C.....not far from "Hope" B.C.

babysteps · 01-09-2003, 05:55 PM

Just found this and had to throw in another Kentucky one...

I'm grew up close to Paducah.... which is located half-way between Possum Trot and Monkey's Eyebrow

DolphinBlue · 01-10-2003, 06:54 AM

OMG I can't believe some of those are place names.

Strange Aussie ones:

Accident Inlet, Adverse Well, Anxious Bay, Baffle Creek, Boolaboolka, Boongoondoo, Buckleboo, Bullabulling, Gooloogong, Humpty Doo, Kittakittaooloo, Mistake Creek, Rum Jungle, Skeleton River, Weary Bay, Whim Creek, Wreck Point, Wagga Wagga, Walkaway, Younghusband, Yea.

I swear its not just me lol I think we were founded by pessimistic drunks.

DolphinBlue

margo · 01-10-2003, 10:54 AM

DB - I think I'd like to live in Boongoondoo just so I could say it out loud if I was asked where I live! I've had some great laughs looking at some of the names on the Australian map. G'day, mate!

Love and hugs.

Victortaz · 01-11-2003, 05:12 PM

MG: I once lived in Neptune, NJ (So yes I amfrom another planet!):cube:

Just Tired: As a citizen of North Carolina home of "Mayberry" and Andy Griffith, I represent that remark!

Barbiedeb: I used to live in PA myself. I've gotta mention Beaver Dam Beavertown & Beaver Springs (home of Joe Namath), and of course Punxsutawney, home of Phil the Groundhog (remember Groundhog Day?).

Sit Tight: If the trip was pleasurable, then they must have passed thru Pleasureville? On their way to Paradise? (There's an old joke about that but I can't remember it; danged fibrofog!)

Anns: In PA there's Hellwood. And of course for those swearing off profanity (corny pun intended), there is Hecktown. BTW would you swim in these SC rivers: Big & Little Pee Dee?

Ya gotta love Pascagoula, Mississippi...

Taz

smoke gets in my eyes · 01-11-2003, 05:19 PM

The original first line of "Old Folks at Home" (Stephen Collins Foster) read

"Way down upon the Pee Dee River, far, far away..."

no kiddin'

Debbie · 01-11-2003, 05:21 PM

Hey Taz

I know all about Punxsutawney, I am a groundhog!! That is my birthday.....lol

Thanks for the tidbits.

Hugs
Debbie

Live · 01-11-2003, 06:10 PM

I live on Beaver Lake.

Nearby is Siberia and Birdseye

And, of course, French Lick

Victortaz · 01-15-2003, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by smoke gets in my eyes
The original first line of "Old Folks at Home" (Stephen Collins Foster) read

"Way down upon the Pee Dee River, far, far away..."

no kiddin'

Whoa I bet the people living in the Pee Dee River area are not happy about the change to Suwanee!...

Victortaz · 01-15-2003, 10:54 AM

That's really neat Barbiedeb!

sugar52 · 01-15-2003, 11:05 AM

you guys are a scream,
i live near pa, and i've been south, but anns and dolphin blue, you guys got me going !!
thankshugs from sugar
sit tight, leave it to you, sometimes i wonder at the dark humor we find!! helps break the tension, coping mechanism.

osier59 · 01-18-2003, 09:31 PM

Hi All!

I always got a kick out of seeing the sign in MIchigan that said
Climax - 5 miles!

Hugs
Osier59

Blazinglory · 07-26-2003, 04:01 PM

OMG I needed a good laugh!

My boyfriend is from FLATLICK, Ky

North of Knoxville, TN is a little town they call Stinkin Creek

Buncomb, TN

Wartrace, TN

lyn_blossom78 · 07-28-2003, 11:37 AM

Ohio.......

Well, I didn't see Rushsylvania or Mudsock on the list!

Lyn

grandma99 · 12-27-2008, 08:52 AM

How about Soddy Daisy, TN

Omega Man · 12-27-2008, 09:50 AM

Head North on I-75 out of Detroit, MI and 1/2 way to Flint you'll pass;
Exit 69 - Big Beaver Road.

There is no exit 68, it jumps to exit 69. How the road crew got away with that one I have no idea but I still chuckle everytime I pass it.

06-30-2002, 10:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
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07-01-2002, 05:50 AM	#3 (permalink)
JT Supply Manager Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Cleaverville Posts: 2,903	Now Smoke...I just knew you would have some coming from the south....driving down the interstate is a vitual maze of Mayberry's! __________________ The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind~Wayne Dyer

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smoke gets in my eyes Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: That's what I'd like to know. Posts: 2,421	And I believe it is a proven statistic that most vehicle breakdowns occur in Blue Ball? Last edited by smoke gets in my eyes; 07-01-2002 at 03:03 PM.

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Ann Forum Leader Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake Posts: 25,172	A few Canadian beauties: Come-By-Chance - Newfoundland (if you saw where this place is you would know how it got it's name) Moose Jaw - Saskachewan Buffalo Jump - Alberta Wolfdung Lake - Alberta (I wouldn't swim there!!) Radium Hot Springs - B.C. Hell's Gate, B.C.....not far from "Hope" B.C. __________________ “Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” ~Winnie the Pooh~

01-15-2003, 10:54 AM	#19 (permalink)
Victortaz Paused Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Eastern, NC Posts: 21	Odd Town Names That's really neat Barbiedeb!

06-30-2002, 01:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
smoke gets in my eyes Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: That's what I'd like to know. Posts: 2,421	Ahem, that's Monkey's Eyebrow, KY. Wonder why they left out Waddy and Pee Wee Valley?

07-01-2002, 10:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
smoke gets in my eyes Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: That's what I'd like to know. Posts: 2,421	No one throws down the gauntlet like you JT! En garde! Kentucky- Appliance Park, Bagdad, Bandana, Belfry, Butterfly, Climax, Confluence, Cranks, Crummies, Daisy, Day, Decoy, Dice, Drip Rock, Dry Creek, Egypt, Eighty-Eight, Eminence, Ever, Fancy Farm, Fish Trap, Flippin, Flying High, Furnace, Gethsemene, Goshen, Gravel Switch, Gypsy, Halfway, Handshoe, Hippo, Julip, Kaliopi, Kingbee, Lookout, Lovely, Marrowbone, Marshes Sliding, Mistletoe, Nazareth, Neon, Oven Fork, Parrot, Paw-paw, Pigeonroost, Premium, Pyramid, Quality, Quicksand, Ready, Rowdy, Science Hill, Size Rock, Slaughters, Soldier, Stopover, Thousandsticks, Touristville, Turkey, Wild Cat, Windy, Wolverine. And I was being selective.

07-01-2002, 12:29 PM	#5 (permalink)
Sit Tight Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Temple City, CA Posts: 52	How about: Golden Shower, Guam

07-01-2002, 12:42 PM	#6 (permalink)
Debbie I used to work here ;) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: I live in Trevose, PA & collect Barbies :) Posts: 2,016	Oh my. Well, I live in PA and I am going to be a tad selective like Smoke Beaverdale, PA Bird-in-Hand, PA Blue Ball, PA Intercourse, PA Jugtown, PA Stalker, PA

07-01-2002, 02:38 PM	#7 (permalink)
Sit Tight Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Temple City, CA Posts: 52	There is such an obvious response to your post, barbiedeb! Logic would have it then, that in the state of Pennsylvania (my home state) the following might be true: According to the Pennsylvania Dept. of Tourism most travelers come to Pennsylvania looking for Jugtown, PA hoping that it will take them to Beaverdale, PA. If their trip is pleasant they then hope to visit Intercourse, PA. Ah... but should they fail they simply end up in Blue Ball, PA and then visit Bird-in-Hand, PA ~ or hang a right and head for Stalker, PA. I couldn't resist

07-01-2002, 08:08 PM	#9 (permalink)
Debbie I used to work here ;) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: I live in Trevose, PA & collect Barbies :) Posts: 2,016	Now I would have never came up with that

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babysteps Paused Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Wyandotte, Mi Posts: 43	Just found this and had to throw in another Kentucky one... I'm grew up close to Paducah.... which is located half-way between Possum Trot and Monkey's Eyebrow

01-10-2003, 06:54 AM	#12 (permalink)
DolphinBlue Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 612	OMG I can't believe some of those are place names. Strange Aussie ones: Accident Inlet, Adverse Well, Anxious Bay, Baffle Creek, Boolaboolka, Boongoondoo, Buckleboo, Bullabulling, Gooloogong, Humpty Doo, Kittakittaooloo, Mistake Creek, Rum Jungle, Skeleton River, Weary Bay, Whim Creek, Wreck Point, Wagga Wagga, Walkaway, Younghusband, Yea. I swear its not just me lol I think we were founded by pessimistic drunks. DolphinBlue

01-10-2003, 10:54 AM	#13 (permalink)
margo Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 1,727	DB - I think I'd like to live in Boongoondoo just so I could say it out loud if I was asked where I live! I've had some great laughs looking at some of the names on the Australian map. G'day, mate! Love and hugs.

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Victortaz Paused Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Eastern, NC Posts: 21	MG: I once lived in Neptune, NJ (So yes I amfrom another planet!):cube: Just Tired: As a citizen of North Carolina home of "Mayberry" and Andy Griffith, I represent that remark! Barbiedeb: I used to live in PA myself. I've gotta mention Beaver Dam Beavertown & Beaver Springs (home of Joe Namath), and of course Punxsutawney, home of Phil the Groundhog (remember Groundhog Day?). Sit Tight: If the trip was pleasurable, then they must have passed thru Pleasureville? On their way to Paradise? (There's an old joke about that but I can't remember it; danged fibrofog!) Anns: In PA there's Hellwood. And of course for those swearing off profanity (corny pun intended), there is Hecktown. BTW would you swim in these SC rivers: Big & Little Pee Dee? Ya gotta love Pascagoula, Mississippi... Taz

01-11-2003, 05:19 PM	#15 (permalink)
smoke gets in my eyes Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: That's what I'd like to know. Posts: 2,421	The original first line of "Old Folks at Home" (Stephen Collins Foster) read "Way down upon the Pee Dee River, far, far away..." no kiddin'

01-11-2003, 05:21 PM	#16 (permalink)
Debbie I used to work here ;) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: I live in Trevose, PA & collect Barbies :) Posts: 2,016	Hey Taz I know all about Punxsutawney, I am a groundhog!! That is my birthday.....lol Thanks for the tidbits. Hugs Debbie

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Live Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Bristol TN/VA Posts: 11,305 Blog Entries: 5	I live on Beaver Lake. Nearby is Siberia and Birdseye And, of course, French Lick

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sugar52 Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: upstate, ny Posts: 135	you guys are a scream, i live near pa, and i've been south, but anns and dolphin blue, you guys got me going !! thankshugs from sugar sit tight, leave it to you, sometimes i wonder at the dark humor we find!! helps break the tension, coping mechanism. __________________ if god takes you to it, he'll take you through it

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osier59 No More Mrs. Nice Guy Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 724	Hi All! I always got a kick out of seeing the sign in MIchigan that said Climax - 5 miles! Hugs Osier59

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Blazinglory Paused Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: La La Land, USA Posts: 33	ODD Names OMG I needed a good laugh! My boyfriend is from FLATLICK, Ky North of Knoxville, TN is a little town they call Stinkin Creek Buncomb, TN Wartrace, TN

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lyn_blossom78 Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 444	Ohio....... Well, I didn't see Rushsylvania or Mudsock on the list! Lyn __________________ If God is for us, who can be against us?

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grandma99 Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Bon Aqua, TN Posts: 1	How about Soddy Daisy, TN

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Omega Man Ending the Old Me. Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Under a Rock Posts: 377	Head North on I-75 out of Detroit, MI and 1/2 way to Flint you'll pass; Exit 69 - Big Beaver Road. There is no exit 68, it jumps to exit 69. How the road crew got away with that one I have no idea but I still chuckle everytime I pass it. __________________ "It only takes one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or fourteenth." George F. Burns

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