Richcelt Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Rancho Mirage, CA (are we sure it's really there?)Sand City, CA (beach community... naturally) There's also Atascadero, CA, which by itself is fine, but translated from the Spanish means "bog", or, as one history professor put it, "Mud Hole". Mud Hole, CA.... you can see why they decided to keep the Spanish name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Ami-Jinn Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Boone Grove, IndianaBeaver Falls, PA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Ramone Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Frog Jump, TNBuck Snort, TNBogota, TN (pronounced buh-go-tuh)Moscow, TN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Crested Butte - it's pronounce like the "beaut" of "beautiful". Tell that to the tourists. Haha! That is butteful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalcedony Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Ballad of Penis Town ...er, Peniston. NSFW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Not to many here. The only ones that sound unusual are Mashpee, Chicopee, and Sandwich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeygirl Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 and nobody's mentioned Intercourse, PA? I also recall tourists thinking Slippery Rock was funny but I never got the joke. But then, I also don't think anything with the word beaver in it is funny, either. It's an animal, you know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceheart Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 There's also Atascadero, CA, which by itself is fine, but translated from the Spanish means "bog", or, as one history professor put it, "Mud Hole". Mud Hole, CA.... you can see why they decided to keep the Spanish name. "Chicago" means "wild leek" or "striped skunk" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NumberSix Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Ever since MST3K warped my life, I now snicker every time we drive through the town of Mitchell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwa-rang Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 and nobody's mentioned Intercourse, PA? I also recall tourists thinking Slippery Rock was funny but I never got the joke. But then, I also don't think anything with the word beaver in it is funny, either. It's an animal, you know?I couldn't imagine what would be funny about Slippery Rock, except maybe the college. We also have Indiana, PA, which is apparently home to Homer-Center Highschool, and California, PA. There's also Fairchance, Shoemakersville, Freeland, Factoryville, Paradise, Breakneck, Champion, Husband, which are all from the center and westward. To the east, there aren't as many funny names, but we do have Little Italy, Mozart, Bucktoe, and Hinkletown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tom63uk Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 My mums uncle was eric gotobed who lived in little snoring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny Skywalker Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 LOL random bump. My favorites from my travels: What Cheer, IA Vader, WA Sweet Home, OR Funk, NE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryn Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 What Cheer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny Skywalker Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Thought you'd like that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odine Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Arnus Grove Mudchute Cockfosters are all place names that make me chuckle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerina Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Bugscuffle, TXCut N Shoot, TX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Been to both, Cerina! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerina Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 what the fuck were you doing in Bugscuffle???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamonAtila Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 DENVER- I love this city, but what's it supposed to be denvering to? NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES- why can't we have strong one-word names for America's two biggest cities? The long names sound too non-committal, like we're not even trying to last as long as Rome. NEW MEXICO- ****ing retarded. Like a kid made it up KYOTO- is just a rip-off of Tokyo! EVERY CITY IN CANADA LISBON- sounds like an Arab metropolis in Portugal NORTH/SOUTH AMERICA, SOUTH AFRICA- there to just confuse us all PARIS, TEXAS- exists just to make jokes about how you're not going to the real one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeygirl Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 denvering to? WTF are you talking about? Denver isn't a verb. "The long names sound too non-committal, like we're not even trying to last as long as Rome.""NEW MEXICO- ****ing retarded. Like a kid made it up" Are you drunk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest El Chalupacabra Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Goobertown, Arkansas (aptly named!)Elephant Butte, NM (elephant Butt!)Truth or Consequences, NM (Named after a game show from the 60's) Bitter Springs, AZ (Let's move there!)Beaver Dam & Beaver Valley, AZ (shut up, Beavis!)Bullhead City, AZ (could have been worse!)Bumble Bee, AZ (Transformers live there?) Rancho Mirage, CA (are we sure it's really there?)El Mirage, AZ (Rancho Mirage's sister city, not sure if it's there, either)Elephant Head, AZ (I guess better than Elephant Butt!)Grasshopper Junction, AZ (just a hop, skip, and a jump away!)Happy Jack, AZ (I guess a bunch of Who fans?)Paradise Valley, AZ (False advertising!)Santa Claus, AZ (ghost town of Christmas past!)Skull Valley, AZ (I think that name is kinda cool, actually)Strawberry, AZ (Yummy!)Tombstone, AZ (Again, I think that name is kinda cool)Tortilla Flat, AZ (Tortillas are flat? Who knew!)Three Way, AZ (Swingers!)Tuba City, AZWhy(?), AZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 There's a town I drive through on the way to visit my parents called Hope, AZ, on the 60. They have a sign on either end of the town that says "Your Now Beyond Hope" and it's been there since at least the 80s. Yes, it says "Your Now Beyond Hope," not "You're." And it's been there for at least 30 years without correction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashmere Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 You need to bring some spray paint on your next trip and vandalize some proper grammar onto that thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny Skywalker Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Why(?), AZ Slightly off-topic, but one of my favorite streets that I used to see in Florida was Why Not Lane. Because, why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANA-kin Skywalker Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 KYOTO- is just a rip-off of Tokyo!LOL! Actually, Kyoto came first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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