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In the central valley of California, there is a town called "Manteca" which

means LARD in Spanish. Can you imagine introducing yourself to someone:

"Hi, Susie Smith from LARD California"!!

;) :D :)
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valerie wrote: In the central valley of California, there is a town called "Manteca" which

means LARD in Spanish. Can you imagine introducing yourself to someone:

"Hi, Susie Smith from LARD California"!!

;) :D :)


Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan try that one on for size
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Ter mon feckin, Ireland
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What about Bat Cave, NC or Stinking Creek, TN :wah:
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Better still in Ireland, drunks lane
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A town is called "Blue-Balls" in Pennsylvania, :-2 I rush through that town every time I have to go through it, :D right into a town called "Intercourse" Pennsylvania. I don't rush throught that one! :D

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C0ck Pond in South London (it really is the name of the pond)

Mincing Lane in EC3

Pratts Bottom near Lewisham, in South East London

Titsey Park same area

Tyttenhanger near High Barnet

Thong near Upminister

Minges near South-End

Nasty somewhere in the counry side

Gay Bowers again somewhere in the country side
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cars wrote: a town called "Intercourse" Pennsylvania.


"The road to Paradise is through Intercourse."
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Bill Sikes wrote: "The road to Paradise is through Intercourse." :guitarist :wah: :driving:
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Brown Willy - Cornwall

Lower Piddle - Worcestershire
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Broadview, Montana
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Balzac Alberta

Cochrane pronounced cockran Alberta
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LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH. Anglesy, Wales, UK.

And if you can pronounce that, drinks are on me! :sneaky:
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Hey, only real towns allowed, Abbey!

How about "Truth or Consequences, New Mexico" We also have a "Cuba" My town used to be called "Porter" since the trains stopped here a lot. But everyone decided that "man who carries luggage" was a dumb name for a town, so we looked around at all the cool Native American, Aztec, and Hispanic names available to us, then changed it to "Farmington"
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Nightmute, AK
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Jives wrote: Hey, only real towns allowed, Abbey!
No it's truly true J, honest.

Here's a link for you to see........

http://llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrn ... uk/say.htm
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Ecum Secum (eecum seecum) Nova Scotia Canada
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Hell, Michigan. Not such a strange name, per se, but it's ironic that it's where all the bikers go at the beginning of each riding season to have our bikes blessed. Each year a new sticker is given out reading "Blessed in Hell."



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There's a town 15 mile from where i live called Pisser Clough, and another called Nob End!
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Hollywood, Maryland.

I tell them it is a rip-off, it's not the real Hollywood!
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Here is a few, one from each province and territory

Blowmedown, Newfoundland

Podiac, New Brunswick

St. Loius - du - ha- ha, Quebec

Bummers Roost, Ontario

Finger, Manitoba

Old Wives, Saskatchewan

Standoff, Alberta

Stoner, BC (not this is a crack up cause BC is the stoner province of Canada)

Snag, Yukon

Yellowknife, North West Territories
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How about COCKAMOUTH in west Cumbria















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Twatt (Orkney, UK)

Muff (County Donegal, Ireland)
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Crapstone - Devon

Lower Piles - Devon

Lickham Bottom - Devon
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theia wrote: Crapstone - Devon



Lower Piles - Devon



Lickham Bottom - Devon:wah: Have ya noticed it's us Brits that post the rude ones? :thinking:
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abbey wrote: :wah: Have ya noticed it's us Brits that post the rude ones? :thinking:


Yes, abbey!! And I left out Burnt Bottom (Devon) in case it looked like I was overdoing it. :wah:
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abbey wrote: Twatt (Orkney, UK)

Muff (County Donegal, Ireland)


OMG those are priceless ahahahaha hohohoho
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Accident, Maryland, USA
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Beer, Devon, England

Oh Gawd Abbey your right I found this one, geese those folks in Devon are odd ducks I must say.
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Sexmo....Andalucia Spain















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Lickey End (West Midlands, UK)



Mmm :thinking: I wonder if a chinese man named that town?
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Lord Hereford's Knob - The Black Mountains, Wales
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Cape Circumcision, Bouvet Island

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Caribou-qui-Pisse (Chute du), Quebec, Canada (lit. "Pissing Caribou Falls")
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minks wrote: Cape Circumcision, Bouvet Island

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


You gotta be making that one up Minks :wah:















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pina wrote: You gotta be making that one up Minks :wah:


Nope fraid not it is some penninsula off the coast of Norway.

Cape Circumcision

Cape Circumcision is a peninsula on the north-western edge of the sub-antarctic island Bouvet Island.
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Coxsackie, New York, USA

Crap, Albania

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George, Washington
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Why, Arizona

Sells, Arizona

Surprise, Arizona

Mt. Titles (tit less) Somewhere in europe

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abbey wrote: :wah: Have ya noticed it's us Brits that post the rude ones? :thinking:


well just to carry on the tradition...

Fingering Ho :wah:
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Halfway, OR
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Shitlingthorpe (Yorkshire, UK)

Six Mile Bottom (Cambridge, UK)

Slackbottom (Yorkshire, UK)........And still we keep em coming!! :D

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Cuckoo's Knob - Wiltshire

Balls Cross - W. Sussex
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