No wonder he looks angry

gweimer · August 17, 2012, 02:56:56 PM

"The Straiton Hard Steel Erection Company".

chromium · August 17, 2012, 03:00:30 PM

Highlander · August 17, 2012, 03:57:35 PM

Quote from: Dave W on August 17, 2012, 02:29:11 PM
... Made me think if Ivor Biggun, but that's a pseudonym.

I've still got my (promo) badge...

A village called Dull, in Perthshire, Scotland, was recently twinned with Boring in Oregon...

It was officially decided that the most embarrassing place name in britain is...

Well, you guess...

My favourite named place has always been the "Pidley-cum-Fenton Social Club", in a small hamlet betwixt the villages of Pidley and Fenton, in Huntingdon/Cambridgshire borders area...

http://pidleycumfentonpc.webs.com/

Oh yeah, and the Kilkenny Viewpoint in Gloucestershire...

gweimer · August 17, 2012, 04:13:35 PM

Then, there's this little burb in Michigan, not so very far from the Nuge's old home.

When you drive up I-71 from Columbus to Cleveland, you pass a sign that says "Entering Wayne County".

Highlander · August 17, 2012, 04:15:32 PM

I guess you need to be careful you don't overshoot the exit...

Dave W · August 17, 2012, 04:46:00 PM

Well, now, if we're talking about towns, there are two small towns in northern Iowa off I-35, Manly and Fertile, home of the (probably apocryphal) wedding announcement, "Manly Man Marries Fertile Woman." They probably headed to Climax for their honeymoon.

gweimer · August 17, 2012, 05:49:12 PM

And wound up in another Michigan burg.