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02-14-2007, 08:45 PM
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Location: Monument,CO
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Whenever we drive from CO Springs to Vegas, we go through the village of No Name  . Not sure if it's in CO or UT. It's on I-70. |
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02-14-2007, 09:29 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Bryn Mawr Minneapolis
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I have to include this quote from Garrison Keilor in regards to 2 small towns in NW Minnesota. I grew up in Fargo and as young kids, we'd joke about the pun. Sadly enough it was true.
"The town of Fertile, population 853, sits about 19 miles southeast of Crookston on state highway 32; Climax, with 273 listed residents, sits to the west of there on US 75, some thirty miles away. An elderly lady from the former small town expired in the latter, leading to an obituary caption in the paper that read, in bold letters: "Fertile Woman Dies in Climax." Probably the longest-lived journalistic gaffe in the entire state, and one that must have brought at least mortification to its author. You'd hope so anyway."
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02-15-2007, 12:13 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Atlanta
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Climax, N.C.
Hornytown, N.C.
Star, N.C.
Candor, N.C.
Toast, N.C.
Cumming, GA
Dacula, GA
Social Circle, GA
Rome, GA
Athens, GA
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02-15-2007, 07:56 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Thumb of Michigan
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Two Guns, Arizona
Hell, Michigan
Twilight, West Virginia
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02-15-2007, 01:39 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Atlanta
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I think I've been to Hell before, or somewhere very near it...
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02-15-2007, 02:41 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Burlington, VT
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Aquinnah, Massachusetts, on Martha's Vineyard, is also known by its Colonial name, Gay Head.
Colonie, New York, only because the emphasis is on the last syllable (Co-lo-NEE).
Newport News, Virginia
Walla Walla, Washington
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Last edited by Hatless Wonder; 02-15-2007 at 02:45 PM..
Reason: punctuation
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02-15-2007, 02:52 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Bozeman, MT
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I've lived in Anaconda, MT.
What always struck me somewhat funny was the exit sign along Interstate 90 for Anaconda and a nearby town called "Opportunity" - the sign said "Anaconda Opportunity." Sounds like fun  |
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02-17-2007, 02:44 PM
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Two Tickets to Paradise
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: NEW JERSEY
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There are a few odd town names near me:
Love Ladies, NJ
King of Prussia, PA
Jersey Shore, PA
Cheesequake, NJ
Red Lion, NJ
Intercourse, PA
Georgia, NJ
Berlin, NJ
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02-17-2007, 03:17 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: NEFL
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Two Egg, FL
Sopchoppy, FL
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02-17-2007, 07:51 PM
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Senior Member
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"Lost in the woods."
(set 9 days ago)
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Oregon Coast
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We've got a few odd ones in Oregon:
Drain
Curtain
Burnt Woods
Otter Rock
Remote
Sixes
Aloha
Sweet Home
Sublimity
Swisshome
Triangle Lake
North Powder
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