Place names
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Not just places. Person names are even worse. I got very intrigued when I realized there existed people with the surnames Knoblauch and Rindfleich, which translates to Garlic and Beef respectively. And there really exists people with the surnames Titte, Fickbaum, Feuchtenbeiner, Muschi, Breitscheid or Luderfinger. (use a translation program, it probably just turns into a load of stars if I write it out) But it doesn't stop there, some parents are really mean. If your surname is Schweiss, a fairly common surname, you don't name your kid Axel. (Arm pit sweat)
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Axel Schweiss LOL :laugh: I used to work with a Knoblauch in Denmark several decades ago... Luckily he didn't smell of garlic... ;) I could wish for a female colleague named Titte or Feuchtenbeiner (are you serious, is somebody actually called that?) - just think of the fun you could have with that... In Denmark, as well as Sweden, Pitt is a slang word for penis, and Stiv means "stiff", so I have a long standing joke (no pun intended) about Brad Pitt having an unknown brother called Steve. Normally, it takes people a short while to connect Steve with Pitt and realise what it could also mean. But then they normally break out laughing...
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Not just places. Person names are even worse. I got very intrigued when I realized there existed people with the surnames Knoblauch and Rindfleich, which translates to Garlic and Beef respectively. And there really exists people with the surnames Titte, Fickbaum, Feuchtenbeiner, Muschi, Breitscheid or Luderfinger. (use a translation program, it probably just turns into a load of stars if I write it out) But it doesn't stop there, some parents are really mean. If your surname is Schweiss, a fairly common surname, you don't name your kid Axel. (Arm pit sweat)
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
LOL, I didn't even notice it was you I replied to Jörgen... :doh: So you obviously know the Steve Pitt joke?!?!? :laugh:
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
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Accident, Maryland[^] :doh: What other odd place names have you guys (and gals) seen? List on wiki[^]
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
Ramsbottom, but its in Lancashire so that would explain it
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LOL, I didn't even notice it was you I replied to Jörgen... :doh: So you obviously know the Steve Pitt joke?!?!? :laugh:
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the timeClassic fifth grade joke.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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Axel Schweiss LOL :laugh: I used to work with a Knoblauch in Denmark several decades ago... Luckily he didn't smell of garlic... ;) I could wish for a female colleague named Titte or Feuchtenbeiner (are you serious, is somebody actually called that?) - just think of the fun you could have with that... In Denmark, as well as Sweden, Pitt is a slang word for penis, and Stiv means "stiff", so I have a long standing joke (no pun intended) about Brad Pitt having an unknown brother called Steve. Normally, it takes people a short while to connect Steve with Pitt and realise what it could also mean. But then they normally break out laughing...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the timeJohnny J. wrote:
are you serious, is somebody actually called that?)
Yes seriously, check the phone directory.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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Accident, Maryland[^] :doh: What other odd place names have you guys (and gals) seen? List on wiki[^]
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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USA seems to be the home a odd names. Hell,_Michigan[^] Intercourse,_Pennsylvania[^] And I'm sure there plenty of others.. Locally we we have Eureka Waikato NZ and Near Porangahau in Hawke’s Bay is an unassuming hill known as "Taumata whakatangi hangakoauau o tamatea turi pukakapiki maunga horo nuku pokai whenua kitanatahu", which translates into English as "the place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed and swallowed mountains, known as 'landeater’, played his flute to his loved one." Locals simply call it Taumata Hill.
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Accident, Maryland[^] :doh: What other odd place names have you guys (and gals) seen? List on wiki[^]
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
Leveland, Texas- one of if not the flattest place I have ever been. Truth or Consequences, New Mexico - was originally Hot Springs but changed it's name to that of the TV program. Opp, Alabama
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Accident, Maryland[^] :doh: What other odd place names have you guys (and gals) seen? List on wiki[^]
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Not just places. Person names are even worse. I got very intrigued when I realized there existed people with the surnames Knoblauch and Rindfleich, which translates to Garlic and Beef respectively. And there really exists people with the surnames Titte, Fickbaum, Feuchtenbeiner, Muschi, Breitscheid or Luderfinger. (use a translation program, it probably just turns into a load of stars if I write it out) But it doesn't stop there, some parents are really mean. If your surname is Schweiss, a fairly common surname, you don't name your kid Axel. (Arm pit sweat)
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello