Weird town name - 84
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Two weeks back I was on a Road Trip to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. I noticed this town on I-70 Eighty Four, PA[^] Anybody come across any other towns with weird names? :wtf:
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This signature was created by "Code Project Quoter".I thought Bullhead was strange until I saw what some others have posted here. There's a major lumber company in the US called 84 Lumber. I never have learned why they picked that dumb name, but now I wonder if the company may have originated in 84, PA? On a sidenote, I did a search once to see if there are any other places called Bullhead. Keep in mind that we're located on a river, the Colorado, and the nearest town is Laughlin, NV. Then check out Bullhead, SD[^] and tell me that's not weird. What are the odds that there'd be a Bullhead, SD, located on a river (the Grand River, I believe), with the nearest neighbor being McLaughlin? I can't understand why the Chamber of Commerce hasn't done anything to market this weirdity. Heck, we ought to buy them all plane tickets here for a weekend of gambling! How many other odd coincidences of place names can the CP crowd come up with in the world? "If it's Snowbird season, why can't we shoot them?" - Overheard in a bar in Bullhead City
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Two weeks back I was on a Road Trip to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. I noticed this town on I-70 Eighty Four, PA[^] Anybody come across any other towns with weird names? :wtf:
Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift -that's why it's called the present
This signature was created by "Code Project Quoter".I drove through Pensylvania once, took a few minutes to get from one site to the other, Pensylvania, South Gloucestershire[^] -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Phoenix Paint - back from DPaint's ashes!
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There is a small village with the same name here in Slovakia, in Slovak it reads "Stratená"[^] :) Rado
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Two weeks back I was on a Road Trip to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. I noticed this town on I-70 Eighty Four, PA[^] Anybody come across any other towns with weird names? :wtf:
Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift -that's why it's called the present
This signature was created by "Code Project Quoter".There's a french town which is very annoyed because english-speaking tourists steal the town signs many times in the year: the town's name is Condom[^] :rolleyes:
Fold With Us! "I hated going to weddings. All the grandmas would poke me saying "You're next". They stopped that when I started doing it to them at funerals."
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Richard Stringer wrote: South Dildo, Newfoundland ... Come-by-Chance, Newfoundland :wtf: What's up with Canadians and town names? :-D -- Wir müssen leben bis wir sterben.
I'm going to assume that the founders didnt have a mind as dirty as yours Jörgen, or that words like that didnt have the same meaning then as they do now. :-D *note to self: find out what the word 'dildo' used to mean* The kindest thing you can do for a stupid person, and for the gene pool, is to let him expire of his own dumb choices. [Roger Wright on stupid people] We're like private member functions [John Theal on R&D] We're figuring out the parent thing as we go though. Kinda like setting up Linux for the first time ya' know... [Nitron]
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Michael A. Barnhart wrote: Nameless, Texas That's just south of Dryhump, isn't it? "If it's Snowbird season, why can't we shoot them?" - Overheard in a bar in Bullhead City
Actually it is close to Jonestown, about 10 miles west of Turkey Hollow. I am not familiar with Dryhump. I do not mind getting old. It beats all the other options that can think of.
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There's a french town which is very annoyed because english-speaking tourists steal the town signs many times in the year: the town's name is Condom[^] :rolleyes:
Fold With Us! "I hated going to weddings. All the grandmas would poke me saying "You're next". They stopped that when I started doing it to them at funerals."
I liked that link. They mention Fooking, Austria You may have to replace the "***" with "uck" in the link. If there's one thing I've learned, it's that life is one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead. - Homer Simpson