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Little to far for me. How about we meet about 2 miles west of me.
Dickhater: Atlanta, GA
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Little to far for me. How about we meet about 2 miles west of me.
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Two places that won't make the cut, will be Big Bone Lick, KY, and Flagstaff AZ......
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The 22 Worst Town Names In The World
22. Cockburn, Western Australia
Although this name is often pronounced “Coburn” by those who stand to lose from its awfulness, who actually reads that when they see this word? Oh, how it burns.
21. Twatt, Orkney, Shetland Islands, Scotland
The Shetland Islands, pronounced “Shitland Islands” if you have an accent like mine, make up a happy little area north of Scotland where it’s too cold for trees to grow. I am related to approximately half the population of the Shetland Islands, share a last name with a quarter of them, and can probably trace my ancestry back to Twatt if I try hard enough. The pride!
20. Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu, New Zealand
Locals call this hill in Hawke’s Bay “Taumata” because… Well. Just because.
19. Muff, Ireland
We here at Drivl love puerile humour. They have a town called Muff. Har har har.
18. Looneyville, Texas, United States
Little Looneyville was named for storekeeper John Looney in the early 1870s. But who gives a ****. This is a hilarious name for a town in the state that brought us Dallas, the Bush Twins and Waco. How awkward must that be when you go to college? “Hey guys, my name’s Sue and I’m from Looneyville!”
17. Titty Hill, Sussex, England
Falling squarely into the extensive Stupid Place Names From England category, Titty Hill is probably located just north of…
16. Thong, Kent, England
Which actually is south-east of…
15. Gravesend, Kent, England
Oh, come on, England. Graves End? What a nasty, depressing little name. You could have at least gone all the way with this one and called it Corpse Feet.
14. Wetwang, Yorkshire… yep! England again!
Okay, so I’ll cut England some slack. It’s an old country. You know, if the United States is Google, then England is IBM. Their country is older than ****ing dirt. They can’t be blamed for having names that sound funny in 2007. But this is kind of ridiculous. Wetwang? I’m surprised they don’t have towns called Squishy Vagina or Infected Scrotum.
13. Spread Eagle, Wisconsin
If I were mayor of Spread Eagle, I’d be making diplomatic advances towards the city leaders over in Wetwang to form a Sister-City relationship. Or maybe more of a Platonic-Friends-City relationship. After that, we’d just take thing slow and see what happened.
12. Bald Knob, Arkansas, United States
Well, I guess it’s better than Hairy Knob. I assume England already has that one covered.
11. Cockup, Cumbria, England
Cumbria is a county in the very north-west of England. What the backwoods of Alabama are to America is what Cumbria is to Britain. They talk funny up there. Thus, it isn’t thoroughly surprising that they have a town called Cockup. What do you call someone from this place? A Cockupper? Cockupeleite? Cockuppian? Cockupican? I suppose it’s mildly better than Wetwangger.
10. Whiskey Dick Mountain, Washington State, United States
As hard as America tries, it can’t compete with Britain’s high standards. This was a good effort, though. Well done, Washington.
9. Hookersville, West Virginia
Undoubtedly named before “hooker” meant “prostitute who picks men up on street corners,” Hookersville combines two crimes of place-naming. One, a dirty sounding adjective (they couldn’t have chosen “Pleasant”? “Sunny”? “Happy”?) And two, they added “ville” to the end of the town’s name. Affixing “ville” to the end of a town’s name is like dressing your silly little dog in a cardigan and letting him carry his leash around in his mouth. It just makes the poor animal look ****ing stupid.
8. Hell, Michigan, United States
The people in this town at least seem to have a good sense of humour about their home’s unfortunate name. Although, I’m sure there’s some midwestern idiots in Hell who get all offended and defensive when the town shows up on lists like this. I’m looking forward to reading their insightful emails and comments.
7. Toad Suck, Arkansas, United States
So that’s what they do down in the big AR.
6. Middelfart, Denmark
I guess it’s not so funny to them, but how do we know that “Seattle” doesn’t mean “Big Fat Stinking Turd” in Danish? That’s right, we don’t. And it probably does.
5. Horneytown, North Carolina, United States
Its proximity to Hookersville, West Virginia is no coincidence. I also assume that, like Hookersville, the naming of Horneytown took place before “horney” meant “aching for a hot piece of ***” with an extra “e”. But I’m starting to wonder why, pride and tradition aside, the townspeople in these little places never saw it fit to change their homes’ names? Do they enjoy being ridiculed by the entire English-speaking world?
4. Shitterton, Dorset, England
I wonder if they bleep out the first part of Shitterton’s name if it’s mentioned on TV in America?
3. Disappointment, Kentucky, United States
Le sigh. Never mind. You live in a small town in Kentucky. At least it was appropriately named.
2. ****ing, Austria
The idiots who live in ****ing, Austria had a vote in 2004 to determine whether or not they should change the town’s name, and you know what they did? They voted against it, preferring instead to put up with international ridicule, numerous stolen road-signs and horrific Google results.
1. Whakapapa
Why is this the worst place name in the world? In Maori, the native language of New Zealand, the “wh” sound is pronounced “f”. Say it aloud in your office and see what happens.
22. Cockburn, Western Australia
Although this name is often pronounced “Coburn” by those who stand to lose from its awfulness, who actually reads that when they see this word? Oh, how it burns.
21. Twatt, Orkney, Shetland Islands, Scotland
The Shetland Islands, pronounced “Shitland Islands” if you have an accent like mine, make up a happy little area north of Scotland where it’s too cold for trees to grow. I am related to approximately half the population of the Shetland Islands, share a last name with a quarter of them, and can probably trace my ancestry back to Twatt if I try hard enough. The pride!
20. Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu, New Zealand
Locals call this hill in Hawke’s Bay “Taumata” because… Well. Just because.
19. Muff, Ireland
We here at Drivl love puerile humour. They have a town called Muff. Har har har.
18. Looneyville, Texas, United States
Little Looneyville was named for storekeeper John Looney in the early 1870s. But who gives a ****. This is a hilarious name for a town in the state that brought us Dallas, the Bush Twins and Waco. How awkward must that be when you go to college? “Hey guys, my name’s Sue and I’m from Looneyville!”
17. Titty Hill, Sussex, England
Falling squarely into the extensive Stupid Place Names From England category, Titty Hill is probably located just north of…
16. Thong, Kent, England
Which actually is south-east of…
15. Gravesend, Kent, England
Oh, come on, England. Graves End? What a nasty, depressing little name. You could have at least gone all the way with this one and called it Corpse Feet.
14. Wetwang, Yorkshire… yep! England again!
Okay, so I’ll cut England some slack. It’s an old country. You know, if the United States is Google, then England is IBM. Their country is older than ****ing dirt. They can’t be blamed for having names that sound funny in 2007. But this is kind of ridiculous. Wetwang? I’m surprised they don’t have towns called Squishy Vagina or Infected Scrotum.
13. Spread Eagle, Wisconsin
If I were mayor of Spread Eagle, I’d be making diplomatic advances towards the city leaders over in Wetwang to form a Sister-City relationship. Or maybe more of a Platonic-Friends-City relationship. After that, we’d just take thing slow and see what happened.
12. Bald Knob, Arkansas, United States
Well, I guess it’s better than Hairy Knob. I assume England already has that one covered.
11. Cockup, Cumbria, England
Cumbria is a county in the very north-west of England. What the backwoods of Alabama are to America is what Cumbria is to Britain. They talk funny up there. Thus, it isn’t thoroughly surprising that they have a town called Cockup. What do you call someone from this place? A Cockupper? Cockupeleite? Cockuppian? Cockupican? I suppose it’s mildly better than Wetwangger.
10. Whiskey Dick Mountain, Washington State, United States
As hard as America tries, it can’t compete with Britain’s high standards. This was a good effort, though. Well done, Washington.
9. Hookersville, West Virginia
Undoubtedly named before “hooker” meant “prostitute who picks men up on street corners,” Hookersville combines two crimes of place-naming. One, a dirty sounding adjective (they couldn’t have chosen “Pleasant”? “Sunny”? “Happy”?) And two, they added “ville” to the end of the town’s name. Affixing “ville” to the end of a town’s name is like dressing your silly little dog in a cardigan and letting him carry his leash around in his mouth. It just makes the poor animal look ****ing stupid.
8. Hell, Michigan, United States
The people in this town at least seem to have a good sense of humour about their home’s unfortunate name. Although, I’m sure there’s some midwestern idiots in Hell who get all offended and defensive when the town shows up on lists like this. I’m looking forward to reading their insightful emails and comments.
7. Toad Suck, Arkansas, United States
So that’s what they do down in the big AR.
6. Middelfart, Denmark
I guess it’s not so funny to them, but how do we know that “Seattle” doesn’t mean “Big Fat Stinking Turd” in Danish? That’s right, we don’t. And it probably does.
5. Horneytown, North Carolina, United States
Its proximity to Hookersville, West Virginia is no coincidence. I also assume that, like Hookersville, the naming of Horneytown took place before “horney” meant “aching for a hot piece of ***” with an extra “e”. But I’m starting to wonder why, pride and tradition aside, the townspeople in these little places never saw it fit to change their homes’ names? Do they enjoy being ridiculed by the entire English-speaking world?
4. Shitterton, Dorset, England
I wonder if they bleep out the first part of Shitterton’s name if it’s mentioned on TV in America?
3. Disappointment, Kentucky, United States
Le sigh. Never mind. You live in a small town in Kentucky. At least it was appropriately named.
2. ****ing, Austria
The idiots who live in ****ing, Austria had a vote in 2004 to determine whether or not they should change the town’s name, and you know what they did? They voted against it, preferring instead to put up with international ridicule, numerous stolen road-signs and horrific Google results.
1. Whakapapa
Why is this the worst place name in the world? In Maori, the native language of New Zealand, the “wh” sound is pronounced “f”. Say it aloud in your office and see what happens.
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No. dshan is not. Most of the comments (including mine) are stupid. The difference is, some of the posters were trying to be stupid on purpose and some were trying to be funny, and had no idea how insensitive their comments are/were. All dshan did was point out there was a difference. He didn't even level a value judgment as to who was who.
My Bob, you are just a fountain of knowledge. Come to South Bend some time, we can meet. I will take you to Hell, Michigan. I have been there a number of times. That way you can say you were to hell and back, with your old buddy, Bogs!
About the whole point of this thread. This woman is A) African American; B) A paraplegic now confined to a wheelchair; C) an elite womans track coach that has accomplished quite a bit more in her life than most posters on this site; D) she is approximately my age, so I know what she had to overcome to accomplish that it the times she started her career.
Someone found the person she had an affair with, and got her to step forward just to screw this woman out of her pay raise. (She would be making over 100k versus Mack Brown's what?) Now, from what little I have heard this university has has a bad track record of profs screwing co-eds, and every combination thereof. I bet the person that set her up, was one of them. I would not bet that she knows who to this very day; possibly because there was no shortage of suspects. I hope she and her attorney wipe that school out as in the biblical sense; think Sodom and Gomorrah.
And here it is for me. I am a guy that doesn't care, male vs. female, black vs. white; hetero vs. homo; but what I do care about is hypocrite vs. ethical and moral.
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Seriously. The amount of fun governance on this site is ridiculous. Would I cry in my pillow nightly if a black guy called me a fat white cracker? I prefer Jive Honky myself. Lighten the hell up.
Who was that addressed too? I think I proved that I was light hearted. dshans was making a point. I made a couple, but neither one of us tried to change the "heartedness" of this thread. I even jested to Bob. Did I miss something.
Because I would go to Hell in back with or for you to0!
If you take him there when the temperature drops down to around 10 degrees, he can visit "when Hell freezes over".
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Hey, dude, there are a lot of shade trees there, and there is always a nice breeze . . . So we could stand outside of town in this clay farm field where the sun beats down, unmercifully, and experience what hotter than hell is like, too!
Do you want to go? I didn't mean to exclude you either! There are a lot of you I would go to hell and back with on this site!
I've been thank you!
There are those that would prefer I make the journey solo and one way.
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Bad gas, huh?
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It was the fish tacos.
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I'm not a fountain of knowledge. I plagiarized this from Google. I apologize, I thought I had cut and pasted the source along with the list.
And I hope to visit South Bend later this year if work allows time.....not Hell though.
Hell, Michigan is redundant, like New York, New York.
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And, yet..... he's right.
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Doctor Samuel Johnson is right about Gabby Johnson being right!
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Compared to being stuck in a car with BGIF having bad gas, that must be preferable to the thought of fish tacos, bleeeaack!
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Yeah, I get that a lot.
Is that what that giant sucking sound coming from Minnesota is?
No, just a terminal destination.
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All of the above. I have an arsenal, including a Sears wet/dry shop vac.
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I don't know much anymore, (I used to be much smarter when I was young), but there is one incontrovertable fact I am sure I have a clear grasp on; dshans is nothing like Bruno Kirby?
YOU DO GET EXTRA POINTS FOR THE KIRBY REFERENCE; I WOULD HAVE PLAYED IT, TOO!
And in homage to sir D, BGIF you missed a comma:
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"I wash born here, an I wash raished here, and dad gum it, I am gonna die here, an no sidewindin' bushwackin', hornswagglin' cracker croaker is gonna rouin me bishen cutter."
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That's what I' talkin' 'bout!
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And you, good sir, mistook an "i" for an "a!"
(or would that be misplaced an "i" with an "a?" or displaced or rerouted? I think I have a headache.)
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I am not giving you a ride in my convertable this spring!
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I look (and talk) more like Gabby Hayes, the role model for Gabby Johnson.
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Then I guess I'll just have to be content with putting wheels and a Briggs and Stratton two cycle engine on my Castro Convertible and tool around the neighborhood.
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It's a dadburned outrage! How long it been since you put on a clean shirt?
Now, after a momentary pause . . . .
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Any one heard about what is going on in Texas?
It's a dadburned outrage! How long it been since you put on a clean shirt?
Now, after a momentary pause . . . .
momentary pause
Any one heard about what is going on in Texas?
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We're having a preliminary meeting this Friday to discuss the events in Texas. Salmon will be served for lunch..................because it's a Friday in Lent.
Our findings will be published on a bi-weekly basis in the UT newspaper.