FUNNY PLACE NAMES - WOULD YOU LIVE IN A TOWN CALLED HUMPTULIPS?
And quite frankly, who would want to admit that they hail from a pathetic place called Podunk in Connecticut, Missouri, New York, and Vermont?
On the other hand, take a place like Quidhampton, in Wiltshire (located in the "Olde Country" of course). Sounds like a charming name, but it can be traced back to its original meaning, "home of people famous for their cattle's dung".
Tickled Pink Town Names - Table of Contents
- FROM THE GIGGLE GALLERY
- 22 WORST PLACE NAMES IN THE WORLD
- OH THE PLACES YOU CAN GO
- SOMEWHERE IN NEW JERSEY THEY STILL SMOOCH A LOT
- PECULIAR PLACES ON THE MAP!
- WOULD YOU WANT TO LIVE IN PODUNK OR WEINER?
- HILARITY ON THE HORN OF AFRICA
- CONGRATULATIONS CANADA ON BECOMING PART OF NORTH AMERICA
- THE CRAZY CANUCK COLLECTION
- OUTRAGEOUSLY ODD PLACES IN THE LAND OF OZ
- IT'S CHRISTMAS ALL YEAR ROUND IN THESE FUNNY TOWNS!
- TITILLATING TOMES FOR SANTA'S STOCKING THIS YEAR!
- HILARIOUS HOMETOWNS FOR HERBIVORES
- TITILLATING TITLES & TACKY TOWN NAMES IN AMERICA
- OFF-THE-BEATEN TRACK PLACES TO PLOP DOWN
- FEARFUL FOLKS SHOULD AVOID THESE HOT SPOTS
- A HODGE-PODGE OF HILARIOUS LINKS
- HILARIOUSLY HAPPY HOMETOWNS
- WHERE TO GO IN THE YEAR OF THE OX?
- PLACES TO VISIT IN "2007 - THE YEAR OF THE PIG"
- PLACES TO VISIT IN THE "YEAR OF THE RAT" - 2008
- TOOLS FOR TOPONOMISTS
- BATTY BOOKMARKS FOR BOOBIES AND BORED FOLK
- WHAT'S THE WEATHER LIKE IN THESE WACKY PLACES?
- TEASER TIME
- RIPSNORTING RETORTS FROM READERS...
FROM THE GIGGLE GALLERY
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22 WORST PLACE NAMES IN THE WORLD
You mean some folks at Drivl.com actually found time to waste on a web-based wonder such as producing a list of the 22 Worst Place Names in the World including!Buttzville, Pennsylvania
Twatt, Scotland
Muff, Ireland
Titty Hill, England
Wetwang, England
Bald Knob, Arkansas,
Whiskey Dick Mountain, Washington
Hell, Michigan
Toad Suck, Arkansas
Dissapointment, Kentucky
Fucking, Austria
...and last but not least, this tongue-twisting town title:
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu, New Zealand.
By the way, where is "Cabbage Town" anyway?
OH THE PLACES YOU CAN GO
There are hundreds of towns named "Fairfield", or "Richmond"...but only one named "Leading Tickles", "Happy Adventure" and "Lark Harbour".So in case you're wondering what to do while waiting for spring to spring, you might want to haul out an Atlas of Canada and pour over places in Newfoundland and Labrador where you can find your funnybone.
You might also want to ask if a signpost reads Wecome to Heart's Content", is that a statement about the place or perhaps the people who live there?
And if you haven't got the a clue where Newfoundland and Labrador is, don't worry you're not the only one.
Remember, if all else fails, you can always go on a roadtrip down to the Florida Keys and take in a little "Besame Mucho"...but no littering, loitering, or lollgagging about in someone else's parking spot whatever you do!!
SOMEWHERE IN NEW JERSEY THEY STILL SMOOCH A LOT
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PECULIAR PLACES ON THE MAP!
I'll be dang, it's DINGLE!
Where bad guys are born!
Welcome to PRATTSVILLE
Not Your Average N.J. Town!
Hickory DICKERy
CLIMAX - Col., Mich., Minn. & N. Y.!
COOSAWHATCHIT?
St. Louis-du-Ha!Ha!!
INTERCOURSE, Pa.
Avoid Accident, Maryland!
Bear Bottom, Texas!
Hey...No Kidding!
In the Pink - Vernal, UT !
Tooth Fairy not welcome!
Only Doom & Gloom!
Wee folk definitely welcome!
Green Giant Welcomes You!
Welcome to Hooker, OK!
Funny German town.
Town with sound foundations!
Muddy, IL - wear gumboots!
Dildo, Newfoundland!
The devil lives in Michigan!
Good Lord, It's Leading Tickles!
Heart's Content of course!
Worms in Nebraska?
Land o' Lakes & Spread Eagle.
Welcome to Panther Hollow.
WOULD YOU WANT TO LIVE IN PODUNK OR WEINER?
Would you want to live in a place called Podunk, the epitome of what Webster's dictionary refers to as "a small, unimportant, and isolated town" or the next nifty spot called "Weiner" (Arkansas)?Twits, twats and people of twee might consider this titillating town a gem, but most folks might find it a tad difficult have a strong sense of pride in a place called "Podunk".
There no less than six "Podunks" to choose from in the U.S.A. (including two in Michigan, and one each in Conneticut, Massachusetts, New York and Vermont).
However if "Podunk" was just ho-hum for them, they might wish to consider relocating to "happening" places like:
-- Bobo, Eclectic (Alabama)
-- Eek (Alaska)
-- Bullhead City, Floss, Goobertown, Nothing, Why (Arizona)
-- Flippin, Okay, Possum Grape, Toad Suck, Weiner, Yellville (Arkansas)
-- Booneville, Bummerville, Timbuctoo, Wimp, You Bet (California)
-- No Name (Colorado)
-- Frostproof (Florida)
-- Between, Enigma, (Georgia)
-- Oblong (Illinois)
-- Zero (Indiana)
-- Diagonal, What Cheer (Iowa)
-- Plainville (Kansas)
-- Oddville, Nonesuch, Typo, Uno (Kentucky)
-- Plain Dealing (Louisiana)
-- Beans Corner Bingo (Maine)
-- Boring, Crapo (Maryland)
-- Jugville (Michigan)
-- Nimrod (Minnesota)
-- Bobo, It, SoSo, Zero, Yazoo City (Mississippi)
-- Humansville, Peculiar, Tightwad, Useful (Missouri)
-- Two Dot, Zero, Yaak (Montana)
-- Wahoo (Nebraska)
-- Pahrump (Nevada)
-- Hell Hollow, Lost Nation (New Hampshire)
-- Ho-ho Kus (New Jersey)
-- Truth or Consequences (New Mexico)
-- Boogertown, Whynot (North Carolina)
-- Can Do, Hoople, Zap (North Dakota)
-- Hicksville, Home (Ohio)
-- Loco, Okay (Oklahoma)
-- Boring, Drain, Half.com, Idiotville, Zig Zag (Oregon)
-- Bath Addition, Drab, Jugtown, Loyalsockville, Ono (Pennsylvania)
-- Woonsocket (Rhode Island)
-- Welcome (South Carolina)
-- Peever, Red Shirt (South Dakota)
-- Bitter End, Nameless, Only, Static (Tennessee)
-- Ding Dong, Jot Em Down, Looneyville, Muleshoe, Nada, Noodle, Twitty, Uncertain (Texas)
-- Eureka (Utah)
-- Notown (Vermont)
-- Bumpass, Goochland, Goosepimple Junction (Virginia)
-- Puyallup, TumTum, Walla Walla (Washington)
-- Crum, Drooping, HooHoo, Looneyville, Odd (West Virginia)
-- Imalone, Ubet, Wanderoos (Wisconsin)
In case you're wondering whether these towns exist, drop by ePodunk.
HILARITY ON THE HORN OF AFRICA
Okay smarty pants, I'll bet you didn't know that town of "Naboomspruit" is now known as "Mookgophong" if you please!
CONGRATULATIONS CANADA ON BECOMING PART OF NORTH AMERICA
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THE CRAZY CANUCK COLLECTION
Place Names of Ontario
How about Petawawa and Punkeydoodles Corners?
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British Columbia Place Names
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Let's Call it Canada: Amazing Stories of Canadian Place Names (Wow Canada!)
Full of weird, wacky and wonderful names!
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Naming Canada: Stories about Canadian Place Names
Medicine Hat, Moosejaw, and St.Louis-du-Ha!Ha! here we come!
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Concise Place Names of Alberta
The home of rednecks, Driftpile, Drumheller, and Hairy Hills.
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OUTRAGEOUSLY ODD PLACES IN THE LAND OF OZ
And, when it comes to outrageously odd town names, the Aussies might well take the cake!
-- Bald Knob, Queensland
-- Bobbin Head, Victoria
-- Bob's Farm, New South Wales
-- Bone's Knob, Queensland
-- Bong Bong, New South Wales
-- BurrumButtock, New South Wales
-- Cartmeticup, Western Australia
-- Cocklebiddy, Nullarbor, Western Australia
-- Cockle Creek, Tasmania
-- Come-By-Chance, New South Wales
-- Cullaca Cardie, Western Australia
-- Devil's Marbles, Northern Territory
-- Diehard, New South Wales
-- Dogswamp, Western Australia
-- Dunnydoo, New South Wales
-- Eggs and Bacon Bay, Tasmania
-- Finger Post, New South Wales
-- Gnowangerup, Western Australia
-- Hat Head, New South Wales
-- Howlong, New South Wales
-- Humpybong, Queensland
-- Humptydoo, Northern Territory
-- Inaloo, Western Australia
-- Iron Knob, South Australila
-- Jimboomba, Queensland
-- Kelly's Knob, Kununurra, Western Australia
-- Koolyanobbing, Western Australia
-- Loos, South Australia
-- Middle Intercourse Island, Queensland
-- Mooball, New South Wales
-- Mount Buggery, Victoria
-- Mukinbudin, Western Australia
-- Nevertire, New South Wales
-- Noggerup, Western Australia
-- Nowhere Else, Tasmania
-- Poowong, Victoria
-- Smiggin Holes, New South Wales
-- Tittybong, Victoria
-- Tom Ugly, New South Wales
-- Walla-Walla, New South Wales
-- Wattanobbi, New South Wales
-- Widgiemooltha, Western Australia
-- Willabillongado, Southern Australia
-- Wonglepong, Queensland
-- Wyalkatchem, Western Australia
-- Xantippe, Western Australia
-- Yorkey's Knob, Queensland
For those who are really keen to learn more about those very odd Aussie place names, do take a wee peek at "The Road to Mount Buggery: A Journey through the Curiously Named Places of Australia" by Mark Whittaker and Amy Willesee.
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IT'S CHRISTMAS ALL YEAR ROUND IN THESE FUNNY TOWNS!
The Ordnance Survey, (Great Britain's national mapping agency), provides a glimpse of giggle-oriented places to spend your Christmas holidays.
This online mapping tool proves that the "olde country" is a real Christmas cracker when it comes to feeling festive. From Cold Christmas (Hertfordshire) and Christmas Cross (Shropshire) to Holly Green (Worcestershire) and Ivy Tree (Cumbria), there are places scattered across the country where it feels like Christmas all year round - even if only in name.
As it approaches midnight on Christmas Eve, don't forget to hang up your Stocking in Herefordshire and leave out a Carrot in Angus for Rudolph. Better yet, why not pucker up at Mistletoe Oak in Herefordshire, dream of a white Christmas in Snow Falls (North Yorkshire), or make your way to Wiseman's Bridge (Pembrokeshire) by the light of a Star (Somerset) - although you may like to use a good map instead.
For those not worried about their waistline, there's always Turkey Island (Hampshire) with a side helping of Cranberry (Staffordshire) and Sprouts (West Sussex), followed by Pudding Hill (Windsor). Wash it all down with a couple of Brandys (Cornwall) or Baileys (Essex) and use your Nut Crackers (Devon) to break open your Brazils (Essex) or The Walnuts (Milton Keynes).
Of course, if you live across the pond in the Land of the Stars and Stripes, you'll probably be looking for Santa in either the North Pole or Mary's Igloo in Alaska, Little Switzerland in North Carolina, or his hometown, Santa Claus, Indiana. On the other hand, you may be more likely to find the man in the red suit down in Christmas, Frostproof or Kissimmee Florida where they have no need for Mistletoe because it's in Kentucky silly!
And, if you're looking for Santa's reindeer, you're likely to find them all stretching their legs in Antlers Virginia. Although, Vixen in Louisiana prefers celebrating Christmas in Michigan, with a buck-naked reindeer named Flasher from North Dakota (who has a bad habit of hanging out with hilarious hoofer named Sweet Lips from Tennessee).
Of course if you and Santa are looking for a happy holiday party, maybe you should drop by for some Turkey not to mention Hoop and Holler, both of which you can find in Texas, or at the very least, What Cheer, Iowa.
But Santa has a soft-spot for Virginia where he's likely to find a Big Chimney, HooHoo as well as Friendly folk there. And as for eats on his long trip, the only thing he can count on is a Bear in Delaware, a Beaver in Pennsylvania, a Clam in Virginia, a Fly in Ohio, Horseheads in New York, Tobasco in Ohio, Tea in South Dakota, ToastCheesequake in New Jersey, Hot Coffee in Missippi, a Pigeon in Michigan, Mashpee in Massachusetts, Monkey's Eyebrow in Kentucky, Trout in Louisiana, Buttermilk in Kansas, a Chestnut in Illinois, Two Eggs in Florida, Sweetgrass in Montana, Worms in Nebraska, Rye in New Hampshire, Tumwater in Washington, Turkey in Texas, plus a Dinosaur in Colorado and a Giant's Neck in Connecticut.
The United States also offers something for those who have an interest in sacred stories of the season, the best of which are probably to be found in Bible Grove (Missouri), Buddha (Indiana), Faith (South Dakota), Camel Hump (Wyoming) and Surprise (Arizona).
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TITILLATING TOMES FOR SANTA'S STOCKING THIS YEAR!
No Holiday: 80 Places You Don't Want To Visit (Disinformation Travel Guides)
Destinations that don't appear in most travel guides!
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101 Places Not to Visit: Your Essential Guide to the World's Most Miserable, Ugly, Boring and Inbred Destinations
Places you might want to avoid...even if you can spell their names correctly.
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Selling Destinations: Geography for the Travel Professional
Required reading material for anyone trying to promote Possum Grape, Arkansas or Bumpass, California.
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The World's Worst: A Guide To The Most Disgusting Hideous; Inept, And Dangerous People, Places, And Things On Earth
Great bedtime reading if you're stuck in Goosepimple Junction, Viriginia or Zunkerville, Texas for more than two hours.
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Roadside Giants
If your bored with Bald Knob, Arkansas...keep your eyes out for these Roadside Giants including Santa, Paul Bunyan and a large coffee pot.
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HILARIOUS HOMETOWNS FOR HERBIVORES
Herbivores, better known as veggie-lovers, are a rare species in North America.They will however probably find the "welcome" mat open for them in the following places:
-- Burnt Corn (Alabama)
-- Avocado, Cactus, Cabbage Patch, Peanut, Weed, Weedpatch (California)
-- Beanblossom (Indiana)
-- Admire, Gas (Kansas)
-- Belcher, Waterproof (Louisiana)
-- Belchertown, Mashpee (Massachusetts)
-- Olive Branch (Michigan)
-- Olive Branch (Mississippi)
-- Sweetgrass (Montana)
-- Weed Heights (Nevada)
-- Pumpkin Center (Oklahoma)
-- Green Grass, Potato Creek (South Dakota)
-- Cucumber (West Virginia)
And north of the 49th parallel, those Vitamin-C voyageurs can trot off to:
Carrot Creek, Community Punch Bowl, Grassland, Grassy Lake (Alberta)
Parsnip River (British Columbia)
Cape Onion(Newfoundland)
Mushaboom (Nova Scotia)
Onion Lake (Saskatchewan)
As Munroe Scott, author of Oh, Vulgar Wind - A Sympathetic Overview of the Common Fart, offers a clue as to why there may be such a scant supply of say cucumber consumers:
"Being flatulent is a price we all pay for being part of the animal kingdom. Some people pay a heavier price than others.
As vegetarian and high fibre diets become popular, flatulence increases, requiring society and individuals to make adjustments that are dietary, linguistic, psychological and even cultural."
Life Lesson 42: Beware of 'sliders' at family get-togethers, 'freeps' in elevators, and 'vagrant volatiles' at cocktail parties!
TITILLATING TITLES & TACKY TOWN NAMES IN AMERICA
If you can't visit these odd, out-of-the-way places, you can at least pour over them in privacy of your place of ease or throne room.
All Over the Map: An Extraordinary Atlas of the United States : Featuring Towns That Actually Exist! by David Jouris
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Way Off the Road: Discovering the Peculiar Charms of Small Town America by Bill Geist
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Passing Gas: And Other Towns on the American Highway by Gary Gladstone
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Reaching Climax: And Other Towns Along the American Highway by Gary Gladstone
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Nevada in Your Future: The Complete Relocation Guide for Job-Seekers, Businesses, Retirees, and Winter "Snowbirds" by Don W. Martin
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Muleshoe and More: The Remarkable Stories Behind the Naming of Texas Towns
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From Red Hot to Monkey's Eyebrow: Unusual Kentucky Place Names by Robert M. Rennick
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1500 California Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, A Revised version of <i>1000 California Place Names</i> by Erwin G. Gudde, Third edition by William Bright
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California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names by Erwin Gudde
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Arizona Place Names by Will Croft Barnes
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Oklahoma Place Names by George H. Shirk
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Kentucky Place Names by Robert M. Rennick
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Oklahoma Off the Beaten Path, 4th: A Guide to Unique Places
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Ohio Place Names (Ohio) by Larry L. Miller
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Appalachian Trail Names: Origins of Place Names Along the at (Official Guides to the Appalachian Trail) by David Edwin Lillard
1100 place names to keep hikers happy!0 points
Colorado Place Names by William Bright
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1001 Kansas Place Names by Sondra Van Meter McCoy
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Historic California: Its Colorful Names and How It Got Them by Alton Pryor
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A Place Called Peculiar: Stories About Unusual American Place-Names by Frank K. Gallant
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1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List by Patricia Schultz
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OFF-THE-BEATEN TRACK PLACES TO PLOP DOWN
- QUIPPING QUEEN'S QUARTERS
- For those who want to know all about an obscure, odd, and some might even say outlandish monarch of mirth.
- LITTLE LOO LIBRARY
- A charming spot to spend time for those on the go!
- TIDDLYWINKS
- For those who find croquet, hopscotch, or marbles a tad boring and need a little something to spice up their life!
- CHURCH OF CHORTLE
- The Church of Chortle, (loosely affiliated with the Church of 80% Sincerity), is known to extend a saucy smile to faithless funnyboners, snickerless souls, and witless waywards.
- TREEHOUSE TREASURY
- If you're bored right out of your tree talking with boring friends or relatives who live in equally boring places, you really should check out the "treehouse treasury" -- where you can turn your childhood fantasy into reality!
- TOP 50 WORST VACATION SPOTS
- A tribute to the top 50 most boring sight-seeing trips in America.
FEARFUL FOLKS SHOULD AVOID THESE HOT SPOTS
America has always been painted as the home of the wild, wild west (full of rogues, scoundrels, and outlaws according to Hollywood films).So, it's not surprising that visitors to America would be wise to avoid the following rooting tooting towns:
-- Boneyard (Arizona)
-- Smackover (Arkansas)
-- Deadwood, Deadwood Crossing, Doghouse Junction, Hellhole Palms, Hells Kitchen, Last Chance, Mad River, Needles, Scarface, Shafter, Shitbritches Creek, Squabbletown, Thorn (California)
-- Last Chance, Parachute (Colorado)
-- Slickpoo (Idaho)
-- Kickapoo (Illinois)
-- Gnaw Bone (Indiana)
-- Burning Springs, Chicken Gizzard, Cut Shin, Mean John, Viper (Kentucky)
-- Cut-Off, Slaughter (Louisiana)
-- Accident (Maryland)
-- Fireworks (Massachusetts)
-- Bad Axe, Hell, Slapneck (Michigan)
-- Savage (Minnesota)
-- Dragon (Missippi)
-- Big Arm (Montana)
-- Weeping Water (Nebraska)
-- Hell Hollow (New Hampshire)
-- Double Trouble, Rudeville (New Jersey)
-- Truth or Consequences (New Mexico)
-- Flushing (New York)
-- Gum Neck, Half Hell, Kill Devil Hills (North Carolina)
-- Napoleon (North Dakota)
-- Knockemstiff, Ballville (Ohio)
-- Kremlin, Slaughterville (Oklahoma)
-- Fossil (Oregon)
-- Burning Well, Balltown, Big Ball, Fear Not, Moscow, Panic, Scalp Level, Stalker, Torpedo (Pennsylvania)
-- Hog island (Rhode Island)
-- Red Shirt (South Dakota)
-- Difficult, Finger, Smartt (Tennessee)
-- Bacon, Bangs, Big Foot, Cut n' Shoot, Gun Barrel City, Hoop and Holler, Old Glory, Point Blank, Possum Kingdom, Run and Shoot, Spur, Tarzan, Tiger Town, Trophy Club (Texas)
-- Dirty Devil River (Utah)
-- Moscow, Satan's Kingdom (Vermont)
-- Ben Hur, Disputanta (Virginia)
-- Ruff Starbuck, Tiger (Washinton)
-- Big Ugly, Gormania, Tornado, War (West Virginia)
-- Red Mound (Wisconsin)
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A HODGE-PODGE OF HILARIOUS LINKS
- DIRTY OLD TOWNS
- A curious compendium of dirty old towns.
- HODGE-PODGE OF HILARIOUS TOWN NAMES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
- Cheeky, odd, or off-color town names are not confined to North America, as you'll see from this list.
- WIKIPEDIA'S WEIRD LIST
- Weird town names from Wikipedia naturally!
- NUTTY NEWFOUNDLAND NAMES
- Wouldn't ya love to live in Come-By-Chance, Cow's Lick, Goobies, or Leading Ticles West?
- THAT CRAZY CANUCK COLLECTION
- Those crazy Canucks have their share of strange if not a tad dangerous placenames, from Blow-Me-Down (Newfoundland), to Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump (Alberta), and Gore (Nova Scotia) or how about Grizzly Bear's Head & The Lean Man (Saskatchewan).
- AMAZING ARKANSAS TOWNS
- Unusual names to amuse if not intrigue you.
- GOBSMACK NAMES FROM THE OLDE COUNTRY
- There really is an Affpuddle, Pity Me, and Thwing, so there!
- RIBALD DESTINATIONS
- Where those with a bad case of ennuie go for chuckle and chortle.
- ODD PLACES IN AMERICA
- Victoria Elizabeth, better known as The Quipping Queen, provides a bird's eye view of odd places to visit in America.
- TEE HEE TOWN NAMES
- A terribly long list of tee hee town names in the USA.
- HOOHOO HERE WE COME
- And you thought HooHoo didn't exist did you!
- ODD NEWS
- Odd news about odd people, places and things naturally!
- MIRTHFUL MAPS OF CANADA
- A curious collection of oddball places in Canada.
- WELCOME TO HALF.COM
- A bit of trivia behind how this Oregon town acquired its name.
- CRAZY CRITTER MAP OF USA
- Here is a map of U.S. place names with the word "salmon", "possum", "alligator" and "moose".
- MAPLANDIA
- A great way to locate and mark your favorite spots in North America...or around the world (using Google Satellite maps).
- OFF THE MAP!
- A mirthful map of Canada - a whole host of celestial place names!
- TOP 10 REASONS TO LIVE IN CANADA
- A bit of wonk and whimsy for those who need oodles of reasons to live in Canada's 10 crazy provinces (and territories).
- HOW TO LIVEN UP YOUR TOPIC
- How to prevent your audience from nodding off or snoozing during your presentation, maybe you should decline that invitation to speak in "Boring", Oregon?
- MIRTHFUL MAP OF USA
- Here's one man's mirthful map of the USA.
- ST. PATRICK'S SNICKER SPOTS
- Folks who kiss blarney stones, hang out with leprechauns, and engage in one too many tippling tournaments are bound to have some strange towns in their country.
- AMUSING ADVENTURES IN ANTARCTICA
- So it's only -50 degrees Celsius all year round in Antarctica...at least they have some great places to visit..."Heave-Ho Slope", "Pandemonium Point", or "Lake Porkchop".
- PIDDLEHINTON HERE WE COME!
- The "Olde Country" is a terrific spot to seek unusual towns to visit, be it "Droop", "Puddletown", or "Piddlehinton".
- HAPPY HOLIDAY TOWN NAMES
- In America, no one needs an excuse for a party, especially in these places!
- VALENTINE VACATION SPOTS
- There's something to be said for dropping by these titillating towns on February 14th!
- TITILLATING TOWNS & TIME ZONES
- Keep this list out on your next road-trip, along with your GPS so you won't miss them as you whizz by!
- POINTLESS PLACES TO VISIT
- An updated unusual database of odd places, ludicrously named land features in North America...and around the globe.
- SNORTING SIGNPOSTS!
- Not many people can boast that they live in "Tolpuddle" now can they.
- OFF-THE-BEATEN TRACK IN THE OLDE COUNTRY
- Be sure to carry a guest book and a camera with you next time you visit England and record your trip to "Chipping Sodbury", "Giggleswick" and "Ugglebarnby"!
- A PITHY PROFILE OF FUNNY TOWNS IN THE USA
- A tasty introduction to peculiar places in the USA, by Frank K. Gallant.
- NAME THAT TOWN
- All about the origin of McGillicuddy City, North Dakota.
- TIDBITS OF TRIVIAL TEE-HEE
- For those adore idle pursuits such as collecting odd things about ordinary places, this site is right up your alley.
- HAVE BRITS GONE BONKERS?
- This site is definitely not for the faint-of-heart, and should only be viewed by those who appreciate double entendres and low-brow humor.
- GOTTA GO TO GRAPEVINE
- Grapevine, Texas -- the headquarters blabbermouths, busybodies, chatter-boxes, gossiping good-for-nothings, loquacious loafers, social climbers, and far too many rampant rumor-mills not to mention a treasure trove of tantalizing tattletales?
- WACKY BUT WONDERFUL PLACES TO VISIT
- Wacky places to visit sorted according to how friendly or unfriendly they are or towns that make you hungry, remind you of bugs, birds and other critters and lesser-known homo sapiens.
- UTOPIA, OHIO
- If you found "Utopia", maybe "Nirvana" is next!
- 13 ODD PLACES
- Or, this might well be called "13 places to visit before one expires"!
- TITILLATING T-SHIRTS FROM TERRIFIC TOWNS
- It's one thing to live in those quirky spots, it's quite another to wear a t-shirt with their names emblazoned on them!
- UNFORGET-A-BULL ...in New Zealand
- The people of Bull, New Zealand know how to embrace their name!
HILARIOUSLY HAPPY HOMETOWNS
Canada is home to some very funny folk judging from their whimiscal and sometimes weird names given to their towns, villages and cities.Newfoundlanders seem to be a boisterous bunch, with a wide variety of naughty names to show for themselves:
-- Bar Haven, Bareneed, Billy Butts Pond, , Cupids, Dildo, Hearts Content, Hearts Delight, Heart's Desire, Jerrys Nose, Leading Tickles, Nippers Harbour, Tickle Cove, Virgin Arm, and Wild Bight.
In Nova Scotia, they seem to have a lot of foolish folk with some odiferous challenges:
-- Bangs Falls, Beaver Harbour, Coddle Harbor, Garden of Eden, Gore, Lapland, Malgnant Cove, Meat Cove, Nuttby, Old Sweat, Pugwash, Sackville, Shag Harbor, Sugar Loaf, and Upper Big Tacadie.
Ontario is home to some hard-headed, heavy-handed folk who make their homes in:
-- Balls Falls, Bastard, Carp, Crotch Lake, Oldmans Pocket, Pronto, Sucker Creek, Swastika, Thunder Bay, and Wawa!
Quebec is home to "Le Bonhomme" (King of the Winter Carnival), so it's not surprising to see a few hee-hees here including:
-- Funny Lake, St. Louis-du-Ha!Ha!, not to mention a peculiar place called Shitagoo Lake.
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Image Credit: Andrew19933@flickr.com
WHERE TO GO IN THE YEAR OF THE OX?
Since 2009 is the Year of the Ox according to Chinese astrology, where else would you plan your next vacation but:
-- Upper Ox Frame Gulch Mine in Fergus County, Montana (USA)
-- Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon (USA)
-- Durham Ox, Victoria (Australia)
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Image Credit: Bill Mayer@flickr.com
PLACES TO VISIT IN "2007 - THE YEAR OF THE PIG"
To some folks, the pig is a very lucky animal.According to Chinese astrologers, 2007 is better known as "Year of the Pig".
So, people born in the year of the pig, (which happens every twelve years), should drop by the playful pigpens mentioned below.
Let's see there's Pig (Kentucky), Pigo (Guam), Pigtown (Ohio), Pigs Ear (Pennsylvania), Pigeye, (Alabama and Ohio), and for those who can't spell, there's always Piggtown, Mississippi.
While we're on the subject of "hogs", how about Hogpen Crossing (Texas) or Hogtown (Indiana and New York).
Or if those spots don't tickle your fancy, there's always: Black Hog Landing (Deleware), Hogback (Kansas), Hog Eye (West Virginia) or its variant Hogeye (in Arkansas, Arizona and Texas), Hogeye Crossroads (South Carolina), Hog Island (in Maryland and North Carolina), or Hogjaw (in either Alabama or Arkansas), Hog Mountain (Georgia), Hog Valley, (Florida), or Hogshooter (Oklahoma).
PLACES TO VISIT IN THE "YEAR OF THE RAT" - 2008
2008 is the "Year of the Rat" in the Chinese zodiac calendar.A most auspicious one for those who are ambitious, hard-working, fastidious, sociable and charming but who are a tad tight with their wealth and possessions. All the more reason to suggest that "Rats" open their wallet and pay a visit to these "hot spots" in 2008, to commemorate the year of their birth.
Rats must love Ohio because there are more than a few rodent placenames there including: Rat, Ratsville, and Rat Row.
Hollywood is the home of the famous "Rat Pack" comprised of Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, and Frank Sinatra. So, it's not surprising that rodents really adore California given the plethora of placenames dedicated to them including: Rat Farm, Ratto Landing and Rat Trap Gap Trailhead.
However just in case none of these placenames turn your crank, how about the following ludicrous landmarks:
-- Big Rat Lake, Alaska
-- Cactus Rat Mine, Utah
-- Mt. Rat, Connecticut
-- Little Rat Creek, Wyoming
-- Rat Butte, Oregon
-- Rat Bayou, Louisianna
-- Rat Pond, Florida
-- Rat Island, South Carolina
-- Rats Nest Gulch, Idaho
-- Rat Run, Illinois
-- Tarred Rat Creek, Virginia
-- Ratsville, Ohio
-- Rat Farm, California
TOOLS FOR TOPONOMISTS
- EXPLORE, SEARCH & DISCOVER
- GOOGLE EARTH Map Tool.
- MAP BUILDER
- Let's you build your own maps of funny place names.
- MAP QUEST
- A great way to locate places, find driving directions ...so you never get lost!
- NEOGEOGRAPHY
- 2006 PLATIAL AWARDS -- creating new kinds of maps for practically everything under the sun.
- STICKY MAP
- A quick way to find your funny place name, or create a map of favorite spots in your neighborhood.
- GOOGLE MANIA MAPPING
- A brilliant blog for those who love collecting all manner of tidbits of stuff and such.
- GOOGLE MAPS
- A great tool to find out where you're headed along the highway of life (in case you're looking for photos, videso, maps, pit stops etc.)!
- PLACEOPEDIA
- Connects locations with Wikipedia articles.
- US GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES DATABASE
- US Geographical Names Information System - provides detailed information on landmarks, geographic features, locations, population.
BATTY BOOKMARKS FOR BOOBIES AND BORED FOLK
WHAT'S THE WEATHER LIKE IN THESE WACKY PLACES?
- HEART'S DESIRE
- In "Heart's Desire", do they have blue skies every day?
- CUPIDS
- Sunny all day with a chance of evening perspiration?
- NIPPERS HARBOUR
- Predominantly biting weather conditions with the odd flurry or two.
- BURNSVILLE
- Scorching heat with no rain in sight!
- DEVIL'S LAKE, NORTH DAKOTA
- They have only two weather conditions in this place "Hot" and "Wet"!
- SAINT CLOUD, MINNESOTA
- He's the quality assurance fellow who checks to make sure that every cloud on the planet has a silver lining...even if earthlings don't think so!
- KISSIMMEE
- What weather...we're here for the entertainment!
- HELL, MICHIGAN
- There's not a snowball's chance in hell, that they have good weather here 365 days a year!
- LOVELAND, OK
- Loveland, Oklahoma has no forecast and since the town is l,076 feet in elevation, perhaps neither the weatherman nor the birds and bees can find it (and folks there love it that way).
- FAUST, ALBERTA
- Folks here are too wrapped up in making Faustian bargains to be concerned about mundane things like the weather.
- SANDSPIT, B.C.
- This is a real "happening" place (where the Weather Channel offers the best drama in town)!
- FLIN FLON
- Folks in Flin Flon get lots of blue sky all year round...and big bloodthirsty blackflies for two months in summer!
TEASER TIME
RIPSNORTING RETORTS FROM READERS...
Have you got some titillating town names to add to the list?
miss_marple wrote...
We have some odd names here in Britain. Today I saw one called Spital in the Street, Lincolnshire, England.
Posted June 23, 2009
Treasures-By-Brenda wrote...
Lots of fun & great work. Blessed by a SquidAngel.
Don't forget to change the default title on New Table of Contents!
Brenda
Posted April 26, 2009
Nochipra wrote...
I've been through Intercourse, PA. I think it's pretty much in Amish country too which is funny:)
Posted April 08, 2009
Aquavel wrote...
Hi Quipping Queen,
Your lens got me to thinking about the state I grew up in - Pennsylvania (although I'm now on the other side of the country.) So....I made a lens about Pennsylvania's funny names. Take a peek if you have a chance. Funny Pennsylvania Place Names ~Aquavel
PS Humptulips IS an awesome name. I found a PA name that may be just as funny: "Noodle Doosie.'" (Except the townsfolk changed it "to a name that didn't sound so silly.")
Posted March 11, 2009
Aquavel wrote...
Hilarious 5*s!
Although I'm now on the other side of the country, I grew up in Punxsutawney, PA. ~ Pennsylvania has many goodies. There's also Blue Ball and Bird-In-Hand, PA, and they say you have to go through Intercourse, PA to get to Paradise, PA. There's also Stalker and Climax, Pennsylvania.
Posted March 05, 2009
Cumberland wrote...
I really enjoyed this lens. There is a lot of humor to be found in place names. I may have missed them, but I did not see two more interesting names Bug Tussle, Alabama or Bucksnort, Tennessee. 5 Stars.
Posted February 27, 2009
Laura wrote
I was in my car coming back from a vacation in Idaho, and I saw a water tower with the word "ATHOL" on it. Then we passed the Athol General Store and the Athol Baptist Church. If you think Athol isn't a bad name, try saying it aloud. (ath-hol) I can just imagine...."Where are you from?" "Athol." "Excuse me?" Haha! Great article though!
Posted February 25, 2009
BusyQueen wrote...
From one queen to another, great and funny lens! 5*****'s and a roll!
Posted February 12, 2009
Kirby wrote
Could you add a link to my
Funny Town Name T-shirts site @
http://www.funnytowns.com/
Thanks
Posted February 04, 2009
KarateKatGraphics wrote...
OMG this may be my fave lens so far (new to Squidoo). If my twins don't stop fighting today, I'm sending them to Double Trouble and Rudeville, N.J. (separate houses!) 5*****
Posted January 24, 2009
rydigga wrote...
Hi, Great Lens. I can't imagine what some of these people had in mind when naming these places.....Actually I do have an idea. Thanks for sharing.
Ryan
Posted January 19, 2009
Kris wrote
Cockermouth in Cumbria also Six Mile Bottom in Cambrigeshire
Posted January 18, 2009
darrell nc wrote
Little switzerland is actually in North Carolina
Posted January 07, 2009
karen wrote
found this site for shirts from these places.
www.sixthandninth.com
Posted January 05, 2009
EverythingMouse wrote...
An excellent lens. Well deserved Angel Blessings to you
Posted December 30, 2008
seedplanter wrote...
Oh mannnn. This is one of those lens ideas I wish I'd beat you to! What a perfect topic. There's no end to these weird names, is there? (Did you run across Boring, Oregon? Can you imagine being a teen there?)
Fabulous lens. If I could give you ten *'s I would. Sorry, *****'s will have to do. I'll toss in a fave, too. Thanks for such an entertaining lens.
Posted December 10, 2008
Sam Loomis wrote
There once was a town named Mary's Tits in the gold rush area of old California ... maybe Placerville County. Anyone know of it?
Posted October 23, 2008
Joel wrote
My dad is from Hearts Delight, New Foundland. Right by Hearts Content and Hearts Desire. Dildo, New Foundland is just down the road. And if you really look there are some much better ones up there!
Posted October 19, 2008
Kevin wrote
Bastardstown is a place in Ireland in the south east.
http://www.property.ie/property-for-sale/Two-Hoots-Bastardstown-Kilmore-Co-Wexford/398196/
Posted October 03, 2008
ltraider wrote...
Your lens made me smile. Thanks. May I suggest Climax, Saskatchewan or maybe Dead Man's Flats, Alberta?
Posted September 01, 2008
lens4Him wrote...
There is nothing wrong with Ramsbottom - I used to live there :)
And it has nothing to do with 'rams' or 'bottoms' :)
Posted August 06, 2008
Jay Risland wrote
We used to pass this sign all the time and got a good laugh out of it.
It's called Oink Joint Road by Wadena, MN.
Here's a link someone else posted.
http://flickr.com/photos/ericscouten/66705387/
Posted July 20, 2008
ShannonC wrote...
In B.C there has recently been a fire on Jackass mountain, I don't know how the newscasters keep a straight face with they report in it.
Posted July 05, 2008
qlcoach wrote...
Humor helps us to heal. Enjoyed your lense. Thanks so much for interacting with mine.
Sincerely: Gary Eby, author and therapist
Posted July 03, 2008
Mike-the-poet-Jubb wrote...
What a great lens this is. You've done a phenomenal amount of work, and I've learnt so much from seeing how you do it.
Posted July 03, 2008
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