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Have you got some titillating town names to add to the list?

From the lens Funny Place Names.

  • JJohnson May 16, 2012 @ 8:59 am | delete
    Smell-no-Taste, Liberia West Africa
  • Pinkchic18 May 11, 2012 @ 12:03 pm | delete
    This is awesome! Well deserved purple star and all the trophies :) I've actually been to most of the Minnesota towns you mentioned. It's funny that you hear them so many times that you don't think of them as strange until you read an article like this!! lol
  • StanCdA May 9, 2012 @ 6:54 pm | delete
    Wow, even being an Idaho native I'd never even heard of some of the names listed for here. Apparently the residents hide the names, even from other Idahoans. :D I had heard of Santa though.
  • tnabooks May 7, 2012 @ 5:39 pm | delete
    Hysterical lens! Love it!
  • AnimalHouse Apr 29, 2012 @ 5:55 pm | delete
    Funny names for cities/town.
  • heather Apr 20, 2012 @ 10:35 pm | delete
    goobertown arkansas, hooker arkansas
  • mywyomingadventure Apr 16, 2012 @ 11:33 pm | delete
    Lost Cabin, Wyoming
  • KReneeC Apr 14, 2012 @ 5:54 pm | delete
    I love the lens. Hysterical.
  • futurefocus57 Apr 2, 2012 @ 2:55 pm | delete
    It's not a town, but there is the Big Bone Lick state park in northern Kentucky.
  • ginayonque Mar 26, 2012 @ 10:23 pm | delete
    Here in the Phil, there are lots of names to describe diff places such as Sampalok (Tamarind in English) because in the early times the place is full of tamarind and other places with different original names based on legend...ohh well what do you think can I write a lens about these places and their mystical, funny, and sometimes creepy legends?
  • Amelia7410 Mar 25, 2012 @ 10:13 am | delete
    cool lens
  • coolgirl Mar 11, 2012 @ 1:06 pm | delete
    i never knew so many towns were named like that...i want to visit Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu see what it is like there...
  • JoyfulReviewer Mar 1, 2012 @ 6:16 pm | delete
    Enjoyed this clever lens ... soooo many funny names.
  • LotusLandry Feb 8, 2012 @ 9:51 pm | delete
    Drip,Drain,and Faucet are all in Oregon
  • MelonyVaughan Feb 7, 2012 @ 7:09 pm | delete
    What a great lens! I had a hoot reading it! Thanks! =)
  • mihgasper Jan 27, 2012 @ 9:06 am | delete
    Funny lens. I enjoyed it a lot. We have a lot of funny named places in Slovenia, but i am afraid my translation would be to weak for such hilarious lens:-)
  • dotpattern Jan 27, 2012 @ 12:49 am | delete
    The Old Philadelphia Road (RT 340) goes through Intercourse, Pennsylvania. Turn one way and it's a long drive to Blue Ball, PA, but turn the other way and it's only a short drive to Paradise, PA.
  • SecondHandJoe Jan 12, 2012 @ 12:39 pm | delete
    Really well laid out lens (I'm taking notes)! I've been to Billy Butts Pond in Newfoundland CA, and Pugwash in Nova Scotia, CA! Lot of fun! Good Luck.
  • crstnblue Jan 11, 2012 @ 6:21 am | delete
    Wonderful lens - very informative and with lot of fun! Brought the laugh for the day! :))
    Thanks for sharing!
  • MareeT Jan 10, 2012 @ 4:04 pm | delete
    You have to wonder who came up with some of these names! Great lens!
  • Fignewton37 Jan 7, 2012 @ 9:05 pm | delete
    Great lens! I can certainly understand why they changed the name of the town of Naboomspruit to Mookgophong. I really like the name of the Tittycaca Indians near Lake Tittycaca. As a former truck driver I ran through a lot of towns with humorous names. And let's not forget Peckerwood, AL. Thanks for the lens.
  • vincente Jan 6, 2012 @ 3:07 am | delete
    We have been to Muff in Ireland ..... and LOLed so hard about the sign Muff Diving School!
  • whats4dinner Jan 5, 2012 @ 11:25 pm | delete
    Really good lens! I enjoyed the story of christmas, well-thought out.Was a really good read!
  • tuneinabucket Jan 4, 2012 @ 1:26 pm | delete
    Did I miss Lizzard Lick and Frog Level (NC)? Great lens.
  • villasandhomes Jan 4, 2012 @ 4:31 am | delete
    Very good lens, really enjoyed reading it!
  • Zut_Moon Jan 2, 2012 @ 6:24 am | delete
    I don't have any names to add but love the video. I make fun of them (Americans) as well in my Odds and Ends lens. It's sad that even Bush didn't have a clue who our Prime Minister was when he was elected ....I realize that their are educated Americans out there but so many of them don't seem to have a clue of anything outside their own borders .... I once joked with one about polar bears in my back yard in Nova Scotia ... figured he would know I was joking ... he didn't !!! (he asked me to send him a photo ...)
  • VillaDejaBlue Jan 1, 2012 @ 4:04 pm | delete
    Nice lens
  • adventuretravelshop Dec 27, 2011 @ 1:34 pm | delete
    Great lens - lol - well done!
  • sarahburges Dec 10, 2011 @ 7:27 pm | delete
    Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. Its a welsh town. It translates as [St] Mary's Church (Llanfair) [in] the hollow (pwll) of the white hazel (gwyngyll) near (goger) the rapid whirlpool (y chwyrndrobwll) [and] the church of [St] Tysilio (llantysilio) with a red cave ([a]g ogo goch).
  • jimmyworldstar Dec 8, 2011 @ 2:39 pm | delete
    I'd love to tell someone I'm from Dildo or Frog Suck. Seriously, who thought these names would be a good idea?
  • EricOlsen Dec 6, 2011 @ 6:09 pm | delete
    Thanks quippingqueen for making this entertaining lens :) I'd be interested in buying it from you
  • Leopold-Blatt Dec 5, 2011 @ 3:59 pm | delete
    Very enjoyable and funny lens. Nice work!
  • robertsugar Dec 2, 2011 @ 2:22 am | delete
    Wow, lots of typing here. Congratulations for the lens!
  • MaartjeJepsen Nov 29, 2011 @ 10:11 am | delete
    Cool stuff! LOL Thanks for a great lens!
  • wolfie10 Nov 27, 2011 @ 10:07 pm | delete
    OMG. that must have taken you weeks if not month to put these together. awesome
  • paydayadvanceuk Nov 25, 2011 @ 4:04 pm | delete
    Hahaha... Wetwang, England.. That's awesome... hahaha...
  • amieljaven Nov 24, 2011 @ 6:23 am | delete
    Wow! I really enjoyed this lens. Thanks for sharing. Squid-liked!
  • Northwestphotos Nov 21, 2011 @ 3:27 pm | delete
    Oh, these names are great! Good onya to have taken the time to put together this amazing lens! And yes, I have driven through the town of Humptulips in Washington State quite a few times on the way to the rain forests. Thanks again!
  • YayasHome Nov 17, 2011 @ 10:53 am | delete
    There are definitely some funny place names in our world, aren't there? I really enjoyed seeing all the different funny place names. Thanks.
  • fugeecat Nov 16, 2011 @ 7:31 pm | delete
    Bumpass was always one of my favorites when I worked for the post office.
  • aquarian_insight Nov 15, 2011 @ 4:46 pm | delete
    Hilarious lens, thank you for the laugh!
  • MyDestination Nov 8, 2011 @ 6:17 am | delete
    funny lens! made me have giggle
  • Frank2009 Oct 29, 2011 @ 9:37 am | delete
    Even this lens is not complete :) there is SO much to look in the world of strange names :)
  • tenger Oct 27, 2011 @ 10:13 pm | delete
    Tightsqueeze, NC or is it Virginia? It's right on the border, not sure which.
  • TSLOPEZ Oct 23, 2011 @ 9:47 am | delete
    Too funny!! Where my mom lives there's a street named " Morehead". I laugh every time I see it!
  • cffutah Oct 19, 2011 @ 9:08 pm | delete
    funny lens indeed! got no funny town names, bummer, 'thumbs up' however for you!
  • creativeinc Oct 19, 2011 @ 9:58 am | delete
    In the Philippines, many, but you will not understand them! Funny lens!
  • iwrite4cash Oct 19, 2011 @ 8:07 am | delete
    Very entertaining read fellow Squid! Nice work!
  • TheBestGadgets Oct 15, 2011 @ 5:17 am | delete
    I can't believe there's a place called disappointment. I wonder if that has some kind of psycholigcal effect on the people who live there.
  • sidther Oct 13, 2011 @ 7:31 am | delete
    This is too funny! Blessed
  • fionamckay9 Oct 9, 2011 @ 8:38 am | delete
    Very funny names BTW, Naboomspruit is here in SA and I didn't even know what the new name was. Blessed
  • RenaissanceWoman2010 Oct 8, 2011 @ 5:47 pm | delete
    Pretty wild! I do love to visit places with unique names.
  • JodiFromFlorida Oct 7, 2011 @ 1:30 pm | delete
    Thank you for such an amusing lens!
  • SNPJ-society Oct 6, 2011 @ 10:12 am | delete
    I heard of some before but had no idea there were that many - all over the world.
  • OhMe Oct 6, 2011 @ 5:24 am | delete
    Fun read! Thanks
  • Rokia Oct 1, 2011 @ 4:31 pm | delete
    Add "Boca Raton", Florida to your rat list! It's Spanish for "rat's mouth"!

    How about a few for the German speakers? There's Affendorf, Niedersachsen (Monkey Village), Kuhbier, Brandenburg (Cow Beer), Faulebutter, NRW (Rancid Butter), Poppendorf, Sachsen (roughly translates to "Bonkingtown"), Deppenhausen, Baden-Württemberg (Idiot-ville) and in Austria...Unterstinkenbrunn (Lower Stinky Springs!)
  • ScamsOfTheHeart Sep 30, 2011 @ 6:28 pm | delete
    This gave me a big laugh for the day! Thanks!
  • Cari Feb 16, 2012 @ 2:25 pm | delete
    Do you know who named mushaboom harbour
  • yesperu Sep 17, 2011 @ 4:47 pm | delete
    Very good collection, many of them are new for me.
  • AsaGislason Sep 8, 2011 @ 4:38 am | delete
    Really entertaining (and often surprising) read, enjoyed it :-)
  • trusty_travel_tips Sep 5, 2011 @ 5:29 am | delete
    Hahaha this is great! Thanks for putting this up :)
  • WorldVisionary Aug 13, 2011 @ 7:54 am | delete
    This is such a fun lens! Thumbs up and Angel blessings for you!
  • tandemonimom Aug 11, 2011 @ 9:41 am | delete
    These are fabulous!
  • filmic Aug 8, 2011 @ 7:15 pm | delete
    Thank you for making this page, a great collection.
  • manchester Aug 8, 2011 @ 3:51 pm | delete
    Love this Lens.

    I once lived in a little place called 'Pity Me' in Durham (North East of England). Every single time I boarded a bus and said, 'Pity Me please,' the driver would chuckle to himself and say, 'Why, what's happened?'

    It was funny at first. By the seventy-seventh time it had been said though, the novelty was wearing off.

    'Gee... I've never heard that one in the year I've been living there Mr Bus Driver.'
  • franstan Jul 31, 2011 @ 5:16 pm | delete
    Love this lens
  • thevolcanogod Jul 31, 2011 @ 10:49 am | delete
    Very nice lens - I live very close to a city with a great name. It's not as good as many of the other ones but I think it's in the ballpark - Sandwich, Illinois. There's a nice little restaurant there called Alessandria's in the golf course that serves great food so I find myself in the position of heading to Sandwich for sandwiches a couple times a month.
  • OrganicMom247 Jul 28, 2011 @ 8:46 pm | delete
    Fun lens, made me laugh, thank you.
  • allcutestuff Jul 22, 2011 @ 10:27 am | delete
    great job. really funny
  • puertoricoistheplace Jul 15, 2011 @ 2:01 am | delete
    Very funny. Nice job!
  • dawjaw Jun 20, 2011 @ 3:03 pm | delete
    Intercourse Pennsylvania should be added
  • bikerchickie Jun 10, 2011 @ 4:34 pm | delete
    Dear Patroness of Pith & Vinegar, I absolutely adore this lens of yours. Thanks for the chuckle. Ok fine, the belly laugh.
  • smithlights Jun 3, 2011 @ 11:21 am | delete
    Love the lens, but I was a little disappointed with the names of the towns given for Washington State "Podunk." I'm a native Washingtonian, and you misrepresented our state. Puyallup is an Indian name, and don't get me started on the crazy things we have named for the true natives here. As for others, don't forget Sequim (pronounced "squim"), Twisp, Tukwilla, and my personal favorite, George. Yes, that's right. You can live in George, Washington. I do believe there is also a Martha, though she is lesser known. The small farming towns are pretty great too... Washtukna... Ritzville (which is funny if you know how UNclassy the town is)... Anyway, I loved the lens, but maybe add some better ones for Washington!
  • kimmanleyort May 29, 2011 @ 3:17 pm | delete
    Wow, blessed for the good laugh I got and for the research that went into this lens. I did not know there was a Zero, Indiana. Always great coming from you.
  • darciefrench May 10, 2011 @ 10:05 pm | delete
    What a great idea for a lens. I didn't see Weed, California on here- I've been there once and thought it was a funny name. Squid angel blessed -:)
  • foovay May 10, 2011 @ 9:07 pm | delete
    Awww - you left out Truth or Consequences, NM - where I live! But thanks for all the wonderful amusements - I don't feel so bad after all!
  • NYThroughTheLens Apr 25, 2011 @ 4:53 pm | delete
    I LOVE your lenses. Love them.
  • Pinkeya214 Apr 23, 2011 @ 11:24 am | delete
    weird but funny names cool!
  • Amkatee Apr 21, 2011 @ 8:41 pm | delete
    I am from one of those funny named towns in Arkansas, and we had a lot of jokes during the Clinton era. We were proud of our little town though!
  • pheonix76 Apr 14, 2011 @ 8:12 pm | delete
    Omg, I love this lens!! So funny!! Great job. :D
  • pinkrenegade Apr 12, 2011 @ 9:18 am | delete
    Really funny Names. Great work done !!!!
  • pinkrenegade Apr 12, 2011 @ 9:18 am | delete
    Really funny Names. Great work done !!!!
  • Fignewton37 Mar 30, 2011 @ 10:39 am | delete
    Wow! What a great lens. This must have taken you a long time and a lot of research. As a former truck driver I have been through or near many of the funny named towns in the United States. I recently went through Cut and Shoot, Texas. No one tried to cut me or shoot at me, thank goodness. Thanks for the lens.
  • Mar 27, 2011 @ 5:18 pm | delete
    Enjoyed your Squidoo. I like reading and knowing. Chris
  • IndependentEuroTravel Mar 18, 2011 @ 4:50 pm | delete
    I didn't know that there are so many places with funny names. Well done lens :)
  • Rewards4life Mar 12, 2011 @ 7:45 am | delete
    Very funny, had tears rolling down my face. I have heard of some and been to a couple in the UK but I was certainly surprised by a lot. A very humorous collection. I'm sure I'll be back for some more laughs very soon. Brilliant lens.
  • Michey Feb 18, 2011 @ 9:42 pm | delete
    Hi! Another funny one...
    Thanks for laughs.
    Regards
  • JziE Feb 14, 2011 @ 1:31 am | delete
    how did these names exist in the first place. awesome and funny
  • Norma_Budden Feb 14, 2011 @ 1:16 am | delete
    I erupted in laughter and it just continued. I actually had to leave the computer for a few moments because I was doubled over and my stomach hurt so badly. My daughter must have thought I was crying because of all the loud noise I was making. LOL
  • Norma_Budden Feb 14, 2011 @ 1:16 am | delete
    I erupted in laughter and it just continued. I actually had to leave the computer for a few moments because I was doubled over and my stomach hurt so badly. My daughter must have thought I was crying because of all the loud noise I was making. LOL
  • Kelsey-Budden-16 Feb 14, 2011 @ 1:07 am | delete
    Well, I LOL'd a few times! I was just thinking that, the province I'm from could possibly have quite a few laughable names too!

    I'll have to get back to you on that one!
  • JeremiahStanghini Feb 6, 2011 @ 10:30 pm | delete
    I'll be honest, I laughed out loud a bunch of times.

    With Love and Gratitude,

    Jeremiah
  • joanv334 Feb 6, 2011 @ 9:07 am | delete
    Hello, thanks for sharing!
  • Jane Feb 2, 2011 @ 9:39 am | delete
    Funny lens! Our world is simply filled with weird and odd things. Check out http://www.ivisitorinsurance.com/health/ for your next travel and thanks for the lens, that made my day.
  • adhd-bipolar-depression Feb 2, 2011 @ 3:54 am | delete
    Great Lens. It's nice to see some humor on Squidoo!
  • wvclaylady Jan 19, 2011 @ 6:49 pm | delete
    This lens is just hilarious! Thank you for a good laugh! I'm adding you to my lensroll on The Most Important Things in Life Aren't Things. :-)
  • D2Tees Jan 10, 2011 @ 5:57 pm | delete
    Nice lens....still laughing at Tittybong, Victoria, Australia. I plan on visiting Australia next year and now I have a must visit city. Thanks!!
  • TWOnline2 Dec 24, 2010 @ 12:57 am | delete
    nope. don't have any names but this is a nice lens
  • nah2699 Dec 15, 2010 @ 5:06 pm | delete
    I've seen that Girgletree sign! (south of Snow Hill MD). And don't forget Intercourse, Pennsylvania, that's where "Witness" was filmed.
    Great lens! I like the variety.
  • UR MOM LIKES ME Dec 15, 2010 @ 10:05 am | delete
    Shanannagin Ville would be great
  • Mike Dec 1, 2010 @ 12:43 pm | delete
    Poosey Ridge Kentucky has always been one of my favorite names.
    My Grandpa is from there.
  • WhitePineLane Nov 20, 2010 @ 7:30 pm | delete
    Fun lens - such a bunch of silliness! :-D
    *Blessed by a Squid Angel*
  • theconditionpodcast Nov 17, 2010 @ 8:31 pm | delete
    Great lens, thanks for humouring me :-)
  • VickiSims Oct 21, 2010 @ 8:31 am | delete
    This is a hilarious lens. I am from Washington state which, as you discovered, has quite a few funny names.
  • scar4 Oct 10, 2010 @ 10:31 pm | delete
    Very interesting and funny lens. Thank you for writing.
  • newbizmau Oct 5, 2010 @ 7:32 pm | delete
    I live in Mobile, AL. Everyone says, "mo-bul," like its a cell phone.
  • WriterBuzz Oct 3, 2010 @ 4:02 am | delete
    Your lens is great. Very informative. I liked your lens with a thumbs up.
  • Petstrel Sep 18, 2010 @ 12:52 pm | delete
    These are great :)
  • Sep 5, 2010 @ 4:51 am | delete
    hi great lens there is a place in Cambridgeshire UK called Shingay cum Wendy it makes me chuckle every time.
  • Amkatee Aug 27, 2010 @ 12:27 pm | delete
    Actually the town you are thinking of in your intro is Toadsuck Arkansas. You could add many names to this list simply by looking at towns in Arkansas..Possum Grape, Goober, Greasy Corner

    ---a girl from Weiner Arkansas
  • Obscure_Treasures Aug 15, 2010 @ 11:04 am | delete
    Wow, that is detailed. Nice job, enjoyable read.
  • lethbridgeloans Jul 25, 2010 @ 10:45 pm | delete
    What about Lethbridge Alberta
  • Momsbusy247 Jun 10, 2010 @ 12:16 pm | delete
    great lens
  • scootersaam May 24, 2010 @ 1:46 pm | delete
    I travel the state on a scooter logging all the weird and odd city/community names.
    Slaughter, Texas (with no slayings recorded) escapes me??? Can you provide a zip code or other means of locating please?
  • Airinka Apr 18, 2010 @ 2:20 pm | delete
    5 stars!!!
  • July4 Feb 12, 2010 @ 2:04 pm | delete
    Love this lens-5 star! Very funny!
  • kyguy Dec 9, 2009 @ 6:19 pm | delete
    I live in western Kentucky, and we have towns named Fancy Farm, Coldwater, Oaks, Woodlawn, Pottsville, Possum Trot, Tobacco, Monkey's Eyebrow, Future City, Hardmoney, Grand Rivers, and there is a place on Kentucky Lake calle Devil's Elbow!
  • freddy Dec 1, 2009 @ 3:40 pm | delete
    These names are hilarious. I actually have a couple shirts with names like this (Crackertown and Beaverlick). They get a lot of attention when i wear them. I got them from sixthandninth.com
  • Josh Nov 3, 2009 @ 6:48 pm | delete
    I'm from Australia and Dunnydoo is actually spelled Dunedoo. Awesome site
  • Josh Oct 18, 2009 @ 9:31 pm | delete
    I just spent the day at Big Bone Lick State Park (in northern Kentucky, just south of Cincinnati).

    It got the name because it was an ice-age salt lick where a lot of mammoth bones are found, but it is still hilarious to see the giant highway signs on I-75 giving directions to "Big Bone Lick".
  • Kirby Oct 17, 2009 @ 8:23 am | delete
    Could you add a link to my site

    http://www.funnytowns.com/
  • crosscreations Oct 10, 2009 @ 3:52 pm | delete
    OMG this is just hilarious! Add Licking, MO...:-) very small town in Texas County (yes in mid-Missouri) ... they taking a licking and keep on ticking there. HUGE smiles and 5 stars !
  • meeee... haha Oct 4, 2009 @ 11:49 am | delete
    lol Kickapoo and Dunnydoo... I sound so immature :D
  • Pastiche Sep 23, 2009 @ 11:31 am | delete
    Just south of here, in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, you can find such interesting communities as Blue Ball and Intercourse ... or go north to Pottsville and Frackville.
  • nopantstees Sep 7, 2009 @ 7:36 pm | delete
    Great job with this. Goes way beyond the "Butte, Montana" funny town name, these are really funny. And I thought "Frog Suck" was just a term when you REALLY sucked. Now I know better.
  • richfoss Sep 5, 2009 @ 9:59 am | delete
    I was born in Thief River Falls, MN. Their high school team name? Prowlers.
  • Miss R.D Aug 22, 2009 @ 9:19 pm | delete
    very funny, but some of the names for australia arn't funny be cause i believe they are aboriginal.
  • oztoo Aug 21, 2009 @ 5:02 am | delete
    Brilliant lens. Really made me laugh. Glad to see you included some of our oddeties from Oz. Definitly a 5* from me.
  • cjm2000 Aug 10, 2009 @ 5:43 pm | delete
    funny places nice lense
  • Ken Jul 15, 2009 @ 9:18 am | delete
    I have a friend, who's father was born in Jackass Flats, Arizona
  • miss_marple Jun 23, 2009 @ 4:47 pm | delete
    We have some odd names here in Britain. Today I saw one called Spital in the Street, Lincolnshire, England.
  • Apr 28, 2009 @ 11:15 am | delete
    great lens.. haha some of the names are just hilarious.
  • Treasures-By-Brenda Apr 26, 2009 @ 3:34 pm | delete
    Lots of fun & great work. Blessed by a SquidAngel.

    Don't forget to change the default title on New Table of Contents!

    Brenda
  • manujarch Apr 18, 2009 @ 2:31 am | delete
    Hi 5*s. Request non capital letters.
  • JustBon-Crochet-Designs Apr 17, 2009 @ 3:53 pm | delete
    Informative AND funny ;) A definite 5*s!
  • Nochipra Apr 8, 2009 @ 11:06 am | delete
    I've been through Intercourse, PA. I think it's pretty much in Amish country too which is funny:)
  • Aquavel Mar 11, 2009 @ 5:22 pm | delete
    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.")
  • Aquavel Mar 5, 2009 @ 1:51 am | delete
    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.
  • Cumberland Feb 27, 2009 @ 9:59 pm | delete
    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.
  • Laura Feb 25, 2009 @ 7:27 pm | delete
    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!
  • BusyQueen Feb 12, 2009 @ 12:06 pm | delete
    From one queen to another, great and funny lens! 5*****'s and a roll!
  • Kirby Feb 4, 2009 @ 1:00 pm | delete
    Could you add a link to my

    Funny Town Name T-shirts site @

    http://www.funnytowns.com/

    Thanks
  • KarateKatGraphics Jan 24, 2009 @ 12:58 pm | delete
    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*****
  • rydigga Jan 19, 2009 @ 10:13 am | delete
    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
  • Kris Jan 18, 2009 @ 3:59 am | delete
    Cockermouth in Cumbria also Six Mile Bottom in Cambrigeshire
  • darrell nc Jan 7, 2009 @ 6:19 am | delete
    Little switzerland is actually in North Carolina
  • karen Jan 5, 2009 @ 5:48 pm | delete
    found this site for shirts from these places.
    www.sixthandninth.com
  • EverythingMouse Dec 30, 2008 @ 11:39 am | delete
    An excellent lens. Well deserved Angel Blessings to you
  • seedplanter Dec 10, 2008 @ 1:10 pm | delete
    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.
  • Sam Loomis Oct 23, 2008 @ 11:53 pm | delete
    There once was a town named Mary's Tits in the gold rush area of old California ... maybe Placerville County. Anyone know of it?
  • Joel Oct 19, 2008 @ 12:20 am | delete
    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!
  • Kevin Oct 3, 2008 @ 8:25 am | delete
    Bastardstown is a place in Ireland in the south east.

    http://www.property.ie/property-for-sale/Two-Hoots-Bastardstown-Kilmore-Co-Wexford/398196/
  • ltraider Sep 1, 2008 @ 10:32 pm | delete
    Your lens made me smile. Thanks. May I suggest Climax, Saskatchewan or maybe Dead Man's Flats, Alberta?
  • lens4Him Aug 6, 2008 @ 4:18 pm | delete
    There is nothing wrong with Ramsbottom - I used to live there :)

    And it has nothing to do with 'rams' or 'bottoms' :)
  • debnet Jul 21, 2008 @ 12:07 pm | delete
    Ramsbottom, Lancashire UK :)
  • Jay Risland Jul 20, 2008 @ 2:19 pm | delete
    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/
  • GramaBarb Jul 6, 2008 @ 11:16 pm | delete
    Hells Gate in BC :)
  • ShannonC Jul 5, 2008 @ 1:57 am | delete
    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.
  • qlcoach Jul 3, 2008 @ 12:21 pm | delete
    Humor helps us to heal. Enjoyed your lense. Thanks so much for interacting with mine.
    Sincerely: Gary Eby, author and therapist
  • Jul 3, 2008 @ 1:21 am | delete
    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.
  • youhavegottobekidding Jul 2, 2008 @ 7:41 pm | delete
    Now this is a very funny Lens and also very informative.

    if you were living on those place it would really embarrassing to tell people where you live.hahaha
  • alicesy Jun 25, 2008 @ 10:06 pm | delete
    Excellent Lens. I like the quality insight you have provided here about FUNNY PLACE NAMES. Keep up the good work.

    Please check out my Police Jobs Blog.
  • Jun 24, 2008 @ 9:56 pm | delete
    Hi,
    I love your lens. Given you 5 stars.
    Check out my 1st lens "Weight Loss and Back Pain".
    Thank you.
  • Starving_Artist Jun 19, 2008 @ 1:16 am | delete
    really fun lens 5 stars!
  • sudever Jun 15, 2008 @ 2:39 pm | delete
    Welcome to the 'Global Group - Everything from Anywhere' Group
    ( http://www.squidoo.com/groups/global )
    5 stars for your great lens!
  • ElizabethJeanAllen Jun 12, 2008 @ 1:17 pm | delete
    I never really thought about how embarrassing it would be to admitt you were from Heart's Desire or Devil's Lake.
    Great Lens! 5*
    Lizzy
  • beachbum_gabby Jun 10, 2008 @ 8:35 am | delete
    I've heard "Walla Walla" before, it's a title song from the band Offspring. :)
  • Jun 1, 2008 @ 11:10 pm | delete
    Wow! These are great ! 5 stars for you!
  • bestfunnyman May 24, 2008 @ 1:06 pm | delete
    More the ones:Dancing Dicks (map)
    24.4 miles
    Rear Wood
    25.2 miles
    Minges
    Gay Bowers
  • Kat May 19, 2008 @ 4:43 pm | delete
    If you're after funny place names you really can't go past Australia with towns called Grong Grong, Boing Boing, Tittybong, Mullumbimby, Tom Ugly and my personal favourite Mount Buggery. There's also a place called Nowhere Else not to mention Dunedoo (pronounced Dunnydoo)
    Love the page by the way
  • marnok May 19, 2008 @ 1:36 pm | delete
    'Fucking' in Austria is probably the worst of all! Great lens - love it!
  • May 18, 2008 @ 9:42 am | delete
    Hi, you have great and very informative lens. 5 stars of course.
  • CleanFace May 17, 2008 @ 1:03 am | delete
    Nice pictures and useful information. thanks! 5 stars.
  • May 15, 2008 @ 3:48 am | delete
    Then, of course there is Piddletrenthide on the River Piddle in Dorset, southern England. The different parts of the river are known as the Upper Piddle and Lower Piddle and the the river runs in (you guessed it!) the Piddle Valley.
  • WhippetTalk May 14, 2008 @ 12:36 pm | delete
    Hilarious! Have you been to any of these place? I've been to Surpise, Arizona.
  • joelo4387 May 14, 2008 @ 8:16 am | delete
    its so amazing i'm going to have to make up a word. scrumtrilescint!
  • chefkeem May 11, 2008 @ 6:35 pm | delete
    I'm having a lot of fun with your lens! 5*s, and featured on my "Funniest Lensmasters" lens.
  • May 9, 2008 @ 9:28 am | delete
    Excellent lens! Here in the UK we have more than our fair share of weird names. How about Pratts Bottom (see http://www.prattsbottom.co.uk/) and Furze Platt to add to your list!
  • bdkz May 8, 2008 @ 7:44 pm | delete
    Awsomes lens! Very fun. I gave you 5 Stars and a Squid Angel Blessing!
  • EverythingMouse May 7, 2008 @ 7:38 pm | delete
    I loved this lens - it made me smile. I am tempted by the book of 80 places not to visit.....
  • Evelyn_Saenz May 5, 2008 @ 11:22 am | delete
    Great lens! 5 stars, favored and linked to Wardsboro 4th of July.

    I loved reading your interview with Gil. Thank you for all the helpful hints.

    I grew up on the edge of Podunk, Vt. which is a suburb of Wardsboro. With Wardsboro's population just over 650, the population of Podunk must be just over 0. Podunk, Vt. was mentioned in the Washington Post recently and you can find references to it on my Wardsboro 4th of July Lens!

    Evelyn
  • KimGiancaterino Apr 25, 2008 @ 11:29 am | delete
    I grew up in Livermore, which people make fun of. It sounds perfectly normal to me. I love your Flickr gallery. Well done!
  • NooNoo Apr 20, 2008 @ 7:22 pm | delete
    Great lens, very informative, thank you.

    John
    Email Marketing Elite
  • thomasz Feb 13, 2008 @ 9:21 pm | delete
    I like this lens. 5 stars to you.
  • poddys Feb 10, 2008 @ 4:34 pm | delete
    Nice lens. Got to give you 5 ***** for all the funny place names. You could continue with the rest of the world, like the numerous odd names in Wales, or Puddletown and Piddletrenthide in Dorset, England, but then the blog might just turn into a 200 page epic LOL. Great job.
  • JollyvilleChick Jan 20, 2008 @ 7:16 pm | delete
    You know, if you grow up in an area with funny names, you don't think of them as funny until you say the name out loud to an out-of-towner. For example, growing up in Massachusetts, on the way back home from Boston, we used to go for ice cream at the corner store in Assinippi. Okay, I get it now. Go to Assinippi and get some ice cream. Hah Hah.

    um...I live in Jollyville, Texas now. How am I to interpret that?
  • Wizard of Wonderment Dec 26, 2007 @ 11:24 pm | delete
    www.cafepress.com/geograteez

    Make us your smile destination and travel the globe with the "Wizards of Wonderment" and collect humorous vintage style art from all the real places, cities and towns with wacky and weird sounding names from Horneytown, North Carolina to Goosepimple Junction, Virginia and everywhere in between. As we travel the miles of smiles we will pick up art which you can use on everything from shirts to bags or classic 1940's style posters perfect for your home, office or dorm room. A must for anyone with an adventurous sense of humor.

    Two Egg, Florida

    Horneytown

    Gas, Kansas

    Idiotville, Oregon
  • titanium_knights Nov 9, 2007 @ 11:01 pm | delete
    What a fun lens! Featured you on our titanium rings lens! Thanks!
  • Tolovus Sep 21, 2007 @ 2:41 am | delete
    Isn't it amazing what names some towns end up with? BTW, Truth or Consequences, NM was named that after the TV game show bearing the same name did a broadcast there back in the 60's. Here in NM we commonly call it T or C. Great Lens!
  • coollikeme Aug 22, 2007 @ 4:17 pm | delete
    Funny stuff cool lens
  • tplus Aug 18, 2007 @ 9:40 am | delete
    Congratulations! You are #8 at Who Has the Most Lenses?! I've picked this lens to be featured alongside your name. Come check out your competition!
  • scubaguy Aug 17, 2007 @ 7:03 pm | delete
    Hilarious, 5 stars! There are some great town names in Arizona - the ghost towns of Big Bug and Bumble Bee come to mind. Please visit my lens on scuba lessons.
  • Mrs-Communication Aug 15, 2007 @ 10:20 am | delete
    Amazing job! I can tell a lot of work went into this lens!
  • Barkely Aug 15, 2007 @ 8:39 am | delete
    Too funny, I love your lists.
  • DeanBakerWholesale Aug 9, 2007 @ 9:25 pm | delete
    Another great 5 star lens! I just love your lenses.
  • JohannTheDog Aug 7, 2007 @ 10:16 am | delete
    What fun!!! There's a town in Austria named Johann, I gotta go there. Johann in Johann! Great lens, giving you a fiver!
  • ViqiFrench Aug 5, 2007 @ 11:12 am | delete
    Cute lens! Howabout Panky, Arkansas?
  • docwoman Aug 4, 2007 @ 12:52 pm | delete
    Too funny, lol! And don't forget Powhite, VA. Five stars.
  • sonia_simone Jul 30, 2007 @ 6:04 pm | delete
    Hilarious! Nicely done.
  • bcarter Jul 29, 2007 @ 3:20 pm | delete
    Great lens, 5 stars all around. I was surprised that Spread Eagle, WI wasn't anywhere to be found.
  • Bob. Jul 28, 2007 @ 7:16 am | delete
    Coming to you live from Happy, Texas (and the Raising Star group) I give you 5 laffs!! Great stuff!
  • Jul 27, 2007 @ 11:00 pm | delete
    cool lens man!
  • Signhappy Jul 24, 2007 @ 6:47 pm | delete
    Very clever idea and great lens. Saw you on the Raising stars list.
  • awelldressedbullet Jul 24, 2007 @ 3:26 pm | delete
    I just loved your lens, you've been lensrolled, what a hoot! Could only give you 5 stars, although this deserved more! - Kathy
  • Lady_Gotrocks Jul 18, 2007 @ 2:26 pm | delete
    I have been to Bumpass Hell, I didn't see it on the list.

    You are invited to join the Raising Stars group
  • nemezide Jul 18, 2007 @ 1:03 pm | delete
    Very nice! Will you add this to WeirdHQ?
  • titanium_knights Jul 12, 2007 @ 10:02 pm | delete
    Funny stuff! Utah has a whole bunch of oddly named towns - great job here on your lens!
    Thanks!
  • Brite-Ideas Jul 10, 2007 @ 10:41 am | delete
    ROTFL, very very funny, loved it. Great lens. Love your sense of humor.
    Barb
    http://www.squidoo.com/humorous_poetry
  • Aika Jul 4, 2007 @ 12:27 pm | delete
    amazing! I enjoy reading it, very funny. Definitely you spend a lot of time for this. I'm giving you 5 STARS. Looking forward to see you again. =)
  • Nicegoogoo Jun 27, 2007 @ 4:50 am | delete
    Great lens with a lot more interesting names of places.I rated you 5 stars.
    You can see me at overcome jealousy lens.
  • Christene Jun 18, 2007 @ 10:52 pm | delete
    I would love it if you'd submit this lens to my Just For Fun group!
  • GrillGirl Jun 11, 2007 @ 6:52 pm | delete
    LOL. What a cute lens. I enjoyed that. There is a place in the mountains called Busthead. I don't think it's a mailing address though. I asked my mom why it was called that. She said it was because of the mountain road and people running off and busting their heads and other stuff.
  • rms Jun 1, 2007 @ 7:47 am | delete
    Really great lens!!!!!
  • PeterTrivelas May 19, 2007 @ 8:58 am | delete
    You can make an entire person with some towns in Massachusetts. Start with Peabody, then Marblehead, add Braintree, and then Athol (spoken with a lisp!).
  • Greekgeek May 8, 2007 @ 6:13 am | delete
    I'm sorry, I forgot. Here are a few more I used to see on the drive between Boston and Philadelphia:

    Throg's Neck
    Pawtucket
    Woonsocket

    and then there was the exit sign on 276 (I think) that said:

    NYACK
    SO NYACK

    I would love a photo of that, if anyone lives around there. I think it was in NY.
  • Greekgeek May 8, 2007 @ 5:56 am | delete
    Blue Ball is fairly near Intercourse, PA. I know because I lived close by!

    This is a great lens.
  • rksmythe Apr 19, 2007 @ 8:11 pm | delete
    I Love it! I've added you to my list of Lenses I've Stumbled Upon
  • KCStargazer Apr 10, 2007 @ 10:38 am | delete
    Hilarious! A personal favorite is Toad Suck, Arkansas. Charming, eh? April is National Humor Month (USA). Welcome to the Kaleidoscope Group!
  • Mar 21, 2007 @ 9:25 pm | delete
    This is very good. I always like R.Mercer.

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