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Brackish
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 Posted - 08/14/2003 : 15:28:40
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| I'm from a town called Arnold. Can anyone beat that? |
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mereubu
= FB QuizMistress =
USA
2677 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2003 : 15:43:58
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Not me! Arnold's pretty good.
I was driving the back road to St. Louis last summer and passed through the towns of Bald Knob, Arkansas and Knob Lick, Missouri. Now those are some sad home towns. |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2003 : 15:47:42
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| Oh, come on... you just made that last one up. |
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Brackish
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Posted - 08/14/2003 : 15:48:51
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| Knob Lick? That town should be 18 and over. |
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mereubu
= FB QuizMistress =
USA
2677 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2003 : 15:53:30
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Heh-heh. Just type "Knob Lick, MO" into any search engine. . .(You have to remember, I'm the one who tracked down the town of Dildo, N.F.)
Arkansas has lots of good town names. I wish I'd been born in Hot Coffee instead of Little Rock. |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2003 : 15:56:47
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| Bartholomew... |
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Brackish
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142 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2003 : 16:25:53
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| COF, you're from a town called Bartholomew? Hmmm...I'd be even more suspicious if you said you were from a town called Whatever Happened to Pong. |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 08/15/2003 : 09:06:33
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| No, I'm born and raised in Saskatoon. The Bartholomew was a reference to mere wishing she'd ended up in the (hot) coffee.... |
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JamesM
= Cult of Ray =
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Posted - 08/15/2003 : 10:23:36
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There's some great town names around St. Louis. Dix, Illinois, anyone?
-Jimmy M. |
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ramona
"FB Quote Mistress"
USA
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Posted - 08/15/2003 : 10:42:56
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| My home town is fairly boring - Middlebury. But I did go to Witchcraft Heights Elementary School in Salem, MA. I always thought that was kind of whack. |
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blackpurse
= Cult of Ray =
USA
299 Posts |
Posted - 08/15/2003 : 11:05:08
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Up in Northern Wisconsin, and the south part of Michigan's Upper Penninsula nestle the towns of (and they're not far from each other):
Spread Eagle
Beaver
Felch (and naive as I am, I didn't know until we drove through it to meet some friends what "Felching" is)
"Sacred cows make the best burgers!"
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 08/15/2003 : 11:07:27
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| Balzac, Alberta always makes me laugh. |
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
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Posted - 08/15/2003 : 11:10:04
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blackpurse, that's fucked up! I can't top any of these town names, but I can tell you that Exit 69 on I-75 in Michigan is Big Beaver Road. And man does it stink... (kidding).
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Dave Noisy
Minister of Chaos
Canada
4496 Posts |
Posted - 08/15/2003 : 11:21:29
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| I grew up in Wiarton, Ontario. Spent a few years before that in Wiskey Harbour, near Pike Bay. Just south of Lion's Head, and north of Ferndale and Owen Sound. |
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paintmeister
= Cult of Ray =
USA
347 Posts |
Posted - 08/17/2003 : 11:38:14
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I live fairly close to Peculiar, Missouri and Tightwad, Missouri.
I have relatives that live in Flippin, Arkansas.
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therewererumours
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1240 Posts |
Posted - 08/17/2003 : 12:22:04
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On my way to Claremorris, Co. Mayo, I drive by Log Boy. Make of it what you will?
"Lets have a game of Go Johny, go, go, go , go. Everyboby knows, Go!, Johny, go, go, go, go" |
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ProverbialCereal
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USA
2953 Posts |
Posted - 08/17/2003 : 13:14:17
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I used to live in "Timonium" which is in Maryland. Does that sound weird to anyone? I lived there so long I can't tell if it sounds stupid or not. It sounds like something on the periodical table of elements, like one of those loser elements that no one has ever heard of.
-Derek |
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mereubu
= FB QuizMistress =
USA
2677 Posts |
Posted - 08/17/2003 : 14:45:50
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Yeah, sounds like it should be next to molybdenum.
I'm sure I've said it before, but the town I live in is located between the towns of Toad Suck and Pickles Gap, Arkansas. Local parks/lakes are Beaverfork and Woolly Hollow. Is it just me, or does everything sound dirty? |
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Little Black Francis
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 08/17/2003 : 15:05:39
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the town 7 miles from my town is named
"Buena Vista" which in itself is not funny.
But it's in bumfuck Virginia so everyone calls it
"b-you-na vista"
it's normal to us, but tourists and people from out of town always are confused.
We're all a bunch of hicks down here.
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Dave Noisy
Minister of Chaos
Canada
4496 Posts |
Posted - 08/18/2003 : 14:02:41
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| PICKELS GAP! HA HA! YOU MAKE DAVE NOISY LAUGH DESPITE US DRUGGING AND BEATING HIM. |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 08/18/2003 : 14:21:45
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| Of course we have the infamous Headsmashedinbuffalojump, Alberta. |
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WolfManMikeLonely
= Cult of Ray =
USA
936 Posts |
Posted - 08/19/2003 : 11:37:01
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I'm from Delaware... Yup, Delaware. Oh my.
"Hey fuck you if you don't like it."
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blackpurse
= Cult of Ray =
USA
299 Posts |
Posted - 08/19/2003 : 12:06:38
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quote:
Originally posted by ProverbialCereal
I used to live in "Timonium" which is in Maryland. Does that sound weird to anyone? I lived there so long I can't tell if it sounds stupid or not. It sounds like something on the periodical table of elements, like one of those loser elements that no one has ever heard of.
-Derek
I just remember living in DC, and my friends from Baltimore could tell if you were from B'more or not by the way you pronounced "Timonium Road".
"Sacred cows make the best burgers!"
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blackpurse
= Cult of Ray =
USA
299 Posts |
Posted - 08/19/2003 : 12:10:11
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quote:
Originally posted by Little Black Francis
the town 7 miles from my town is named
"Buena Vista" which in itself is not funny.
But it's in bumfuck Virginia so everyone calls it
"b-you-na vista"
it's normal to us, but tourists and people from out of town always are confused.
We're all a bunch of hicks down here.
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ain't it
Try Southern Illlinois, where they insist that the pronounciation of the town at the bottom tip of the state is "KAY-ro", not Cairo as the Egyptians whose capital city is mimiced pronounce.
And there's a suburb of Milwaukee, New Berlin, pronounced New BURR-lin, not New Bear-LINN. Seems during the 40s, anti-German sentiment was so great, they didn't at all want to be associated with anything that sounded the least bit teutonic. Go figure.
"Sacred cows make the best burgers!"
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This Is It
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Posted - 08/19/2003 : 12:46:43
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I'm from Fargo, ND which isn't necessarily weird IMO, but people always bring up the movie. People can be some great conversationalists at times...
book of the month: Exodus by Leon Uris |
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speedy_m
= Frankofile =
Canada
3581 Posts |
Posted - 08/19/2003 : 12:51:25
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| Fargo? Go BEEZ!!!! |
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speedy_m
= Frankofile =
Canada
3581 Posts |
Posted - 08/19/2003 : 13:41:07
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| Not a Beez fan, sir? |
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This Is It
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Posted - 08/19/2003 : 19:25:59
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I've never actually seen them play; I don't think they played there when I left about 11-12 yrs ago. They probably play at the appropriatly named Fargo Dome which if my memory serves me, was built after I left.
Do the beez play yr local home town team?
book of the month: Exodus by Leon Uris |
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speedy_m
= Frankofile =
Canada
3581 Posts |
Posted - 08/20/2003 : 07:57:28
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| They did, until the ownership group (from Ohio) couldn't sell the team to a local group, and that was that. It's really sad because I love basketball, and that was some high quality ball. |
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