I drove passed that place earlier this summer. There is really nothing in Nothing. See also Desert Center, CA where there is a diner, gas station, and post office, and nothing else.smidgley said:
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Funny Town Names
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fourstringdrums said:Athol is the next town over from meI don't find the name really that funny.
I always think of someone in a lispy kind of voice calling someone a derogatory name...
Don't forget Nanty Glo, PAMJ5150 said:We have a Mechanicsburg in Pennsylvania. Two of them as a matter of fact, one on each side of the state.
I have been to all of the following cities that I find to have funny names.
Paha, Washington. Say it out loud, and you'll start laughing. It is pronounced pah-hah.
George, Washington
Tillicum, Washington
Hungry Horse, Montana
Nawlins, Louisiana
Sedro Woolley, Washington
Dick, Colorado
Hygiene, Colorado
Coupon, Pennsylvania
Munster, PA
Chikaree, PA
-Mike
fourstringdrums said:Athol is the next town over from me
That happens when it becomes very familiar.
I used to live a few towns away from Belchertown and it never struck me as funny until someone pointed it out.
fourstringdrums said:
A friend of mine has a newppaper clipping with the headline:
"Big Ugly Man Dies"
Quality.
I'm guessing none of you have ever been to Knockemstiff, Ohio.
It's a real town. I used to work with some guys who lived there, and they invited me to have a few beers and hang out at their only pub in town. There is only one paved road to the town, and it crosses a bridge just before you get there. So I go to meet these guys, and we go to this little bar that looks like a shack. I guess I really shouldn't have been surprised to see it had a dirt floor. Well, after a few drinks a couple guys decided that they wanted to fight. So the one guy knocks the other guy THROUGH THE WALL!
Needless to say, I didn't go back.
Here's a link if you want to check it out:
http://www.forgottenoh.com/GhostTowns/knockemstiff.html
It's a real town. I used to work with some guys who lived there, and they invited me to have a few beers and hang out at their only pub in town. There is only one paved road to the town, and it crosses a bridge just before you get there. So I go to meet these guys, and we go to this little bar that looks like a shack. I guess I really shouldn't have been surprised to see it had a dirt floor. Well, after a few drinks a couple guys decided that they wanted to fight. So the one guy knocks the other guy THROUGH THE WALL!
Needless to say, I didn't go back.
Here's a link if you want to check it out:
http://www.forgottenoh.com/GhostTowns/knockemstiff.html
dangnewt said:
Yea you have a point
Kobass' explination makes a lot of sense too. Usually the only thing I hear when people make fun of it is they call it Rathole, which it is
tr68gt said:
Another candidate for the most appropriately named town.
Great story - glad to hear you got out alive.
St. Louis de ha-ha, Quebec
Apples, Switzerland
Gland, Switzerland (Michael Schumacher lives there)
Bierre, Switzerland (French for beer)
Toke Point, Washington
Apples, Switzerland
Gland, Switzerland (Michael Schumacher lives there)
Bierre, Switzerland (French for beer)
Toke Point, Washington
A few folks already beat me to Boring, OR. How about a town called "Weed" in northern CA. The irony!
tr68gt so you've been to Mary's bar? Did you go to Monkeytown as well?
Then there's Pinhook over by the Scioto River.
Or maybe Muletown down in Scioto county.
Then there's Pinhook over by the Scioto River.
Or maybe Muletown down in Scioto county.
There's a provence in Ireland called Munster, and a town called Muff.
Also, try the Welsh town of LlanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllLlantysiliogogogoch
Also, try the Welsh town of LlanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllLlantysiliogogogoch
