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- Published February 21, 2008 - 213 Comments
[WARNING: This list contains language that may offend some readers] Following on from our lists of unfortunately named products, we have our unfortunate placenames! Here are 10 rather awful placenames from around the world.
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Contributor: Satori
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February 21st, 2008 at 12:50 am
Those are fucking hilarious!!!!
February 21st, 2008 at 12:53 am
I didn’t think the simply but effective “Dildo” could be topped. then we get to “Cocking Fuckborough.” that is just… amazing. Is that seriously real?
February 21st, 2008 at 12:53 am
i think most were faked.
February 21st, 2008 at 12:57 am
ah, sadly, it looks like it isn’t real (according to random stuff that came up on google). But I’d love to be proved wrong!
February 21st, 2008 at 12:59 am
This list screams ‘PHOTOSHOPPED’ at me. 4 & 6 especially. No village in England is going to have a sign saying ‘Please don’t laugh at our village’s funny name’. Plus, the text on the sign is wonky.
February 21st, 2008 at 12:59 am
Mianus Connecticut didn’t make it in?
February 21st, 2008 at 1:02 am
I live near Pity Me.
Real place. Not sure about the others though!
February 21st, 2008 at 1:05 am
Real or not,LMAO at no.6
February 21st, 2008 at 1:07 am
What was going through the village founders heads?
February 21st, 2008 at 1:09 am
Woah I’ve been to the last one! It’s near freiberg germany, it’s a ski resort. Anyway; this is a cool list even though i’ve seen half of those before
February 21st, 2008 at 1:12 am
I wonder if people will who go to Hell, after accessing Anus and going around Fucking.
February 21st, 2008 at 1:14 am
Oh by the way, Fucking is really the name of an Austrian village. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucking%2C_Austria
February 21st, 2008 at 1:33 am
here in saskatchewan we have a town called Semens, just a few kilometers from Climax.
oh..and we have a random town called Elbow
February 21st, 2008 at 1:33 am
In Yellowknife, Nwt, Canada there is a road named Ragged Ass road, its pretty famous in canada.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragged_Ass_Road_%28street%29
February 21st, 2008 at 2:07 am
Hey there is also Graball and Smut Eye, Ala; Tightwad, Mo.;Monkeys Eyebrow, Ky.;Smackover, Ark.;Rough and Ready, Calif., etc.
http://www.americanprofile.com/article/1851.html
February 21st, 2008 at 2:30 am
I was raised near a village called flatbush in alberta, canada. always got a chuckle outta that name for some reason
February 21st, 2008 at 2:51 am
i think a few are def photoshopped, and does HELL count? it seems they meant to call it that, cos the real name is at the bottom.
BUT seriously, fantastic list. YAY!
February 21st, 2008 at 3:25 am
Dildo is real. There’s also Conception Bay, which is also in Newfoundland. Don’t forget: Come-by-Chance and Blow-me-down!
I sooooo want to move to Climax, Sask.
February 21st, 2008 at 4:00 am
I know Dildo and Fucking are real (Newfoundland & Austria respectively). Dildo is the birthplace of Playboy playmate and b-movie actress Shannon Tweed. I live near Bumpass, VA (pronounced Bumpiss or Bumpus).
February 21st, 2008 at 4:14 am
There is a country town in New South Wales, Australia called Bogan Gate. And I know it isn’t as unfortunate as the other names on this list, but it still makes me laugh.
Great list.
February 21st, 2008 at 4:40 am
I agree, lots of these images seem photoshopped and I can remember seeing most of them on sites like ebaums and cracked……which dosent say alot about my personal life but i still thank this was a weak list.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:01 am
Muff is a real place too – it’s in Co. Donegal, Ireland. To top it all off they have a diving club too! Seriously!
February 21st, 2008 at 5:15 am
Hehe, good list … here in Denmark there is a place called Pikhede, or in English: Dickmoor
February 21st, 2008 at 5:27 am
In South Africa we have a town called Hotazel (hot as hell)
February 21st, 2008 at 5:34 am
Aha. Ahahaha. Ahahahahaaa!! That’s great.
-Andrea Carlena Beauman
February 21st, 2008 at 5:56 am
yep, i attest for Muff…
and the diving school
February 21st, 2008 at 6:03 am
I watched a news story about the town of Dildo. It was about a small group of townsfolk who were trying to get the name changed, and an even smaller group who were trying to keep the name.
February 21st, 2008 at 6:24 am
There are many towns with the name Hell. Even if that one were photopshopped, there are many real ones. I think this lise was funny.
Thank you Satori. Always nice to have some humor when you wake up.
February 21st, 2008 at 6:25 am
What about Wyre Piddle in Worcestershire, UK and all the various Hamptons around?
February 21st, 2008 at 6:41 am
Hell is real. I live about an hour from it. Intercourse Pa is not far from Blue Ball Pa.
February 21st, 2008 at 6:42 am
We’ve a place called Wetwang up here in North Yorkshire
February 21st, 2008 at 6:47 am
I dunno about the other ones but Hell, Michigan is real.
February 21st, 2008 at 7:03 am
There’s a town in North Carolina, USA, called Morehead. I know this to be a fact.
February 21st, 2008 at 7:08 am
NoPunyNerd: Sounds like a place Hugh Grant would be at home, then!
February 21st, 2008 at 7:16 am
I used to live near Intercourse, PA. Amish country is FULL of crazy town names! When we were growing up, we used to say – You can head through Blue Ball, Bird in Hand, and Intercourse all on the way to Paradise!
But no matter what, you always have to go through Intercourse to get to Paradise
February 21st, 2008 at 7:17 am
I can tell you that there really is a Hell Michigan, so that one is deff real!!!
February 21st, 2008 at 7:25 am
Mark: If only Morehead had been situated in nearby Craven County, imagine the money they could have made selling souvenirs marked CRAVEN County, MOREHEAD City. Ah, well … maybe they can hire Hugh Grant for an ad campaign.
February 21st, 2008 at 7:38 am
this is a street sign in hong kong:
http://www.collegehumor.com/picture:59966
February 21st, 2008 at 7:41 am
I live right near intercourse, PA
February 21st, 2008 at 7:46 am
Awesome list!! Dildo is a real town in Newfoundland… they have alot of messed up town names. There is a parody band named The Arrogant Worms and they have a song all about the town names in Newfoundland. I recommend downloading it.
Here is a link to the lyrics of the song: http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/t/thearrogantworms305/anightondildo13330.html
February 21st, 2008 at 8:06 am
Hell Michigan is real, I live outside of it, one of the local mountain bike trails goes through it. It’s real small there is nothing there. There is also a Paradise Michigan in the U.P.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:11 am
here in the Phils, there’s a place where they used to call sexmoan. I’m not sure if they changed it but unfortunate nonetheless.
my fave is number 8. Hands down.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:13 am
Colin: I am assuming you are not from America. Michigan is the name of the state that the town of Hell is in.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:30 am
Anyone seen the town of mianus?
priceless.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:35 am
Wow, this list has about as much truth in it as the evolutionism one. Sweet.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:37 am
Shut up Bob.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:50 am
What I love about the town of Dildo is that the two neighbouring towns are “Heart’s Desire” and “Heart’s Delight”. How much more perfect can you get?
I got my picture taken next to the sign, of course.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:03 am
The famous ski and hunting are now know as “Jackson Hole” was first named “Jackson’s Hole” (a hole being old mountin talk for a valley). There used to be a sign at the entrance to the valley explaining that the name was changed “for reasons of brevity” – as if the extra ['s] made a difference.
No longer “an unfortunate placename”, ah well …
February 21st, 2008 at 9:05 am
Hell, Michigan
Fucking, Australia
Intercourse, Pennsylvania
Dildo, Newfoundland
Clousta/Twatt, Shetland
All real places
February 21st, 2008 at 9:21 am
I have an Intercourse, Pennsylvania hat! I get weird looks everytime I wear it.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:22 am
I’ve been to Hell, MI…not a whole lot going on there. Also, there is a Big Beaver road in Troy…Exit 69, of course.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:23 am
theres a place in co.meath(i think) ,ireland called nobber!
February 21st, 2008 at 9:28 am
You forgot Toad Suck, Arkansas. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=toad%20suck%2C%20arkansas
February 21st, 2008 at 9:32 am
I laughed so hard i nearly pissed myself!
February 21st, 2008 at 9:58 am
hahaha
theres a road near me called ‘butt hole road’. its a just off a main road, so whenever you go to the next town your sure to drive past it
February 21st, 2008 at 10:26 am
I used to live near Intercourse, PA. Jokingly I used to put that as my address on certain Internet related profiles until I realized that adult screening software on the server side would not allow me to add it or tell me my profile needed to be included in with other adult profiles.
Must be a huge problem for people that live there now when dealing with outsider especially since automated software has gotten even more advanced.
February 21st, 2008 at 10:30 am
I’ve actually been to Hell, michigan, now when people say “Go to hell!’ I just say “I’ve already been there, its pretty nice!”
February 21st, 2008 at 10:37 am
theres a Hackballsslash in ireland.ill try and find a picture.apperntly it was a place of torture in the middle ages
February 21st, 2008 at 10:45 am
oops.turns out its hackballscross.and no signpost picture of it as far as i know.but search the name on google.you will get b&b listings in the area and whatnot
February 21st, 2008 at 11:04 am
Fishing4Monkeys: You must have something confused.. The last one, Titlis. I have been there. It is located in Switzerland. I took that actual rotair up the the mountain called which is called Titlis (hence the ski resorts name) The mountain is located in the Swiss Alps.
February 21st, 2008 at 11:15 am
What about the town Mianus… they did somethign about it on Jackass
February 21st, 2008 at 11:50 am
We have Beaver Lick deep south KY
February 21st, 2008 at 11:52 am
I drive through Hell a lot. I live very close to it.
In retrospect, that doesn’t sound so nice “Oh! I drive through Hell ALL of the time!”
February 21st, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Don’t forget Bong Recreation Area in Wisconsin
February 21st, 2008 at 12:02 pm
We also have Big Bone Lick State Park in KY…
February 21st, 2008 at 12:05 pm
There’s also a Climax, MI[chigan]. I visited there once and asked if they had any souvenir t-shirts, like the ones I have for Hell and Paradise. They couldn’t imagine why someone would want a shirt from Climax, MI. It’s off of I-94.
I used to go hiking near Hell all the time when I was going to school at UM. Don’t know if it’s still the case, but back in the early 90s, you’d get on the Ann Arbor-Dexter Road, and once you reached Dexter, you’d get on the Dexter-Pinckney Rd. A few miles south of Pinckney, you’d turn left on Darwin Rd, and … Darwin would lead you straight to Hell.
Also a heads-up for Purgatory, CO, and Big Bone Lick State Park in Kentucky.
February 21st, 2008 at 12:55 pm
QDV:
Your comment about Darwin leading straight to Hell is posted on the wrong list…
(but, of course, you know that
February 21st, 2008 at 1:01 pm
OMG – he’s right!
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=Ann+Arbor,+MI&daddr=hell,+MI&sll=42.36015,-83.867155&sspn=0.205488,0.401001&ie=UTF8&z=11
February 21st, 2008 at 1:36 pm
there is a Bald Knob marina up north in IL.
February 21st, 2008 at 1:54 pm
I’ve also passed through Muff and seen the signs for it’s diving club. Also, at one point a garage chain called Top used to have a branch there and you could buy keyrings with “Top Muff” on them there as you filled up your car – I still have 3.
February 21st, 2008 at 2:00 pm
What about Mianus, Connecticut? It’s a real place, just Google it if you don’t believe me. For those Jackass (show) fans out there, you should know exactly what I’m talking about.
February 21st, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Hell is a real place.. thats where im retireing too! Looks like some of these are photoshopped.. but some are real places
February 21st, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Stevenh:
I am a resident of Jackson’s Hole and there are plenty of people that still refer to it as that. The real fun is trying to explain to the tourists the difference between Jackson & Jackson’s Hole.
February 21st, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Ive been to a place called deathonastik(pronounced dev on a stck) haha death on a stick. i was crackin up.
February 21st, 2008 at 2:52 pm
I work at a hotel here in WI so I see a lot of place names. My favorite is French Lick, IN. lol
February 21st, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Nunber 3 is obvously a fake computer-edited
http://www.TecnoCientista.info
February 21st, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Number 8 it is also a fake
February 21st, 2008 at 3:35 pm
I used to live in Pleasant Grove, Ca. which used to be named Gouge Eye.
February 21st, 2008 at 3:38 pm
connikim: wow – how do people come up with those names?!
February 21st, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Marcelo, you are sooooo wrong!
Number 3: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercourse,_Pennsylvania
Number 8: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercourse,_Pennsylvania
February 21st, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Dildo is a small town on the East Cost of Newfounland, Canada. There are many tales of how the town got it’s name. But the most accepted one is that it comes from the name of a sailing/whaleing tool. Since all coastal towns in Newfoundland we’re founded because of fishing, whaleing, sealing etc the name makes sence. Dildo is about a 20 minute drive from my nome, and I work there in the summer..you wouldn’t believe how many signs get stolen each year.
February 21st, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Nopunynerd you missed the two best in NC… Stumpy point and Lizard lick. Maybe if she licks the lizard first the stump may be less of a shock.
February 21st, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Apparently Hell, Michigan is REAL!….. like we didn’t get it after the firt 6 people said they’ve been there.
I still like that there’s a Boring, Oregon, and Vader, Washington. Oh and gotta love Beaverton,Wyoming! did I forget Weed, California… gotta love it When I was a kid, I thought Waco, Texas was prounounced wacko
February 21st, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Muff is definitely real because it’s in Ireland, and I live there.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:19 pm
hey jfrater: You could do a list just of Canadian places. Some of my favourites: Deathdealer Island; Drinking Hole Barren; Push and Be Damned Rapids; Grosse Coques; Head-Smashed-In-Buffalo Jump; Hump Island…I think you get the point
February 21st, 2008 at 5:30 pm
DVHANN: I also live in Saskatchewan, and you forgot Eyebrow, oh and we have a beach called Bare Ass Beach (your supposed to go nude)
February 21st, 2008 at 5:42 pm
“Excuse me sir, could you please tell where you’ve been recently.”
“Fucking, Hell, Cocking Fuckborough”
February 21st, 2008 at 5:46 pm
Crimanon: lol at licking lizards! Lots of peculiar names in NC … Dead Cow Road comes to mind. ;P
February 21st, 2008 at 6:03 pm
I’ve driven through Fucking Cockborough before! It was hilarious!
February 21st, 2008 at 6:23 pm
What a colorful vacation you had Davo.
February 21st, 2008 at 6:33 pm
There’s a Shooting Butts Road in Martinborough, NZ.
February 21st, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Krycek #51 i have always thought it was ironic that the exit number for Big beaver road was 69 too. I there is an intersection pretty near me that is: Dix and Champange.
I kid you not.
February 21st, 2008 at 7:09 pm
#3-JOES- I researched all of them to authenticate them-they are, unfortunately all real places.
February 21st, 2008 at 7:12 pm
I’ve been through Intercourse Pa, there’s actually a town near it called Blue Ball
February 21st, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Also, by “research” I don’t mean Ebaums World, or any other sites like it…I mean I looked at maps-I assure you guys, they’re all real places. Most of them have websites for the towns-What’s great is that most of them find the names good tourist draws, and I think they’re right. Google the towns-you’ll find their home pages. Glad you guys enjoyed them!
February 21st, 2008 at 7:23 pm
My dad was born in Hell, Mi actually
February 21st, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Also, under “fucking”, the sign says “don’t go to fast” (and under that it says children crossing…not as funny) but COME ON- FUCKING- DON’T GO TOO FAST!
February 21st, 2008 at 8:18 pm
lol so damn funny lol
February 21st, 2008 at 10:01 pm
What about GLASSCOCK, TEXAS?
February 21st, 2008 at 11:30 pm
He he, funny list. In Queensland Australia there is a place called MT. Mee (mount me!)
February 21st, 2008 at 11:47 pm
My uncle had a t-shirt from Intercourse Pennsylvania, saying “INTERCOURSE WAS EVERYTHING I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.”
February 22nd, 2008 at 1:30 am
In New Zealand we have a beach called ‘Urutiti’ pronounced You-ra-titty, this beach is a common nudist beach.
February 22nd, 2008 at 1:59 am
Condom, France
Tit, Algeria
Half Hell, North Carolina
Deep Hole, Virginia
Bird in Hand, Pennsylvania
Big Beaver, Pennsylvania
Blue ball, Pennsylvania and Ohio and Delaware
New Erection, Virginia
Climax, Georgia and Colorado and Michigan and Minnesota and New York and North Carolina and Ohio
Conception, Missouri
Fidelity, Missouri
Horneytown, North Carolina
Come By Chance, New Foundland
Jackhead, Monitoba
Intercourse, Alabama
Mianus, CT
Gay, Michigan
Gay Head, Massachusetts
Gayhead, New York
Cumming, Georgia
Beaver Lick, Kentucky
Virginville, PA
Gayville, South Dakota
Oral, South Dakota
Threeway, Virginia
Fourway, Virginia
Humptulips, Washington
Spread Eagle, Wisconsin
and Satans Kingdom, Vermont is funny and you can also be dropped off at the corner of Seaman Avenue & Cumming Street in New York.
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Wow Tjgrs you are awesome. USA sure has had some fun when dealing out place names, They would definately win first prize.
February 22nd, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Oh, yes! Somewhere I’ve been!
I used to go to Hell, Michigan like…three times a year,
they have the best ice cream!
And for those who are interested, I’m pretty sure that Hell is fairly close to Paradise,
=]
February 23rd, 2008 at 12:30 am
Speaking of odd street names, we have the intersection of Cox and Knuckols (Richmond, VA. I used to work near there and it was always fun to tell people we were located where Cox meets Knuckols. Most of them never got the masturbation reference.
February 23rd, 2008 at 3:00 am
Someone was telling me that they once met someone from Intercourse, and he (being British), laughed quite loudly upon hearing where they where from.
They didn’t get it. xDD
February 23rd, 2008 at 3:53 am
They’re all legit with the possibility of 6 being the falsified one.
February 23rd, 2008 at 11:39 am
I’m acutally from Dildo…it’s an aweosome place. There mascot is a wooden fisherman named Captain dildo. No joke.
February 23rd, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Saskatchewan’s got quite a few…Bangor, Big Beaver, Bush, Climax, Cummings, Duff, Forget, Little Woody, Old Wives, Peerless, Semans, Uren, to name a few…there’s lots of other funny ones, too- Love, Romance, Success, Tadmore, Ebeneezer…here’s the link:
http://www.johncardinal.com/ca/sk/places.htm
February 24th, 2008 at 12:56 am
Check out “Grosse Coques” In Nova Scotia… another funny one.
February 24th, 2008 at 6:45 am
to leave the famous Mianus off this list is a travesty….A TRAVESTY I SAY
February 24th, 2008 at 9:09 am
Cocking Fuckborough is not real. Just type it into http://www.streetmap.co.uk.
February 24th, 2008 at 11:38 am
Of course down in Detroit on Dix Ave. is a strip bar named of course: Chicks on Dix
February 25th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
haha those rock…another good one would have been Mianus
It was on jackass.
February 26th, 2008 at 12:06 am
There is a little town just northeast of Memphis TN, where I live, named “NutBush”
February 26th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Cool i’ve been to the last one! I go snowboarding there alot
February 26th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Elana:
I didn’t get it wrong, Switzerland borders Germany and it IS near Freiburg germany…
February 27th, 2008 at 9:48 am
I live about 10 minutes from Intercourse PA. Nearby there is also Blue Ball and south you have Paradise. PA pretty much has you covered.
February 27th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
There is also a small town north of Trondheim,Norway that`s named Hell,luck in Norwegian,and the former pope john paul II
actually drove trough when he was in Norway.
February 28th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
Found a new sign: http://www.collegehumor.com/picture:1793724 , neighsayers be warned!
March 1st, 2008 at 9:21 am
im from michigan and hell is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 3rd, 2008 at 12:57 am
Blunt, South Dakota
March 3rd, 2008 at 8:08 am
funny…………its damn funny and hilarious…………stupid……..people are out of their minds nowadays!!!!!!!
March 5th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
An obvious american website.Why don’t you all move to hell.Where is it you ask? Any fucking place in the USA.
My birthplace is Dildo and for your information at the time of it’s birth in 1622 it was so named for the cork that one would keep in the bottom of a boat or dory.Newfoundland does have some pretty unique names as the first inhabitants so named the places as they saw them.Newfoundland was built by the hard work and perseverance of its people and America was built by the free labour and back breaking work of African/American slaves.
Later
March 5th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Derick: I am not American and I don’t live in America. So, no – it is not an American website
March 5th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Haha…and people think Americans are bigoted. Derick, I’ve got news for you…the only one coming off ignorant here is you. I’m sure Newfoundland is a lovely country, and hopefully populated by people brighter than yourself.
March 5th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Derick: As a fellow Canadian I am embarrassed that you are acting like that. Perhaps you should move to America if that is how you want to act.
F*cking Newfies… no wonder the rest of the country thinks you are all handicapped!
March 5th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Derick – don’t listen to them! jfrater is from Texas, and he owns 3 guns, a pickup, and chews ‘bacca
March 5th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
SocialButterfly – “F*cking Newfies… no wonder the rest of the country thinks you are all handicapped!”
They do ?? Hahaha
March 5th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
edit: lovely part of the country… damn fast comments
March 5th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
kiwiboi: Unfortunately it is another generalization such as Americans are ignorant rednecks.
But yes it is said quite frequently… You know the prototypical blonde jokes that you hear.. well substitute the word blonde for Newfie.
I do have quite a few close friends that are from Newfoundland but he just completely ruins it for the rest of them!
March 5th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Social – heh..I guess every nation has its own variation of your “Newfies”
March 5th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
kiwiboi: Yeah I am beginning to see that… What are the New Zealand version called?
March 5th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Well, I’ve been away for some years now, but I would guess it’s “Westies” (West Aucklanders)
March 5th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Sheep Chasers!!!
March 5th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Heh…just remember that “baaaa” means “No!!”
March 5th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
March 6th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Some from the UK:
Netherthong
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=414072&y=409713&z=3&sv=netherthong&st=3&tl=Netherthong,+West+Yorkshire+Town&searchp=newsearch.srf&mapp=newmap.srf
Six Mile Bottom
http://leisure.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/leisure/products.jsp?xvalue=557500&yvalue=257500&q=Six+Mile+Bottom&zoomindex=3®ionkey=GB&minx=0&maxx=0&miny=0&maxy=0&placename=Six%20Mile%20Bottom&publisher=null
Wetwang
http://leisure.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/leisure/products.jsp?xvalue=557500&yvalue=257500&q=Six+Mile+Bottom&zoomindex=3®ionkey=GB&minx=0&maxx=0&miny=0&maxy=0&placename=Six%20Mile%20Bottom&publisher=null
Twatt
http://leisure.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/leisure/products.jsp?xvalue=327500&yvalue=1024500&q=twatt&zoomindex=3®ionkey=GB&minx=0&maxx=0&miny=0&maxy=0&placename=Twatt&publisher=allpub
March 7th, 2008 at 7:58 am
[Chevy Chase voice] This just in…
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/ODD_ANGRY_ATHOL?SITE=WFAA&TEMPLATE=STRANGEHEADS.html&SECTION=HOME
March 25th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
#6 is the funniest!
May 5th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
And those Frenchies gave us the “Grand Tetons” or Big Tits mountains in wyoming!!!!
May 6th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
the Pennsylvania one is great, I need to look for that one. Number6 was pretty good too. At least they know and accept the fact they have a weird name.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
I want #8.
Also, Please don’t make fun of our village’s silly name.
May 25th, 2008 at 4:42 am
there is also a
Blue Ball,
Virginville,
Beaverdale
Butztown
Reamstown
Big Beaver
and Bird-in-Hand Pennsylvania
I used to stare at the back of a classmates shirt that had the towns of Pa on the back on a map and of course there was a cartoon sign in the middle with Intercourse and Blue Ball in the middle (lancaster county) and i would always think she would get in trouble for wearing it….
May 29th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
I’m from Michigan and HELL, Michigan is a real!
June 17th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
there is a city in California called Oxnard. nard is a slang term for a testicle. definitely an unfortunate name, although the city may have existed before the term
July 7th, 2008 at 10:21 am
In Co. Cork, Ireland, there is a place called Effin.
So it’s like lets all go to the effin church.
July 25th, 2008 at 8:05 am
I live in Penistone in England.
It’s funny for the first few months, then you get used to it.
http://is.gd/13RE
July 26th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Awesome!!
My parents live near Anus (as*s*hole, in French), a tiny hamlet in Burgundy.
August 3rd, 2008 at 6:32 am
I live near a village called “Fingringhoe” in England
August 5th, 2008 at 7:28 am
fucking exists. i’m from austria and you should see the masses (well, really tiny masses, as it were) flocking towards the town (clear case of exaggeration there, again). the name can be traced back to the tenth century as there was a guy called “focko”, and it means “Focko’s familys place”.
I understand the fascination, though.
August 7th, 2008 at 7:23 am
FYI,
Intercourse, PA is where the movie Witness with Harrison Ford was filmed. It’s an Amish community this also includes the town’s of Blueball and Virginville.
Hell, Mi. is a popular place for weathermen to talk about in the winter when it “freezes over”.
My favorite name not on the list is a town in Ohio named
Big Bone Lick.
August 7th, 2008 at 7:26 am
Make that Big Bone Lick, KY. not Ohio.
August 24th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
I can vouch for the Twatt sign – I have the same photo myself…
September 2nd, 2008 at 8:58 am
Cocking Fuckborough??? No way is that real. In Dublin you can go to the Furry Glen in the Phoenix Park. Or what about Bushy Park in Rathfarnham (Dublin too) And if you’re in Co. Clare, why not visit the lovely village of Feakle? When I realised we were going to be passing through Feakle I almost shat myself laughing!! (Now that would have been ironic!!)
September 24th, 2008 at 6:27 am
I live somewhat near Dildo in Newfoundland, that IS a real place, however i do believe they recently changed the name. Nova Scotia has a place called Lower Sackville too. That should definetly be here. But props to finding out about Dildo.
October 6th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
How does No one mention the ever popular Phuket, Thailand?
October 8th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
In the Netherlands is a village named “Doodstil”, meaning “Deadsilent”.
October 9th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
There’s a Hackballscross not far from me in Co.Louth, Ireland. That always cracks me up. Especially becaue the accent of the locals is a bit gutteral – makes it all that more violent-sounding…
October 18th, 2008 at 10:57 am
what about Idiotville, Oregon?
October 21st, 2008 at 7:22 pm
I live a half hour outside of dildo!
October 22nd, 2008 at 6:29 pm
sorry #6 I totally laughed at your funny name.
October 28th, 2008 at 12:55 am
I have totally been to mount Titlis-’so named because of it’s resemblance to a female breast’.
November 1st, 2008 at 3:05 pm
No more than 1 hour from my home in North Carolina is Hornytown
nice list hahaha
November 11th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Aha i so live near ‘Pity Me’
and even nearer to ‘No Place’ ;p
x
November 14th, 2008 at 1:01 am
In Belgium you can find the lovely city of Reet (Arse, in translation)
December 27th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
There is a state park in Kentucky called Big Bone Lick.
December 27th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
168. zigra
already said back in comment #154
January 7th, 2009 at 4:06 am
My mum lives near Penistone in Yorkshire,uk I thought that was funny when we saw it..
where do all these name originate from?
January 7th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
I was reading about intercourse pennsylvania and there is a lot of strange town names near there….blue ball…bird in hand…virginville…and what even stranger is its all amish country
January 9th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
HAhahha, Im glad to see that Dildo made the list, as i thought it would. I love there
On a sign comming into the town, it says “Dildo 12″, the 12 meaning kilometers, but some clever person put a ‘ ” ‘ there, so now the sign reads, ‘Dildo 12″‘
January 9th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
I can’t believe no one from MO has brought up Knob Lick. It’s a tiny little town but it gets huge laughs.
January 9th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
In Colorado there is a ski town called Beaver Creek. There is a store there that sells alcoholic beverages named “Beaver Liquors.” My friend bought a t-shirt there.
Also, on Highway 101 in Humboldt County (northern Cali) is a highway exit called “Bear Buttes Road.” I always mean to stop and take a picture, but the camera is never handy.
January 10th, 2009 at 9:15 am
I went to Intercourse two summers ago, they sell shirts that say “I heart Intercourse”
January 10th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
Cocking Fuckborough…..what were they thinking?
i dont think people living there would have liked to be called FROM that place
WTF! ewww
January 15th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
There is a place in South Australia called ‘Grong Grong’, then there is ‘Humpty-do’ in the Northern Territory, Queensland is the name of a whole state in Australia and then there are a myriad of wierd names some of which are Indigenous words and some are not;
Puckapunyal
Yarrawonga
Wodonga
Wagga Wagga
Wooloomooloo
Wollongong
Broken Hill
Anakie
Balaclava
Indented Head
Koo Wee Rup
Nar Nar Goon
Mount Toolebewong
Officer
Tootgarook
And there are hundreds more
January 28th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
those are all hilarious but a few are probably untrue and it seems cocking fuckborough almost certainly is
February 6th, 2009 at 7:42 am
i lived near pity me and there is another place in durham england called “NO PLACE” LOL
February 24th, 2009 at 9:04 am
Someone once pointed out a place on a Manchester A-Z map called Nob End. Nearby was a place called Little Lever, which was less funny.
March 11th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
Does “Peculiar”, MO count as “unfortunate”? Also, I have often thought that Morehead, KY ought to be on the Licking River. Unfortunately…
March 19th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
thers a place in Mayo, ireland, called pussy creek, and i live like 20 mins away from muff, its fulla freaks tho.
March 28th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
In Denmark we have the cities Middelfart and Jelling .. But here Middelfart doesn’t mean the same thing as in English
.. It means “Medium speed” in Denmark though it doesn’t have anything to do with it.
March 29th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Muff for the win. Muff’s in N. Ireland and it even has a diving school
March 29th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
There is a bar that I know of on the corner of 69th and Beaver Street in Licking, PA. Pennsylvania also Blueballs and the above mentioned Intercourse. Glad I lived there for 13 years!
April 4th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
“i think most were faked.”
The only shaky one I think is Cocking Fuckborough, most of the others are pretty well known places where several people have been or which can easily be found on maps.
April 5th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
I live near a village called “Cockermouth” in Cumbria, near “STAINton”
April 6th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
LOL wow, i live just `10 minutes away from dildo. it’s in newfoundland.
April 14th, 2009 at 8:01 am
We’ve got Pratt’s Bottom, in Surrey, but the French have got Silly, Pissy and Prat.
May 14th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
we always laugh at the city “Pula” from Croatia…it may be a fine place but in my language it means dick
May 25th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
I think 4 and 6 might be shopped…
Fucking, Austria always cracks me up, though
it is made twice as funny by the sign below it with children saying “Bitte! Nacht so Schnell!”
May 25th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
*^nicht so schnell
May 26th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
My favorite place name story is about a street in Calgary AB Canada. The street is called Shaganappi Trail which I didn’t know was funny until my friend’s dad from the UK was driving me home on it and he said “SHAGANAPPI TRAIL?! in England it would be FUCK A DIAPER trail!”….awesome…
June 16th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
theres a hell in the netherlands too
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Hell,+Putten&sll=42.43472,-83.985&sspn=0.01031,0.022745&g=hell&ie=UTF8&ll=52.239995,5.541229&spn=0.273726,0.727844&t=h&z=11
June 27th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
i live in michigan and i want to live in hell michigan so bad because it would be hilarious to tell people you live in hell haha. then again…it doesnt matter where in michigan you live, its still hell.
July 22nd, 2009 at 11:45 am
number 8 – wow! is that a real place? am suprised.
August 24th, 2009 at 3:56 am
HA! i used to live in Muff It’s in Ireland.
August 29th, 2009 at 11:12 am
my friend told me about fraser’s bottom in west virginia… he was especially thrilled by the “now entering fraser’s bottom” sign
August 29th, 2009 at 11:16 am
oh and just south of chillicothe here in ohio we have knockemstiff. not terribly funny, but its the real name of the town, which by default makes it better than the photoshopped places
September 1st, 2009 at 1:00 am
Not to sure if it has been mentioned but the best place to be is Cockermouth. It is in Cumbria,UK
September 1st, 2009 at 8:40 am
What, no Bumfuck Egypt?
September 13th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
hahahaha.. funny names indeed, does anyone know which of the places mentioned above is a tourist destination? kinda want to see some of the places myself
September 20th, 2009 at 9:37 am
Not far along the highway after getting off the ferry from Nfld. where Dildo is located (along with many many wonderful Newfoundland place names) you’ll find Balls Creek on Cape Breton Island .
October 12th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
Titlis is definitively a Ski Ressort in Switzerland. It is located in the central part of the country. See for yourself: http://www.titlis.ch
October 13th, 2009 at 7:05 am
Love cocking fuckborough, especially with the note they put underneath
October 15th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
sorry but cocking fuckborough and anus are not real places here in UK. there is a place called Slaughter though,i have been there. and im almost certain we have a village called upper dicker!
October 15th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/hall/8701/townname.htm try some of these from uk and america. i honestly do not find many of the brits ones funny though
November 2nd, 2009 at 5:05 pm
Actually, they are all real… sadly
November 4th, 2009 at 4:18 am
Real funny guys!! Why make fun of those villages
November 7th, 2009 at 6:22 am
Not far from me in kent is
“Pratts Bottom” and even closer is a village simply called
“Thong”
November 9th, 2009 at 10:05 am
I’ve been on Titlis !