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[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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Those are *****ing hilarious!!!!
“Welcome to Muff” – Thats not the first time i’ve been!
I didn’t think the simply but effective “Dildo” could be topped. then we get to “Cocking *****borough.” that is just… amazing. Is that seriously real?
i think most were faked.
no not faked at all. I have been to Intercourse at least.
Not Intercourse. I've been there. Nice town, actually, and in the heart of Amish country.
Dildo is very real, but more funny than that there is a small cabin area called Spread Eagle in Dildo! Located in Newfoundland. I grew up in the area!
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!
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.
Mianus Connecticut didn’t make it in?
I live near Pity Me.
Real place. Not sure about the others though!
Real or not,LMAO at no.6
What was going through the village founders heads?
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
I wonder if people will who go to Hell, after accessing Anus and going around *****ing.
Oh by the way, *****ing is really the name of an Austrian village. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/*****ing%2C_Austria
here in saskatchewan we have a town called Semens, just a few kilometers from Climax.
oh..and we have a random town called Elbow
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
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
I was raised near a village called flatbush in alberta, canada. always got a chuckle outta that name for some reason
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!
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.
I know Dildo and *****ing are real (Newfoundland & Austria respectively). Dildo is the birthplace of Playboy playmate and b-movie actress Shannon Tweed. I live near Bumpass, VA (pronounced Bum***** or Bumpus).
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.
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.
Muff is a real place too – it’s in Co. Donegal, Ireland. To top it all off they have a diving club too! Seriously!
Hehe, good list … here in Denmark there is a place called Pikhede, or in English: Dickmoor
In South Africa we have a town called Hotazel (hot as hell)
Aha. Ahahaha. Ahahahahaaa!! That’s great.
-Andrea Carlena Beauman
yep, i attest for Muff…
and the diving school
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.
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.
What about Wyre Piddle in Worcestershire, UK and all the various Hamptons around?
Hell is real. I live about an hour from it. Intercourse Pa is not far from Blue Ball Pa.
We’ve a place called Wetwang up here in North Yorkshire
I dunno about the other ones but Hell, Michigan is real.
There’s a town in North Carolina, USA, called Morehead. I know this to be a fact.
NoPunyNerd: Sounds like a place Hugh Grant would be at home, then!
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
I can tell you that there really is a Hell Michigan, so that one is deff real!!!
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.
this is a street sign in hong kong:
http://www.collegehumor.com/picture:59966
I live right near intercourse, PA
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
Number 8 it is also a fake
number 8 is not a fake, we’ve got 2 (two) here in upper austria, both near braunau (yes!), check in wikipedia or on any decent map – and in german it’s just a place name like “petting” or “*****” (both in bavaria) and before the rule of anglo-american linguistic imperialism no one cared.
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.
here in the Phils, there’s a place where they used to call *****moan. I’m not sure if they changed it but unfortunate nonetheless.
my fave is number 8. Hands down.
Colin: I am assuming you are not from America. Michigan is the name of the state that the town of Hell is in.
Anyone seen the town of mianus?
priceless.
Wow, this list has about as much truth in it as the evolutionism one. Sweet.
Shut up Bob.
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.
and Heart’s Content
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 …
Hell, Michigan
*****ing, Australia
Intercourse, Pennsylvania
Dildo, Newfoundland
Clousta/*****t, Shetland
All real places
I have an Intercourse, Pennsylvania hat! I get weird looks everytime I wear it.
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.
theres a place in co.meath(i think) ,ireland called nobber!
You forgot Toad Suck, Arkansas. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=toad%20suck%2C%20arkansas
I laughed so hard i nearly *****ed myself!
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
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.
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!”
theres a Hackballsslash in ireland.ill try and find a picture.apperntly it was a place of torture in the middle ages
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