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10/25/2005
A Tour of Wisconsin
All of the below are actual names of Wisconsin cities and towns:
What the hell was being smoked when these were named?
Altoona Breed
Cataract Chili
Disco Embarrass
Euren (say this one out loud)
Fence Krok
Little Black Neopit
Nutterville Pray
Pulp Tremble
Van Buskirk Vinnie Ha Ha
Wanderoos
Told you we loved milk.
Cheeseville Cream
Dairyland New Holstein
Can you find your grandparents in here?
Alma Alvin
Arnold Arthur
Bruce Bud
Caroline Cecil
Clark Dale
Donald Earl
Edmund Elmo
Florence Hallie
Howard Joel
Lamar LaRue
Leland Lena
LeRoy Loretta
Madge Marcy
Marion Merton
Millard Milton
Myra Norma
Randolph Ruby
Seymour Shirley
Stanley Tony
Vernon Waldo
Wayne Willard
Could have been named by J.R.R. Tolkein
Fenwood Underhill
Walhain Ring
Only in Wisconsin could you name a city . . .
Ashwaubenon Baraboo
Chapultepee Koshkonong
Manitowoc Menomonie
Misha Mokwa Mukwonago
Namekagon Neshkoro
Oconomowoc Okauchee
Packwaukee Pewaukee
Poysippi Waumandee
Waunakee Weyauwega
Winneboujou
Can you tell where our settlers were from?
Dane Denmark
Germania Germantown
Holland New Amsterdam
New Berlin Norske
Norway Grove Norway Ridge
Poland Rhinelander
Scandinavia Stockholm
Viking West Denmark
West Sweden
Didn't you say Wisconsin?
Alaska Arkansaw
Chicago Cleveland
El Paso Fargo
Lima Oregon
Peru Salem
Obviously the fun folks live here
Bohners Lake Gays Mills
Schnappsville Spread Eagle
Sugar Bush
Named for bloggers
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Those sure are some weird-ass names. But then again, you had to be smoking something to want to move away from this lovely east coast. Right? *snicker*.
Posted by: Nico | 10/25/2005
Heh, I grew up in PA. We had: Intercourse, Virginville (I think it's in PA) and Blue Ball. There's an Altoona and a Germantown there as well. And say Conshohocken 3 times fast.
Posted by: holly | 10/25/2005
I think Vinnie Ha Ha and Spread Eagle are my favorites.
There's a sign on I-95 for a town called Flippen, Georgia that I've been driving past for years and it still always cracks me up.
Posted by: lindy | 10/25/2005
ARH! ARH!
I think we Canadians could give you a run for your money though... how about Moosejaw, Medicine Hat, Salmon Arm, Climax, Regina ... or... where I live... Squamish between the Mamquam and Stawamus rivers.
Oh... and bonus points if you can pronounce Coquihalla and Coquitlam.
Posted by: Manuela | 10/25/2005
I think I'd like to commute between Schnappsville and Disco.
Posted by: Panda | 10/25/2005
I love the Native American names. Here in Ohio (also one) we have things like
Monongahela (River)
Ashtabula
Wapakoneta
Cuyaghoga (County and River)
Tuscarawas (County)
Coshocton
There are more, I'm sure, but I thought of those quickly.
Posted by: Laurie | 10/25/2005
I know where lots of those places are!! I used to live in Madison (best town EVER!) and we vacation on Washington Island, which is off the end of Door County.
And you forgot a few of my favorite names like, Black Earth and Mazomanie.
Posted by: Megan | 10/25/2005
Those are hilarious.
My favorite has always been Bucksnort, TN. What an attractive sounding place to live no?
Of course, close to where I live now is a town called Peculiar. And yes, they claim that everyone who lives there is a little peculiar.
Posted by: April | 10/26/2005
Vinnie Ha Ha!? Of course I read that as Vinnie Hoo Hah, which is only slightly worse.
Posted by: mm | 10/26/2005
Oh, god, Manuela, I read that as "Climax, Regina"--one town!
Mmm...Schnappsville.
Posted by: Alexa | 10/26/2005
I'm going to use Sugar Bush as the new name for my vagina. Thanks!
Posted by: Donna | 10/26/2005
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