# amusing.location.game **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 19, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563 "2018-09-19T01:47:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/1 "2018-09-19T01:47:47Z")
It’s in Saudi Arabia. The idea behind [What3Words.com](http://What3Words.com) is pretty neat: describe every 3m x 3m square on the globe with a unique three-word combination. So eagle.sheep.horn describes a spot in front of Sydney Opera House, for example. Confusingly, empire.state.building describes a point on a road in the Kanagawa prefecture of Japan. There’s plenty of choice if you want to find a particularly apposite, amusing or just surreal location. Consider delicious.fresh.coffee found in Brazil, secret.agents.everywhere in Northern Russia. or the embarrassing.parsnip.incident in Bulgaria. The challenge is find good locations in 100 different countries or states (U.S, Canada or Australia) that describe either some unique feature (fire.breathing.dragon), or reason for going/avoiding there (unsettling.gurgling.sounds). Oceanic locations are excluded, so access to the secret.government.bunker off the coast of Japan is denied, unfortunately. I’ll start it off with: Excellent.internet.access (Norway) ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/2 "2018-09-19T02:13:32Z")
I don’t understand. Norway fits into a 3m square?? ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/3 "2018-09-19T13:41:27Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > I don’t understand. Norway fits into a 3m square?? No, but there are many 3m square areas in Norway. One of them is, apparently, excellent internet access. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/4 "2018-09-19T13:50:01Z")
individual.serving.sizes is in Colorado, USA ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/5 "2018-09-19T13:51:56Z")
goats.eating.trash is in Totowa, NJ, USA ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/6 "2018-09-19T13:54:57Z")
One more: infamous.love.shack is in the outback way north in Western Australia. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/7 "2018-09-19T20:41:49Z")
The Roman Catholic cathedral in The Pas, Manitoba, at a spot near the front where the priest might reasonably be expected to stand during Mass, is utterly.insincere.nobody . Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/8 "2018-09-19T21:01:11Z")
[lather.rinse.repeat](https://map.what3words.com/lather.rinse.repeat) is in the middle of the South China Sea, west of the Philippines. Plenty of water for use in shampooing your hair, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/9 "2018-09-19T21:11:44Z")
[sweat.flows.waterfall](https://map.what3words.com/sweat.flows.waterfall) is in the middle of the desert in Oman on the Arabian Peninsula. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/10 "2018-09-19T21:20:41Z")
If you’re looking to strike it rich, [gold.gold.gold](https://map.what3words.com/gold.gold.gold) can be found in Chipping Norton, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/11 "2018-09-19T21:45:26Z")
If you’re celebrating the New Year with tourists and NYC natives, bolts.native.year is in Times Square in New York > **[///bolts.native.year](https://map.what3words.com/bolts.native.year)** > > This is the what3words address for a 3 metre square location near New York City, New York. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/12 "2018-09-19T22:27:55Z")
Did they actually allocate names for every square on earth, or are they only randomly creating them for locations people ask for, and storing that info in a database? ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/13 "2018-09-20T14:28:13Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Did they actually allocate names for every square on earth, or are they only randomly creating them for locations people ask for, and storing that info in a database? The webpage states that they allocated names for every square on Earth. Doesn’t seem like much to gain from creating them “on demand”. It’s not that much data by current standards. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/14 "2018-09-20T14:30:34Z")
mountains.mountain.mountain is in Switzerland ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/15 "2018-09-20T14:33:46Z")
amusing.thrilling.entertainment is in a patch of Brazilian jungle. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/16 "2018-09-20T14:35:26Z")
sheep.sheep.sheep points to a warehouse in Detroit, MI ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/17 "2018-09-20T14:40:47Z")
[duck.duck.goose](https://map.what3words.com/duck.duck.goose) is a rural location in far southwestern England. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/18 "2018-09-20T19:08:34Z")
If you need good health care, best.commended.healers is in Stoodleigh, Devon, southwestern England. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/19 "2018-09-20T19:28:54Z")
There’s a group of D&D players somewhere in northwestern Queensland, Australia: [rogue.wizard.warrior](https://map.what3words.com/rogue.wizard.warrior). ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/20 "2018-09-20T21:30:16Z")
North of Southampton in England, near the A34, watch out for movie crews - there you’ll find lights.camera.action [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563.md?page=2)