# amusing.location.game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563>\
**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\
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**Author:** ![ctnguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@ctnguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ctnguy)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/41 "2018-09-24T21:46:01Z")

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It turns out that green.pleasant.land is not [England’s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_did_those_feet_in_ancient_time), but rather located [somewhere in Xinjiang](https://map.what3words.com/green.pleasant.land).

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**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 25, 2018, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/42 "2018-09-25T13:52:23Z")

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incensed.burning.fire in Kansas is in scrub land in an otherwise farmed area. Probably scared farmers away.

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**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 25, 2018, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/43 "2018-09-25T19:17:11Z")

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In front of the Seoul Museum of Art, they teach.lies.copycat, so is there fake art inside? And in Springfield, Oregon, there’s just plain lies.lies.lies

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**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/44 "2018-09-25T19:41:32Z")

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fame.fame.fame is north of West Wycombe near the A4010;

fame.live.forever, just outside of a large park in the easternmost corner of Kosovo;

but wealth.before.fame is in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska,

vanity.before.wealth just north of Cocklebiddy in Western Australia,

and grub.before.everything just west of Vaalu, Estonia.

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**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/45 "2018-09-26T14:18:06Z")

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tora.tora.tora is in the Amazon River in Northwest Brazil.

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**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 26, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/46 "2018-09-26T16:47:41Z")

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Apparently what.three.words can’t tell different flowing robes apart, since toga.toga.toga is in the middle of the desert in Saudi Arabia.

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**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 26, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/47 "2018-09-26T16:49:07Z")

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And I suppose it’s unsurprising that all you can do in a Siberian forest is chug.chug.chug.

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**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/48 "2018-09-26T17:18:29Z")

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> [@naita](#):
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> Apparently what.three.words can’t tell different flowing robes apart, since toga.toga.toga is in the middle of the desert in Saudi Arabia.

In Arabic, “Toga toga toga?” means “What are you doing way out there in the middle of the desert?” 🙂

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**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/49 "2018-09-26T18:22:29Z")

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sand.sand.sand is in Southampton, UK.

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**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/50 "2018-09-26T20:34:55Z")

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Searching for Peter Pan? He’s just east of the M11, on the way out of London.

His less-permanent companions, the Just Need to Ask For Directions Boys, are in western Algeria, where sometimes.sometimes.land can be found.

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/51 "2018-09-27T03:08:01Z")

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advanced.quantum.physics is on the sea ice just off the coast of Greenland. I wonder what’s going on there.

atom.rockets.target is in Brazil. I’d stay away.

dance.dance.dance and cheese.eating.monkey are both in Minnesota

leopard.changes.spots is in the Philippines. And for the Pratchett fans out there, leopard.changes.shorts is in Japan.

perfume.like.skunks is in Iran

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/52 "2018-09-27T04:09:16Z")

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life.universe.everything is in Oman.

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**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/53 "2018-09-27T05:06:48Z")

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On the Piegan Pass Trail, near Lake Josephine, you will encounter badger.badger.badger.

badger.badger.mushroom is in upstate New York.

And be careful of snake.snake.snake, north of Cincinnati.

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**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/54 "2018-09-27T05:22:40Z")

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It may seem unlikely at first glance, but in a lightly-populated area of Kazakhstan near the Russian border, you’ll find dining.dancing.entertainment.

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**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/55 "2018-09-27T16:27:55Z")

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betelgeuse.betelgeuse.betelgeuse doesn’t exist.

Neither does beetlejuice.beetlejuice.beetlejuice.

But beetles.beetles.beetles is in Brookville, Ohio.

And home.sweet.home doesn’t exist, but:

home.sheet.home is in San Fernando, California.

home.swept.home is in Tulare, California

home.sweat.home is in Whyteleafe, London.

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**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/56 "2018-09-27T17:57:26Z")

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laugh.clown.laugh is in Hunan, China.

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**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 27, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/57 "2018-09-27T21:52:55Z")

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heat.play.love is in Godalming, Surrey, England

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**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 29, 2018, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/58 "2018-09-29T11:35:02Z")

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With so much else going for it, New Zealand lets itself down a bit on the remote East Coast. I’m sure whatever it was was very interesting but now it’s been dissolved.with.acid.

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**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 29, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/59 "2018-09-29T15:20:06Z")

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Polite Bart Simpson likes to hike to consume.these.shorts in a Calfornia national forest.

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**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-location-game/821563/60 "2018-09-29T17:45:10Z")

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Springfield, Illinois is under.this.tree

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