# Inadvertant pornographic road names in your town... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 10, 2003, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inadvertant-pornographic-road-names-in-your-town/167768 "2003-04-10T12:53:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inadvertant-pornographic-road-names-in-your-town/167768/41 "2003-04-10T17:12:22Z")
I’ve mentioned this before and it’s not a street, but a ZIP Code name I ran across at work. I still can’t believe they actually named a town **Humptulips**. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inadvertant-pornographic-road-names-in-your-town/167768/42 "2003-04-10T17:39:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ruby \* > \*\*Not a street, but a town in Indiana has the moniker, French Lick. :eek: \*\* **Ruby,** , there was an e-mail list floating about last year concerning “Ways You Know You’re A Hoosier,” and one of them was being able to say “French Lick” without lauging. I-465 crosses over Lick Creek on the south side of Indianapolis. Ashurst Street (“My ash hurst now!!” - ok, it’s a bit of a stretch.) Bentwood Circle (OUCH!!) Bangor Drive Bonanza Lane (Could be a title, I guess) Bountiful Place (sounds more like a porno name) Mariposa Drive (only dirty in Spanish slang) Manlove Avenue Lick Creek Boulevard, Circle, Court, Drive, and Parkway Flame[r] Way Teddy Lane Mockernut Court DAMN, I love the zip codes by street listing!! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inadvertant-pornographic-road-names-in-your-town/167768/43 "2003-04-10T17:41:06Z")
There’s a molybdenum mine in Leadville Colorado called the Climax hole. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inadvertant-pornographic-road-names-in-your-town/167768/44 "2003-04-10T17:45:51Z")
In orlando there’s a “Raper Dairy” st. In the cemetary, there’s a husband/wife tombstone that reads “Raper/Farless”. ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inadvertant-pornographic-road-names-in-your-town/167768/45 "2003-04-10T18:06:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by avabeth \* > \*\*Is this in Richmond? I know we have both of those street names, but I can’t remember if they intersect. > > Ava \*\* Yup. They intersect at Innsbrook. ---
**Author:** ![Alto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Alto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alto)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inadvertant-pornographic-road-names-in-your-town/167768/46 "2003-04-10T18:44:30Z")
Of course any street that’s a cul de sac qualifies (if you translate the French). ---
**Author:** ![Swirdle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@Swirdle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swirdle)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inadvertant-pornographic-road-names-in-your-town/167768/47 "2003-04-10T19:33:13Z")
In Birmingham (UK) there are a couple of areas, on the SW side (I think) which locals don’t seem to see the funny side of. “Out-of-towners” tend to chuckle tho’. They are … Bangham Pit Lickey End ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inadvertant-pornographic-road-names-in-your-town/167768/48 "2003-04-10T20:29:51Z")
There’s a lane called **Nob’s Crook** near where I live. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inadvertant-pornographic-road-names-in-your-town/167768/49 "2003-04-10T20:37:13Z")
> [@](#): > > there were always the usual jokes as we approached Climax. “What I want to know is, if I’m a lesbian, can I still adopt a highway? Isn’t there a danger I might turn it into a lesbian highway? Actually, I was on a lesbian highway a little while ago. I was driving in North Carolina and I saw a big sign that said ENTERING CHARLOTTE. I had just enough time to reach into the glove compartment and get out a dental dam!” - Sara Cytron ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inadvertant-pornographic-road-names-in-your-town/167768/50 "2003-04-10T21:03:12Z")
There is a small town here called Balls Creek. “That’s just out past Penis Point,” said someone who was in my car once as we drove by. ---
**Author:** ![ThatGuyWithPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@ThatGuyWithPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThatGuyWithPants)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inadvertant-pornographic-road-names-in-your-town/167768/51 "2003-04-10T21:03:12Z")
Just north of Columbus is the infamous \*\* Peachblow Rd. \*\* Who in their right mind would name a street that?! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inadvertant-pornographic-road-names-in-your-town/167768/52 "2003-04-10T21:11:16Z")
I used to live on Glascock Street in Raleigh, North Carolina. Also, in Columbus, Ohio, there’s a Gay Street. There’s also one in Circleville, about 20 miles south of Columbus with a Gay Street and a Hitler Street. I always wondered if they ever intersected, leaving you with a Gay Hitler Street. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inadvertant-pornographic-road-names-in-your-town/167768/53 "2003-04-10T22:00:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Latino Yoshi \* > \*\*Around where I live, a high school’s main athletic field is named **Gay Field.** Appropiately enough, the athletic field is located just off of **Gay Ave**. Plenty of laughs on the bus whenever my high school soccer team had a game over there. \*\* Do you live near me? (a suburb of Cleveland) There is a Gay STreet off of Babbit Road and it is near a sports field… ---
**Author:** ![modro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@modro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/modro)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inadvertant-pornographic-road-names-in-your-town/167768/54 "2003-04-10T22:34:23Z")
I tend to be really jaded with goofy names, because I live in Beaver county, with various towns like Beaver, Big Beaver, Beaver Falls, and street names like Big Knob Road floating around all over the place… Even our river is the Beaver River. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inadvertant-pornographic-road-names-in-your-town/167768/55 "2003-04-11T00:01:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*There’s a molybdenum mine in Leadville Colorado called the Climax hole. \*\* The company I work for owns it 😃 Several years ago an uncle was talking about Nebraska and mentioned the _Hershey Highway_. His kids could barely contain their giggles so I added fuel by asking “that’s a dirt road isn’t it?” He acted oblivious to my question but I’m not sure if he was that clueless. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Bokonon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@Lord\_Bokonon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Bokonon)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inadvertant-pornographic-road-names-in-your-town/167768/56 "2003-04-11T01:26:03Z")
Dyke Farm Rd. Cummings Rd. ---
**Author:** ![ThatGuyWithPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@ThatGuyWithPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThatGuyWithPants)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inadvertant-pornographic-road-names-in-your-town/167768/57 "2003-04-11T01:29:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Man With The Golden Gun \* > \*\*I used to live on Glascock Street in Raleigh, North Carolina. > > Also, in Columbus, Ohio, there’s a Gay Street. There’s also one in Circleville, about 20 miles south of Columbus with a Gay Street and a Hitler Street. I always wondered if they ever intersected, leaving you with a Gay Hitler Street. \*\* I used to take art lessons on Gay Street. I was an 8th grader at the time taking classes for CCAD. funny coincidence! ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inadvertant-pornographic-road-names-in-your-town/167768/58 "2003-04-11T01:54:27Z")
In Binghamton, there are a lot of streets and schools named after Johnsons. We have a Harry L. Johnson Drive, and get this: C. Fred Johnson Bridge AND Middle School. Of course we all call it See Fred’s Johnson, because we’re such adults. ---
**Author:** ![AzRaek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/azraek/32/16739_2.png) [@AzRaek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AzRaek)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inadvertant-pornographic-road-names-in-your-town/167768/59 "2003-04-11T05:57:43Z")
Wadsworth Boulevard. Im glad I grew up on the other side of town. ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inadvertant-pornographic-road-names-in-your-town/167768/60 "2003-04-11T06:14:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Floater \* > \*\*Exit 69 at the ring road around Detroit leads to Big Beaver Rd. \*\* “Have you ever seen the sign Big Beaver, exit 69?” -The Dopes [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inadvertant-pornographic-road-names-in-your-town/167768.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inadvertant-pornographic-road-names-in-your-town/167768.md?page=4)