# Obscene place names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 10, 2001, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481 "2001-04-10T15:34:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2001, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/61 "2001-04-12T13:24:20Z")
Uranus And when driving through Intercourse,PA in Lancaster County, I spotted a rural mailbox with this name on it: Elmer Stucker ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2001, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/62 "2001-04-12T13:34:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Balance \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by wring \* > > … **Hell** Michigan (I’ve visited both…) > > C’mon, admit it–you went around telling people you’d been to Hell and back again, or that you’d been through Hell (assuming you left by a different route from the one you entered on).\*\* [sub]well, ok, yes, yes I did[/sub] Actually, since I went with my ‘punny’ SO, we probably made the “I’ve gone through Hell with you” one. It actually wasn’t much more than a traffic light and novelty store. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2001, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/63 "2001-04-12T13:43:10Z")
Hell, Norway, a half-hour drive NE of Trondheim, has become a full-service tourist trap. The train station was taken out of service years ago, and last time I was there it had been re-opened as the tourist office. They will stamp your passport (for a fee), sell you a certificate that says you’ve been to Hell and back (“You got a round-trip ticket this time, but next time, it’s one way!”), the works. The Norwegian rail company labels its freight offices with a sign that says _GODS EXPEDITION_. That sign was removed from the Hell station when it was taken out of service, but had to be replaced by popular demand. Oh, you can still take the train to Hell - the local trains still stop there - but you can no longer buy a one-way ticket to Hell. Just in case any of you were making summer travel plans. ---
**Author:** ![SpinneZiege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@SpinneZiege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpinneZiege)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2001, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/64 "2001-04-12T14:07:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBill \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by jr8 \* > > **I’ve been to Intercourse and Blue Ball in Pennsylvania.** > > This is not a joke. In PA, the best way to get from Blue Ball to Paradise is through Intercourse. These are just east of Lancaster. \*\* Also, there’s a small township where this goat lives called **Woodcock**. There isn’t much there besides a reservoir, but every weekend the locals hold a punk show in the township building. I overheard a few weeks ago that one of the bands (appropriately named **the Lonely Virgins** is going on the “Pennsylvania Sex Tour,” and these towns were mentioned. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2001, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/65 "2001-04-12T15:03:27Z")
I am reminded of an old joke. The cheerleaders at Norfolk High in Virginia use the following cheer: “We don’t smoke and we don’t drink. Norfolk! Norfolk!” I was looking at the map to verify that the best route from Blue Ball to Paradise is through Intercourse. I learned that from Blue Ball you can also go to Bird-in-Hand. That’s probably not such a nice trip, though. ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2001, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/66 "2001-04-12T16:10:02Z")
On the Big Island of Hawaii you can visit **Pee Pee Falls**. Rose ---
**Author:** ![occ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@occ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/occ)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2001, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/67 "2001-04-12T21:00:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MarxBoy \* > \*\*You guys forgot a really good one: > > Iron Knob, Australia > > Also, somewhere there’s a town called Mianus. Pronounced like it looks. Those of us who have seen that episode of Jackass will remember Knoxville’s look of shock “There’s a lot of tourism? People want to come see Mianus?” > > Hehe. > > MarxBoy \*\* I’m in CT, so we went looking for Mianus after the Jackass episode. Its pretty small (its really more a small residential area with about 3 businesses)…but then, so are most humorously-named towns. ---
**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 13, 2001, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/68 "2001-04-13T00:55:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Runadoc \* > \*\*Also in Canada: Conception Bay, Newfoundland \*\* Then there was the authentic paternity suit in Newfoundland; the mother was from Conception Bay, the alleged father from Come-by-Chance. ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/69 "2001-04-13T04:26:13Z")
I had a picnic lunch in Dildo, Newfoundland once. We were VERY disappointed that we couldn’t get a town pin or a T-shirt or something. ---
**Author:** ![FunkDaddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc79bd/32.png) [@FunkDaddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FunkDaddy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/70 "2001-04-14T02:01:29Z")
I have no idea what some of our founding fathers were thinking… **Dildo** - already mentioned. Say no more. **Conception Bay** - that’s not dirty! **Come by Chance** - Poor fella. … and my addition to the list of weird Newfoundland place names: **Cow Head** - Jesus! Freaky people! The cow’s gotta be giving, I guess, since they’re female… Wonder if you have to buy dinner. I haven’t visited Cow Head. There’s also an Inuit community called **Sheshatshit** (I think that’s how it is spelled), but it’s pronounced Shesh-a-shee. FD - The East Coast Connection. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/71 "2001-04-14T08:12:32Z")
My stepfther’s mother was born in a street called **Cockshit Lane** in England about 90 years ago. Then there’s **Nobby’s Head** in New South Wales. Also in NSW, a not really obscene but nevertheless interesting one - **Woodenbong**. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/72 "2001-04-14T08:25:25Z")
If I recall, in “Beavis and Butthead Do America”, they saw a road sign for a place called Meteetsee. Don’t know if it exists, or where it is, but I just had to share. ---
**Author:** ![nadin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/46a35a/32.png) [@nadin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nadin)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481/73 "2001-04-14T10:51:26Z")
I live near a Butthole Lane and there’s always Cockburn Street in Edinburgh. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscene-place-names/61481.md?page=3)