Uranus
And when driving through Intercourse,PA in Lancaster County, I spotted a rural mailbox with this name on it:
Elmer Stucker
[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.
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.
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.
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.
On the Big Island of Hawaii you can visit Pee Pee Falls.
Rose
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.
Then there was the authentic paternity suit in Newfoundland; the mother was from Conception Bay, the alleged father from Come-by-Chance.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I live near a Butthole Lane and there’s always Cockburn Street in Edinburgh.