They have a place in Queensland Australia called “Townsville”. Fair play to them though, it is actually named after a guy called Towns. Still you’d a thought they’d a though of that…
“…they’d a thoughT of that”
sorry.
GO hiking, that is.
And, my, isn’t it such a big river!
When I lived in New Mexico, I found that certain databases just aren’t happy unless they can tack on a “St” or “Ave” or “Blvd”. . . so I lived on El Camino Real Street.
One summer night I was enjoying a pitcher of Canterbury Draft with three local guys in a pub along the shore of a beautiful lake just outside of Greymouth.
“What do y’all do around here for fun?” I asked.
“Drink piss,” said one guy. “And often, we drink piss. And sometimes, we drink piss.”
I drank a lot of piss with those chaps.
It is a widespread epidemic.
In Toronto, one of the major streets is named Avenue Road.
And north of Toronto is a new housing development called Aspen Ridge. To construct it, they first removed all the trees. Then they levelled the ground. As a result, there are now neither aspens nor ridges in Aspen Ridge.
This seems like a serious problem. I think we should all do our part to help stamp-out and abolish redundancy.
That wouldn’t be the City of Townsville (or is that “The City…of Townsville!”), would it…?
Then there’s Hurstville in Sydney. Erm… City of Hurstville, that is. 
I always liked the street in Ventnor, NJ (USA) called “Plaza Place.”
Darwin’s Finch - that’s the very one!
nice place.
J.
So you have Mayor Mayor and Miss Sara Bellum and Mojo Jojo and Pokey Oaks Elementary School and the Gang Green and Him and the Amoeba Boys…?
ROAD TRIP!
An explanation and a warning. I see you’re from the UK, which means you probably haven’t yet fallen victim to The Powerpuff Girls, a phenomenally popular, wonderfully witty cartoon show here in the U.S. Each episode opens with a shot of a cartoon city, with the deep-voiced narrator’s pronouncement “The City … of Townsville” followed by some variation giving the plot ("…is under attack!" “…where the Powerpuff Girls are having a birthday party!” “…where Mojo Jojo is up to his old tricks again.”) It’s turned into a huge franchise for the Cartoon Network, a cable-tv network that’s a unit of AOL Time Warner - so it will doubtless be exported. That means you will soon find whole sections of department stores devoted to PPG backpacks, t-shirts, board games, plush toys, breakfast cereal, weapons of mass destruction, etc. And, equally doubtless, a certain hitherto-backwater Queensland locale will find itself inundated with tourists who will visit merely to be photographed next to the “Welcome to Townsville” sign.
The fortunate thing is that PPG is actually a very entertaining, astonishingly well-written show that has a significant adult following. Worth a look when it arrives on your shores.
From a catalogue of high-end collectibles tied into the upcoming Lord of the Rings Movie: The One Ring, cast in gold with elvish inscription. Price: $295.00 each. 
Oh, and guess where they’re filming the LotR movies? That’s right: New Zealand! I smell a conspiracy afoot.
Good. That’ll help our balance of payments deficit. Buy the rings, people! Buy the rings!
Seriously, Miller – while perhaps we Kiwis should be flattered by all this attention you are bringing upon us – why are you singling New Zealand out, here? When have we ever given you a bite on the bum, as it were?
Actually, keeping in the spirit of things, you should buy two One Rings.
And buy an All-Blacks jersey while you’re at it.
(A note to my fellow Americans: No black people were harmed in the making of the world’s finest sports team, except possibly some Springboks.)
Well, Ice Wolf, its nothing personal. It’s just that I’m dedicated to the destruction of New Zealand and everything it stands for. <insert maniacal laugh>
No, actually it’s just a coincidence. I got an email from my aunt about her new house, then got this catalogue the next day, and they both had this weird redundancy thing going on. At least, I think it’s coincidence. Like I said, I sense a conspiracy here.
Of course, I also sense a conspiracy when my local deli puts tomatoes on my sandwich, so maybe its just me.
Naw, what am I thinking? Definitly a conspiracy. [sub]Goddamn kiwis putting tomatoes in my food.[/sub]
Well, Miller, you had me worried there for a minute, yes indeedy. I was staring to wonder if you’d been poked in the behind by a kiwi at the nearest zoo while a child or something.
And I’d lay odds the tomatoes come from Aussie. That’s just the kind of thing a crate of Aussie tomatoes would do – come into your neighbourhood, get into the local deli, wind up on your favourite sandwiches. You eat them. And then the fun begins …
Pop on by TheLoadedDog’s G’dope Mate site and message board, Miller. You’ll get to see what “strange Down Under” is really all about.
Sofa King - world’s finest sports team? Maaaate, you’re dreamin’!
Well, I did hear that some of the French players got repetative motion injury from all those tries at the last world cup. 