# What were the founders thinking?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-founders-thinking/289073>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 8, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-founders-thinking/289073 "2005-02-08T22:57:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![pasunejen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@pasunejen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pasunejen)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-founders-thinking/289073/1 "2005-02-08T22:57:22Z")

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My parents just bought a house. Two of the nearby towns are called Little Hell and Coocheyville.

Best of all?

The house itself is located in Onancock. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

(That’s all, really. I felt a pressing need to share my laughter and amazement with others.)

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**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-founders-thinking/289073/2 "2005-02-08T23:31:03Z")

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If it’s in downstate Illinois, I’m not surprised.

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**Author:** ![pasunejen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@pasunejen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pasunejen)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-founders-thinking/289073/3 "2005-02-08T23:32:48Z")

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Nah, it’s actually on the Delmarva Peninsula (the peninsula on the right-hand side of Maryland, only it’s in the little bit of it that’s Virginia). Same basic principle, I’m guessing.

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-founders-thinking/289073/4 "2005-02-09T07:46:23Z")

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Yes, the names around there show that our forebears either had a bitchin’ sense of humor, or they were bull goose loony. My wife’s uncle took us on a tour of the Choptank River. I loved that guy. He’s dead now. ☹

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**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-founders-thinking/289073/5 "2005-02-09T07:50:45Z")

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Intercourse, PA. 'Nuff said…

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**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-founders-thinking/289073/6 "2005-02-09T14:39:34Z")

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And I raise with Dildo, Newfoundland.

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-founders-thinking/289073/7 "2005-02-10T04:44:06Z")

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Indiana has French Lick, Gnaw Bone, and Floyd’s Knobs. I have been to the first two.

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**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-founders-thinking/289073/8 "2005-02-10T04:56:41Z")

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**TVGeek** wants to know if your parents get their cable from Cox.

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**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-founders-thinking/289073/9 "2005-02-10T14:58:09Z")

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And the forecast for Onancock: widely scattered showers.

Best I can do is point out that, in Kansas, Athol is near Reamsville.

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**Author:** ![akennett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@akennett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akennett)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-founders-thinking/289073/10 "2005-02-10T15:49:04Z")

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> [@if6was9](#):
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> Intercourse, PA. 'Nuff said…

Right down the road from Blue Ball, Bird-in-Hand, and Virginville.