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jaylake
06/03/09

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I need to dig up my photo of "Kitchen Dick Road" near Sequim, WA.
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rip_carina
06/03/09

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I was always amused by this close to where I grew up (instant heart-click if you recognize it).

[url=http://img192.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0070n.jpg][img=http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/7497/img0070n.th.jpg][/url]

More in keeping with the article theme is the name of the BMW dealership round the corner...

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rip_carina
06/03/09

@rip_carina:

Gah - I'll try that again...

[img src="http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/7497/img0070n.th.jpg"]

and

[img src="http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/2339/img0071mxq.th.jpg"]
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Novaload
06/03/09

@rip_carina: Lose the last ]and use < and no quotation marks
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MushyHeirloom
06/03/09

@rip_carina: Ahh, they do too, eh?!

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Jesse Mrozowski
06/03/09

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I live down the road from a private street named Walk This Way and also Lois Lane.
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MushyHeirloom
06/03/09

@Jesse Mrozowski: We've got a My Way, officially. Unofficially, there's no sign as far as I know.
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animated
06/03/09

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I drive by Cobbledick Road at least 5 times every summer. I chuckle every time.

[maps.google.ca]
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MushyHeirloom
06/03/09

@animated: You need to take some whiteout and make that C into a G.
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ummagumma82
06/03/09

@Lo! Loveseats, friend of Xrays: I live near a little tourist trap called "Canal Place". It's been around for like 5 years, but I'm still waiting for someone to black out the 'C'.

There was also a restaurant called "Uncle Tucker's"; sadly its sign also survived unmolested for 10+ years before it went out of business.

Damn lazy vandals these days.. They wouldn't know a good opportunity if it bit 'em in the ass!
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MushyHeirloom
06/04/09

@ummagumma82: Damn. The best we've got is "Hunt Road".

On a very related note, we have a few country clubs around here.
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Scandinavian Flick
06/03/09

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I used to live near the corner of High st and Stoney st in Santa Cruz, CA. I knew the people who lived at 420 High st. They could never order pizza delivery, but they got a bunch that they didn't order...
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Pixel
06/03/09

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MushyHeirloom
06/03/09

@Pixel: We've got a "Silent Way" near one of ours.
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2Wheelsor4: The Moto-Stig
06/03/09

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It's not a street name, but what about the exit for the "Bat Cave" on I-26 in North Carolina. I've got a picture for it, lo, I don't know how to post it.
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MushyHeirloom
06/03/09

@2Wheelsor4: Ze Ümlaüt in Motörhead: <img src="http://www.tinypic.com/whatever"

Just like that.
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sos10
06/03/09

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Il faut savoir parler français...

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Novaload
06/03/09

@sos10: That would be a hooker who could go either way!

No wonder they put up a warning sign!
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Leeeeena the Jalopchick
06/03/09

@sos10: I have personally gone to Rue de la monnaie in Condom, France. I thought that one was pretty funny.

[maps.google.com]
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MushyHeirloom
06/03/09

@sos10: You'd certainly rue that one.
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baldy_pm
06/03/09

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Dumb Womans Lane

*Nancy Pelosi* has to live somewhere.

Fixed that for ya
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MushyHeirloom
06/03/09

@baldy, Sportwagons and baldy again: This comment tree is a triple-oh-snap. Rare but highly prized.
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CorporateFelon
06/03/09

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No Love for BroomRape Lane?

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MushyHeirloom
06/03/09

@CorporateFelon: It's at the corner of Broom Rape and Smoke Tree. Hm.

Anyway, the naked broomrape is an actual plant. Sad.
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tonyola
06/03/09

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I did a lot of construction/environmental work in a large central Florida residential development known as Poinciana where the planners apparently had to really reach for street names. The bird, city, and place-named streets aren't so bad but the golf-themed streets have names like Putt Lane, Cart Court, Bogie Way, Divot Lane, and Duffer Lane. The animal names were fun too: Wombat Way, Yak Court, Muskrat Drive, Hamster Court, and Kangaroo Lane (sadly they resisted Kangaroo Court). Maybe they should try body parts in future expansions: Butt Way, Gallbladder Avenue, Spleen Circle, Uvula Drive, Lung Lane, and Colon Court.
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MushyHeirloom
06/03/09

@tonyola: I'd suggest street names made famous through music. Shakedown Street, Abbey Road, Penny Lane, Blue Jay Way (god, the Beatles were good at this), Rocky Mountain Way, Thunder Road, Telegraph Road... maybe 110th Street because Bobby Womack is awesome.

Here's a few more if my ideas ain't enough.
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will
06/03/09

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i have commenting deja vu writing this, but:

ann arbor is home to:

Felch St.

the intersection of Gott and Hiscock

as well as John Holmes Rd.
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Novaload
06/03/09

@will: That last one is a very long street.
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drewdrawshashtags
06/03/09

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Mr. Hardigree, may I say a big "thank you" for using the pic viewer? I didn't know you cared...

On a side note, I have a great pic somewhere of the "now entering" sign from a town in central France called "Les Gays".

Yes, you are now entering Les Gays.
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leavethegun-takethecannoli
06/03/09

@DrewAzÉletCsászára: I wish to thank him as well. Bravo.
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bzr
06/03/09

@DrewAzÉletCsászára: So how is Paris in the springtime?
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Peter Orosz
06/03/09

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How about Cockfosters station on the London Underground?

[en.wikipedia.org]

Especially as you're listening to it pronounced in impeccable BBC English on the Piccadilly Line.
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Mobius
06/03/09

@Peter Orosz: "This is a Piccadilly Line service to (brief pause) Cockfosters."

Very few sights on the Tube is this funny:

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bzr
06/03/09

@Peter Orosz: This cracked me up way too much:

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MushyHeirloom
06/03/09

@Mobius_1: Four's an orgy!
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engineerd
06/03/09

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George was a mild-mannered, quiet guy. As a devout Anglican, he was relatively benign and passive. Until one day.

You see, George's one vice was going to the pub and enjoying a few too many pints of Smithwicks while watching rugby. One night, while sitting in a small pub on Butt Hole Road, a real Cock from up the Hill came in. The guy walked right up to George and started swearing at him and saying nasty things about George's mother. George cracked when the guy said his mother was a real Dumb Woman and he wanted to screw her in her Slutshole to relieve his Blueballs. George, already on edge because of the Economy, told the guy he didn't have a chance because his mother was more of a Titman after the surgery. One thing led to another and George set the guy on fire and watched the Cockburn. When the bartender started yelling, George whipped out his Penis and went Peepee on the guy to put the fire out.

The bartender asked for George's name so he could report him to the police. George gave him No Name.
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