That fairly well sums up our summers, especially since we are now fully into the Monsoon.

 

Our summer has been tolerable so far, but August is coming. That's our brutal month. That's when the polite greeting, "How are you?" is answered by

 

Amateurs

 

That is our monsoons.

 

I love that movie. Did you know it is based on Shakespeare's 'The taming of the shrew?''

 

? ? ? ?
Color me lost - what movie?

 

I thought I was the only one.

 

that'd be 10 things I hate about you.
and yes HP I did. It seems like all those teenage movies from the mid to late 90s were based on something.

 

Frustrated with writing.

​

 

Be glad that you do not have the problems below.

Oh, wait. You ARE a moderator on this forum so you DO have those problems

 

In such situations do you think this would help out:




Or failing this:

 

You know it's going to be a bad day when

​

 

Here is something, from the funnies, that can show how bad anyone's day can become:


So what do you think: did it blow up on accident, or is the food that bad?



Ever wish this could actually happen to an annoying neighbor or boss?

 

Found this on Wikipedia, so take it for what it's worth:

[h=2]Unusual words contained inside the name[/h]

• Crapstone
• Lightwater
• Penistone
• Scunthorpe
• Scumpia
• Prickwillow
• Dickleburgh
• Immingham
• Grimsby
• Arsenal
• Assling
• Cockerham
• Wallyford

 

[h=2]Long placenames[/h]

• Gorsafawddacha'idraigodanheddogleddollônpenrhynareurdraethceredigion
• Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
  The longest place name in the United States and 6th longest in the world.
• Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
  The longest officially-recognised place name in the United Kingdom.
• El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula, the original name of Los Angeles. The name means "The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of Porziuncola".
• Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu
  A small hill with a big name in New Zealand.
• Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein
  A farm about 200 km west of Pretoria, South Africa.
• Krungthep Mahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathani Burirom-udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amonphiman Awatansathit Sakkathattiya Witsanu Kamprasit
  It is Bangkok's full ceremonial name and translates as City of angels, great city of immortals, magnificent city of the nine gems, seat of the king, city of royal palaces, home of gods incarnate, erected by Visvakarman at Indra's behest. The name is even listed in Guinness World Records as the world's longest place name.

The last one caught me somewhat off-guard. I knew that Bangkok's full name was extensive, but I did not know it to be that extensive.

 

[h=2]Numeric names[/h]

[TABLE="class: wikitable"]
[TR]
[TD]1770 [/TD]
[TD]Australian village, unusual in that very few other places in the world have digits (as opposed to spelled out numbers) in their names.[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[h=2]Short & medium length names[/h]Long place names are in the next section.
[TABLE="class: wikitable"]
[TR]
[TD]Açailândia[/TD]
[TD]A town in Maranhão, Brazil whose name translates to "Açaíland"[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Accident[/TD]
[TD]A town in Maryland, United States. A town not mainly known for accidents.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ala-Lemu[/TD]
[TD]A town in Finland. Translates to "Stank-From-Bottom".[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Apocalypse Peaks[/TD]
[TD]A group of peaks in Antarctica.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Å[/TD]
[TD]Located in Moskenes, Norway, it's the largest of the several places called Å.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bastard[/TD]
[TD]A town in Tromsø, Norway[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bastardstown[/TD]
[TD]In County Wexford, Ireland[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Batman[/TD]
[TD]A city in Turkey whose former mayor threatened to sue Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros. for their use of its name in the films Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Also see other places called Batman: in Melbourne (Batman railway station, Batman's Hill, Division of Batman) and in Tasmania (Batman Highway/Bridge)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bat Yam[/TD]
[TD]A city on Israel's Meditteranean Coast.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Beaver[/TD]
[TD]The name of towns in Alaska, Oklahoma, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, and West Virginia, USA[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Beaver Dam[/TD]
[TD]A settlement in New Brunswick, Canada and a city of 16,000 in Dodge County, Wisconsin USA[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Beaverhead[/TD]
[TD]A county in Montana, USA[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Beaverlick[/TD]
[TD]A town in Kentucky, US[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bell End[/TD]
[TD]Bell end is British slang for the head of the penis.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Berry Head[/TD]
[TD]A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Big Beaver[/TD]
[TD]A town in Saskatchewan, Canada[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bird-in-Hand[/TD]
[TD]A town in Pennsylvania, USA[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bitche[/TD]
[TD]A town in France[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bitchfield[/TD]
[TD]A village in Lincolnshire, England.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Blow Me Down[/TD]
[TD]A small Provincial Park in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Blue Ball[/TD]
[TD]A village in County Offaly, Ireland. "Blue balls" is a slang term for a condition affecting the testicles. There's also a community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (USA) with that name; its derivation comes from a tavern sign.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Blue Bell[/TD]
[TD]Blue Bell was originally known as Pigeontown, after the large flocks of the now-extinct passenger pigeons that once gathered there. The town was renamed in 1840 after the historically prominent Blue Bell Inn. Blue Bell is known for its large executive-style homes, major business parks, small community shopping facilities, and small businesses. It is one of the most affluent areas outside of the Main Line communities in the Philadelphia area. In July 2005, Money magazine ranked Blue Bell 14th on its list of the "100 Best Places to Live in the United States".[SUP][2][/SUP]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bong County[/TD]
[TD]A county in Liberia, named for its Mount Bong.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Boring, Maryland[/TD]
[TD]Named for a former postmaster David Boring, apparently, not for low levels of interest.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Boring, Oregon[/TD]
[TD]Twinned with Dull, Scotland.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Boring, Tennessee[/TD]
[TD]Well-named - as of Wednesday, 6 November 2013 the length of the description in the Wikipedia entry is a mere 59 characters.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Boquete[/TD]
[TD]A small town in Panamá. Boquete means blowjob in Portuguese.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bowna[/TD]
[TD]A community in the Riverina, New South Wales, Australia. Sounds like "boner", a slang term for an erection, when said in a non-rhotic accent.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Brown Willy[/TD]
[TD]A hill in Cornwall that gave its name to the Brown Willy effect.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bulls[/TD]
[TD]Small New Zealand town near Palmerston North. It has a sister-city relationship with Cowes, England.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Butt Hole Road[/TD]
[TD]The former name of a road in Conisbrough, Doncaster, England. It was changed to Archers Way in 2009.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Butthole Lane[/TD]
[TD]The name of a small road in Shepshed, Leicestershire, the bottom end of the lane is residential and the top of the lane is the home of Shepshed Dynamo FC.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Castrillo Matajudíos[/TD]
[TD]A village in Spain, whose name means "slayer of Jews" or "kill Jews". The villagers recently voted to change the name to Motajudíos (Jews' Hill), which had been the name before the Spanish Inquisition came around.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]California[/TD]
[TD]While this might not strike you as "weird", it was named after a fictional location in an adventure novel.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Caleb Pusey House[/TD]
[TD]A house built in 1683 located in Upland, Pennsylvania.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Cărpeniş River[/TD]
[TD]A tributary of the Ialomicioara River in Romania.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Catbrain[/TD]
[TD]A village in South Gloucestershire, England.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Christmas Pie[/TD]
[TD]A hamlet in Surrey, England.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Chinatown[/TD]
[TD]Small town in Wisconsin that is not a Chinatown.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Circle[/TD]
[TD]A small town in Alaska originally believed to lie on the Arctic Circle, though it is actually about 50 miles away.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Climax[/TD]
[TD]A small town in Georgia.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Cockburnspath[/TD]
[TD]A village in Scotland.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Cockburn Town[/TD]
[TD]The capital city of the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British territory.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Cocking[/TD]
[TD]A small town in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Cocks[/TD]
[TD]A village in Cornwall.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Coffin Top[/TD]
[TD]A mountain on South Georgia.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Come By Chance[/TD]
[TD]To their surprise, two farmers in NSW were able to purchase a farm in this locality, so they named it Come By Chance. There is also a Come By Chance in Canada.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Condom[/TD]
[TD]French lovers play it safe in this town.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Cut off[/TD]
[TD]Small town in Louisiana.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Dead Women Crossing[/TD]
[TD]A small community in Custer County, Oklahoma.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Devil's Bit[/TD]
[TD]A big hill in County Tipperary, Ireland.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Devilsmother[/TD]
[TD]A bigger hill in County Galway, Ireland.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Dick Peaks[/TD]
[TD]A group of big white bulges in Antarctica.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Dicktown, New Jersey[/TD]
[TD]A town in New Jersey. America.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Dildo[/TD]
[TD]This town in Newfoundland has a mascot named "Captain Dildo".Captain Dildo (image)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Disappointment Islands[/TD]
[TD]The scenery leaves much to be desired.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DISH[/TD]
[TD]A small town in Texas that changed its name to receive free digital video recorders and satellite television for ten years.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Dolphin's Barn[/TD]
[TD]A barn for land dolphins.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Downhill[/TD]
[TD]It's all downhill from here.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Dull[/TD]
[TD]It is as well.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Eek[/TD]
[TD]It's not THAT scary![/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Embarrass, MN[/TD]
[TD]So cold, it's embarrassing. A small municipality and township. The unofficial record low temperature in Minnesota was taken here, and is −64 °F (−53 °C), which was reached in February 1996. Unofficial because although verified, it was not taken by the National Weather Service, which in and of itself had to prove somewhat embarrassing.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Emo[/TD]
[TD]A melodramatic village in County Laois, Ireland.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Executive Committee Range[/TD]
[TD]A mountain range in Antarctica.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Eye[/TD]
[TD]A town in Suffolk, England. There are also places with this name in Herefordshire and Cambridgeshire.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Feltwell[/TD]
[TD]A village in Norfolk, England.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Fingringhoe[/TD]
[TD]A village in Essex, England.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Flushing[/TD]
[TD]At least it reduces toilet odor.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Football Mountain[/TD]
[TD]A mountain in Antarctica.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Fucking[/TD]
[TD]A town in Austria whose sign keeps disappearing.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ganja[/TD]
[TD]Cannabis, anyone?[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]George[/TD]
[TD]A town in central Washington. The streets are named after varieties of cherries.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Gogogogo[/TD]
[TD]Now stop![/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Gore[/TD]
[TD]No, they don't play murder mysteries or practise the Running of the Bulls in this New Zealand town.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Grand Teton National Park[/TD]
[TD]A National Park in Wyoming, USA.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Gropecunt Lane[/TD]
[TD]An old name for various streets in London where prostitutes did their business.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Half.com[/TD]
[TD]A small town in Oregon that, in December, 1999, changed its name to receive $100,000, computers for its public schools, and other financial considerations from its corporate namesake.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Hackensack[/TD]
[TD]Watch out for lovers who do this.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Hare Bay[/TD]
[TD]in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Happy Adventure[/TD]
[TD]A village in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Hell, Michigan[/TD]
[TD]Only 294 miles from Paradise.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Hell, Norway[/TD]
[TD]See Gods-expedition to Hell.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Hell Gate[/TD]
[TD]Area of water near Wards Island and Queens in New York City.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Hell's Kitchen[/TD]
[TD]Neighborhood in New York City.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Hevonkak[/TD]
[TD]An island of Finland. Name translates to Horse Shit.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ho[/TD]
[TD]A town in Ghana known for its gardening equipment.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Hole of Horcum[/TD]
[TD]A big hole in North Yorkshire, England.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ho-Ho-Kus[/TD]
[TD]What is this, Santa Claus getting something stuck in his throat?[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Hooker[/TD]
[TD]A town in Oklahoma, USA[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Hospital[/TD]
[TD]A village without a hospital in County Limerick, Ireland.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Humptulips[/TD]
[TD]A small town in Washington State, USA.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Humpty Doo[/TD]
[TD]I wonder if Humpty fell here? A town 40km from Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Inexpressible Island[/TD]
[TD]I... I can't really describe this island.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Innaloo[/TD]
[TD]A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Intercourse[/TD]
[TD]Oh, those crazy Amish...[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ireland's Eye[/TD]
[TD]Well, the Irish can use this island to snoop at Britain…[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Jim Thorpe[/TD]
[TD]A borough in Pennsylvania bearing the name of Jim Thorpe[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Joe Batt's Arm[/TD]
[TD]A town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Kanakanak[/TD]
[TD]A settlement established near Dillingham, Alaska, USA following the 1918 flu pandemic and part of the present-day Dillingham. The name derives from the practice of counting noses at the orphanage.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Kfar Pines[/TD]
[TD]A town in Northern Israel. The second word is pronounced like 'penis'.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Kill[/TD]
[TD]A village in County Kildare, Ireland.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Kilbride[/TD]
[TD]A neighbourhood of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Kilkenny[/TD]
[TD]"Oh my God! They killed Kenny!"[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Killmacow[/TD]
[TD]Why did you kill my cow?[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Kilmore[/TD]
[TD]This rather violent-sounding title is the name of no fewer than 13 different places, mostly in Ireland and Scotland.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]King of Prussia[/TD]
[TD]Home of the King of Prussia Mall[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Knobhead[/TD]
[TD]A mountain in Antarctica.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Knob Lick[/TD]
[TD]A small town in Missouri, USA[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lake Disappointment[/TD]
[TD]An ephemeral salt lake in a remote area of Western Australia.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lemu[/TD]
[TD]A county in Finland. Translates to Stink.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lost[/TD]
[TD]A genuine Scottish hamlet's name.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lower Dicker[/TD]
[TD]A Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Weald of East Sussex. Also a nearby settlement.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mars[/TD]
[TD]In 1882, the name of the community was changed to Mars from Overbrook since the railroad already had a stop with the name "Overbrook". No one is sure how the name "Mars" came into being. Some say it was Park's wife who enjoyed astronomy, or it was shortened after Samuel Marshall's name.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Medicine Hat[/TD]
[TD]The name for this city in Alberta, Canada is also a type of horse marking.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mexican Hat[/TD]
[TD]Seems a little racist to me.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Miass[/TD]
[TD]Both a river and a city in Russia.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mianus[/TD]
[TD]A neighborhood in Greenwich, Connecticut.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Middelfart[/TD]
[TD]A town in Denmark.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mistake Peak[/TD]
[TD]A mountain peak in Antarctica.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Moneymore[/TD]
[TD]A place where you'll earn more money.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Moon[/TD]
[TD]Local lore tells of a waning crescent moon that descended to plow furrows in farmer's fields with its sharp cusp, but killed many excited witnesses who cursed and praised the moon's early morning activities.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mooball[SUP][3][/SUP][/TD]
[TD]A town in New South Wales, Australia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mooloolah[/TD]
[TD]Because "moolah" just wasn't enough.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Moose Factory[/TD]
[TD]Well, where'd you think they came from?[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Moose Jaw[/TD]
[TD]A city in Saskatchewan, Canada.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mount Cocks[/TD]
[TD]A mountain in Antarctica.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mount Dick[/TD]
[TD]A mountain in the Auckland Islands, New Zealand.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mount Despair[/TD]
[TD]Amazingly, there are three different mountains with this name, two is the USA and one in Australia.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mount Slaughter[/TD]
[TD]A mountain peak in Antarctica.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mount Terror[/TD]
[TD]A great place for a family picnic.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mount Toogood[/TD]
[TD]A mountain in Antarctica.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Muck[/TD]
[TD]This island in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland is actually quite clean.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mudchute[/TD]
[TD]An area of London, England.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Muff[/TD]
[TD]A village in County Donegal, Ireland.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Nameless[/TD]
[TD]For the U.S. post office, "Nameless" was an official name.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Nasty[/TD]
[TD]It's actually a nice place.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Nether Wallop[/TD]
[TD]That's gotta hurt.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Nipple Peak[/TD]
[TD]A mountain peak in Antarctica.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Nobber[/TD]
[TD]A village in County Meath, Ireland.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Nob End[/TD]
[TD]Site of Special Scientific Interest near Kearsley, Bolton[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Nork[/TD]
[TD]A town in Surrey, England, on the border with London. Also a suburb of Yerevan, Armenia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]North Piddle[/TD]
[TD]A parish in Worcestershire, England.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]North Pole[/TD]
[TD]Santa doesn't live in this small town in Alaska, USA. All letters to Santa end up in this town.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Nowhere Else, Tasmania, Australia[SUP][4][/SUP][/TD]
[TD]Nearby places include Paradise and Promised Land.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]No Name[/TD]
[TD]But wouldn't "No Name" be a name?[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]No Place[/TD]
[TD]Is in fact in County Durham, England[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ofakim[/TD]
[TD]A city in southern Israel that seems to have been named by someone who was pretty exasperated with some dude.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ogre[/TD]
[TD]A city in Central Latvia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Once Brewed and Twice Brewed[/TD]
[TD]Villages in Northumbria, near Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Paint Lick[/TD]
[TD]An unincorporated community in Garrard County, Kentucky[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Petting[/TD]
[TD]Absolutely no sexual connotations. Seriously![/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Paskalomatunturi[/TD]
[TD]A mountain in Finland. Name translates to "Shit Holiday Mountain".[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Penistone[/TD]
[TD]It has caused generations of Yorkshiremen to smirk.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Pill[/TD]
[TD]A village in North Somerset, England, which does have a chemist.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Piscataway[/TD]
[TD]Not exactly the best thing to do to your cat.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Pity Me[/TD]
[TD]Feel sorry for those who live there.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Popcorn, Indiana[/TD]
[TD]A place where they make popcorn and sell it in stores such as Walgreen's.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Police[/TD]
[TD]A town in Poland (pronounced poh-lee-tzay)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Pratt's Bottom[/TD]
[TD]A village in the London Borough of Bromley, originally Spratts Bottom[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Presidente Prudente[/TD]
[TD]City in Brazil, named after president Prudente de Morais. Sounds extra weird due to the fact that literally translated, it means "prudent president".[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Punkeydoodles Corners[/TD]
[TD]A hamlet in Ontario known for its name and frequent sign theft.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Pussy[/TD]
[TD]A village in the Rhone Alps.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Queer Mountain[/TD]
[TD]A mountain in Antarctica.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Rape[/TD]
[TD]This is the traditional term for a subdivision of the county of Sussex, in England. The county had several "rapes" - the rape of Arundel, the rape of Bramber, etc.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Rectum[/TD]
[TD]A hamlet in the municipality of Wierden, Netherlands. [SUP][5][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Red Deer[/TD]
[TD]A city in Alberta, Canada.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Rottenegg[/TD]
[TD]A small town in Austria.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ruyton-XI-Towns[/TD]
[TD]XI pronounced "eleven" (Roman numerals)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha![/TD]
[TD]The only town name with two exclamation points.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Sandy Balls[/TD]
[TD]An area of parkland in Hampshire, England.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Satan's Kingdom[/TD]
[TD]The name of two villages in the United States, one in Massachusetts and the other in Vermont.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Scratchy Bottom[/TD]
[TD]A clifftop valley near Durdle Door, Weymouth in Dorset, England.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Sexbierum[/TD]
[TD]Three vices in one name.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Shades Of Death Road[/TD]
[TD]Located in central Warren County, New Jersey, its name has given rise to many local legends about ghosts and other paranormal activity along the road, many of which have been documented in Weird NJ magazine.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Shag Rocks[/TD]
[TD]Four different groupings of rocks are called this, in Massachusetts, South Georgia, Tasmania, and Western Australia.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Shagnasty Island[/TD]
[TD]Not to be confused with Love Island, this is in South Georgia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Shingay cum Wendy[/TD]
[TD]A parish in Cambridgeshire, England.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Shortlands[/TD]
[TD]A not very big borough in London, England.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Silly Department[/TD]
[TD]Pronounced "seely."[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Six Mile Bottom[/TD]
[TD]A village in Cambridgeshire, England.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Slaughter[/TD]
[TD]Also see Upper Slaughter, Lower Slaughter, and Slaughter, Washington (since renamed Auburn, Washington)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Slave Lake[/TD]
[TD]A town in Alberta, Canada[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Slippery Rock[/TD]
[TD]A borough in Pennsylvania[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Sofia University Mountains[/TD]
[TD]A mountain range in Antarctica.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Spuyten Duyvil[/TD]
[TD]Name means "spoutin' devil" in Dutch.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Supporting Party Mountain[/TD]
[TD]A mountain in Antarctica.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Swastika[/TD]
[TD]No Nazis live here.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Taylors Mistake[/TD]
[TD]Named after a shipping accident.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Te Urewera[/TD]
[TD]Area in New Zealand, name means "burnt penis" in the Māori language.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]The Office Girls[/TD]
[TD]Two nunataks in Victoria Land, Antarctica.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Three Cocks[/TD]
[TD]A village in Powys, Wales. More commonly known by its Welsh name Aberllynfi.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Toad Suck[/TD]
[TD]Town in Akansas[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Torpenhow Hill[/TD]
[TD]A place whose name means "HillHillHill Hill." One of many tautological place names.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Truth or Consequences[/TD]
[TD]A town in New Mexico which renamed itself simply so it could host the show that bore its name.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Tuba City[/TD]
[TD]Named after Tuuvi, a Hopi man who introduced Mormonism to the American Natives.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Tubbercurry[/TD]
[TD]I'll have a tub o' curry with that.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Twatt[/TD]
[TD]A small settlement on the Shetland Islands, Scotland.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Uck[/TD]
[TD]River in Sussex, England. Signs for the river have been subject to frequent vandalism, resulting in the local council fitting specially shaped signs to reduce the potential to add letters to the name.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ugley[/TD]
[TD]The inhabitants are actually quite pretty.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Unalaska[/TD]
[TD]A town in Alaska whose name makes it sound like it's not happy with its situation.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Upper Dicker[/TD]
[TD]A village in the Weald of East Sussex.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Upperthong and Netherthong[/TD]
[TD]Two villages in West Yorkshire, England.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Useless Loop[/TD]
[TD]A very small town in Western Australia.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Virgin Islands, Virginia, etc.[/TD]
[TD]Apparently, they haven't been having enough fun after hours....[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Vulcan[/TD]
[TD]A town in Alberta, Canada that was named long before Star Trek came about, but since the Trekkies seemed to flock there regardless, they just gave in and just went with it, complete with a statue of the USS Enterprise with Klingon writing and an annual convention.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Wagga Wagga[/TD]
[TD]Don't call Wagga Wagga, Wagga. OK? Pronounced Wog-ga (doubled up), rather than Wag-ga.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Walla Walla[/TD]
[TD]City and county named for the Walla Walla people[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Wallyford[/TD]
[TD]A town in East Lothian, Scotland[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Wank[/TD]
[TD]A small hamlet (small rural settlement too small to be considered a village) which is part of the municipality of Nesselwang in Bavaria, Germany. There is also a mountain called Wank in the nearby Estergebirge Mountain range.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Wankers Corner[/TD]
[TD]A village in Oregon, United States.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Wankum[/TD]
[TD]A town in Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Waterloo[/TD]
[TD]Because even Napoleon had to go to the bathroom.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Wawa[/TD]
[TD]named using the Chippewa word for goose "Wawa", formerly called Grubb's Bridge.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Wedding[/TD]
[TD]a locality in the borough of Mitte, Berlin, Germany[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Wee Waa[/TD]
[TD](Pronounced "Wee War")[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Westward Ho![/TD]
[TD]The only place in the United Kingdom with an exclamation point in the official name.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Wetwang[/TD]
[TD]A village in East Yorkshire, England.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Whakatane & Whakapapa[/TD]
[TD]Nothing special about these New Zealand place names, until you realise the native (Māori) pronunciation of 'Wh' comes out as 'F' ...[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]What Cheer[/TD]
[TD]A small coal town in Keokuk County, Iowa.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Wide Open[/TD]
[TD]A village in Northumbria, near Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Whiskeytown[/TD]
[TD]A small community in Shasta County, California.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Wonowon[/TD]
[TD]A settlement in northern British Columbia, Canada, named for its historical location at Mile 101 (km 162) of the Alaska Highway.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Woolloomooloo[/TD]
[TD]Presumably, the Aboriginals thought this question - how many S's in Mississippi - was getting boring.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Worms[/TD]
[TD]Famed for its Diet of Worms during Medieval times.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Yreka[/TD]
[TD]Yreka! I'm rich![/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Zigzag[/TD]
[TD]A small town in Oregon, USA, named after the nearby Zigzag River.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Zzyzx[/TD]
[TD]The location of Zzyzx Road, which was once alphabetically the last street name in the world. Also the name of a film, noteworthy for its box office gross of $30.
[/TD]
[/TR]
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Nemegosenda lake 48N 83 W in Canada
Mania River runs east to west south of Antsirabe Madagascar

 

Annnnnnd I'm back! got my new lens today - their '3-5 days' turned into 14 days, give or take, and only because I ragged on them that I have it at all, yet. On the other sad news front....


I fear it's time to have a funeral for my Kindle. I'm feeling oh-so-lost without it, and it's only been broken since last night. I feel like I should have a funeral for it. I know for other people this wouldn't be such a tragedy, but... I don't have a life. all I have (had) is a kindle. Yes, I'm actually crying over it, since I don't have money to replace it. I feel so alone.

 

May it rest in peace.

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Call Amazon and ask for Jeff Bezos.

You won't get him, but sob to everyone they place in your path. Embellish. Wildebeests. Sea monsters. Whatever works. Place your dear departed Kindle square in the center of a Sophoclean tragedy, complete with dweebs in love with their mothers and Cassandra bemoaning the unstoppable advance of boulders upon the toes of Sisyphus.

Eventually, someone at Amazon will give you a new Kindle.

Guaranteed.

It has worked for me. Twice.