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Sun Jun-19-05 06:07 PM
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Worst/ silliest/ funniest street names ever |
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I just discovered Blue Johnson Rd., which is still affording me great amusement. Columbia also features John Edward St. (fun for Crossing Over) and, I swear by whatever may still be holy, Burnsdowne Rd. C'mon, whatcha got?
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Sun Jun-19-05 06:09 PM
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1. How about Big Beaver Road! |
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I know there's one in Oakland and Rochester, MI.
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Mon Jun-20-05 01:37 PM
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I'm sure you also know that it's exit 69 off of 1-75.
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Sun Jun-19-05 06:39 PM
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2. Chow Mein Lane in Lake Oswego, Oregon |
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Cretin Avenue in St. Paul, Minnesota
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Sun Jun-19-05 06:39 PM
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3. I live near some USDA land, they have a variety of ag related names |
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I think Animal Husbandry Lane takes the cake though.
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Sun Jun-19-05 06:40 PM
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4. Boone County Arkansas has |
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Run n Late Lane, Gipp n Anne Lane, Cozy Lane, Covey Lane, and Eoff (pronounced Oaf) Road and Eoff Street.
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Sun Jun-19-05 06:41 PM
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"Haveteur Way" intersects with "Unida Place".
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Mon Jun-20-05 02:07 PM
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61. Laughing Out Loud bigtime! |
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Sun Jun-19-05 06:42 PM
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6. Not bad, but strange... |
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In a neighborhood near mine, there's an intersection of Clinton and Gore.
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Sun Jun-19-05 06:42 PM
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7. This is pretty amazing..... |
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Sun Jun-19-05 07:01 PM
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11. Just getting the big red X. Can you describe it? nt |
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Sun Jun-19-05 07:16 PM
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15. There probably should be 3 red x's. It's an intersection in a town |
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or city that has Seaman Av and Cumming St on the same street sign pole.... obviously an innocent mistake.
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Mon Jun-20-05 12:34 PM
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Sun Jun-19-05 06:42 PM
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8. There used to be one in Vernon |
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B.C. called "Kick Willie Loop". I love that name.
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Sun Jun-19-05 06:44 PM
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9. Columbus OH has an intersection...High St and Gay St |
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Funny side note: My best friend's maiden name is Gay. Yes, we took an *appropriate* pic. :D
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Sun Jun-19-05 06:53 PM
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10. In the boondocks beyond Orlando, Clapp Simms Duda Rd |
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I think it was a person. If I was a person with a name like that, I sure as hell wouldn't want have a road named after me. Let alone have a first name that is the nickname of an STD.
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Sun Jun-19-05 07:05 PM
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12. My husband and I drove by Kangaroo Court the other day. |
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We don't think we'd want to live there.
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Sun Jun-19-05 07:06 PM
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13. I grew up on Asylum Avenue |
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I always got some strange looks when giving my address. There is also Climax Road in the town I'm in now.
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Sun Jun-19-05 07:09 PM
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14. When trekkies name streets |
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http://maps.google.com/maps?q=6th+Pkwy+Sacramento,+CA&spn=0.016424,0.030899&hl=enThe little proturbance off Klingon Ct isn't named on the map, but it's Romulan Ct. Needless to say, it's a rough neighborhood. ;)
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Sun Jun-19-05 07:18 PM
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16. Dam Road which also has a Dam store. |
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Sun Jun-19-05 07:21 PM
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17. Friends who live outside of DC live on.... |
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Marsala Glen Way.
:wtf: ???
Also, in Crystal Lake, IL, there is a street named Walkup after some local leading citizen of yore. As kids, we'd talk about walking down Walkup Street.
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Sun Jun-19-05 09:52 PM
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19. Bangor, ME has an intersection of Clinton CT and Dole CT n/t |
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Mon Jun-20-05 12:34 PM
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39. Never noticed that one |
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Mon Jun-20-05 09:58 PM
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82. Been a while since I've lived in Bangor, they might actually be adjacent, |
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rather than intersecting, but I'm 80% sure they intersect/
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Sun Jun-19-05 09:54 PM
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20. I'm named after a street |
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My mother was out riding shortly before I was born and she needed a name because my cousin was born 3 weeks before me and got my grandma's name (my intended name) and then she saw it, my name for the rest of my life. Melanie Street. I'm just glad she dropped the street part.
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Mon Jun-20-05 01:27 PM
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51. I have a street named after me. |
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My parents were the first ones to live on their new street and my dad worked for the county, so they got permission to name the street after me.
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Sun Jun-19-05 09:59 PM
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I was watching COPS last week and they were called to a domestic disturbance on Food Lane.
You guessed it - a couple was having a food fight. LOL
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Sun Jun-19-05 10:37 PM
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22. Street Road, Cold Soil Road, Great Road |
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Mon Jun-20-05 02:33 AM
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27. Street Road in Feasterville? |
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Oh wait, I'm not supposed to know that; never mind! (Kidding; used to live in Philly)
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Mon Jun-20-05 01:47 PM
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56. I live in an apartment next to Street Road |
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It's a big old suburban thoroughfare that runs from the Delaware River (actually Bensalem, or "Cigarettown" as it's sometimes known) to Canada. Well, at least up to the top of Bucks County.
Street Road is where young (and) idiot cops from different jurisdictions get into fistfights.
Incidentally, the name of the mayor of Philly is "John Street" (no relation).
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Sun Jun-19-05 11:02 PM
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23. Intersection of Hillrise and Hillrise... |
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Lewis Ave. and Martin Street.
We had a company, Humphrey Sign, which was on (of all places) Bogart Street. The street was razed to make way for an addition to the U. of Toledo, so I don't know what happened to the company.
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Mon Jun-20-05 12:38 AM
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25. There used to be a "Horney Place" in my town. |
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And the kids would steal the street signs regularly. So after spending a small fortune in replacement signs the city wised up and renamed it using the full name of the city father it was named after. It's now spelled out fully "Julius T Horney Rd" on all the signs and street maps.
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Mon Jun-20-05 12:45 AM
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26. Bush Street, San Francisco |
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Frankly, I'm surprised none have been vandalized. It's a fairly main thoroughfare, one of maybe three streets in The City that has timed signals.
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Mon Jun-20-05 03:03 AM
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28. In my city you have "Virgin St." where you find "The Leather Doc" |
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Mon Jun-20-05 05:51 AM
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29. I always wanted to steal the streetsigns from "MacDonald & Giles".... |
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anyone? pretty obscure, i know....
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Mon Jun-20-05 12:24 PM
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36. Probably somewhere near the intersection of Fripp and Lake streets |
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or maybe Crimson King Court... :D
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Mon Jun-20-05 06:17 AM
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my favorite- Dixie Guano rd.
And in a town that has a huge drug problem- Mary Jane Lane
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Mon Jun-20-05 07:29 AM
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31. The finest sight on I-90 in northwestern Ohio: |
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Mon Jun-20-05 07:57 AM
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32. My favorite is in our own hometown... |
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Edited on Mon Jun-20-05 07:57 AM by Left_Winger
Bull Street!
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Mon Jun-20-05 04:07 PM
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72. The heavy connotations of Bull St always prevented me from seeing |
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that it's inherently funny, but you're right, it is.
I like Huger St, at least if it's pronounced like it looks. I always wanted them to change Assembly St's name to Hugest St.:D
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Mon Jun-20-05 04:23 PM
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there was a student from New Jersey who asked me where the "huge E" was on Huger St.
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Tue Jun-21-05 08:04 AM
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86. Coming Street used to make me laugh. |
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I grew up in Charleston. Always thought Ashley Phosphate was a silly name for a street.
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Mon Jun-20-05 08:01 AM
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33. Taco Court in Sugar Land, TX. |
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Mon Jun-20-05 08:16 AM
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34. Don't have a clue where this is, but |
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Mon Jun-20-05 12:36 PM
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40. Funny, looks exactly like the Seaman and Cumming up above. I would |
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guess that both pics are photoshopped. Too funny to be true
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Mon Jun-20-05 12:33 PM
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37. There's a private road here named "Getta Way" |
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Mon Jun-20-05 12:44 PM
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41. Bloody Alchohol Mary Lane |
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Edited on Mon Jun-20-05 12:46 PM by mainegreen
This street is way out in the country where I'm from. The thing is on a 80 foot (no joke) pole to keep people from stealing it.
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Mon Jun-20-05 12:49 PM
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42. Foolish Pleasure Road |
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Also in my Neighborhood - for all you Deadheads - is Dark Star Way.....
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Mon Jun-20-05 12:57 PM
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45. Do you live near a racetrack? Those are both famous horses. |
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Mon Jun-20-05 01:00 PM
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46. Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding |
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You guessed the neighborhood theme. This land used to be a horse farm. We also have Avatar, Black Gold, Majestic Prince, Northern Star. But, alas, no Secretariat, no Affirmed, no Citation, no Seattle Slew.........
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Maybe you had better move to Maryland.....
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80. Move to Maryland? And give up my movie career??? |
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Mon Jun-20-05 12:51 PM
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43. There's a Turkey Jim Road |
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in Campton, NH. Which makes me wonder, who is this Turkey Jim and why did he (presumably) like turkeys so much? :)
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Mon Jun-20-05 12:53 PM
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44. I just noticed a Pon Farr Rd. in my community |
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It's a private road, must be a Trekkie.
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Mon Jun-20-05 01:18 PM
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In New Orleans. I dare you to spell or say it correctly. :)
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Mon Jun-20-05 02:13 PM
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62. Stayed in a hotel there around Xmas time; still had to look up spelling |
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Tchoupitoulas pronounced chew pi TOO las Hip beyond words.
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Mon Jun-20-05 01:27 PM
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50. Bread and Cheese Hollow Road |
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Mon Jun-20-05 01:40 PM
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53. There's a Felch St. in Ann Arbor |
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i've driven on it many times
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Mon Jun-20-05 01:41 PM
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54. I lived off of Beaver Street growing up. |
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Mon Jun-20-05 02:02 PM
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58. Morningwood in The Woodlands, TX |
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Mon Jun-20-05 02:03 PM
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59. Kitchen Dick Road in Sequim, Wash. |
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Also, my personal favorite has to be The Egg & I Road in Jefferson County, Wash. It's named after the book. :)
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Mon Jun-20-05 02:04 PM
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60. Avenida de los Pulgas |
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near San Diego. Your dog may not want to live there.
I'm sure there are others that remain untranslated.
It means "Avenue of the Fleas" it is near the city of El Cajon ("the drawer/box").
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Mon Jun-20-05 02:15 PM
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63. Somewhere around Austin there is "Hairy Man Drive" |
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Where people swore a hairy man used to jump out of the trees and scare parkers. They have a Hairy Man Festival near there every year.
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Mon Jun-20-05 02:16 PM
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64. Johnny Cake Ridge Road |
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Mon Jun-20-05 02:17 PM
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65. Hogslide and Batzing Rds. |
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In Wayne County (I think), NY Fingerlakes area.
They don't intersect, but I wish they did--then I'd go live on the corner.
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Mon Jun-20-05 02:19 PM
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66. Good and High streets parallel each other here in Saginaw |
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One block apart. Better yet, there's a cemetery at the end of them. John Saginaw also has "A" "B" "C" and "D" streets. But that's probably just a lack of creativity more than "funny," per se.
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Mon Jun-20-05 02:22 PM
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It's a signed, but not mapped, road in Colorado with precipitous dropoffs and not much of a shoulder. A buddy of mine tried to drive me out to see it and photograph the sign, but it was closed.
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Mon Jun-20-05 02:24 PM
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68. Nameless Road, just outside Austin. nt. |
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Mon Jun-20-05 02:26 PM
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69. There's a subdivision in Suffolk, VA |
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named "Steeplechase." So keeping in the theme of horse-racing, all the streets are named after famous horses, including a "Red Rum Court." The developer apparently had never seen The Shining, I guess.
And my friends and I always laugh about the Backlick Road exit on I-95.
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Mon Jun-20-05 06:30 PM
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Brings out our inner Beavis n' Butt-heads too...
(heh-heh, huh-huh, backlick)
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Mon Jun-20-05 04:14 PM
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I found it especially funny when my dog took a crap by it and had an erection.
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Mon Jun-20-05 04:17 PM
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74. Running Cedar Drive in Raleigh, NC |
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I've never seen a tree run.
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Mon Jun-20-05 06:14 PM
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77. Running cedar's the coolest; what my naturalist friends call |
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I learn something every day! Thanks.
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Mon Jun-20-05 04:18 PM
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75. Beaver Ruin Road in Atlanta |
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Just sounds nasty to me...
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Mon Jun-20-05 06:19 PM
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78. Bunch of Walnuts Road |
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81. Needmore Road in Dayton Ohio |
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Tue Jun-21-05 08:01 AM
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84. You must be in Charleston, SC |
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Born in Charleston, but left at age 3, 40 years ago. Thus I can pronounce the word "paper" in only two syllables.:D
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Tue Jun-21-05 08:02 AM
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85. I once lived on Far Corners Loop. |
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And I drive by a road called Tally Ho St regularly. I guess Maryland has boring road names.
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Tue Jun-21-05 11:22 AM
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George the first, that is. Makes me cringe every time I drive by.
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