Post a funny name of a landmark or business near you.

[samplegirl]

Our state park......Mosquito Lake

A bar called......Up the creek and another one around the corner
called...Without a Paddle.

[SeattleGirl]

1. This place is not around Seattle, but in Eugene, OR, where I

used to live.

A little dive of a motel called the No Tell Motel. :rofl:

[_testify_]

2. Back in NY, we have Flushing Meadows

[RubyDuby in GA]

3. The Big Chicken

Johnny Reb's was a Marietta (Marietta city history) greasy spoon with a challenge. Owner Tubby Davis was facing increasing competition and he needed a means of attracting customers to his establishment. "Reb" burgers at 15 cents a shot were no longer unique, but his fried chicken might just do the trick.
He turned to Georgia Tech ('57) graduate Hubert Puckett to design and build the sheet metal structure that rose 56 feet above the ground. Puckett was employed by a division of Atlanta Steel, a structural design and building firm. The eyes were designed to rotate and the beak would open and close. A ruffle on the top of the Big Chicken's head would move from side-to-side in the wind.

Over the years the structure created at the corner of Highway 120 and U. S. 41 gained a certain renown with local folks who used the chicken as a landmark for directions. "In the shadow of the Big Chicken" or "first light south of the Big Chicken" are still common phrases used on television and radio to describe a location in Marietta. In fact, Marietta Square is just six blocks west of the Big Chicken.

http://roadsidegeorgia.com/site/bigchicken.html

[RetroLounge]

4. Bong Rec Area

RL

[GOPisEvil]

11. The guy it was named for was a pretty big bad-ass though.

:)

[RetroLounge]

14. He sure was...

Great fighter Ace!

RL

[samplegirl]

18. Richard Bong...#1 WWII Allied ace

40 kills in a P-38 Lightning
Pacific ETO

Still...Funniest name for a park.

[Oeditpus Rex]

49. Dick Bong's from your city?

(Sounds even funnier that way.)

He was killed while testing a P-80 Shooting Star, the first U.S. jet fighter in production, on the day the atomic bomb fell on Hiroshima.

I'm reading Pappy Boyington's autobiography, "Baa Baa Black Sheep."

[schmuls]

54. Hey fellow Wisconsite. This is where we go to smoke our bongs.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

5. Pig Peckers

Not really near me; but in Ocean City, MD. I laugh every time I pass the place.

[GalleryGod]

16. It's BIG Pecker's!

:spray: :rofl: :rofl: :spray:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

22. LOL! I'm not sure how I typoed that; but

I think I like my name better! :rofl:

[Random_Australian]

6. Bald Knob

It's a monolith.

[Ava]

7. Butt's TV

The man who owns it is named Harry Butts

I am NOT kidding!

[Arugula Latte]

8. Boring, Oregon.

That's the town name -- not really a landmark.

[Arugula Latte]

9. Wankers Corner (Northern Va.)

I used to live in DC, and I always loved that. I'm sure the Brits got a kick out of that one.

[MiniMandaRuth]

10. Lemco

For selling cars.

:eyes:

[Elidor]

12. It's not near me, but I always get a giggle out of...

Fucking, Austria

[auntAgonist]

13. Ball's Falls

on the Niagara Escarpment in Ontario Canada.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

15. In Liberty or Freedom, NJ...one of those patriotic town names

there's a scary motel called "Bouncing Bear Motel." The sign also says "Come Bounce with the Bear."

Blairstown, NJ also has a Democracy Lane. I think it's off Rt. 91. Anyway, I'm driving past it with a friend and I was just like, "Woah, Democracy Lane. No wonder I couldn't find democracy. It's been in freaking Blairstown the whole time. No one will find it here."

[TallahasseeGrannie]

17. Piggly Wiggly and Hogly Wogly and Two Egg, FL

[Deja Q]

19. Schwing America

http://www.schwing.com/



Now be nice, y'all! This is tame compared to other funny names! :7

[samplegirl]

20. Just remembered one more

Ten Miles West Of Here:

[EstimatedProphet]

30. The center of the world is in Ohio?

Where? We'll have to go there sometime. Maybe we could have a meetup there, since by definition it would be the closest spot for everyone.

[Droopy]

21. Needmore Rd.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

23. There used to be a place in Gettysburg, PA called "Phartz Ice Cream"

Never tried it...

[L A Woman]

24. Amber's Chicken & Donuts

Yup!

[baldguy]

25. There's the Acme Nipple Co a few blocks from my house.

Then the perennial favorite:

[July]

41. I just saw that place when I was in Buffalo for my mother's birthday.

There's (or was?) another funeral home in Buffalo called Bury Funeral Home.

[baldguy]

43. I pass by the Bury Funeral Home every day.

[July]

55. So, you're a fellow Buffalonian?

I'm a South Buffalo girl.

[baldguy]

56. I'm in Kenmore.

[mwdem]

26. The "Dude Motel", about 10 miles from here.

I just keep wanting to stop in to see if the Dude is reallly there.

[susanna]

27. I-75 in Oakland County Michigan....

...boasts Exit 69, Big Beaver Road. I am not kidding.

[noonwitch]

39. I heard the speed limit there is lickety split!

I go to Somerset Mall all the time and I never noticed that the exit number was 69. We always made jokes in GR/K-zoo about 1-69.

[kwassa]

45. that is 16 Mile Road, of course, in the Northwest 'burbs

[Zomby Woof]

28. Phuket Thai

:9

[EstimatedProphet]

29. There's a lot of Kuntzman businesses around here

[ashling]

31. Dallas

[clyrc]

32. There are tons of them here

One of my favorites is Twitty Kid's Saloon. Then there's Bony Printing, Manhatin Used cars, Happy Kid Restaurant, Classical Extrusions, and the family favorite, Strong Plant For Dewatering.

[HEyHEY]

33. A corner store, called, no joke, "K.Y. Market"

[tuvor]

34. The signs on roads leading into my town say "Entering Courtenay".

You pervert. I'm shocked.

[RubyDuby in GA]

35. Hopulikit, Georgia

Yes, it's pronounced Hope you like it. It's right outside of Statesboro, GA (yep, the song Statesboro Blues is named for Statesboro, GA). Statesboro is home to Georgia Southern University, where I went to school, and I wouldn't have believed this name except that I saw the sign myself. They do have to replace it several times a year as it comes up missing a lot. Imagine that...

[madinmaryland]

36. Dr. Reefer, Chiropractor in Homer, PA

:wow:

[Blue_In_AK]

37. There's a bar in Fairbanks called

Skinny Dick's Halfway Inn.

http://www.skinnydicksak.com/Home.php

[suegeo]

38. Pass N' Gas

[AllegroRondo]

40. Dicken's Fruit Stand

home of Dicken's Cider


because everyone loves a little Dicken's Cider!

[mikeytherat]

42. Lickinghole Rd.

Oh, yes it is!

http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address&addtohistory=&address=%5b600%2d699%5d%20Lickinghole%20Rd&city=Ashland&state=VA&zipcode=23005&country=US&location=0lZ7QjDZPmcMJIClPyzLkiQRg%2fN3iSeO7WohA9spulJKeNrMKoTsY7%2fXKXTdvPakACnofbl7TM4iOt3zF4d5TDwKlGOoGJadAQZ%2fjXtkJIc0x2fd10tW%2bZj4nrzbmOP6IfClPboNhX9cFsuryxEnFA%3d%3d&ambiguity=1

When you give out directions to the local airport and you say, "Lickinghole Rd.", there is always a pause on the other end. Before they ask you to repeat it, we just say, "Think dirty." They always understand!

mikey_the_rat

[kwassa]

44. Betty's Pistol Dawn, and Kosher Burrito

a bar in West L.A. and a fast food restaurant

Also, the original Hard Rock, which had nothing to do with the subsequent chain. Slezoid bar in downtown L.A.

A bar called Father's Office.

the Atomic Cafe, famous in it's era.

[supernova]

46. "He's Not Here" bar in Chapel HIll

[progmom]

47. sushi.come

:eyes:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

60. Wow...that's cheap sushi!

Are they good? Not like I'll ever end up there from NJ.

[enigmatic]

48. Mr. Lube

[Oeditpus Rex]

50. Damm Water

John and Mary Damm own it. Talk about turning a negative into a positive.

"Damm Good Water." :thumbsup:

[veganred]

51. Dicks Big and Tall

Not near me now in DC but in my hometown of Longview, Tx.

[XNASA]

52. Beecher Tool and Die. nt

[NewWaveChick1981]

53. Cumby Funeral Home

The first time I ever saw it, I thought it said "Gumby Funeral Home." The way it's written, the C definitely looks like a G. It's a well-respected place, but I could just see the Monty Python guys as Gumby funeral directors. :P I could also see Pokey galloping by. :)

[Telly Savalas]

57. The Academy of the Spherical Arts

A pretty damn clever name for a pool hall, if you ask me.

[cobalt1999]

58. Big Bone Lick State Park

Actually went there while living in Cincy, and to show I'm not making it up... http://parks.ky.gov/stateparks/bb/

[spacelady]

59. Blow Fly Inn

[Mnemosyne]

61. Peter Hardner & Son Inc Erie,Pa n/t

[GalleryGod]

62. Hi,Betts! Sorry I'm LATE with this one!

[RevCheesehead]

63. Down the road is a township called "Sugar Bush"

Cracks me up every time I drive by. :)

[dysfunctional press]

64. Liquorland

[Wapsie B]

65. The Surf Ballroom

in Clear Lake. The final performance of Buddy Holly and the Crickets. The song, "American Pie" was based on this event.

[Spirochete]

66. There is a company named

Hopper & Dennis downtown. Not sure what kind of company it is - I just saw it a couple times driving by.

[XemaSab]

67. Big Butt

It's a mountain in NC!

[Brigid]

68. Dick's Bodacious Barbeque

I hear it's pretty good. Now that I'm thinking about it, I need to give it a try. Maybe tomorrow.

[sazemisery]

69. Sam & Ella's Pizza, Tahlequah, Oklahoma