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Re: O/T strange place names

Postby B.H.C #3 » Sun Mar 08, 2009 10:33 pm

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Re: O/T strange place names

Postby marky No.1 » Mon Mar 09, 2009 10:34 am

halfwayliner wrote:Gaylordsville, sounds like a right load of old tosh :lol: :lol:


How on earth did we get him home safely? :lol:

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Re: O/T strange place names

Postby Howe Magic » Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:01 am

There is a town in oregon - usa called Wankers Corner (could be where the Chester fans come from)
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Re: O/T strange place names

Postby marky No.1 » Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:15 am

Howe Magic wrote:There is a town in oregon - usa called Wankers Corner (could be where the Chester fans come from)


There is certainly a bar! It would appear the nuts don't just get thrown on the floor, they get tossed :shock:

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Re: O/T strange place names

Postby Curly » Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:42 pm

Howe Magic wrote:There is a wierd place in Yorkshire too called wetwang
There are a lot of weird places in Yorkshire!!!! ;)
Howe Magic wrote:There is a town in oregon - usa called Wankers Corner (could be where the Chester fans come from)


Nice one John :lol:
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There is certainly a bar! It would appear the nuts don't just get thrown on the floor, they get tossed :shock:

http://www.thebackpacker.net/travel-gui ... ille/1491/


Bet they only sell half pints!!!! :lol: ;) ;)
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Re: O/T strange place names

Postby Posh » Mon Mar 09, 2009 1:28 pm

Martin wrote:Of course there's always Keith ;)

as well as Arnold, Stanley, Dudley, Ashley, Barney, Barry and not forgetting Shirley.

Not only towns dotted around Britain, but also happen to be the real names of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs! :lol:


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Re: O/T strange place names

Postby Posh » Mon Mar 09, 2009 1:49 pm

One of the shop's in Wanker's Corner

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...but better still is the local park in Cut & Shoot

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Re: O/T strange place names

Postby The Bay » Mon Mar 09, 2009 2:02 pm

Where I used to work near Oswestry there's a village called Knockin.

A syou drive through you go past a general store called The Knockin Shop.

No idea what it sells though....
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Re: O/T strange place names

Postby marky No.1 » Mon Mar 09, 2009 4:05 pm

The Bay wrote:Where I used to work near Oswestry there's a village called Knockin.

A syou drive through you go past a general store called The Knockin Shop.

No idea what it sells though....


It sells Lottery tickets!
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Re: O/T strange place names

Postby Gnasher » Mon Mar 09, 2009 4:28 pm

Not quite, it says Play Here. I wonder what games they get up to in a knockin shop :lol:
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Re: O/T strange place names

Postby marky No.1 » Mon Mar 09, 2009 4:39 pm

Gnasher wrote:Not quite, it says Play Here. I wonder what games they get up to in a knockin shop :lol:


Well the sign on the wall says "The National Lottery" 8-)
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Re: O/T strange place names

Postby skyecat » Mon Mar 09, 2009 8:44 pm

There`s a place called Dildo in Newfoundland, Canada.
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Re: O/T strange place names

Postby Keith » Mon Mar 09, 2009 10:43 pm

marky No.1 wrote:
The Bay wrote:Where I used to work near Oswestry there's a village called Knockin.

A syou drive through you go past a general store called The Knockin Shop.

No idea what it sells though....


It sells Lottery tickets!
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