ps: It's pretty far away from the others but there is also a Climax, PA.
Chuck Norcutt
On 5/9/2011 3:22 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Close but not quite. All are on different roads but not very far apart.
> Blue Ball (no "s) is about 8-/12 miles from Intercourse and from there
> it's another 3-1/2 miles to Paradise. But, if you were going to
> Paradise from Blue Ball you would very logically pass through
> Intercourse on the way.
>
> Blue Ball is about 60 miles west and slightly north of Philadelphia.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 5/9/2011 9:20 AM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
>> I've been there Bob and if MSMC there are three consecutive towns on that
>> highway: Blue Balls, Intercourse and Paradise.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Bob Whitmire<bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> Ah, no one beats the Brits for place names, with the possible exception of
>>> the folks in Pennsylvania who named their town Intercourse, and it's equally
>>> notorious and possibly apocryphal Intercourse Motel.
>>>
>>> Just down the street less than a mile from me is a dirt road, which, after
>>> the enhanced 911 system required all roads to post names, briefly sported
>>> the name Hiscock Road. (Pronounced with a "hisss" rather than the more
>>> common pronoun pronunciation of "his.") The sign never lasted more than a
>>> day or so. For a while the town kept replacing it, but after five or six of
>>> them were taken, the name was changed to Yates Road. Not a one of the Yates
>>> signs has gone missing.
>>>
>>> --Bob
>>>
>>>
>>> On May 7, 2011, at 9:20 PM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>>>
>>>> Beter than that town in Austria called F***. They were talking of
>>> changing the name - because English speaking tourists kept stealing the town
>>> signs.
>>>> Then there's a village I've visited near Cognac, called Ars. I REALLY
>>> want to add the 'e' with a marker pen.
>>>> And a couple of villages near ChrisB called Ugley and Nasty as I
>>> remember. Either side of Bishops Stortford.
>>>> I used to wonder about the Ugley Women's Association and the Nasty Police
>>> Station when I saw the signposts.
>>>
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