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Thread #10607 Message #2906823
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
14-May-10 - 11:05 AM
Thread Name: place names part two
Subject: RE: place names part two
The Guardian ran this story about how a town in Canada is trying to get people to come as tourists - Can the town of Asbestos win over the tourists? And it accompanied this with a list "other North American towns that might struggle to attract the tourist pound": Intercourse, Pennsylvanis Boring, Oregon Dull, Ohio Ordinary, Virginia Spunky Puddle, Ohio Mosquitoville, Vermont Hell, Michigan Slaughterville, Oklahoma Tightwas, Missouri Roaches, Illinois Dildo, Newfoundland Crotch Lake, Ontario Bummerville, California Gas, Kansas Purgatory, Maine