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    Posted: August 24 2005 at 05:54

I found this article about a little village in Austria that freqently has its sign stolen - especially by English tourists... can't think why.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/austria.asp

...actually, I can't think why BOTH signs don't get stolen simultaneously 

Does anyone else know of, or come from an amusingly named town?
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There is a Dutch town called Monster.
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Hell is a place in Norway.

God's expedition in Hell
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Pula in Croatia

In romanian it means penis in a vulgar way...
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what is this?
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Emerald Lincoln Park probably...
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Originally posted by Ricochet Ricochet wrote:

Pula in Croatia

In romanian it means penis in a vulgar way...

It means to fu*k here in Norway

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Originally posted by Bj-1 Bj-1 wrote:

Originally posted by Ricochet Ricochet wrote:

Pula in Croatia

In romanian it means penis in a vulgar way...

It means to fu*k here in Norway

And in Finnish:
pula s 1 shortage, lack ■ s 2 (puute) dearth ■ s (vaikea tilanne) 3 trouble, scrape, bind (a bind) 4 fix, jam Nyt ollaan pulassa Now we're in a fix ■ s 5 tal crisis (mon crises), depression, crunch
jättää jk pulaan let down (let, let), leave sb in the lurch (left, left)
[pahassa] pulassa (vaikeassa tilanteessa) in a pinch
paha pula deep water pahaan pulaan into deep water
olla pulassa 1 in a [tight] corner 2 be up the creek [without a paddle]
 
There are some place names in Finland with a 'bad' meaning, like Myrkky (poison) or Taantumus (regression). Not to mention several names that have something to do with intimate bodyparts... (but they're not towns, only some desolate country places).
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This is not really a amusing but more a strange name. It is a town in the eastern part of Germany,in  a region which was very poor. The town name is Elend=Misery.
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where is 'headless cross'?
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Originally posted by Bj-1 Bj-1 wrote:

Originally posted by Ricochet Ricochet wrote:

Pula in Croatia

In romanian it means penis in a vulgar way...

It means to fu*k here in Norway



Even worse...
 
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There's a town in the USA called "Mianus".
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There's a town in France called Condom.

Even better, a mate of mine used to live in Northampton and there's a street there called Bell End.
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Munalaskme - in Estonian it means Testicle Shootings...or Heavy Farting


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In Kentucky there are two towns a few hours apart named Beaver Lick and Knob Lick.  Use your imagination.

But my favorite is Butte, Idaho, a few hours from where I grew up in Montana.  The mascot for the high school there is the Pirates.  Too funny!
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The name of the Spanish town Ronda means in Hungarian ugly.

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 There is a small village in Western-Hungary called Pornóapáti.

  The name comes from a German landholder called Pernau  in the 11th century and the local Abbey.

   The current name suggests:Porn Abbey.
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In Pennsylvannia, USA there is an Amish town called Intercourse.  It is not too far from Bird-in-Hand!  
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Originally posted by Lorak Lorak wrote:

In Pennsylvannia, USA there is an Amish town called Intercourse.  It is not too far from Bird-in-Hand!  

I was just going to list that one!!!


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