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Time for a road trip (files.catbox.moe)
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[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 40 points 1 month ago

Still avoids Scunthorpe. There is no good reason to visit Scunthorpe.

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I think that's the Tom Scott video where I learned about Penistone

[-] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

I’ve only learned the name “Scunthorpe” recently because I was reading up on a band I really like from there. I remember noting that it was about the ugliest name for a town I could think of that doesn’t actually contain any recognizable words… but I would assume it’s a perfectly lovely place regardless of that

[-] Infernal_pizza@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Doesn’t actually contain any recognizable words

I take it you’ve not heard of the Scunthorpe problem?

[-] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Actually I haven’t, fascinating! Somehow I didn’t even notice that word in there, I was just thinking about how it sounded like ‘scum’ lol

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The best part about Shitterton is that the name comes from "sewer town." Not another language, no alternate meaning, it is just as it sounds in modern English.

[-] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 9 points 1 month ago

The sign for Shitterton had to be carved out of a big chunk of local stone, because the normal metal ones kept getting nicked. Obviously.

[-] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 30 points 1 month ago
[-] meliaesc@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

"I tried out that shit barber shop, not bad!"

[-] FelixCress@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago

Nothing beats, Fucking, Austria:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugging,_Upper_Austria

"Fugging (German: [ˈfʊkɪŋ] ⓘ), spelled Fucking until 2021, is an Austrian village (...)

Augustina Lindlbauer, the manager of an area guesthouse, said that the area had lakes, forests, and vistas worth visiting, but there was an "obsession with Fucking", and she had to explain to a British tourist "that there were no Fucking postcards".

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I refuse to spell it any other way than Fucking.

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[-] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 16 points 1 month ago

No Bell End or Wetwang?

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 15 points 1 month ago

You missed out Minge Lane.

[-] roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

I've always liked that one. On a scale of fanny to gash, how impolite is it considered over there?

[-] FozzyOsbourne@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

It was very popular in the mid-2000s but I don't think I've heard anyone use it since then. I'd say somewhere in the middle.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

If you want a shorter trip you can go from Blue Ball to Paradise. The road goes through Intercourse.

[-] UncleArthur@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Lots of side trips available to places such as Upper and Lower Dicker (East Sussex), Scratchy Bottom (Dorset) and Minge Lane (Worcestershire).

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

I am equally impressed that the journey is over 1k miles, considering the entire island is about 600 miles top to bottom. An extra 400 miles of no straight roads.

[-] 200ok@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I heard the phrase, "as the bird flies" recently in reference to the 600 miles type of measurement and thought that was neat

[-] FozzyOsbourne@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

"As the crow flies" is a pretty common expression on this very isle

[-] 4oreman@lemy.lol 11 points 1 month ago

Isle of man ; lol

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

They weren't exactly shy about what places were for in the middle ages. This is where the brothels used to be.

Also, Shitterton is literally called that because it was downstream from where all the sewage was flowing.

[-] sit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago

Lmaoo Glasgow

[-] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I always thought Twatt and Shitterton were so close to each other... Shows what I know

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago

Hahaha, such silly names!

Who would even want to live in a town called Glasgow?

[-] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago
[-] FozzyOsbourne@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

Quick, someone print out and photocopy this photo

[-] bruhduh@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Since I've seen this route i constantly came

[-] Hikermick@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Here in Ohio you can go from Dayton to Marion in four hours but it's a commitment

[-] BakerBagel@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago

I'm from Engagement Ohio. It's right between Dayton and Marion

[-] francisfordpoopola@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Texas checking in... We don't have as good of names like that but we have cities like Paris, Athens, and Odessa, TX. I think there are maybe 20 to 25 international city names that would make a fascinating road trip and probably be over 1K miles/1600 Km.

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

you can claim you traveled to all those cities and hope people don't have a follow-up question

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You can go see the Parthenon (full scale) and a Pyramid (not accurate) in Tennessee

There are some random things around the U.S. that often get overlooked.

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

How are you not mentioning that you can buy guns at the pyramid?

That's a very important detail.

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Are there any respectable places in Tennessee that you can't buy both beer and guns? I mean hell, Walmart is supposed to be the low bar. If you can get a 12 pack, a shot gun and a few hundred shells and walk out without needing anything but an ID showing your 18, well this ain't America

[-] Manalith@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Whoa whoa whoa, there's beer involved, your ID better say you're 21.

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[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago

So not only do you guys not have a sense of humor, you also aren't even creative enough to come up with your own names?

Pathetic

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[-] rockman057@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Although still not as good as these, Texas does have some weirder names. Point Blank, TX and Cut and Shoot, TX are two that come to mind.

[-] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

So when I hear that someone got shot at Point Blank, they were in Texas. TIL

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[-] Assman@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago
[-] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Hey Assman!

[-] dditty@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

I just confirmed that all of those places are real as depicted

[-] joel_feila@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

So the uk has a 1000 km taint 🤔

[-] uhhhehhh@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Gonna have to check out slutshole lane

[-] Gort@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Should have made a detour to Pratt's Bottom.

[-] JonkerDoberman@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

*Knob'erGob

[-] pi3r8@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

They have twatt swag too!

[-] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Ooh, I should be near a few of these in a couple weeks. Might as well make the stop.

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