"Rude villages/towns/roads youhave cycled through
"Rude villages/towns/roads youhave cycled through
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Suppose that this room is a lift. The support breaks and down we go with ever-increasing velocity.
Let us pass the time by performing physical experiments...
--- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).
Let us pass the time by performing physical experiments...
--- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).
Re: "Rude villages/towns/roads youhave cycled through
There are quite a few in Lincolnshire -
Wasps Nest
Butt Lane
Fanny Hands Lane
Tongue End.
There are many more that are simply amusing and eccentric. In my second-home county of West Sussex there is -
Cockshut Road
Balls Cross
Cocking
Juggs Road.
Like Lincolnshire there are many more, and a lot of bottoms in West Sussex too. And while motorcycling in France, on a return trip from Spain we rode through...Condom.
John.
Wasps Nest
Butt Lane
Fanny Hands Lane
Tongue End.
There are many more that are simply amusing and eccentric. In my second-home county of West Sussex there is -
Cockshut Road
Balls Cross
Cocking
Juggs Road.
Like Lincolnshire there are many more, and a lot of bottoms in West Sussex too. And while motorcycling in France, on a return trip from Spain we rode through...Condom.
John.
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661-Pete wrote:Here.
The puzzlement is, why the elaborate wrought-iron lettering, and why such a high post?
It's hills, innit? You always lift your eyes unto the hills.
Anyway, as rude town I was going to say Montpellier, which had a reputation for throwing half-bricks at cyclists a few years back; but I see now that's not what's asked for.
Have we got time for another cuppa?
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There used to be a Butthole Road in Conisborough,Doncaster but the residents clubbed together and changed it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butt_Hole_Road
I've cycled past it many times but didn't realise it's 10 years since it changed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butt_Hole_Road
I've cycled past it many times but didn't realise it's 10 years since it changed
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Next village to me Folkingham actually pronounced Fokkinem. Then there's a Bell End in the West Midlands. In less prudish times Gropecunt Lane
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gropecunt_Lane was not uncommon often applied to the area where prostitutes plied their trade. As Wikipedia says it was quite normal for medieval street names to state their purpose.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gropecunt_Lane was not uncommon often applied to the area where prostitutes plied their trade. As Wikipedia says it was quite normal for medieval street names to state their purpose.
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The worst / best one I know of is in Austria. The locals get annoyed at childish Brits doing selfies at the village signs.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/5121+ ... 7?hl=en-GB
https://www.google.com/maps/place/5121+ ... 7?hl=en-GB
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I love the Shropshire village of Knockin.
It's village store seems proud of its sign.
Mind you, Mrs.Copy didn't really want her photo taken outside.
It's village store seems proud of its sign.
Mind you, Mrs.Copy didn't really want her photo taken outside.
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I believe that one of the shorter Stevenage Start of Summertime events used to be known as the Ugley Nasty Ride because it passed through the two villages of those names. Ugley has also hosted racing for decades, which is why The Uts were built close by.
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100%JR wrote:There used to be a Butthole Road in Conisborough,Doncaster but the residents clubbed together and changed it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butt_Hole_Road
I've cycled past it many times but didn't realise it's 10 years since it changed
In Shepshed, right at the centre, a road with a similar name has not been renamed
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Re: "Rude villages/towns/roads youhave cycled through
Up in Sheffield we have a nearby Penis tone and Beauchief which locals pronounce Big'@unt which is French(Norman))We also have Dungworth,Strines and Ughill in the Peak District,plus Grimesthorpe and other places with a Scandinavian origin .
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Of course, trust the French to have got this thing better organised - there is actually an organisation grouping together lots of towns and villages in France with odd-sounding names.
Most of the funnies are only really comprehensible to a French-speaker - although there's this village:
....
Perhaps one of the most famous is the little village of Poil, which only makes sense once you know what the French phrase à poil means! The following video (in French) should clarify things. WARNING: not quite work-safe!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IJ-9LE0TAE
Most of the funnies are only really comprehensible to a French-speaker - although there's this village:
....
Perhaps one of the most famous is the little village of Poil, which only makes sense once you know what the French phrase à poil means! The following video (in French) should clarify things. WARNING: not quite work-safe!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IJ-9LE0TAE
Suppose that this room is a lift. The support breaks and down we go with ever-increasing velocity.
Let us pass the time by performing physical experiments...
--- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).
Let us pass the time by performing physical experiments...
--- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).
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661-Pete wrote:Of course, trust the French to have got this thing better organised - there is actually an organisation grouping together lots of towns and villages in France with odd-sounding names.
Most of the funnies are only really comprehensible to a French-speaker - although there's this village:
....
Perhaps one of the most famous is the little village of Poil, which only makes sense once you know what the French phrase à poil means! The following video (in French) should clarify things. WARNING: not quite work-safe!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IJ-9LE0TAE
I mentioned that...two days ago !
John.