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  1. cpemma

    cpemma Ecky thump

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    Any near you? :naughty:

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    Letsby Avenue runs alongside Sheffield Airport. Apparently,
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    And Butt Hole Road at Conisbrough made the local press (and even The Sun)when a couple got fed up with jokes about their address. :eeek:
     
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  2. Tibby

    Tibby Back Once Again

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    Second one is legend!

    Butt Hold Road! Lmao.

    Wow just checked it on my new sat nav, and it's there!

    Hehehe!
     
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  3. Hybr1d

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    I can't believe they've not renamed the 2nd one! Quality!

    Nothing funny round my way :(
     
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  4. P2D

    P2D 99.999% Pure Spam!

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    lmfao, Some people can't take a joke and get Arsey
     
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  5. riggs

    riggs ^_^

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    One of the villages round here has a road called 'Fanny Hands Lane'...
     
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  6. Techno-Dann

    Techno-Dann Disgruntled kumquat

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    Puyallup.

    Need I say more?
     
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  7. Hybr1d

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    lmfao, Some people can't make a joke (yeah, YOU Mike!) :hehe:
     
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  8. Kameleon

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    There's a place in Hertfordshire called Where.

    :eyebrow:
     
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  9. planki

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    ive had lunch on mycock lane.


    (was whilst i was doing dofe i might add)
     
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  10. slater

    slater Mummy Says Im Special

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    Place near me called fingeringhoe :)
     
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  11. Hybr1d

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    LMFAO x5 guys, but THIS THREAD IS WORTHLESS WOTHOUT PICS!!!
     
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  12. cpemma

    cpemma Ecky thump

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    I think you'll find it's Ware... :p

    Another traditional Conisbrough event, Ticklecock Fair. Don't ask. :naughty:
     
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  13. Kameleon

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    That's not the point, though, is it :p ("Hi, can you tell me where Ware is?" "Umm...")

    My other favourite in that vein is Towcester, pronounced Toaster :D
     
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  14. sk8phreak88

    sk8phreak88 Minimodder

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    Not the funiest, but who would think up:
    Jonny cake road.
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    Pilot knob drive...

    WTF lol Down by my dads place.
     
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  15. Cabe

    Cabe What's a Dremel?

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  16. Hybr1d

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    The |_337_|-|/-\xX0|2 crew go around and graffiti-ing on "Z"s to the end of motorway signs there :hehe:
     
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  17. eek

    eek CAMRA ***.

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    If that counts then there's a place near me called Wye (obviously pronounced 'Why')
    ("Hi, where are you from?", "Why?")

    I'm sure theres a few more around here but too tired/hangover to think straight!!
     
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  19. eek

    eek CAMRA ***.

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  20. slater

    slater Mummy Says Im Special

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    now you guys are just typing rude words into multimap now! tut :D
     
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