Photo: Russell Bates/Ross Parry Agency via NYTimes.com
NYT.com’s most e-mailed story right now is an amusing survey of completely ridiculous names for town and roads across Britain. My favorites:
Spankerlane
Crotch Crescent
Tumbledown Dick Road (Yes, seriously.)
Full read here. And yes, someone made books for your coffee table: Rude Britain and Rude UK. (X-mas 2009!)
Related: I drove through a town in Pennsylvania once that, if you look quickly, appeared to be “Mansasses.” It led to endless jokes about “When were we last in Mansasses?” and “We should go for a ride in Mansasses” and “Mmm I just need some Mansasses.” Good times.
Posted by Mark 