Funny Place Names Don't Need Marketing Research

  

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Today's blog has nothing to do with marketing research.  Its only relationship to customer satisfaction is that I hope it makes you smile.  Sometimes, humor is enough.

I have a colleague who HATES King of Prussia, PA.  She's never been there, and she'll never go there.  The name alone is enough to turn her off.  We've pointed out that King of Prussia is a suburb of Philadelphia and actually, a pretty nice community, but to no avail.  She hates King of Prussia and that's all there is to it.  

I have another colleague who lived in Picayune, MS.  I always thought that sounded pretty funny because it reminds me of my Grandmother saying, "Now, wait just a picayune minute!"  But then I grew up in Canandaigua, NY, a name so incomprehensible that we had it as a fourth-grade spelling word!  (The Chamber of Commerce claims that it means "The Chosen Spot" in some Native American language.)

So what about you?  Is your town's name as good as Cool, CA?  Or as silly as Punkeydoodles Corners, Ontario, Canada?  (Oh, those wacky Canadians!)  So read this list and choose your favorite.

Thanks to Reader's Digest for this list of funniest place names.  

Places you want to live 
Cool, California 
Beer, Devon, England 

Disco, Tennessee
Fear Not, Pennsylvania 
Rest and Be Thankful, Argyll and Butte, Scotland Surprise, Arizona 
Climax, Pennsylvania 

Places you may not want to live 
Accident, Maryland 
Arsenic Tubs, New Mexico 
Dismal, Tennessee 
Double Trouble, New Jersey 
Moron, Mongolia 
Satan's Kingdom, Vermont 

Delicious places to see 
Bead Loaf, Vermont 
Hot Coffee, Mississippi 
Clam, Virginia 
Egg, Austria 
Toast, North Carolina 

Cute places 
Cabbage Patch, California 
Silly, Belgium 
Sweet Lips, Tennessee 
Polkadott, Ohio 
Punkeydoodles Corners, Ontario, Canada 

Places where the animals go 
Bumble Bee, Arizona 
Chicken, Alaska 
Porcupine, South Dakota 
Doghouse Junction, California 

Scary places 
Eek, Alaska 
Frankenstein, Missouri 
Hell, Michigan 
Hurt, Virginia 
Monster, Netherlands 
River Styx, Ohio 

Questionable places 
Why, Arizona 
Whynot, North Carolina 
Who's Thought It, Texas 

Do you know of any other funny place names?  Please share!

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