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Top Ten Confusing Place Names

Tuesday, 10th March 2009 by

Following the example of Alex’s Rudest Place Names post, I hereby present my top ten confusing place names. For each of these sights, I picture a confused driver arriving in town, rolling down the car window and asking a passer-by  “Can you tell me where I am?” 10. Smile, KY Driver: Can you tell me where I am? Passer-by: Smile! Driver: <grinning widely> I said, can you tell me where…

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