Funny names!

supersonic

Not just people, but objects, things etc.

How about a mineral, hilariously named "cummingtonite":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cummingtonite

Anonymous

places?

penistone

penis tone


:oops:

cat_with_no_tail

That's ace. but what were you googling to come accross that :?

supersonic

Ha, I was reseraching asbestos.

I live about 5 miles from penistone!

AndyBeast

The most stolen road sign in England apparently!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shitterton

Apparently it's literal translation is something like the farm near the river of effluent!!

Anonymous

is it like kryptonite? what powers does it have or what powers does it give someone thats got some?

supersonic

Like viagra, but better.

Anonymous

supersonic

Can't stop thinking of that Chicken Tonight advert:

'I feel like cummingtonite, cummingtonite!'

whydoesitalwaysrainonme

The list (and yes i have ruined everybodys fun :shock: )
Cocks, Cornwall
Minge Lane, Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, England
Bell End, Worcestershire, England
Twatt, Shetland (note, there is another Twatt in Orkney)
Sandy Balls, a long-established holiday centre in New Forest, Hampshire, England with a name dating back to Henry VIII
Muff (now Eglinton), County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Fingringhoe, Essex, England
Back Passage, City of London, an alleyway in the EC1 postal district
Shitterton, Dorset, England
Slag Lane, Merseyside, a residential street in Haydock, England
Hole of Horcum, North York Moors, England
Fanny Hands Lane, Lincolnshire, England
Inchinnan Drive, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Cockshoot Close, Oxfordshire, England
Funbag Drive, Watford, England
Fanny Avenue, Derbyshire, England
Beaver Close, Surrey, England
Dick Court, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Felch Square, Powys, Wales
Lickfold, West Sussex, England
Rimswell, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Spanker Lane, Nether Heage, Derbyshire
Cocknmouth Close, West End, Surrey
Friars' Entry, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Butt Hole Road, Conisbrough, South Yorkshire
Cockermouth, Allerdale, Cumbria
Fine Bush Lane, Ruislip
Ladygate Lane, Ruislip
Hornyold Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, England
Crotch Crescent, Marston, Oxford, England
And the one to top it all off is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gropecunt_Lane

supersonic

Lol, there are a few others I know of such as Brown Willy (a hill in Cornwall).

landranger

I know a bloke called Peter Files. He prefers to be called Pete.

His name only became funny (for us) in recent times, when I were a lad no one had heard of the word peadophile. :shock:

Hercule Q

there is a place near me called cockwood

supersonic

Bloke at my Uncle's old workplace called Aaron MyCock.

Si78

whydoesitalwaysrainonme wrote:

Butt Hole Road, Conisbrough, South Yorkshire

Hehehe cool!

Joke my mate sent me:-

In the sleepy village of Erbum, near the town of Tillet in Hertfordshire, lives a woman called Linda Lykes.
She is the landlady of the local pub, The Cockwell Inn.
For some reason she gets embarrassed whenever she receives her mail....

Linda Lykes,
The Cockwell Inn,
Erbum,
Tillet,
Herts.

tnwoolley

Supersonic

I work inthe asbestos game as an analyst, what do you wanna know?

tnwoolley

PS apologies for hijacking the thread.

supersonic

No probs!

Basically I am interested in a lot of random things, and after watching an episode of QI last night I decided I'd read up on it. No real reason, just to add to my knowledge really!

Interesting substance.

rhann

Crapstone in Devon.

Si78

supersonic wrote:

No probs!

Basically I am interested in a lot of random things, and after watching an episode of QI last night I decided I'd read up on it. No real reason, just to add to my knowledge really!

Interesting substance.

I do that too! Watch QI, then spend half the night on t'internet / wikipedia looking stuff up!

Glad I'm not the only saddo 8)

77ric

I'll put my hands up i'm guity of that too :oops:

Don't know exactly why but i always laugh out when i pass ecclefechan on the A74 roughly halfway between Gretna and Lockerbie. Think cause it sound like it's really rude.


favourite alternate name for a chemical.

Dihydrogen Monoxide, possible one of the most dangerous chemicals known to man, yet life wont exist without it.

kudos to the first person who can tell us the common name.

And no Wikipedia.

supersonic

2H and an O ;-)

Anonymous

erm dihydrogen monoxide hoax? or water?

Anonymous

whydoesitalwaysrainonme wrote:

The list (and yes i have ruined everybodys fun :shock: )
Cocks, Cornwall
Minge Lane, Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, England
Bell End, Worcestershire, England
Twatt, Shetland (note, there is another Twatt in Orkney)
Sandy Balls, a long-established holiday centre in New Forest, Hampshire, England with a name dating back to Henry VIII
Muff (now Eglinton), County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Fingringhoe, Essex, England
Back Passage, City of London, an alleyway in the EC1 postal district
Shitterton, Dorset, England
Slag Lane, Merseyside, a residential street in Haydock, England
Hole of Horcum, North York Moors, England
Fanny Hands Lane, Lincolnshire, England
Inchinnan Drive, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Cockshoot Close, Oxfordshire, England
Funbag Drive, Watford, England
Fanny Avenue, Derbyshire, England
Beaver Close, Surrey, England
Dick Court, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Felch Square, Powys, Wales
Lickfold, West Sussex, England
Rimswell, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Spanker Lane, Nether Heage, Derbyshire
Cocknmouth Close, West End, Surrey
Friars' Entry, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Butt Hole Road, Conisbrough, South Yorkshire
Cockermouth, Allerdale, Cumbria
Fine Bush Lane, Ruislip
Ladygate Lane, Ruislip
Hornyold Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, England
Crotch Crescent, Marston, Oxford, England
And the one to top it all off is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gropecunt_Lane

just noticed the last one

77ric

supersonic wrote:

2H and an O ;-)

kudos that man.


just the thing down the pub and you want to freak out your thicker drunken mates.

sparrowlegs78

supersonic wrote:

Ha, I was reseraching asbestos.

I live about 5 miles from penistone!

http://www.rathergood.com/peniston

eh Sonic
Caz xxxxxxxxxx

Richie63

I was at a robot wars show and at half time this kid got a mention because of his birthday not so funny so far...but he was Jed Ian Knight took me a second to realise just what his parents had done

Anonymous

Richie63 wrote:

I was at a robot wars show and at half time this kid got a mention because of his birthday not so funny so far...but he was Jed Ian Knight took me a second to realise just what his parents had done

that is fuckin ace 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

Anonymous

much better than being called D. Arthvader :roll:

The Northern Monkey

My sister works as a receptionist in a surgery in Preston.... there was a woman (obviously from a council estate) with her 2 children.....

Barbie and Ken.

Classy eh!

Whytepeak

bigbenj_08 wrote:

My sister works as a receptionist in a surgery in Preston.... there was a woman (obviously from a council estate) with her 2 children.....

Barbie and Ken.

Classy eh!

That would be awful for them, but funny for everyone else