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#88980 12/07/02 03:30 PM
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A while back I/we had a visit from the one known on this board as belligerentyouth... once ya got to know his humor there was not much belligerence remaining...

...On a bus ride across town he gave up a bit of a chuckle (out of nowhere) and, after asking "what's so funny", he pointed out the name of a street here called "Damen" and reminded me that this meant "women" in German (collective/plural I believe).

Any other (potentially humorous) odd names for a street? not that women are odd or even potentially humorous, but.



#88981 12/07/02 03:32 PM
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Well, "Broadway" could be inspired by the ladies! (running for cover, running very quickly, I might add!)


#88982 12/07/02 04:13 PM
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I've lived on two darkly named streets:

Masada Drive

Terminal Avenue


#88983 12/07/02 06:08 PM
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During my summer in Santa Fe, NM, in 1964, I lived on a street called Camino Sin Nombre (street without a name)


#88984 12/07/02 11:20 PM
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And were you riding a horse with no name? Through a desert?


#88985 12/07/02 11:24 PM
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In Kalamazoo/Portage Romence Road intersects with Lovers Lane. You can get to Climax by either route, if you know the way.


#88986 12/08/02 06:14 AM
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- Pfranz

#88987 12/09/02 03:20 AM
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Absolutely, Juan. Every time I drive up I95 through Philadelphia I feel like taking the Broad Street exit so we can go see the broads.


#88988 12/10/02 12:54 AM
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There's Possum Path here in Louisville.


#88989 12/10/02 10:55 AM
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Lois Lane in Ithaca.


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