paul@helens.UUCP (Paul Brownlow @ Data I/O -- Redmond, WA) (09/06/85)
Since we've been on the subject of weird (or appropriate) place and street names, I'll offer a few I've found. 1) Washington state boasts the town of George, Washington. Yes, it comes complete with Martha's Inn and apple pie. 2) I one saw a street in Santa Monica, California that was named "Ozone St." 3) Los Angeles has a street called "Normal St." Would somebody please explain this to me? I like L.A., but I don't think there's anything normal there. 4) There are no "exit" signs from Heathrow Airport in London, nor on the London Underground. All the appropriate signs say "way out." Is this a comment on somebody's state of mind? 5) Lastly, there's my favorite town in all of British Columbia -- Spuzzum -- which has its "entering" and "leaving" signs on either side of the gas station there. ...always in search of that next sign....paul -- ...."You're never alone with a schizophrenic."
allen@bunker.UUCP (C. Allen Grabert) (09/09/85)
> Since we've been on the subject of weird (or appropriate) place > and street names, I'll offer a few I've found. . . . > 3) Los Angeles has a street called "Normal St." Would somebody > please explain this to me? I like L.A., but I don't think > there's anything normal there. > > ...always in search of that next sign....paul Don't forget Normal, Illinois. It's somewhere in the center of the state. -- Back on the freeway, which is already in progress, Allen Grabert (...ittatc!bunker!allen)
mikel@bmcg.UUCP (Mike Lesher) (09/10/85)
[Row, row, row your bits, gently down the stream...] In article <984@bunker.UUCP> allen@bunker.UUCP (C. Allen Grabert) writes: >> 3) Los Angeles has a street called "Normal St." Would somebody >Don't forget Normal, Illinois. It's somewhere in the center of the state. San Diego has Normal Heights. Mike Lesher Burroughs DSG, San Diego, CA. (..!bmcg!mikel)
putnam@steinmetz.UUCP (jefu) (09/13/85)
Sigh. After reading seemingly hundreds of not so bizarre place names,
and swearing not to do it i posted one, then just read another which
reminded me of one of my favorite place names on earth.
Banalia, Haut Zaire, Zaire (approx 1.5 degrees north, 25 degrees east,
just north of Kisangani).
Such a dull (YAWN) place.
Ironically, Banalia was the scene of a major massacre during the Simba
rebellion in Zaire (then the Republic of the Congo), so wasnt at all
banal, at least then.
I promise i wont do it again -- at least not till the next time.
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