barnett@ut-sally.UUCP (Lewis Barnett) (08/25/85)
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Try these on for size.
TOWNS:
Denmark, Norway, Ninety-Six, Cross Anchor, Ware Shoals,
Spartanburg (remember Sparta? Would you want to live under
such conditions?)
(All in S.C.)
Spindale, (sounds like fun, eh?) Gastonia (always reminded
me of an intestinal ailment) N.C.
Odd, W.V. (A friend of mine tried to send me a postcard
from Odd, but the P.O. was closed. At 1:30 pm. On Thursday.
Industry, Pflugerville, Palestine, Carthage, Buffalo,
Cleveland, Dayton
(All in Tx.)
SCHOOL MASCOTS:
Furman Paladins (My alma mater -- in Greenville, S.C., also
the home of Bob Jones, the world's most unusual university.)
(Paladin -- generally, a Knight in armor on a white horse.
specifically, one of the Peers of Charlemagne)
Presbyterian College Blue Hose (Clinton, S.C.)
Wake Forest Demon Deacons. (Well, it seems bizarre to me...)
Virginia Wahoos (officially, Cavaliers)
Source of many atrocious puns -- team standouts often referred
to as "'Hoos Who."
STATE PARKS:
Hungry Mother State Park, southwest Virginia, near Abingdon.
HIGHWAY SIGNS:
Goodwill Road Ammunition Plant (just east of Shreveport)
Eden -> N.C.
STREET NAMES:
Oddfellows Road Lynchburg, Va.
Hydraulic Road Charlottesville, Va.
Research Blvd. Austin, Tx. (home of much of our "hi-tech"
industry)
Molasses Ln. Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
Lewis Barnett,CS Dept, Painter Hall 3.28, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX 78712
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