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French Mumsnet made me snigger like a loon

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Saggingninja · 04/06/2019 09:58

I've just spent a few weeks in Mirepoix in France. On the way we drove through a town called Fanjeaux. My boyf and DD couldn't understand why I kept sniggering . . . Grin Grin

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WatcherintheRye · 06/06/2019 00:25

This village is near where I live. Sting has a house here, and I wouldn't be surprised if the name played a part in his decision to purchase!

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ErrolTheDragon · 06/06/2019 00:31

I used to live quite near Intercourse in Pennsylvania.
While we were living in the US we went skiing a couple of times at a resort called Blue Knob.

EmmaGrundyForPM · 06/06/2019 00:39

My PiL live near Punxsatawney in Pennsylvanis which is the home of Groundhog Phil (as in Groundhog Day). The park where Groundhog Phil announces the weather is called Gobblers Knob. We have pictures of the DC where small standing next to a huge sign saying "Welcome to Gobblers Knob".

MsJuniper · 06/06/2019 00:48

@ZippyBungleandGeorge we drive past Fingringhoe every so often and are always delighted.

rosyvalentine · 06/06/2019 00:57

My (French) DP is from a town very near Fanjeaux OP. I laugh to myself every time I see the signs when visiting his parents. He doesn't really get the joke Grin

MooseBeTimeForSnow · 06/06/2019 01:16

I was going to mention Lake Minnewanka but see VetOnCall has beaten me to it. Greetings to YYC from YMM 😊

Unless there’s more than one, Fanny Hands Lane is in a village outside Scunthorpe.

Thwing always makes me chuckle. As does Wetwang. Richard Whiteley had a house there.

EmmaGrundyForPM · 06/06/2019 01:54

@ZippyBungleAndGeorge I grew up near Fingringhoe and the name has never occurred to me as odd. But now........

VetOnCall · 06/06/2019 05:06

Waves at Moose, hi fellow Albertan! I haven't made it that far north yet.

Thewheelsarefallingoff · 06/06/2019 06:27

I'm much more tame, Six Mile Bottom in Cambridgeshire always makes me snigger.

WanderingAimlessly · 06/06/2019 06:39

Crotch Crescent - Oxford. Apparently houses are devalued by the name. Personally, I’d pay more for that address.

Belleende · 06/06/2019 06:59

Muff is near my folks. Every year the clipper race come through. They have a big digital sign up

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Legumewaffle · 06/06/2019 07:59

Ventongimps in Cornwall always makes me laugh 😁

And cocks as pp said. They're strangely close to each other too

Legumewaffle · 06/06/2019 08:03

"Muff welcomes clipper" GrinGrin

agirlhasnonameX · 06/06/2019 08:20

There is a Bellenden Gardens in Edinburgh and 'Dick Place.'

FloofyHeckonChonker · 06/06/2019 08:41

I lived at Hardon Close growing up. Grin

FireCrotch · 06/06/2019 08:46

Fluffy are you in Longsight MCR? If so you'll know Hardicker St that is close by. 😂

Saggingninja · 06/06/2019 09:44

A bellend with a bellend

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YouWhoNeverArrived · 06/06/2019 10:01

I drove through Moor Cock in Yorkshire earlier this year...

Auldspinster · 06/06/2019 10:20

My mum used to work in the next street to Dick Place, I used to snigger like a loon even as a child.

icecreamsundae32 · 06/06/2019 10:31

Grin some of these are hilarious! I used to live near Pratt's Bottom but that's not as funny as some of these!

Stabbitha · 06/06/2019 10:38

Wetwang is beautiful, I want to live there.

Ellybellyboo · 06/06/2019 10:43

One of our customers at work lives on Nork Way

MyInnerAlto · 06/06/2019 12:25

Fucking produces a beer. Light ('hell') beer. It's called Fucking Hell. Obviously.

I know of at least one gynaecologist called Kuntze here in Germany.

ContinuityError · 06/06/2019 13:01

I’ve just been to Shetland where there is a village called Twatt

(Twatt is in Orkney). It's a surname too ... so lots of potential to become a famous Twatt.

TheSmallClangerWhistlesAgain · 06/06/2019 13:44

Upper Pratt's Bottom in Kent always gets me.

There's a road sign I pass in Sussex pointing to Shackleford and Hurtmore, which my dirty mind appreciates greatly.