h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I have been in many places, but I've never been in Cahoots. Apparently, you can't go alone. You have to be in Cahoots with someone.

I've also never been in Cognito. I hear no one recognizes you there.

I have, however, been in Sane.
They don't have an airport;
you have to be driven there. I have made
several trips there, thanks to
my friends, family and work.

I would like to go to Conclusions,
but you have to jump, and I'm not too much
on physical activity any more.

I have also been in Doubt.
That is a sad place to go,
and I try not to visit there too often.

I've been in Flexible,
but only when it was very important
to stand firm.

Sometimes I'm in Capable,
and I go there more often as
I'm getting older.

One of my favourite places to be
is in Suspense! It really gets the adrenalin flowing and pumps up the old heart!
At my age I need all the stimuli I can get!

I may have been in Continent, and
I don't remember what country I was in.
It's an age thing.

Brilliant.


Speaking of which, have you heard about Dull, Scotland and Boring, Oregon?
http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/04/27/the-most-exciting-dull-and-boring-story-youll-read-today/

Funny! My favorite Missouri town name is Peculiar.

I refuse to comment on Peculiar, Missouri.

In Pennsylvania, home of fine place names, everyone's favourite is Intercourse.

I've always liked King of Prussia.

We used to live near King of Prussia. There's a huge mall there now, it's near Valley Forge National Park.

They had to move one of the oldest taverns in the US, because it was now in a traffic island.

Where is the tavern now? Near the same place, I hope.

Yes, it is. It was a major undertaking, I remember.

Here's the inn:

http://www.historicreeseville.com/early2.htm

Here's the story:

http://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/119king/

What great place names you have!

I hope you don't visit Continent for a few years yet, Hypatia.

That's a neat old tavern.

lil, I've always thought English villages have the best names. Very colorful.

Here is a link decribing the move and the history:

http://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/119king/


I used to work not too far from it.

I like 'Barking'.

In the Republic of Ireland, we visited Inch, once. (Nobody there spoke English except the bartender.)

Gnomon, I have not as yet visited Continent. I'm keeping a happy thought.

In Missouri we also have Quarantine, Tightwad and Zif and Zig.

Tightwad. I'll bet there's a story there.

I loved William Least Heat Moon's 'Blue Highways'. I think he once went to Dime Box, Texas, just because of the name.

http://www.univie.ac.at/Anglistik/easyrider/data/LeastHeatMoon.html

In North Carolina, there's a place called Little Mountain. It used to be called Booger Mountain, but the younger people changed it. They thought it didn't sound very nice.

The story is that moonshiners in the 19th Century used to stage 'hauntings' to keep people away from their stills.

The town was originally called Edgewood. The proprietor of the single general store was a known money-grubber. One day the mailman dropped off the owner's mail and saw a 60 pound watermelon that he wanted to buy. He paid $1.50 for it and told the owner that he'd pick it up when he finished his mail run. In the meantime, another man came in and offered $2 for the watermelon. The greedy store owner took the money, gave the watermelon to the second man and replaced it with a smaller melon. When the mailman came back to collect his watermelon, he immdiately knew it was not the one he'd paid for. He took the smaller melon but was angry and yelled "Tightwad! Tightwad" as he drove away. The story spread and the town's name was changed to Tightwad as a rebuff to the store owner.

What a great story.

I've been to Dime Box.

I've also been to Cut and Shoot, Texas as well.

BG, I missed both of those places when I lived in Texas.