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

Today I found out that there's a place in western Victoria called Patchewollock. Isn't that splendid? It's about 80km from Manangatang.

Yes, it's a pointless thread, I know, but I've nothing useful to say.

It's an interesting name, for sure! So is Manangatang, though, to be honest.

I'd much rather hear something interesting than useful, any day.

I'd say 'interesting' is one understatement.

In the wooden inlands of the somewhat southern part of the Far North there is a tiny little village called "Klumpen" which means "the lump".

They make nice goat cheese there however.

There's a place in South Australia called Iron Knob.

My kind of place!

There's a Hell in Michigan. And I'm told that somewhere in North Carolina, in reasonable proximity to each other, are towns called Erect and Climax.

Humpy Doo's my favourite

Oh and of course there's the village of Piddle Trenthide which lies on the River Flush. True story Dorset I think.

In Youkay there is a village called Great Rollwright, upon which a whole Ford Transit vanload of us descended with great whoops of delight one Sunday. I am proud to say i was the photographer as 12 hippies proudly rolled very right indeed under the signpost.

zdt

After a quick perusal of my 2005 Philips Road Atlas Of Britain, I can confirm there are three Cocks in my atlas.

Be very careful how you open & close it.

zdt

There are a couple of places down south which always make me Middle-Wallop and Over-Wallop. Piddletrenthide is also fairly close to puddletown
A village near Stanstead i think, is called Snoring

I still haven't got over the spell I spent in the Amish town of Intercourse, PA in 1990, meself - I still have the piccy taken outside their 'Information Center'. Nice big sign, it was too

Now THAT I would like to see!!

There's Dull, Ohio and Boring, Oregon. And there's a town in Kansas called Gas. Purgatory is in Maine.

And then, of course, you have the infamous Austrian town (I can't even link to it without the filther failing my post ).

And Conception in Bolivia (I think)

Ivan... what's a pointle????

Oh and Twatt in Orkney