The very, very childish OS place names thread

lagging behind wrote:

I was telling my work colleagues about this and someone point out Brown Willy in Cornwall http://streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=215500&y=79500&z=120&sv=brown+willy&st=...

Blimey - Brown Willy seems to be right next to Catshole, that can't be right....

Jimbomitch wrote:

The Lady Place Car Park is in Alton I believe( As is Butts Road) ........ I often park in the Lady Place.......

Grew up in Butts Road, Dad's initials are BJ

endless fun...

Lower Upham always made me smile (best punctuated for comedy effect Lower, Upham)

Further afield there is a place hallowed by everyone into burly chocaholic truckers, Yorkeys Knob

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkeys_Knob,_Queensland

Man of Lard wrote:

When we got out driving licences (and managed to wangle the use of a car) we used to whip up the A1 to Shilbottle just south of Alnwick in Northumberland with a roll of ¾" tape to change the first "L" on all the signs to a "T" (none of this using marker pens for us - we were professionals  - so they would often be there for weeks and of course left adhesive behind which attracted dirt and redid the puerile defacement) - I still chuckle as I pass by.

My pal who lives on Ankers Lane complains about people like you...

Kapelmuur wrote:

My pal who lives on Ankers Lane complains about people like you...

In my defence, I was young and foolish and it was nearly 30 years go now...

Man of Lard wrote:

When we got out driving licences (and managed to wangle the use of a car) we used to whip up the A1 to Shilbottle just south of Alnwick in Northumberland with a roll of ¾" tape to change the first "L" on all the signs to a "T" (none of this using marker pens for us - we were professionals  - so they would often be there for weeks and of course left adhesive behind which attracted dirt and redid the puerile defacement) - I still chuckle as I pass by.

Stewart Lee built a whole routine on this, which he used in his BBC show a couple of years back,  and praised the thoroughness of the work (all the signs). 

PaulW101 wrote:

On Orkney...

I once had to make a phone call to the post office at Twatt, the postmistress was not impressed and told me rather promptly and dryly "It's pronounced "Twart".

The bosses were also unimpressed that I was shouting across the office that I had Twatt on the phone.

fukawitribe wrote:

Dead Womans Bottom is still one of my favourites, all sorts of gags available...

Edit: Oh fuck me this is one of the zombie threads from the site ructions...

no matter, a snigger's a snigger

arfa wrote:

Chortle

The Lickey Hills in the midlands have a village called Lickey End...
- rat's, someone's beaten me to it !