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Old 01-27-2009, 09:04 AM   #1
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Old 01-27-2009, 09:06 AM   #2
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I always notice a peculiar smell when I drive past Uren, Saskatchewan. Which isn't that far from Piapot.
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Old 01-27-2009, 09:15 AM   #3
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I always notice a peculiar smell when I drive past Uren, Saskatchewan. Which isn't that far from Piapot.

Which is a couple of lefts from Smuts.
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Old 01-27-2009, 09:34 AM   #4
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Here are fifteen strange town names:

http://www.oddee.com/item_96555.aspx

When my wife was pregnant with our first, we were driving across Canada to PEI. Along the way, we'd look at maps and signs to help come up with names for our soon to arrive son. Not sure why, but my wife rejected Heart's Delight (NFLD) and was really worried about people getting the wrong idea when I suggested Come By Chance (NFLD).

Don't worry, we gave him a normal name (Nathaniel)
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Old 01-27-2009, 09:38 AM   #5
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Here are fifteen strange town names:

http://www.oddee.com/item_96555.aspx

When my wife was pregnant with our first, we were driving across Canada to PEI. Along the way, we'd look at maps and signs to help come up with names for our soon to arrive son. Not sure why, but my wife rejected Heart's Content (NFLD) and was really worried about people getting the wrong idea when I suggested Come By Chance (NFLD).

Don't worry, we gave him a normal name (Nathaniel)
You can add Conception Bay and Placentia to that set of Newfoundland names. And I think it's Heart's Delight rather than Heart's Content, FWIW.

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Old 01-28-2009, 12:31 PM   #7
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haha some of those are bad
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