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| BlueJeanFemme |
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Okay time for a new topic in this section...
As I'm here at work today, I've had to create some mailing labels for clients and consultants and one of the consultants works in a town in Texas with an amusing name. So I thought I'd share it here and ask if anyone else either lives in or knows of a town with a funny name.
Flower Mound, Texas
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You know, I've always said that if I move to England I want to live either in a town with a funny name or on a street with a funny name....
Here in Louisiana there's a town called Bunkie. It was named after the first mayor's daughter's stuffed animal monkey. She couldn't say the word monkey...
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Well I did spend a couple years living in a small city called Gary---go figure? (Thats Gary, Indiana that I speak of----there was a song about it in the "Music Man"
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-----LOL---and everyone thought Eureka, Ca. got its name from gold rush days----yeahhhh righttt. Then there is Leadville, Colorado------we all know how lead paint affects the human system----but then at 14,000 plus feet eleveation, guess thats not the biggest problem.
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All you dirty minded people, I swear! 
I've always thought Truth or Consequences, NM was interesting, though a real pain in the arse to have to write out on a small envelope. Especially if you have a tendency to write big.
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I've always thought Florala, AL was a funny name. The town is located on the state line of Florida and Alabama so I guess they just combined parts of the two states to come up with the name.
Could be worse I guess. Could have been Alarida, Al. Well actually that name sort of rolls off the tongue and has a nice alliteration and rhythm to it so maybe they made a mistake, lol.
Florala is not too very far from Opp, AL which I believe has the town motto "The City of OPPortunity'" .
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