Unbelievably Intercourse is in the middle of Amish Country in Lancaster County and was actually where Harrison Ford's fantastic thriller 'Witness' was filmed. Other towns nearby in Bird-in-Hand and Blue Ball. It thrives on tourism and farming and there are little shops selling Amish crafts, food and touristy Horse and cart rides. It was founded in 1754 and originally named Cross Keys after a local tavern or because it was where two main roads intersected "The word 'intercourse' was commonly used to describe the 'fellowship' and 'social interaction and support' shared in the community of faith, which was much a part of a rural village like this one."
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Skyeblux
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09:00
A town in Garret COunty with a population of around 370 whose residents are known as Accidentals! An early settlement procured by Brooke Beall in the 1770s who stumbled upon the area and commissioned a surey of 778acres with the following directive:
"in the center between two bounded white oak trees, standing on the North Side of the South fork of Bear Creek in or near a glade about one Hundred yards from said Run, about one or two Miles above a Lick known by the name of the "Cole Mine Lick", about four miles (6 km) above the mouth of Broad Creek and about one mile (1.6 km) East of a Ridge of the Negroe Mountain."
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08:58
From: http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Anus#Anus.2C_France
Named in honour of the god, the village of Anus, France was founded during the mid-1500s while Britain, Portugal, and Spain were busy arguing over the Americas. The village is in the Burgundy region, but it is hard to find because the signposts at the edge of town keep disappearing. The nearby photograph was taken just before it happened again. Although bumper stickers declare Epping, New Hampshire to be "the Center of the Universe," it is nice to know where its butthole is too.
In fact, persons who wish that a majority of the adult population had graduated high school often say that, if the state needed an enema, Epping would be the site of the nozzle's insertion.
Anus is also the birthplace of Phrède, a member of the musical group Zenerphobia.
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Skyeblux
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08:55
Probably the world's most frequently stolen street sign comes from Fucking in Austria in western upper Austria, however it is pronounced fooking like booking. it is a little villiage with only about 100 residents and apparently in 2005 they installed a new anti-theft system for their road signs!!! (Probably a racoon with a be-be gun!)
Founded int he 6th century by Focko a Barvarian nobleman, the name has twisted from Vucchingen 1070, through Fukching 1303, Fugkhing 1532 to Fucking in the 18th century ~ Place of Focko's people.
Fucking has four road signs, one of which has an additional sign displaying two children and reading "Bitte - nicht so schnell!" - Please - Not so fast!. A local tour guide commented "The Germans all want to see Mozart's house in Salzburg; the Americans want to see where The Sound of Music was filmed; the Japanese want Hitler's birthplace in Braunau; but for the British, it's all about Fucking."
Roaad sign theft is the only crime ever reported in this villiage of 32 houses and it costs 300euros to replace them!
From Wikipedia:
Tarsdorf municipality's mayor Siegfried Höppl stated that it was decided to keep the name as it had existed for 800 years,[7] and further stated that "(e)veryone here knows what it means in English, but for us Fucking is Fucking -and it's going to stay Fucking."
In November 2008, the village hosted the Festival of the Fuck Bands music festival, which featured bands Fucked Up, Holy Fuck, Fuck and Fuck Buttons.[17]
In July 2009, it was announced that the village would be installing CCTV cameras in an attempt to deter summertime tourists from filming themselves having sexual intercourse in front of the Fucking signs. A resident of the village said that installing cameras around the village may make tourists think twice and instead choose to only have a photograph taken in front of the sign.[18] Juergen Stoll, the operator of a guesthouse at Wank, close to the Austrian-German border, stated that the residents of Fucking should be cashing in on its name, although Mayor Franz Meindl states, "We don't find it funny. We just want to be left alone. We don't harm anyone and just want to live in peace."
In 2009, the European Union's OHIM trademarks agency forbade a German brewery to market a beer called "Fucking Hell". It appealed, and was granted permission in January 2010 to market the beer. It claims the beer is named after the Austrian village Fucking and the German term for pale lager, Hell.
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08:53
Dildo is a town in Newfoundland Canada on the southeastern Dildo Arm of Trinity Bay. (Yes, you read right!) Since the 16th century and the term Dildo Glass - test tube shape, Dildo has been synonymous with the sexual phalis and it is unknown where this name came from, however it has been so called since the 18th century and some think that Captain James Cook who mapped Newfoundland in the 1760s had a great sense of humour. There were petitions to change the name in the 20th century but the residents decided they'd rather keep it so maybe they have a sense of humour too!
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08:49
Fingringhoe is a national gem about five miles for Colchester. The little villiage is a conservation area with its traditional pond and red telephone box, it also has a beautiful old church, St Andrew's that dates back to the 12th century. It's also known for its salt marshes and forms a nature reserve managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.
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Skyeblux
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08:47
There is a ridiculus concentration of strange place names in England one of which being Great Cockup and Little Cockup in the Lake District. It is a fell that reaches the height of 526m. Its name probably comes from the old combination of 'cocc' meaning Woodcock and 'hop' meaning valley and therefore translating as Larger fell above the secluded valley where Woodcock are found. Denis Norden from 'It'll be Alright on the Night' a TV show of blopper reels from film and screen once shoot an programme 'ALright on the Night's Cockup Trip' here in 1996. Ironically it's a beautiful place of nature and verdent countryside. Locally it is also the name of a brewed beer, so get a round of drinks in!
For the record I did look into the supposed placename 'Big Knockerstown' but couldn't find it. It's supposed to be in England near Littlehampton?
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