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Username: JAGflyer
Posted 2006-09-12 21:57:03 and read 10333 times.
Has anyone SEEN a funny street name personally? I don't mean a picture or "oh I heard there is one called so and so..". I mean personally SEEN the sign.
I'll start. In North York we have a housing division called the "Morning Gloryway" and in Metro-Toronto "Fudger Gardens".
Username: 9VSPO
Posted 2006-09-12 22:02:55 and read 10329 times.
Username: SlamClick
Posted 2006-09-12 22:08:44 and read 10324 times.
In Reno we have Bowling Alley and in Sparks we have Disc Drive. Both were intentional I believe.
Username: Superfly
Posted 2006-09-12 22:17:29 and read 10312 times.
This is down in southern California
Street names here in San Francisco.
Uranus street
Colon street
Head streat
Username: SlamClick
Posted 2006-09-12 22:27:50 and read 10306 times.
Quoting Superfly (Reply 3):
Of course you are familiar with Dooby Avenue, even if you didn't go there this year.
Username: Nirmalmakadia
Posted 2006-09-12 22:32:24 and read 10303 times.
My business is on "Cowpath Rd"
Username: Superfly
Posted 2006-09-12 22:34:47 and read 10300 times.
SlamClick:
Oh yes of course. 
Username: 808TWA
Posted 2006-09-12 22:37:12 and read 10292 times.
Avenue Road / Toronto
Orfus Road / Toronto
Rawdick Road / Markham
Username: Dtwclipper
Posted 2006-09-12 22:44:45 and read 10290 times.
Username: Bushpilot
Posted 2006-09-12 23:08:32 and read 10278 times.
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I have always been a fan of this one.
Also in ANC, there is a Lois Drive, some superman nerds tried unsuccessfully awhile back to change it to Lois Lane.
Username: Dtwclipper
Posted 2006-09-12 23:47:47 and read 10267 times.
Quoting Bushpilot (Reply 9):
Also in ANC, there is a Lois Drive, some superman nerds tried unsuccessfully awhile back to change it to Lois Lane.
There is a street in the Metro Detroit area (specifically, the city of Southfield) called "Lois Lane"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois_Lane
Username: Traindriver
Posted 2006-09-13 01:44:35 and read 10239 times.
9VSPO, I've always loved that street sign. Many, many eons ago, I used
to live there. It's an intersection in the Inwood section of upper Manhattan
in NYC.
Username: Superfly
Posted 2006-09-13 01:46:06 and read 10239 times.
Bushpilot:
Is that sign for real?
Username: Bushpilot
Posted 2006-09-13 02:27:36 and read 10211 times.
Quoting Superfly (Reply 12):
Is that sign for real?
Yeah, it is real, named after Bush 41 who was CIA director in the late 70s I believe the time frame is. I have family I was visiting in DC and I begged to make the trip to Langely just to see the signs myself. I laughed for the rest of the day.
Username: ABfemme
Posted 2006-09-13 02:27:41 and read 10211 times.
We have a Butt lane near us!!
Username: Boston92
Posted 2006-09-13 02:46:21 and read 10204 times.
Gay Street, where I live.
Username: Superfly
Posted 2006-09-13 02:53:55 and read 10199 times.
Quoting Bushpilot (Reply 13):
Yeah, it is real, named after Bush 41...
OK. It's wicked intelligence but I guess he can pass for intelligence.
They need to add the 'H' in the middle so it won't cause any traffic accidents.
Quoting ABfemme (Reply 14):
We have a Butt lane near us!!
Show us your Butt
lane.
Username: ABfemme
Posted 2006-09-13 03:05:54 and read 10192 times.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/content/i...es/snow_pics_1105_gallery.shtml?21
Best I can find!
Username: FLYtoEGCC
Posted 2006-09-13 13:27:35 and read 10158 times.
The focal point for the gay community in Manchester is a road called Canal Street. There is an on-going joke that if you drop the first letter of each of those two words, the resulting name spells something which might be more fitting to that particular group... 
Username: VC10BOAC
Posted 2006-09-13 18:46:48 and read 10130 times.
Quoting Boston92 (Reply 15):
Gay Street, where I live
Do you live in Baltimore? There is a Gay Street downtown that runs through the red-light district (not that I would know where that is...)
Username: Usnseallt82
Posted 2006-09-13 18:54:59 and read 10119 times.
Quoting JAGflyer (Thread starter):
Funny Street Names
Username: ConcordeLoss
Posted 2006-09-13 19:12:29 and read 10109 times.
Random Street in Cleveland, OH
Username: IL76
Posted 2006-09-13 19:40:50 and read 10101 times.
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(Aachen, Germany)
Username: Superfly
Posted 2006-09-13 22:11:46 and read 10086 times.
Usnseallt82:
I passed by that sign last month of I-94 in Wisconsin.
Username: Usnseallt82
Posted 2006-09-14 00:11:18 and read 10073 times.
Quoting Superfly (Reply 23):
I passed by that sign last month of I-94 in Wisconsin.
I "passed" it sometime during high school, but I can't comment any further.
Username: Usair320
Posted 2006-09-14 01:08:33 and read 10062 times.
There is a Bent Street in Taos,NM about 2 hours north of my house in SAF. A bit off topic but I always found Phuket,Thailand to look quite funny although not pronounced the way it looks.
Username: Glydrflyr
Posted 2006-09-14 03:18:04 and read 10045 times.
How about "Shades of Death Road" in Warren County, New Jersey, or "Skunks Misery Delight" on Long Island, I think in Bethpage.
Username: Kingsford
Posted 2006-09-14 11:02:52 and read 10023 times.
I live at the intersection of Gay street and Gorgeous lane.
Username: Azza40
Posted 2006-09-14 17:06:20 and read 10005 times.
There is a little run down road near mine called "Asshoole Walkway"
Aaron 
Username: JAGflyer
Posted 2006-09-14 17:12:33 and read 10000 times.
There is also a street in King City (30 mins north of Toronto) called "LongWood".
Username: Azza40
Posted 2006-09-14 17:14:23 and read 10000 times.
I just asked my dad for funny ones, and he said there was a forest near his shop called "Hairy Bush"
Aaron
Username: TransIsland
Posted 2006-09-14 20:30:12 and read 9975 times.
Here in Nassau we've got quite a few... judging by what others find funny, I guess I could start with "Cowpen Road." (not funny, IMHO)
For the atheists out there (me being one of them): Faith Avenue.
Now my favourites:
3. Bias Corner
2. Dumping Ground Corner (and it's NOT not the municipal landfill)
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1. Dog Flea Alley
Probably lots more, but I can't think of any right now. And yes, I've seen them all with my own two eyes.
Username: TransIsland
Posted 2006-09-14 20:46:03 and read 9970 times.
Coming to think of it... a few more from Nassau (admittedly, haven't seen all of them myself, just flicked through the phone book for reference):
Bacardi Road (named after the Bacardi distillery there)
Jail Alley and Gaol Alley
Hurricane Hole
Tuckaway Road
New Hope Drive
Horse Shoe Drive
Harmony Hill
Shady Tree Street
Koolair Drive [sic!]
Lady Slipper Avenue
Tranquilizer Estates
Username: Dvk
Posted 2006-09-14 20:51:17 and read 9963 times.
My hometown has "18 1/2 Avenue"
Username: Fbgdavidson
Posted 2006-09-14 21:27:41 and read 9958 times.
I guess the best I can come up with is back in the UK, Alderman Willy Close in Wokingham, Berks. Where Woodley Airfield was in Reading, Berks the council named all the streets after aircraft and pilots. There were going to name a small street, Douglas Bader Walk, somewhat ironic since the guy lost his legs there...In the end they named the main thoroughfare after him, Bader Way.
Quoting Bushpilot (Reply 9):
Also in ANC, there is a Lois Drive, some superman nerds tried unsuccessfully awhile back to change it to Lois Lane.
My wife lived on a Lois Lane in Harrisonburg, VA when she was at Uni. I thought she was joking...
Quoting JAGflyer (Reply 29):
There is also a street in King City (30 mins north of Toronto) called "LongWood".
A friend of mine went here:
http://www.longwood.edu/
Username: EGTESkyGod
Posted 2006-09-18 09:06:30 and read 9906 times.
Quoting 808TWA (Reply 7):
Avenue Road
I live in an Avenue Road (well, I do in the UK!!)
Not a road sign, but the Aussies have some superb signs out here. Went to Sydney Aquarium and saw a sign that said
"Please do not climb over this fence. If the fall doesn't kill you, the crocodile will."
Username: EI747SYDNEY
Posted 2006-09-18 09:38:46 and read 9905 times.
Hey I;m in Sydney and there is a street name in the west area of Saint Clair and its called "Swallow Drive"
Rob
Username: BananaBoY
Posted 2006-09-18 09:55:56 and read 9904 times.
I saw a "Glenn Close" when I was in the Isle of Man.
Mark
Username: Egmcman
Posted 2006-09-18 21:21:16 and read 9868 times.
Electric Avenue here in Westlciff on Sea area of Southend.
Username: Egmcman
Posted 2006-09-18 21:24:28 and read 9864 times.
I almost forgot there is a road called Aviation Way by SEN.
Username: OB1504
Posted 2006-09-18 22:03:10 and read 9855 times.
There's actually a Cow Pen Rd in Miami Lakes, where I live. There are, in fact, many cows living around it, although they're bulding over the pastures.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...0.004352,0.010815&t=h&om=1&iwloc=A
Username: Gregtx
Posted 2006-09-18 22:21:23 and read 9846 times.
Between Vegas and and Los Angeles on I-15 there is an exit for Zzyzx Rd.
Not a clue.....
Username: AirworldA320
Posted 2006-09-18 22:29:15 and read 9844 times.
Drain Lane in Brough, East Yorkshire
Spittal Hardwick Lane in Pontefract, West Yorkshire
Land Of Green Ginger in Hull, East Yorkshire
Not a street but in North Yorkshire a village named Blubberhouses, a village in East Yorkshire named Wetwang, one near Driffield called Land Of Nod!!!
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Username: B777-700
Posted 2006-09-19 00:21:49 and read 9822 times.
There's a Stall Road around the Tampa, FL area. I was always afraid to drive down it and see a whole mess of cars along side the road.
Beaver Ruin Road in the Atlanta is also a classic, for obvious reasons.
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