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ironflange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 10:50 PM
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Poll question: Which of these Canadian towns has the funniest name?
Edited on Mon Nov-17-03 10:51 PM by ironflange
In honour of my star appearing, here's my first poll!

These are some of my favorites, go ahead and suggest more.

edit: "has" not "have." Duh
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 10:52 PM
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1. I was gonna do this the other day! HAha
I'll say Joe BAtt's Arm Newfoundland
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 10:52 PM
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2. I voted for "Dildo" but.....
Is "Swastika" some sort of Aryan Nations compound or what??
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ironflange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 11:03 PM
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3. No, nothing Nazi about it
The town predates Nazis by many years, they had it first!
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 11:07 PM
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5. It's near kitchenr right?
hehe
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youngred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 11:18 PM
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11. the swastika is/was a eastern religious symbol
my middle school had one on the side of teh building dating back to its building in the 1910s andstayed there until some Irate parents noticed it and had it chipped off
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 11:06 PM
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4. I went to school in Moose Jaw for a year.
There was more cocaine in that town than real snow.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 11:07 PM
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6. really?
hmm
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 11:12 PM
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8. Yeah,our local chapter of Angels used the Jaw
as the gateway to rest of Saskatchewan.
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greendog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 11:07 PM
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7. The Tuks
Tuktoyaktuk and Kuglugtuk.
:)
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 11:14 PM
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9. I've seen University sweaters with Tuk U on them.
Although I don't think there is a Tuk U.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 11:16 PM
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10. how bout iqaluit
and nunavut "None of it"
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 10:36 AM
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12. How the hell could you have missed Gimli, Manitoba!
Edited on Tue Nov-18-03 10:39 AM by Screaming Lord Byron
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TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 12:20 PM
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13. North Battleford
there is no South Battleford
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ironflange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 03:22 PM
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27. There is a Battleford
on the south side of the river, but it's about 10% the size of NB, if that.
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 12:39 PM
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14. My gf and I are moving to Neepawa
if the shit ever hits the fan here in the US.
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moof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 01:35 PM
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15. what no mention for Kamloops
& of course Dave's old favorite Regina ?
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:53 PM
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17. Salmon Arm, Osoyoos, Chilliwack. BC's go 'em all
Twisp, Washington State beats 'em all, though.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:55 PM
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18. don't forget Nakusp
Or Spuzzum
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:58 PM
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21. can anyone ever spell Tsawwassen?
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:59 PM
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22. haha...I had this problem on Mapquest the other day
I needed a map of....tha place to pick up my buddy...couldn't spell it!
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:59 PM
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23. Saskatoon should be another nominee
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:52 PM
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16. Climax,Saskatchewan
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:55 PM
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19. he...where's Spuzzum?
SPuzzum is beyond hope (BC)

Hope is where they filmed Rambo
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ironflange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 03:23 PM
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29. Yeah, I should have included Spuzzum
It always gives me the giggles when we pass through. Pisses off Mrs. Ironflange and the kids.
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absyntheNsugar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 02:58 PM
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20. Regina....
not the name but the way it's pronounced "Ryhmes with a part of the female anatomy..."

Brings out my inner Beavis and Butthead every time I hear it!
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 03:03 PM
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24. Port of Wild Horse....1000km from the sea...Uranium City.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 03:09 PM
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25. My highschool drama teacher was from Uranium city
How about Yellowknife..white horse..... Miramachi
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Snow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 03:20 PM
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26. I would suggest Yellow Knife, but it's so far north and so cold
that when you try to laugh at the name, your laughter freezes, falls on the snow in a chunk.
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ohiosmith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 03:23 PM
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28. I lived on Luckakuck Way in Chilliwack, BC. A buddy of mine
in So. Cal. sent me a letter addressed to Fuckaduck Way, Billiwackoff, BC, and I got it.
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5thGenDemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 03:31 PM
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30. Moose Factory
Even funnier than Moose Jaw.
John
Lives within 100 miles of both Sarnia and Windsor -- but neither of those names are particularly funny.
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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 03:47 PM
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31. You've forgotten Spuzzum, B.C.! And "Wood Fibre" ...
Edited on Tue Nov-18-03 03:48 PM by Lisa
They had a weather station there.
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 03:51 PM
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32. Oh, forgot....Flin-Flon, MB
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 04:35 PM
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33. I've always gotten a kick out of Kamloops, BC
I'm also somewhat amused by Guelph, ON because it's so darn difficult to pronounce (I probably spelled it wrong too.) Chicoutimi, Quebec. And of course as you mentioned, Medicine Hat, AB and Moosejaw, SK. I didn't know about Dildo, Eyebrow and Swastika--those are pretty good too. Gee, maybe I should have checked off that they all have funny names. :-)
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 04:46 PM
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34. What about Baie des Ha! Ha!, Quebec?
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