South Dakota town may rename Hooker St.

LynneSin

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Mon Nov-26-07 01:55 PM
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South Dakota town may rename Hooker St.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071126/ap_on_fe_st/hooker_street_1;_ylt=At4hpp4NhlNZORaC5x1CrCkE1vAI

South Dakota town may rename Hooker St. 1 hour, 13 minutes ago

WHITEWOOD, S.D. - If the Rev. David Baer has his way, the Whitewood City Council will change the name of one of the northern Black Hills town's streets.

Hooker Street doesn't quite lend itself to a family atmosphere and is offensive to some residents in the town of about 800 people, according to Baer.

It's actually named after a Union general from the Civil War, but Baer said that even renaming it to General Hooker Street might not be much better.

Any renaming would affect one resident and six water bill accounts, said Brenda Lindstrom, Whitewood city finance officer.

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MrScorpio

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Mon Nov-26-07 02:00 PM
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1. Yet another example of why Americans are sex obsessed idiots

*Shakes head in amazement*

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Hong Kong Cavalier

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Mon Nov-26-07 02:02 PM
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2. What did you expect? It's South Dakota

The state's so backwards-thinking, they'd ban fire if they could for being "too progressive".

(Former S.D. resident here. I escaped when I was 18.)

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HuffleClaw

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Mon Nov-26-07 02:19 PM
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3. because one fundy complained?

wtf?

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Deep13

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Mon Nov-26-07 02:24 PM
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4. Other rejected names:

Meade St.--implies drinking.

Grant St.--implies that tax money should just be given away.

Hancock Ave.--do you even need to ask?

Sherman St.--'70s slang for a PCP cigarette.

Chamberlain Rd.--reminds people of bedroom stuff.

Adm. Porter Ln.--again, port is a kind of booze.

Butterfield Blvd.--just sounds icky.

Lee Rd.--Lee is also a girls' name and may result in gender confusion.

Picket Ave.--sounds like what protesters do.

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SacredCow

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Mon Nov-26-07 02:55 PM
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6. What about....

T. J. Hooker Blvd...

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Deep13

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Mon Nov-26-07 02:58 PM
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7. Hooker's a good cop. n/t

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Oeditpus Rex

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Mon Nov-26-07 02:41 PM
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5. I'm gonna bookmark this

and then do a web search sometime after Dec. 17 for the minutes of the city council meeting. I'm curious to see how the council will receive this fundie whackjob and his "some residents," i.e. him and his dog.

(I'm assuming, of course, that Whitewood, S.D. has heard of the internets.)

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