Close but not quite. All are on different roads but not very far apart.
Blue Ball (no "s) is about 8-/12 miles from Intercourse and from there
it's another 3-1/2 miles to Paradise. But, if you were going to
Paradise from Blue Ball you would very logically pass through
Intercourse on the way.
Blue Ball is about 60 miles west and slightly north of Philadelphia.
Chuck Norcutt
On 5/9/2011 9:20 AM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
> I've been there Bob and if MSMC there are three consecutive towns on that
> highway: Blue Balls, Intercourse and Paradise.
>
> Charlie
>
> On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Bob Whitmire<bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Ah, no one beats the Brits for place names, with the possible exception of
>> the folks in Pennsylvania who named their town Intercourse, and it's equally
>> notorious and possibly apocryphal Intercourse Motel.
>>
>> Just down the street less than a mile from me is a dirt road, which, after
>> the enhanced 911 system required all roads to post names, briefly sported
>> the name Hiscock Road. (Pronounced with a "hisss" rather than the more
>> common pronoun pronunciation of "his.") The sign never lasted more than a
>> day or so. For a while the town kept replacing it, but after five or six of
>> them were taken, the name was changed to Yates Road. Not a one of the Yates
>> signs has gone missing.
>>
>> --Bob
>>
>>
>> On May 7, 2011, at 9:20 PM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>>
>>> Beter than that town in Austria called F***. They were talking of
>> changing the name - because English speaking tourists kept stealing the town
>> signs.
>>> Then there's a village I've visited near Cognac, called Ars. I REALLY
>> want to add the 'e' with a marker pen.
>>> And a couple of villages near ChrisB called Ugley and Nasty as I
>> remember. Either side of Bishops Stortford.
>>> I used to wonder about the Ugley Women's Association and the Nasty Police
>> Station when I saw the signposts.
>>
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