because I am easily amused

It cracks me up that there is a town in Oregon called Drain.  There is also one called Boring, but I imagine that is probably just an attempt at accuracy, whereas I can't possibly fathom why you'd name a town Drain.  It is full of holes?  Does it get big disgusting hair clogs?  I can't stop giggling.  I am such a simpleton.

Comments

[Paul]

Either would be a better explanation than it being named after a man named Charles C. Drain. I'd always hoped it was at the low end of a valley, myself, but the world has a stubborn way of often ignoring what I want.

I've imagined Boring as the place where they set up the giant drill-car for a 1905 attempt to travel to the center of the Earth, so I'll be damned if I'll go look up the real story.

I suspect there isn't a giant ribbon in Bow, Washington, either, though there should be.

[Barry]

I just have three words to say about all that:

"Toad Suck, Arkansas."

[Barry]

P.S. So am I.

[cc]

Normal, Illinois.

[Kimberly]

My home state of Texas has some wonderful place names: Cut and Shoot (NOT Cut and Run!), Nada, Uncertain, Ding Dong, and (my favorite) Hell. I wonder whether the person who named that town knew Davy Crockett's famous line, "You can all go to hell; I'm going to Texas."

[Rhea]

Sometimes, if I'm really bored, I will read maps and look for funny or unusual place names.

[beemerman]

Don't forget about Mold, WA. There's also a Nimrod, TX.