What’s Your Address? (Funny Road Names)
Resident: “Hi there. Is this Pizzahut? May I make an order for two large Hawaiian pizzas please?”
Pizza Hut: “Sure Mdm. May we have your address please?”
Resident: “errm…”
Pizza Hut: “Sorry Mdm. We didn’t catch your address. May we have your address please?”
Resident: “97 Butt Hole Road. (pause) Yes, this is a real address.”
Pizza Hut: “(snigger) Thank you Mdm. May I repeat your order. Two large Hawaiian pizzas, to be delivered to … 97 Butt Hole Road (chuckle).”
It seems like UK has a host of such ‘humorous’ names: Crotch Crescent, Oxford; Titty Ho, Northamptonshire; Wetwang, East Yorkshire; Slutshole Lane, Norfolk; Thong, Kent; Penistone, South Yorkshire.
I would believe that making phone orders to these places could be such a fun / pain (depend on your perspective).
Please share with me if you’ve chanced upon a research studying the link between ‘road names’ and ‘property value’.
I know it’ll be difficult for me to put my dough down for a house with such ‘interesting’ names.
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