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June 28, 2004
Gleanings from elsewhere
Visiting Tim at An Englishman's Castle I found that he has several interesting posts up. One points out that if we left the EU according to the Think Tank Civitas, we would not lose any jobs or any trade and we'd actually be around £20 billion a year better off. He suggests a visit to this item for more details.
On the same blog, I found some amusing place names and a link to a site that looks them up for you. Just for fun I looked into the question of amusing place names near where I live and this fun search engine found the following -
Druggers End (map)
7.5 miles
Wyre Piddle (map)
10.8 miles
Piddle Brook (map)
11.1 miles
Feckenham (map)
19.6 miles
Lickey End (map)
25.8 miles
Bell End (map)
28.3 miles
Sodom (map)
32.1 miles
Bishops Itchington (map)
34.9 miles
Bullyhole Bottom (map)
35.0 miles
Booby Dingle (map)
36.7 miles
I guess it does depend on the level of your sense of humour ....
Posted by The Gray Monk at June 28, 2004 09:45 AM
Comments
I'm glad to see I'm a lot closer to Sodom than you are - and I actually know where it is...
Posted by: Tim at June 28, 2004 10:25 AM
Not so far from Druggers End, Upton-On-Severn boasts Minge Lane.
Presumably the town's old red-light district.
Posted by: Laban Tall at July 1, 2004 10:07 PM
Yes, well, it could be worse we might be in Gomorah! And come to think of it there is a Minge Lane in Gloucester as well .....
Posted by: The Gray Monk at July 2, 2004 04:20 PM