Sunday, March 2, 2008

Good names in PA

While driving to/from Wilkes-Barre, PA this weekend, I saw some good names for towns and other goods:

1. Hecktown Road - used to be Helltown, then they maybe got blasphemy laws?

2. Scotrum, PA- glance at a sign for this town really quickly and you think you see another word

3. Shamokin, PA- its like a town that watched "The Mask" too many times and decided to name their town after the "Shaammmoookin" line. Or a combination of their jobs- shamming and smoking weed...(says husband dear)

4. Lickdale, PA- I want to know the story behind that one.

5. Sign for a farm stand- "We have Old Timey Applebutter"- didn't know "old time" could have a "y" at the end

6. Tokyo Diner- American or Japanese food? You take a guess.

7. Best person of the day- we were cut off by a guy with "I'm a reenactor" bumper stickers outside of Gettysburg, PA (Civil War reenactor)- when we finally passed him, we got a good look- now, I'm not down with the Civil War fashions, but a beard that grows entirely under your chin from your sideburns and is absent from the mouth/cheek area, well, I wish we had the camera. And, it was snow white colored. I will try to find a picture online to supplement this image.

8. Strangest drink of the weekend- Manishevitz Blackberry (husband tried it and found that it had a palate of....blackberries!)

9. Best line of the weekend- "This town has balls!" re: Wilkes-Barre and the third testicle theory (which was discussed in front of grandma, who giggled away)

10. Best food of the weekend- Dominick's pizza (full of delicious lard in the dough, so it seems to be fried on the bottom), clams, and Grandma's soup. Mmmmmmmmmmmm. Soup....

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