Stupid place names
Following on from the ‘stupid pub names’ thread I thought I’d start a ‘stupid place names’ thread (not sure if it has been done before).
Blandford Forum is one I have just spotted.
There’s a place not a million miles from me called Effingham, I always chuckle when I see the sign.
To get on the list I think that the location should have a pub in it to count.
WE ARE THE BREADMEN - UP THE BEES 
Pratts Bottom in Kent
If we go international, the real schoolboy one is the last filling station before you leave Germany heading West on the E34 - Wankum.
Another one from the Garden of England: http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/59009/ in the charmingly-named Plucks Gutter!Originally Posted by ETA
Muff. Place in County Donegal.
And they have a diving club!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.muffdivingclub.ie/
Theres loads in the South Shropshire hills , this is my favorite
http://www.bogcentre.co.uk/
And just over the border in Worcestershire http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/69267/
Theres a Man with a Mullet going Mad with a Mallet in Millets !
This one satisfies the criteria of both threads:http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/65543/ an old haunt of Ian Fleming's, who was a local lad.The code for the National Express coach from nearby Deal to London is 007.I haven't been to this pub since I was a teenager, but am planning a visit. Bit foody, I'm told.
"At that moment I would have given a kingdom, not for champagne or hock and soda, or hot coffee but for a glass of beer" Marquess Curzon of Kedlestone, Viceroy of India.
This will take some licking.
From the home of the kebab of doom
I think it was meant Tongue in .......... er .....Cheek !!!!!!!!!
Theres a Man with a Mullet going Mad with a Mallet in Millets !
I came across a village in North Yorkshire called Booze (there is sadly no pub there) and just down the road was the village of
My mate has just come back from Dorset where he had a beer in Beer.
Did he then have a leak in Piddlehinton? [does have pub]I came across a village in North Yorkshire called Booze (there is sadly no pub there) and just down the road was the village of
My mate has just come back from Dorset where he had a beer in Beer.
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