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Started by DoomsDave , Apr 06 2012 06:55 PM

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#1 DoomsDave

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Posted 06 April 2012 - 06:55 PM

Okay.

I was out driving about, on my way to a possible source of mulch, etc., in Pico Rivera, California, when

WHOA! Does that sign say what I think it says?

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#2 DoomsDave

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Posted 06 April 2012 - 06:57 PM

Well suh, I do bee-leeve it say Dork.

Street.

I sat in the car and laughed. Just the sheer silliness of it all.

These kids walking by just smiled.

Zooom in for a better view.

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#3 DoomsDave

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Posted 06 April 2012 - 07:00 PM

This begged other questions.

Like, if this was named after someone, then WHO?

Are they still alive?

Or, was it one of those cases where a real estate developer let his kids name all the streets? :lol:

In any event, who lives on Dork Street?

I turned the Green Monster down to take a look.

Nothing particularly dorky here. Looks like one of those private roads like the one I live on.

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#4 DoomsDave

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Posted 06 April 2012 - 07:01 PM

Dork is not a long street, and it ended at Amistad.

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I still laugh. Like now . . .
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Posted 07 April 2012 - 06:29 AM

Okay.

I was out driving about, on my way to a possible source of mulch, etc., in Pico Rivera, California, when

WHOA! Does that sign say what I think it says?

:blink:

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You finally got a street named for you, way to go! :mrlooney:
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#6 DoomsDave

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Posted 07 April 2012 - 07:37 AM


Okay.

I was out driving about, on my way to a possible source of mulch, etc., in Pico Rivera, California, when

WHOA! Does that sign say what I think it says?

:blink:

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You finally got a street named for you, way to go! :mrlooney:


:lol:
Ah, viva Guada La Habra!

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#7 paulgila

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Posted 07 April 2012 - 10:17 AM

haha!
"dork" is an old whaling term,believe it or else. :interesting:
the "prince of snarkness."

still "warning-free."

san diego,california,left coast.

#8 DoomsDave

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Posted 07 April 2012 - 11:56 AM

haha!
"dork" is an old whaling term,believe it or else. :interesting:


wHALING?

Tell me more.
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Posted 11 April 2012 - 08:50 PM

A dork is what you get when a duck and a stork make some sweet lovin'
"it's not dead it's sleeping"
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Posted 11 April 2012 - 09:16 PM

A dork is what you get when a duck and a stork make some sweet lovin'



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#11 DoomsDave

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Posted 12 April 2012 - 06:55 AM

A dork is what you get when a duck and a stork make some sweet lovin'


How about Stuck?
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Posted 13 April 2012 - 09:35 AM

No parking on Mondays due to Dork sweeping.
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Posted 13 April 2012 - 10:24 AM

look it up. lots of words that we never think about have original meanings that have been forgotten. :rolleyes:
the "prince of snarkness."

still "warning-free."

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Posted 13 April 2012 - 11:16 AM

Y. Urah Dork was a famous local politician from the late 1800's when Pico Rivera was in it's infancy.
those were the days
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Posted 15 April 2012 - 07:31 AM

Y. Urah Dork :floor: was a famous local politician from the late 1800's when Pico Rivera was in it's infancy.



:lol: ... and a Dooms Dave ancestor from the maternal side of the family? :winkie:
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Posted 16 April 2012 - 07:43 AM

Dreams give me a Dork all the time! :drool:
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Posted 16 April 2012 - 08:11 AM

Dreams give me a Dork all the time! :drool:


Man! I forgot all about THAT context!
those were the days
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Posted 16 April 2012 - 08:46 AM

TMI,pogo!!!
:o
the "prince of snarkness."

still "warning-free."

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 12:25 AM

How about town names? I just read that Dull, in Scotland is twinned with Boring, Oregon. Did I just kill this topic? Posted Image
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#20 DoomsDave

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 09:09 AM

And, don't forget F-ing, Austria . . .

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 10:39 AM

And, don't forget F-ing, Austria . . .

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For the folks that live in these places, I'm sure it all gets a bit tedious. Especially as many names go back centuries. If you're a business, club or organisation - for example, the Muff Diving Club in County Donegal, N. Ireland - then they probably have the last laugh. Free publicity, and all that.
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