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Claus Harding
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Washington DC
Registered: Oct 2006

posted May 22, 2008 03:07 PM

I am generally not much for low, rude humor, but this one just killed me:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/shitterton-the-village-that-dare-not-speak-its-name-831420.html

There's just something so terrifically English about this....the part where the writer comments that the local accent just makes the pronounciation even more...well, you know.

Hope this doesn't upset our mods. I just laughed out loud when I saw it.

Claus.

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Jan Bister
Darth 8mm

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From: Ohio, USA
Registered: Jan 2005

posted May 22, 2008 03:30 PM

I love it.

[Big Grin]

When I came to reading the "the stream that bisects the village – and was once presumably a cascading torrent of shit" part, that's when I lost it.

[Cool]

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

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From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted May 22, 2008 04:03 PM

A long time ago my parents knew a family named "Schitty"

-pronounced exactly the way you wouldn't want it to be.

After less than a full generation living in an English speaking country, they had it legally changed to "Schuette".

-pronounced "Shoe-ett" ( tres Francais, no?)

The guys at the front desk on Ellis Island must have been rolling on the floor when this bunch showed up!

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Chip Gelmini
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Brooksville, FL
Registered: Jun 2003

posted May 22, 2008 06:00 PM

Ya know, gosh dang it, if Thomas Crapper developed the toilet, then I think it's perfectly fine for the UK to have a town called Shitterton.

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Maurice Leakey
Film God

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From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007

posted May 23, 2008 05:19 AM

I've just asked the AA for a route from my home and the answer was "end location not found."

However, the RAC (Royal Automobile Club) happily told me it was 79 miles and would take me 2 hours and 1 minute, but if I was lucky with traffic only 1 hour 49 minutes.

Should I visit? Who wants to buy a place-name?

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