The New York Times Said "Butt Hole"

Posted by Colleen Kane

 

The New York Times ran a story dedicated to suggestive-sounding place names in the U.K. and the people challenged with living in places like Crapstone and Penistone. 

And because the Internet is making us less literate, you won't have to read the whole story (unless you'd like to know how residents deal with telling people where they live); this blogger struggled through the article to bring you some of the best names. 

Crotch Crescent

Titty Ho

Wetwang

Slutshole Lane

As for Butt Hole Road, depicted above, “If they ordered a pizza, the pizza company wouldn’t deliver it, because they thought it was a made-up name,” said Ed Hurst, co-author of Rude Britain and Rude UK, about a couple who lived there. “People would stand in front of the sign, pull down their trousers and take pictures of each other’s naked buttocks.” The couple has since moved away.

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Comments

Apollo said:

Crotch crescent sounds like a disease. "Can't come into work today, boss. Got a nasty case of the crotch crescent."

January 26, 2009 3:39 PM

GeeBee said:

It's not just the people in Butt Hole Lane who have trouble ordering stuff over the phone. I once reserved a truck to take equipment to Lick Observatory in California, and turned up a few days later to find the reservation canceled.

January 29, 2009 8:43 PM

About Colleen Kane

Colleen has been an editor at BUST and Playgirl magazines and has written for the endangered species of dead-tree magazines like SPIN and Plenty, as well as Radar Online and other websites. She lives in exile in Baton Rouge with her fiance, two dogs, and her former cat. Read her personal blogs at ColleenKane.com.

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