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The Call of the Wendigo
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| | Subject: Unusual place names Fri Nov 29, 2019 9:16 pm | |
| The lovely town of Asbestos, Quebec.
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| | Subject: Re: Unusual place names Fri Nov 29, 2019 9:18 pm | |
| - Wikipedia wrote:
- It is the site of the Jeffrey mine, until recently the world's largest asbestos mine.
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos,_Quebec _________________ |
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| | Subject: Re: Unusual place names Fri Nov 29, 2019 9:27 pm | |
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| | Subject: Re: Unusual place names Fri Nov 29, 2019 9:28 pm | |
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| | Subject: Re: Unusual place names Sat Nov 30, 2019 11:16 am | |
| Isn't David Walliams from Nork?
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| | Subject: Re: Unusual place names Sat Nov 30, 2019 11:22 am | |
| Peter Nork from the Monkeys was from a small township called Wavis-Dalliams.
I can't make this joke work. |
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| | Subject: Re: Unusual place names Sat Nov 30, 2019 12:58 pm | |
| That is because there is no joke. 
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| | Subject: Re: Unusual place names Sun Dec 01, 2019 11:16 pm | |
| I drove through Barton-in-the-Beans some years ago and took a photo of my then car by the welcome sign.  I think it's in Leicestershire. |
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| | Subject: Re: Unusual place names Sun Dec 01, 2019 11:21 pm | |
|  https://goo.gl/maps/69gomxtbGHKtL67r8 |
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| | Subject: Re: Unusual place names Sat Jul 17, 2021 12:13 pm | |
| Le Tampon.
https://goo.gl/maps/hT46MgG97Gomanhx8 |
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| | Subject: Re: Unusual place names Sat Jul 17, 2021 12:18 pm | |
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| | Subject: Re: Unusual place names Sat Jul 17, 2021 12:19 pm | |
| I've been trying to think of an appropriate joke but I haven't been able to think of one.  _________________ |
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| | Subject: Re: Unusual place names Sat Jul 17, 2021 12:31 pm | |
| As a male I'm not sure I'm legally allowed to make such jokes. I'll go away to have a period of reflection. |
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| | Subject: Re: Unusual place names Sat Jul 17, 2021 1:08 pm | |
| Plug it up, won't you!
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| | Subject: Re: Unusual place names Sat Jul 17, 2021 2:12 pm | |
| That wasn't very sanitary. |
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| | Subject: Re: Unusual place names Sat Jul 17, 2021 3:24 pm | |
| I'll Lil-Lets you off this time.
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