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[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A penis-shaped iceberg floated by the town of Dildo, Canada, which isn't too far from the city of Spread Eagle and the town of Placentia. (Image credit: Ken Pretty)

It can't be.

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That is an accurate statement.

There are some quite tounge in cheek place name in NFLD.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Do we blame Leif Ericson and other Vikings?

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 2 points 14 hours ago

No, more likely to have been Irish settlers

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Rural places get weird, doubly so when they got bored without the internet.

Just ask Pennsylvania. Virginville, Two Lick Valley, Rough and Ready and so much more.

Maybe it's also a dutch influence...

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I think there's a town in France called Pussy

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 1 points 14 hours ago