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The Most Embarrassing Places to Live in the World - I 'SHITTERTON' You Not!

Updated on August 15, 2012
I SHITTERTON You Not!
I SHITTERTON You Not! | Source
Well...It Could Be Worse!
Well...It Could Be Worse! | Source
Hi-Ho, But Better
Hi-Ho, But Better | Source


TOP TEN Most Embarrassing Places to Live - UK...

Shitterton, Dorset

A small hamlet (POP. 130) nestled between Poole and Dorchester, England. Best known for it's name. The town sign was stolen so often that the citizens paid to erect a 1.5 ton slab of marble with the name 'Shitterton' proudly engraved on it.

It has not been stolen even once to date!

Scratchy Bottom, Dorset

Brokenwind, Aberdeenshire

Crapstone, Devon

Golden Balls, Oxon

Ugley, Essex

Crackpot, Yorkshire

Backside, Aberdeenshire

Great Snoring, Norfolk

Happy Bottom, Dorset

Suck Till You Swell Like a Toad!
Suck Till You Swell Like a Toad! | Source
What Could I Possibly Add Here?
What Could I Possibly Add Here? | Source


TOP TEN Most Embarrassing Places to Live - USA...

Toad Suck, Arkansas

Toad Suck's name has it's noble roots in 19th century Arkansas - when steamboat crews would drop in to the local tavern and 'suck' on liquor until they swelled like 'toads'! (quote, unqote)

Its biggest claim to fame is a popular spring festival, Toad Suck Dazes (of course)

Climax, Georgia

Boring, Oregon

Hooker, Oklahoma

Assawoman, Virginia

Belchertown, Massachusetts

Roachtown, Illinois

Loveladies, New Jersey

Squabbletown, California

Monkey's Eyebrow, Kentucky

Nothing Funny About It!
Nothing Funny About It! | Source
Would You Live HERE?
Would You Live HERE? | Source


TOP TEN Most Embarrassing Places to Live - Canada...

St. Louis de Ha! Ha!, Quebec

A parish community (POP. 1318) located near the south shore of the St. Lawrence River in Canada. It began as the site of a Roman Catholic Mission, and today it's mainly an agricultural town.

Nothing terribly Ha! Ha! here..

Swastika Lake, Saskatchewa

Moose Factory, Ontario

Hairy Hills, Alberta

Goobies, Newfoundland

Eyebrow, Saskatchewan

Joe Batts Arm, Newfoundland

Yak, British Columbia

Medicine Hat, Alberta

Economy, Nova Scotia

At Least They're Open About It!
At Least They're Open About It! | Source
A Cocky 'Little' Town, I'm Sure!
A Cocky 'Little' Town, I'm Sure! | Source


TOP TEN Most Embarrassing Places to Live Globally - and - In no particular order...

Fucking, Austria

This quaint village (POP. 104) is located just 3 miles east of the German border. Other than it's name, there's not much happening in Fucking. Other than the, ahem, obvious!

Pronounced Fooking, fyi!

Penistone, UK

Middlefart, Denmark

Dildo, Newfoundland, Canada

Crotch Crescent, UK

Intercourse, Pennsylvania USA

Lost, Scotland

Titty-Ho, UK

Hooker, Oklahoma USA

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogergychwyrndrobwilllantysiliogogogoch, Wales (Obviously holds the title for longest town name in the world -I cannot make this stuff up, folks!)


And finally - my personal favorite (drumroll, please...)..

KNOB LICK, Missouri USA

Nuff said - No visual required!

That's all I've got for you today, faithful followers.

Did I miss anything important?



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