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Places You Thought That Were Fake But There Real

  • 14-07-2014 4:08pm
    #1
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭


    freaking Albuquerque is a real place :eek:

    i always thought that was a looney tunes joke


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  • #2
    solomafioso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,095 ✭✭✭solomafioso


    oh...sweet....merciful....f*ck


  • #3
    IrishAlice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 557 ✭✭✭IrishAlice


    Yemen.

    "15 Yemen Road, Yemen" :D


  • #4
    darkpagandeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,465 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    "Gun point" why do people keep going on holiday there


  • #5
    The Peanut
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,169 ✭✭✭The Peanut


    This has the potential to be priceless.


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    IrishAlice wrote: »
    Yemen.

    "15 Yemen Road, Yemen" :D

    thats real ? :D


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  • #7
    beano345
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,105 ✭✭✭beano345


    Lake titicaca


  • #8
    Muise...
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,512 ✭✭✭Muise...


    Deleted User wrote: »
    freaking Albuquerque is a real place :eek:

    i always thought that was a looney tunes joke

    Tell me you cried "Hot Dog! Jumping Frog!" when you heard it was real...

    Me: Santry. The university libraries are copyright, so there are thousands of books in storage there and you have to order them in. Unfortunately, they also store books in the basement, known as "stacks". So I thought Santry was some weird Trinityism for a cupboard.


  • #9
    Mr. CooL ICE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,709 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    Timbuktu


  • #10
    The Peanut
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,169 ✭✭✭The Peanut


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    thats real ? :D

    If you're a Bing.


  • #11
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I thought Timbuktu was fictional :).

    It's in Mali. Mali is real.


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  • #12
    wazky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭wazky


    Leitrim.

    Still not convinced though.


  • #13
    DazMarz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,493 ✭✭✭DazMarz


    Sleepy Hollow.

    There actually is a village in Upstate New York called "Sleepy Hollow". Just thought it was a spooky sounding name that was used in The Headless Horseman stories.


  • #14
    Robbo
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,581 Mod ✭✭✭✭Robbo


    There is a Swansea.


  • #15
    gugleguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,959 ✭✭✭gugleguy


    Ballyglunin village as in the Quiet Man.
    I thought it was a very cutesy, cuddly name indeed for such location, well, ideal for an American cinema audience to dwell upon. The name was not even used in the film - it was known as Castletown.


  • #16
    delos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 404 ✭✭delos


    Fray Bentos.

    I always assumed that this was just a name for dodgy steak pies. After finding out it is a real place I started wondering what they did with political prisoners in Uruguay and enjoyed the pies even less...


  • #17
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    Llanfair­pwllgwyn­gyllgo­gery­chwyrn­drobwll­llanty­silio­gogo­goch.


  • #18
    The Peanut
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,169 ✭✭✭The Peanut


    I had the pleasure of eating in Beaver many years ago.


  • #19
    ArtSmart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,614 ✭✭✭ArtSmart


    Nantucket.


    yup. i kid you not.


  • #20
    LizzieJones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,459 ✭✭✭LizzieJones


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan,_Alberta


  • #21
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    Ballydehob.


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  • #22
    wazky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭wazky


    The Peanut wrote: »
    I had the pleasure of eating in Beaver many years ago.

    There's great eating in Muff, been there on the odd occasion myself.


  • #23
    ohbygod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 187 ✭✭ohbygod


    Place in turkey called batman


  • #24
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    LordChessington wrote: »
    Timbuktu


    thats real to :eek:


  • #25
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,316 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    realies wrote: »
    Ballydehob.

    I honestly thought that was a madey-up name like Ballygobackwards. I was highly amused when I met a girl at college from there.

    "No, really, where are you from?"
    Scarlet for me and a bit scarlet for her too.


  • #26
    The Peanut
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,169 ✭✭✭The Peanut


    wazky wrote: »
    There's great eating in Muff, been there on the odd occasion myself.

    Coincidentally, I've also eaten in Muff. Quite the seasoned palate I have.


  • #27
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I thought Intercourse was fictional.

    No, really.

    http://walyou.com/wp-content/uploads//2012/08/Intercourse-Pennsylvania.jpg


  • #28
    ohbygod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 187 ✭✭ohbygod


    **** corner in oregon


  • #29
    nocoverart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,354 ✭✭✭nocoverart


    Death Valley


  • #30
    Linka
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 63 ✭✭Linka


    Carlow. I don't even know anyone who knows anyone from Carlow.


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  • #31
    Fiolina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 623 ✭✭✭Fiolina


    Bastardstown (in Wexford)


  • #32
    W123-80's
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,085 ✭✭✭W123-80's


    Outer Mongolia


  • #33
    alchemist33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    Ahascraw


  • #34
    Birneybau
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,384 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    wazky wrote: »
    There's great eating in Muff, been there on the odd occasion myself.

    Not mad about sea food myself.

    Anyway, Hackballscross, wtf?


  • #35
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,751 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/****ing,_Austria

    :D


  • #36
    catallus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,106 ✭✭✭catallus


    For a long time I thought Diego Garcia was a baseball player.


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  • #37
    naughtysmurf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,293 ✭✭✭naughtysmurf


    Years ago, met someone who said they were from Knocknagoshel, I didn't believe them, turns out it's actually a real place


  • #38
    Crash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,198 ✭✭✭✭Crash


    I'll just leave this here:

    http://maps.geotastic.org/rude/index.php


  • #39
    muddypaws
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,611 ✭✭✭muddypaws


    Foggy Bottom


  • #40
    House of Blaze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 627 ✭✭✭House of Blaze


    Xanadu.


  • #41
    maurv1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 412 ✭✭maurv1


    Brown Willy

    The highest hill in Cornwall UK apparently:)


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  • #42
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,147 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    Funkytown


  • #43
    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,632 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    Netherlands. Always thought that's where Peter pan lived.


  • #44
    sashafierce
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    This post has been deleted.


  • #45
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,028 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    The Prisoner was not filmed on a set it was a real village in Wales


  • #46
    dirkmeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,665 ✭✭✭dirkmeister


    alchemist33 wrote: »
    Ahascraw



    Hello, this is Monica Looley ringing from Ahaskraw!:pac:


  • #47
    Wabbit Ears
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,043 ✭✭✭Wabbit Ears


    Naul, srsly.


  • #48
    Paramite Pie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,312 ✭✭✭Paramite Pie


    wazky wrote: »
    Leitrim.

    Still not convinced though.

    I've heard that if you keep really really quiet, a Leitrimer might appear at the foot of the garden.


  • #49
    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    RayM wrote: »
    Llanfair­pwllgwyn­gyllgo­gery­chwyrn­drobwll­llanty­silio­gogo­goch.
    That is just like the word clitoris, it slips right off the tongue



    bastardstown, co wexford


  • #50
    Kenny Logins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,060 ✭✭✭Kenny Logins


    solomafioso wrote: »
    oh...sweet....merciful....f*ck

    I'm calling bull**** on this one.


  • #51
    Gerinspain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68 ✭✭Gerinspain


    Hell.......it's in Norway.


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