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From: derek2@garfield.UUCP (Derek S Keeping)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Re: Funny town names
Message-ID: <3438@garfield.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 19-Aug-85 21:15:35 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 19 21:15:35 1985
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Reply-To: derek2@garfield.UUCP (Derek S Keeping)
Organization: Memorial U. of Nfld. C.S. Dept., St. John's
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	One of my more recent Newfoundland favorites was the town of
	Gayside. Sick of jokes degrading the town based on it's name they
	decided it was time for a change. They were granted permisson to
	change the name of the town and held a contest to decide the new
	name. The winner???






	Baytonna. (A pun on Daytonna obviously.) I consider this to be
	close to the ultimate Newfie joke. (By the way I was born in
	Newfoundland). Interestingly the town of Dildo has no intentions
	of changing it's name. Dildo road signs have appeared several times
	in National Lampoon. Now if I can just get a picture of the
	"Sheilds Meat Market" sign I know I could get my name in true facts.

	Derek S. Keeping
	{allegra,inph4}!garfield!dereks