Zut alors! Who will think of the children and their innocent impressionable minds?
When I was driving through northern BC a few years ago, it seemed like every other road was "Beaver Gap" or "Beaver Itch" or "Split Beaver" (okay, maybe not that last one). Mr. Kalakalot and I, children that we are, were highly amused.
Having worked for Wave Broadband (Cable company) they service lots of rural areas, things like Port Orchard, Port Angeles, etc. When you shell out your own money to pave a road, you get to name it. I've had to setup landscape surveys (to see if the location is now within range to qualify for cable tv) for Sesame Street, Peace & Quiet Lane, all sorts of odd names. You pay to pave it, you earn the right to name it.
Beaver Junior College, a low-end institute for girls just outside Philadelphia, had to reluctantly change its name to 'Arcadia University' due to all of the obvious abuse (and web filters!). I recall fun times when the (not very bright) girls would visit in gangs, the Ivy League frat parties at the University of Pennsylvania. 'Eager Beaver' does not begin to describe...
I used to work on a TV show in West Michigan (Grand Rapids) and when the guest mentioned her office location as Big Beaver Road (probably this one) the host, the crew, the audience (which included the guest band) and yes the guest all giggled. We didn't stop tape, we made no edits.
A couple of Lesbian friends of mine, longtime partners, have decided to marry in Humptullips when same sex marriage becomes legal in Washington. It is hard to say if they are serious about marrying there. These two have always been zany and crazy about each other.
I had a relative who worked in a certain correctional facility many years ago. There was a woman in and out of the facility on prositution charges who's legal last name was "Big Beaver." I always found the name fitting, though not the best marketing- should have had it changed to "Young Beaver" or something....
What are you doing on I-75 in Troy Michigan (though you could be in Southfield, Rochester Hills, or Detroit).
Everytime I'd drive past those exit signs the Primus song would pop into my head - as it is doing right now ("Wynona's got herself a big brown beaver and she shows it off to her friends...").
You beat me to it. I grew up down the street from Beaver College. I also had a high school teacher who used to wear a team jacket everywhere that said "Beaver College Band" and she got endless shit for it (e.g., being a member of a band of beavers, etc) Took a looong time for the school to finally change the name.
When I was driving through northern BC a few years ago, it seemed like every other road was "Beaver Gap" or "Beaver Itch" or "Split Beaver" (okay, maybe not that last one). Mr. Kalakalot and I, children that we are, were highly amused.
Google makes looking for these things too easy sometimes. (This one can apparently be found on I-75 in Troy, Michigan.)
I love that it is exit "69".
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Everytime I'd drive past those exit signs the Primus song would pop into my head - as it is doing right now ("Wynona's got herself a big brown beaver and she shows it off to her friends...").
Yes, you guessed it... Beaver Liquors.
You beat me to it. I grew up down the street from Beaver College. I also had a high school teacher who used to wear a team jacket everywhere that said "Beaver College Band" and she got endless shit for it (e.g., being a member of a band of beavers, etc) Took a looong time for the school to finally change the name.
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