Funny Name, Glad We Came

 I promised funny names and signs...

... and left you hangin' with Toad Suck Park. Sorry, but with the OKC Memorial and Museum, it just didn't seem appropriate to post that yet.

Now it's appropriate.

  1. Pickles Gap. Made me think someone took a bite out of the middle of a Vlasic.
  2. BeefaRoo. Are they serving Beef or Kangaroo? Asking for a friend.
  3. The Southern Hibachi Express. I think they put okra, catfish, grits, collard greens, biscuits and gravy, and Hoppin' John on the grill. And instead of cracking the egg on the edge of the knife, they put it in potato salad.
  4. A gas station with this sign: "No ethanol, no alcohol, no lottery." No customers?
  5. The Hilltop Armory, which is halfway up the hill. They sell guns that sight a bit low.
  6. National Bird Dog Museum. We've owned nothing but bird dogs: 2 Irish setters, 2 Pointers, 2 Golden Retrievers, and 1 Lab/Golden mix who, as a puppy, ate the 10 commandments out of my Bible. No rules, just right?
  7. Few McDonald's but lots of Jack's. Maybe someday there will be a Van Vleet's. Janice, you're cooking!
  8. The Turquoise Pooch Paw Spa. What is turquoise? The pooch, the paw, or the spa? Trooper refused to find out.
  9. Winner's Circle Used Cars. Really used. They must have been in the Winners Circle at a demolition derby.
  10. A billboard: "Let's Go Brandon" paid for by the Christian Revival church. Um... do they know what that slogan means?
  11. In the false advertising category, a billboard for a breakfast cafe. It features a sign-sized picture of a cinnamon roll. Parentheses under the picture say, "Actual size." There goes my A1C.
  12. A must-stop craft beer establishment, "Deplorable Brewing." 
  13. At the top of a very long uphill pull, a billboard reads, "Don't drive high." Misplaced PSA?
  14. A dog training facility right on a busy highway. A dog gets one chance to get it wrong on "Stay."
  15. Sweetwater Creek is downhill from Muddy Creek. I'm always disappointed when a liar’s pants don't actually catch on fire.
  16. Y City. Nothing here but a fork in the road. Nothing. "If you come to a fork in the road, take it." -Yogi Berra
  17. Cowpokes Cafe. Why would anyone want to poke a cow? Is it like cow tipping? Maybe they have cows for waitresses and you're reminded to tip them.
  18. Pink. Not a singer. Not a Victoria's Secret line. A town. Somewhere in Oklahoma. Whose website needs to hire me to update it. (www.townofpink.com)
  19. A sign for a psychic displays a 4-leaf clover. Is the clover the back-up plan?
  20. And my favorite: Booger Hollow, AR. "Population 7, countin' one coon dog." Oh wait! He is visiting the Bird Dog Museum. "Population 6."



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