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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 01:50 PM
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Poll question: Which of these words is the funniest-sounding?
Edited on Tue Aug-26-03 01:51 PM by NightTrain
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 01:56 PM
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1. Spork.
As in, "I'll spork your eye out!"
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LuLu550 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 02:56 PM
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15. why is it that when you were a kid
the only injury your mom ever said you could get with a sharp object was "poking your eye out"?
LuLu
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Heddi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 01:57 PM
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2. Saskatchewan
that's my funny-sounding word :)
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TlalocW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 02:03 PM
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3. Mukluk!
MUKLUK MUKLUK MUKLUK!

TlalocW
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 02:05 PM
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4. Uvula
or mezuzah.
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donotpassgo Donating Member (867 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 02:06 PM
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5. Giggle.
That cracks me up every time.
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RaulGroom Donating Member (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 02:07 PM
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6. Verisimilitudinous
BTW I don't think the names should be on there. There are way funnier names. Everyone knows someone named Dick Face or Harry Pitts. Names are just basically humorous contraptions.
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 02:15 PM
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7. We used to call it "Puke-ipsie"
At one point, I spent an inordinate amount of time up there, attempting to bring the Movement to that sleepy Repuke-bent declining mill town.

So, one day, I'm strolling down the Main Mall with the chief activist, who is now fairly well known in the Upper Midwest, and I say, "Y'know, if they'd put a little money into this, it might be pretty good."

She replied, "They just did."
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StaggerLee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 02:20 PM
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8. Pinache
ha ha!
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LuLu550 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 02:22 PM
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9. that new drug
"Plavix" cracks me up. Sounds like the name of an alien or his planet... as in "I am Plavix from the planet Zord." or "I am Zord from the planet Plavix", take your pick.
LuLu
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On the Road Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 02:26 PM
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10. It's "P..P..P..P...P...
"Poughkeepsie"

Remembering John Cage's operatic stutters, I can't help it.
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Superfly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 02:29 PM
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11. Boutros Boutros Ghali (sp?)
I now say "Pass the Boutros Boutros Ghali" at home instead of "Pass the butter"

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sham Donating Member (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 03:13 PM
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22. LOL!
Good one.

I submit gonorrhea. Sounds like it should be the name of a mountain range in an exotic country. ("Biff and I spent the weekend at a ski lodge in the Gonorrhea Mountains in Uzbekistan.")
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 03:45 PM
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30. Or, Balmorrhea...a town in TX that sounds like a disease. (nt)
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Breezy du Nord Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 02:32 PM
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12. Bustamante
that guy's got the COOLEST name!
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LuLu550 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 02:45 PM
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14. I agree
sounds like a naughty nighty or sexy underwear or something....
"Hang on a minute while I slip into my bustamante, dear." :evilgrin:
LuLu
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 02:35 PM
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13. SNACKPACKET
:bounce:
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 02:58 PM
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16. Hackensack
with a twangy-sounding, elongated 'a'.
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commander bunnypants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 02:59 PM
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17. TIT MOUSE


DDQM
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LuLu550 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 03:07 PM
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18. that's a cute little bird
There is a "little blue tit" as well, it's a British bird.
LuLu
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commander bunnypants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 03:11 PM
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20. Now you got me started
A blue tit, A red tit, a yellow tit, a purple tit......


DDQM
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LuLu550 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 03:13 PM
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23. whooo whooo!
I just noticed I hit 200 posts! :party:
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MiltonLeBerle Donating Member (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 03:10 PM
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19. kookamonga
The "k" sound has been scientifically proven to be the funniest of the letter sounds.
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 03:14 PM
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24. It's Cucamonga
at least, I know it's not "kookamonga".

I think it's a town in CA.
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MiltonLeBerle Donating Member (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 03:38 PM
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28. So much for what you "know"-
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 03:47 PM
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31. You're right! It's "Kookamonga"
and it IS funnier with a "K"
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MiltonLeBerle Donating Member (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 06:15 PM
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33. Cucamonga is correct as well-
And it is a city in California- Rancho Cucamonga, that is:



Kookamunga is a brand of catnip treats and bubbles for cats.

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The Night Owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 03:11 PM
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21. Kennebunkport
Edited on Tue Aug-26-03 03:12 PM by The Night Owl
No offense to Kennebunkportians, but any time I hear about Kennebunkport, I inevitably think about George H.W. Bush, who makes me want to...

:puke:
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 03:17 PM
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25. "Gubernatorial" n/t
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catpower2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 03:19 PM
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26. Pants nt
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damnraddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 03:31 PM
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27. My word:
Bush
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smirkymonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 03:42 PM
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29. Philatelist...
It means stamp collector - sounds like something kinky..
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-03 10:11 AM
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43. Congrats smirkymonkey!! 200 posts
:toast:
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Kolesar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 04:10 PM
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32. Guacamole
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Ivory_Tower Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 06:23 PM
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34. Chargoggagogmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
Still my favorite.

Although I'm also reminded of an old Monty Python skit about being easily embarrassed, where an announcer asks if you are embarrased by the words "tits, winkle, and vibraphone".
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nuxvomica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 06:48 PM
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35. "gezechtegazoink" and "baba ganoush"
I am not sure of the spelling for "gezechtegazoink", or its definition for that matter.
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 07:36 PM
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36. When we try to convert Indian names into English.
Edited on Tue Aug-26-03 07:36 PM by baldguy
Cheektowaga
Tonawanda
Lackawanna
Chautauqua
Gowanda
Wannaka

These are the names of towns near Buffalo.
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Spirochete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 07:41 PM
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37. Spirochete
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foxy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 07:46 PM
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38. Did anyone say doom-a-flachi
my mom uses this all the time along with a whatchamacallit and
doo-dad:)
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MissMarple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 07:52 PM
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39. Expialidocious ( bad, bad spelling). Or disestablishmentarianism
:D
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 07:57 PM
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40. Titicaca <sp>
As in the lake in the Andes. That one brought many a giggle in 4th grade.
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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 09:00 PM
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41. Horny!

n/t
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Insider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-03 09:04 PM
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42. Sheboygan
Edited on Tue Aug-26-03 09:04 PM by Insider
SheboyganSheboyganSheboyganSheboyganSheboygan.
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-03 10:12 AM
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44. I agree about Philatelist!!
It does sound kinky. :evilgrin:
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-03 10:15 AM
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45. President George W. Bush
Sorry, I can't think of any other words that would crack me up more than that. And mind you that's the first time I've ever put the "P" word in front of his name (and the last). But since he wasn't really elected, that's why it sounds so funny
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