BYC's Random Funny Posting Thread! Hosts Mike & Sally

[MACCanadianCoop]

There is a city in Michigan named Hell.

Why?

 

[Sally PB]

Why?

I don't know. So I looked it up.

From Wikipedia:
"Hell has been noted on a list of unusual place names. There are a number of theories for the origin of Hell's name. The first is that a pair of German travelers stepped out of a stagecoach one sunny afternoon in the 1830s, and one said to the other, "So schön hell!" (translated as, "So beautifully bright!") Their comments were overheard by some locals and the name stuck. The second theory is tied to the "hell-like" conditions encountered by early explorers including mosquitos, thick forest cover, and extensive wetlands. The third is that George’s habit of paying the local farmers for their grain with home distilled whiskey led many wives to comment “He’s gone to Hell again” when questioned about their husband’s whereabouts during harvest time. A fourth is that soon after Michigan gained statehood, George Reeves was asked what he thought the town he helped settle should be called and replied "I don't care. You can name it Hell for all I care." The name became official on October 13, 1841."

 

[MACCanadianCoop]

I don't know. So I looked it up.

From Wikipedia:
"Hell has been noted on a list of unusual place names. There are a number of theories for the origin of Hell's name. The first is that a pair of German travelers stepped out of a stagecoach one sunny afternoon in the 1830s, and one said to the other, "So schön hell!" (translated as, "So beautifully bright!") Their comments were overheard by some locals and the name stuck. The second theory is tied to the "hell-like" conditions encountered by early explorers including mosquitos, thick forest cover, and extensive wetlands. The third is that George’s habit of paying the local farmers for their grain with home distilled whiskey led many wives to comment “He’s gone to Hell again” when questioned about their husband’s whereabouts during harvest time. A fourth is that soon after Michigan gained statehood, George Reeves was asked what he thought the town he helped settle should be called and replied "I don't care. You can name it Hell for all I care." The name became official on October 13, 1841."

 

[The-White-Elephant]

True dat. I know so many people who were born here but want to identify as some kind of scottish/french/heinz 57




But you're not italian I thought?

I totally love Heinz 57

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Just cause I live in America doesn't mean I'm American

Lol. Whenever I have to fill out forms, where it asks Race? I put "Human." And where it asks "Ethnicity?" Or "Nationality?" I put, "American." Cuz that's what I am. If they want to know my ancestry, that's what they should ask, but I would probably put "Nunya." Cuz who wants to know, and why?

 

[pennyJo1960]

I am human and American also.

 

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