Mornington Crescent. - Page 10

pbradley · 04.29.2008, 03:28 PM

Canal Street

fact:

Better known as Anal Street from continual vandalizing since establishment in 1904.

04.29.2008, 03:29 PM

Holland Park

Fact:

Many a protitute has been known to migrate into this park.

Lurker · 04.29.2008, 03:30 PM

New Cross/New Cross Gate

Fact:

These two stations are actually only one place. New Cross Gate was added on the maps to (in a London Underground spokesman's words) "confuse bloody students".

04.29.2008, 03:32 PM

Cockfosters

Fact:

Place of thriving homosexual activity.

"when walking in to find one of your friends has just screwed three males consecutively in one night"

"JESUS CHRIST YOU REALLY ARE A COCKFOSTER AREN'T YOU"

Glice · 04.29.2008, 03:32 PM

Golders Green

Fact:

Amy Winehouse didn't have her bat mitzvah here.

Lurker · 04.29.2008, 04:09 PM

Putney Bridge

Fact:

Due to a clerical error Putney Bridge wasn't built over the Thames as planned but was needlessly built two miles north of the river.

Toilet & Bowels · 04.29.2008, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Lurker

Swiss Cottage

Interesting fact about Swiss Cottage:

Both the Swiss and Cottage cheeses were invented here. As was the classic pineapple and ham pizza.

another interesting fact about swiss cottage is that it has the highest proportion of rapes in all of london.

Lurker · 04.29.2008, 04:13 PM

Chancery Lane

Fact:

Chancery Lane is a corruption of its original name 'Chance Your Eye Lane' which referred to the popular London game of taking turns to throw a knife at each others eyes from a distance of three meters.

Lurker · 04.29.2008, 04:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

another interesting fact about swiss cottage is that it has the highest proportion of rapes in all of london.

Is that actually true? I really wouldn't have thought that about Swiss Cottage.

Toilet & Bowels · 04.29.2008, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Lurker

Is that actually true? I really wouldn't have thought that about Swiss Cottage.

well now you've got me wondering whether it was st john's wood, but either way it's same. apparently it's because a lot of women go jogging around there assuming because it's a quiet & wealthy residential area that it's safer than going jogging in hackney wick, or some such place.

Lurker · 04.29.2008, 04:22 PM

Ah, good point that's probably why. And yeah St John's Wood and Swiss Cottage are the same. I think St John's Wood's name gives it away ie John ain't no saint.

MellySingsDoom · 04.29.2008, 04:26 PM

Mile End.

Fact:

London's first Hell's Angel chapter was founded here, called "Satan's Raleigh Choppers".

Toilet & Bowels · 04.29.2008, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lurker

Ah, good point that's probably why. And yeah St John's Wood and Swiss Cottage are the same. I think St John's Wood's name gives it away ie John ain't no saint.

maybe it's his ghost that's doing all the raping, because he's stuck for eternity with a hard on

Lurker · 04.29.2008, 04:41 PM

Leicester Square

Fact:

Commonly referred to as "Lie-chester Square" by Americans.

Confucious is sex · 04.29.2008, 04:42 PM

Chalk Farm

Fact: so called because primary school teachers used to breed their blackboard writing implements here during the war.

Lurker · 04.29.2008, 04:43 PM

Ha! I've just noticed something. Goldhawk Road is right by Ravenscourt Park. They sure do like their bird referrences in those parts.

Lurker · 04.29.2008, 04:45 PM

Victoria

Fact:

If you pay close attention to the architecture of the entrance to this station you will notice that it is subtley modelled on Queen Victoria's vagina.

Lurker · 04.29.2008, 04:46 PM

Fuck, I've just also noticed that there are two stations called Shepherd's Bush.

Lurker · 04.29.2008, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

maybe it's his ghost that's doing all the raping, because he's stuck for eternity with a hard on

Yeah, the victims have been giving the same description for the last fifty years: fat man in cassock. Crime Watch didn't get far.

Lurker · 04.29.2008, 05:07 PM

South Kensington

Fact:

Despite having some of the highest property prices in the whole of London, no one actually lives in Kensington.

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pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	Canal Street fact: Better known as Anal Street from continual vandalizing since establishment in 1904.
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04.29.2008, 03:29 PM	#182
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	Holland Park Fact: Many a protitute has been known to migrate into this park.
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Lurker invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: No. 10 Posts: 3,289	New Cross/New Cross Gate Fact: These two stations are actually only one place. New Cross Gate was added on the maps to (in a London Underground spokesman's words) "confuse bloody students".
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04.29.2008, 03:32 PM	#184
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	Cockfosters Fact: Place of thriving homosexual activity. "when walking in to find one of your friends has just screwed three males consecutively in one night" "JESUS CHRIST YOU REALLY ARE A COCKFOSTER AREN'T YOU"
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04.29.2008, 04:09 PM	#186
Lurker invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: No. 10 Posts: 3,289	Putney Bridge Fact: Due to a clerical error Putney Bridge wasn't built over the Thames as planned but was needlessly built two miles north of the river.
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04.29.2008, 04:13 PM	#188
Lurker invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: No. 10 Posts: 3,289	Chancery Lane Fact: Chancery Lane is a corruption of its original name 'Chance Your Eye Lane' which referred to the popular London game of taking turns to throw a knife at each others eyes from a distance of three meters.
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04.29.2008, 04:22 PM	#191
Lurker invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: No. 10 Posts: 3,289	Ah, good point that's probably why. And yeah St John's Wood and Swiss Cottage are the same. I think St John's Wood's name gives it away ie John ain't no saint.
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04.29.2008, 04:26 PM	#192
MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	Mile End. Fact: London's first Hell's Angel chapter was founded here, called "Satan's Raleigh Choppers". __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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04.29.2008, 04:41 PM	#194
Lurker invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: No. 10 Posts: 3,289	Leicester Square Fact: Commonly referred to as "Lie-chester Square" by Americans.
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04.29.2008, 04:42 PM	#195
Confucious is sex bad moon rising Join Date: May 2006 Location: Shoreditch, London, UK Posts: 183	Chalk Farm Fact: so called because primary school teachers used to breed their blackboard writing implements here during the war. __________________ If you lick someone in the ear does it get spelt 'aural' or 'oral'?
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04.29.2008, 04:43 PM	#196
Lurker invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: No. 10 Posts: 3,289	Ha! I've just noticed something. Goldhawk Road is right by Ravenscourt Park. They sure do like their bird referrences in those parts.
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04.29.2008, 04:45 PM	#197
Lurker invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: No. 10 Posts: 3,289	Victoria Fact: If you pay close attention to the architecture of the entrance to this station you will notice that it is subtley modelled on Queen Victoria's vagina.
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04.29.2008, 04:46 PM	#198
Lurker invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: No. 10 Posts: 3,289	Fuck, I've just also noticed that there are two stations called Shepherd's Bush.
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04.29.2008, 05:07 PM	#200
Lurker invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: No. 10 Posts: 3,289	South Kensington Fact: Despite having some of the highest property prices in the whole of London, no one actually lives in Kensington.
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