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Title: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: Perd Hapley on July 10, 2012, 03:36:05 PM
People watch a baseball game that takes place in Kansas City, Missouri. Hilarity ensues.

 http://mobile.arrowheadpride.com/2012/7/10/3148749/kansas-city-missouri-tweets
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: Tallpine on July 10, 2012, 03:56:09 PM
Show me!   :P
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: JonnyB on July 10, 2012, 04:23:14 PM
Archie Bunker failed to notice that "London" is in Ontario, too.

jb
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: Tallpine on July 10, 2012, 04:51:40 PM
Glasgow is in Montana  :lol:
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: Scout26 on July 10, 2012, 05:02:51 PM
Paris is in Illinois.
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: vaskidmark on July 10, 2012, 05:11:23 PM
Hell in in Michigan, where it belongs.

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/2456

stay safe.
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: Perd Hapley on July 10, 2012, 05:30:37 PM
Mexico: also in Missouri.

Japan: also in Missouri.

Cabool (as in Afghanistan): also in Missouri.

Paris: also in Missouri.

Florida: also in Missouri.

Not to mention Tightwad, Frankenstein, Licking, etc.
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: Nick1911 on July 10, 2012, 05:33:24 PM
Columbia
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: Jocassee on July 10, 2012, 05:36:24 PM
the town of North is in South Carolina. So is the town of Due West although no one is sure what it is due west of.
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: Perd Hapley on July 10, 2012, 05:38:13 PM
Quote from: Nick1911 on July 10, 2012, 05:33:24 PM
Columbia


I don't think that counts, since it was probably named after America, not the current nation of Columbia.
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: Nick1911 on July 10, 2012, 05:48:08 PM
Quote from: fistful on July 10, 2012, 05:38:13 PM

I don't think that counts, since it was probably named after America, not the current nation of Columbia.

Good point!
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: Larry Ashcraft on July 10, 2012, 05:48:19 PM
Colombia.
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: Nick1911 on July 10, 2012, 05:48:50 PM
Quote from: Larry Ashcraft on July 10, 2012, 05:48:19 PM
Colombia.

Beat you to it, Larry.  ;)
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: Lee on July 10, 2012, 05:58:15 PM
After reading those tweets - I'm guessing that they don't know that there is a Kansas City, Kansas as well.  Just no Royals or Chiefs there.
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: lupinus on July 10, 2012, 06:02:17 PM
Quote from: Jocassee on July 10, 2012, 05:36:24 PM
So is the town of Due West although no one is sure what it is due west of.
Not a whole hell of a lot, actually. It's not Due East, North, or South of a whole hell of a lot either if memory serves.
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: Perd Hapley on July 10, 2012, 06:04:44 PM
Quote from: Larry Ashcraft on July 10, 2012, 05:48:19 PM
Colombia.

 :facepalm: Me with multiple years of studying Spanish, grumble, grumble. If I can't speak or understand the language, I should at least be able to spell the countries correctly.


Also, I forgot about La Plata, MO, where my Dad's family used to live.
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: Jim147 on July 10, 2012, 06:38:25 PM
Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.

jim
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: wuluf on July 10, 2012, 07:35:39 PM
Las Vegas is in New Mexico, and boy the arriving tourists are confused.
Like wise Brooklyn, Iowa...
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: Angel Eyes on July 10, 2012, 07:49:19 PM
Miranda is in California.
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: cambeul41 on July 10, 2012, 08:01:54 PM
Manhattan,Kansas, Montana, and project.
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: grampster on July 10, 2012, 08:13:38 PM
Quote from: vaskidmark on July 10, 2012, 05:11:23 PM
Hell in in Michigan, where it belongs.

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/2456

stay safe.

Ahh, yes, but so is Paradise.
Paradise is an unincorporated community in Whitefish Township, Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan.
 
Paradise is on the northeastern portion of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, on the western side of Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior, about 60 miles (97 km) by road from Sault Ste. Marie and about 55 miles (89 km) north of the Mackinac Bridge.  Founded in 1925, Paradise is surrounded by state and national forests and its main business is tourism. It is considered one of two gateways to the Tahquamenon Falls area and Tahquamenon Falls State Park. (The other gateway is Newberry, about 40 miles (64 km) to the southwest.) The area draws hunters, fishers, campers, backpackers, snowmobilers and birdwatchers. The region harvests blueberries and cranberries in season. Lake Superior shipping lanes are several miles off shore. The Paradise post office opened May 1, 1947.[3]
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: Perd Hapley on July 10, 2012, 08:20:42 PM
Quote from: wuluf on July 10, 2012, 07:35:39 PM
Las Vegas is in New Mexico, and boy the arriving tourists are confused.
Like wise Brooklyn, Iowa...

Brooklyn, Illinois.
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: MillCreek on July 10, 2012, 08:36:05 PM
Humptulips is in Washington.
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: Hawkmoon on July 10, 2012, 09:32:00 PM
Quote from: scout26 on July 10, 2012, 05:02:51 PM
Paris is in Illinois.

Also in Maine. And, in a sort of dog-bites-man reversal, Peru and Norway are also in Maine.

Maine also has:

New tourism slogan: "See the world -- Visit Maine!
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: Perd Hapley on July 10, 2012, 10:26:59 PM
The Mainers aren't very original, are they?

Also, here's a list of places called Springfield, world-wide. Note that Wisconsin has, like, five.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: Brad Johnson on July 10, 2012, 10:41:38 PM
Tokyo, Texas.

Brad
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: never_retreat on July 10, 2012, 10:49:54 PM
New Jersey has six towns named for the father of our country Washington. One changed is name a few years ago.

In New Jersey, Washington can lay claim to another first. He’s number one in names selected for the state’s 566 municipalities. Bergen, Burlington, Gloucester, Morris and Warren counties all have a Washington Township. Warren also has a Washington Borough surrounded—naturally—by Washington Township. The largest is Gloucester County’s Washington, with 52,096 people; the smallest is the Washington in Burlington, with a population of 649. New Jersey had a sixth Washington Township in Mercer County until 2008, when voters there approved a name change to Robbinsville.
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: makattak on July 10, 2012, 11:05:11 PM
Illinois has plenty of such cities.

Carthage
Paris
Cuba
Canton
Metropolis
Rome
Etc...

My two favorites, though: Athens, pronounced "Ay-thins" and San Jose, pronounced, you guessed it, "San Joes."
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: Perd Hapley on July 10, 2012, 11:20:31 PM
Don't you all have a Versailles, as well?

Well, I'll be. According to the internet, MO and IL both have a Versailles. I suspect they are both pronounced vur-sales.
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: Jim147 on July 11, 2012, 12:26:57 AM
I thought we were talking about Kansas and Missouri?

jim
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: freakazoid on July 11, 2012, 01:13:30 AM
Quote from: Jim147 on July 11, 2012, 12:26:57 AM
I thought we were talking about Kansas and Missouri?

jim

Whatever gave you that cockamamie idea?
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: Jim147 on July 11, 2012, 01:23:59 AM
Come on Toto, we're going home.

jim
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: griz on July 11, 2012, 08:45:58 AM
Paris is also in Virginia.  Nashville is in North Carolina.
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: cosine on July 11, 2012, 09:16:18 AM
Rome (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome,_Adams_County,_Wisconsin) is in Wisconsin.
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: Jamisjockey on July 11, 2012, 10:36:44 AM
Snort.

Happy is in Texas
Paradise is in Texas
Comfort is in Texas
And...drum roll please....
Bacon, is in Texas.Bow, minions. Bow before me.


Quote
Need to be cheered up?

Happy, Texas 79042
Pep, Texas 79353
Smiley, Texas 78159
Paradise, Texas 76073
Rainbow, Texas 76077
Sweet Home, Texas 77987
Comfort, Texas 78013
Friendship, Texas 76530

Love the Sun?

Sun City, Texas 78628
Sunrise, Texas 76661
Sunset, Texas 76270
Sundown, Texas 79372
Sunray, Texas 79086
Sunny Side, Texas 77423

Want something to eat?

Bacon, Texas 76301
Noodle, Texas 79536
Oatmeal, Texas 78605
Turkey, Texas 79261
Trout, Texas 75789
Sugar Land, Texas 77479
Salty, Texas 76567
Rice, Texas 75155
And top it off with:
Sweetwater, Texas 79556

Why travel to other cities? Texas has them all!
Atlanta, Texas 75551
Buffalo, Texas 75831
Detroit, Texas 75436
Colorado City, Texas 79512
Denver City, Texas 79323
Klondike, Texas 75448
Nevada, Texas 75173
Memphis, Texas 79245
Miami, Texas 79059
Boston, Texas 75570
Santa Fe, Texas 77517
Tennessee Colony, Texas 75861
Reno, Texas 75462

Feel like traveling outside the country? Don’t bother buying a plane
ticket!

Athens, Texas 75751
Canadian, Texas 79014
China, Texas 77613
Dublin, Texas 76446
Egypt, Texas 77436
Ireland, Texas 76538
Turkey, Texas 79261
London, Texas 76854
New London, Texas 75682
Paris, Texas 75460

No need to travel to Washington D.C.
Whitehouse, Texas 75791

We even have a city named after our planet!
Earth, Texas 79031

And even another planet:
Venus, Texas 76084

And a city named after our State!
Texas City, Texas 77590

Exhausted?
Energy, Texas 76452

Cold?
Blanket, Texas 76432
Winters, Texas

Like to read about History?
Santa Ana, Texas
Goliad, Texas
Alamo, Texas
Gun Barrel City, Texas
Robert Lee, Texas

Need Office Supplies?
Staples, Texas 78670

You guessed it… it’s on the state line:
Texline, Texas 79087

For the kids…

Kermit, Texas 79745
Elmo, Texas 75118
Nemo, Texas 76070
Tarzan, Texas 79783
Winnie, Texas 77665
Sylvester, Texas 79560

Other city names in Texas to make you smile…

Frognot, Texas 75424
Bigfoot, Texas 78005
Hogeye, Texas 75423
Cactus, Te xas 79013
Notrees, Texas 79759
Best, Texas 76932
Veribest, Texas 76886
Kickapoo, Texas 75763
Dime Box, Texas 77853
Old Dime Box, Texas 77853
Telephone, Texas 75488
Telegraph, Texas 76883
Whiteface, Texas 79379
Twitty, Texas 79079

And last but not least, the Anti-Al Gore City
Kilgore, Texas 75662

And our favorites…

Cut n Shoot, Texas
Gun Barrell City, Texas
Hoop And Holler, Texas
Ding Dong, Texas
Muleshoe, Texas

Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: MechAg94 on July 11, 2012, 10:44:11 AM
For you Ohio people, I grew up near Columbus,TX.  I think there are near a dozen Columbus towns in the country.

Texas will always have Paris!
(https://armedpolitesociety.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgrannygeek.us%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2007%2F05%2Fparis-texas1.jpg&hash=5eb5beaf13f781da4b14f2fe3215db0259777f1a)
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: seeker_two on July 11, 2012, 11:06:25 AM
And don't forget Utopia....it's in Texas, too....me & Robert Duvall have been there....  =D
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: Perd Hapley on July 11, 2012, 11:51:55 AM
Also in Texas, Texans.   ;/  :P

Besides, Jamis, your list is disqualified. Turkey is listed twice. :police:
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: Jamisjockey on July 11, 2012, 12:22:20 PM
Quote from: fistful on July 11, 2012, 11:51:55 AM
Also in Texas, Texans.   ;/  :P

Besides, Jamis, your list is disqualified. Turkey is listed twice. :police:

Gun Barrell is, too.
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: Perd Hapley on July 11, 2012, 12:54:51 PM
Whatever Texan made the list spelled it differently each time. Texans.  ;/
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: Harold Tuttle on July 11, 2012, 05:32:57 PM
Jersey Shore is in PA
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: Angel Eyes on July 11, 2012, 05:35:13 PM
Quote from: Harold Tuttle on July 11, 2012, 05:32:57 PM
Jersey Shore is in PA

So is California.
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: MechAg94 on July 11, 2012, 08:13:40 PM
Quote from: fistful on July 11, 2012, 12:54:51 PM
Whatever Texan made the list spelled it differently each time. Texans.  ;/
Whatever Texican made the list spelled it differently each time. Texicans.  ;/
Title: Re: Since when is Kansas City in Missouri?
Post by: Hutch on July 11, 2012, 08:20:35 PM
Arkansas has Toad Suck and Possum Grape.