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[Theophylact]

From the Caspar (Wyoming) Star Tribune:

Residents On "Obscene" Road Ask For New Name

POWELL, Wyo. (AP) - High school kids routinely steal the road signs as trophies. Pastor Bud Wells can't stand to put the road name on his church literature.

County Road 6FU southwest of Cody got its name in 1980, when Park County adopted an alpha-numeric road naming system.

It's raised many eyebrows over the years, and now a group of residents are asking county commissioners for a change.

More than 30 property owners have signed a petition asking for dual designation, or two names for the road.

''The name of this road, with its obscene overtone, has really been a thorn for me,'' resident Terry Hinkle said. ''It is probably one of the most embarrassing road names the county has in the books. There is no other road in the United States, I can assure you, that has the road name FU.''

In addition to County Road 6FU, petitioners want the road named Sheep Mountain Road, though some commissioners say that may confuse dispatchers. The county already has a Sheep Mountain Lane.

About 40 roads in Park County have two names. However, county officials say that doesn't mean they don't cause problems.

''There is no policy on how to handle road name changes of this type,'' county engineer Frank Page said. ''If we start changing road names now, we could open up a floodgate here of everyone wanting to change their road's name.''

Issues could also arise with the postal service, county dispatch, fire department, license plates, utility companies and even personal checks.

''I can't disagree that the road name is ugly obscene,'' chief information officer Mike Conners said. ''But dual designations are generally a bad idea when dealing with E-911 and dispatch. There's already a Sheep Mountain Lane and that could be very confusing in an emergency.''

Commissioners rejected a similar request in 1991, but appeared to agree something should be done this time around, asking residents to present them with a list of potential road names at a future meeting.

''The particular nomenclature of the road is problematic,'' commission chair Tim Morrison said. ''6FU has to go; it has to change.''

Here's the sign.

[Target]

So... substitute "kung" for "6"..... problem solved

[Vagabond]

some people are way to sensitive

hell the FLyer, 76rs used to play in the FUcenter.... hahahah

[Mr. Goodbytes]

If it were Kentucky, there'd be no problem. Drove to Lexington through Cincinnati only to pass towns with names like Sugartit and Beaverlick, and of course Big Bone Lick State Park. They're comfortable with being perverted, and this road in Wyoming is only vaguely connected to foul language. There's only a connection because they choose to see it.

[zen]

Originally posted by Vagabond
some people are way to sensitive

hell the FLyer, 76rs used to play in the FUcenter.... hahahah

And I used to love calling it that. Now its the wachovia center.

[Gomer]

Deal with it.

[nochay]

Pastor Bud Wells can't stand to put the road name on his church literature.

Glad it's a thorn for him. Who cares? How about the poor section of town here in vegas, where all the gang shootings go on? All the streets are named after big colleges:

Yale
Harvard
Princeton

and so on. If a murder doesn't happen on one of these streets, it is a good day.

Dane

[U-96]

Some folks need to get out more. The street in Oxford I used to live in was historically called Gropec*nt Lane. It's where the brothels were in the 17th century. Now that is obscene.