Name That Road
Whenever the army go anywhere they rename the road system.
It makes sense really. You move into a war torn country and road signs are likely to be lacking somewhat.
So the nice chappies in the Royal Military Police take along a lot of signs with little symbols on them and rename the roads. You can sometimes see the signs on roads around the UK if there's been a major exercise.
In Bosnia we had Route Gull (which was my favourite and more on that another day), Route Square and Route Diamond. There were a host of others that I can't remember now.
So my question is this. If you could rename a road in this country what would you call it and why?
It makes sense really. You move into a war torn country and road signs are likely to be lacking somewhat.
So the nice chappies in the Royal Military Police take along a lot of signs with little symbols on them and rename the roads. You can sometimes see the signs on roads around the UK if there's been a major exercise.
In Bosnia we had Route Gull (which was my favourite and more on that another day), Route Square and Route Diamond. There were a host of others that I can't remember now.
So my question is this. If you could rename a road in this country what would you call it and why?
fired down the range by DC at 9:03 am
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The M25
Long Term Car Park
Aww, US, Angry stole my joke...
I did read a bit of scifi once that claimed the M25 was actually designed by the devil as an unholy prayer wheel. Each time you went on it, you where saying a prayer for the devil. Seemed appropriate to me...
A40, highway to hell.
Must stop changing the clocks around the plain ;-p Can see it ending in pain for me.
Didn't Terry Pratchett write that the M25 was really a Moebius strip?
I think it was in his & Neil Gaiman's variation of the book of revelations.
I'd rename the main road through Gretna Green as 'The Road to the Aisle' ;-), probably sung by Sir Harry Lauder?
There used to be a little house in Epsom named Chateau Ethel which always made me laugh so I'd choose route Fred - after my Dad.
John Cleese Walk 'd be good....or not
er...I'm 'avin t'think 'ere. This is not good...
Green Day Boulevard?
no....sorry...need more beer first
The Fan Dance AKA A breeze for Walters.
I don't drive! Must learn to though just so I may participate....
Wrong Way
Road to Nowhere
Oh, and Avenue One (no thanks, I prefer my old one!)
Downing Street should be - in fact, is - Route Arsehole. Named for the people who live there.
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Man, everyone else is so political.
I name this road the Katy Newton Arc de Triomphe!
But I suppose "Katy Newton Lane" would do.
"Welcome to Europe" Street
"Turn back. Labour" Avenue
"Pot Hole" Road
"Traffic this way" Road (one way)
"Your Sat Nav isn't working" Road (by the White cliffs of Dover)
What would you name the roads here.
Yay, I've finally thought of one.
I would rename the main road that runs past the bottom of Box Hill, which is in fact the A24, The Wheelie Straight Road, because as anyone who goes there knows, in the summer especially, on any Sunday, the wheelie-posers are out in large numbers on this stretch of road.
...And I've been thinking and talking about this question for the last 24 hours, and got a few other people thinking too, so thanks for posing it.
Road Basra...For all the bulshit going on in Iraq.
I don't know so much about road names, but while I was driving in Germany there was a place pointed to on prety much every autobahn. Must have been very popular. It was a place apparently called "Ausfart." Couldn't find it on any map, though. Strange that.
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