October 02 2010
Topmost Mottoes
What happens when Iron Knob meets Mount Disappointment? Simple – you bear some magnificent tourism mottos, and none better than this Top Ten. While a few hamlets, like Burpengary and Burrumbuttock bottomed out, we did delight in Dildo as double, plus a smatter of North American gems. So in order of receipt, let’s toast these sloganeers:
Hooker, Oklahoma – “The world’s oldest town.” [Mr X]
Poowong, Vic – “You’re standing in it” [Mr X]
Accident, Maryland- “A great place to crash for the night” [SK]
Come By Chance, NSW – Home of the whorehouse lottery [PRS]
Dildo: You can pack a lot in to a holiday here. [JD]
Iron Knob: You can’t beat it [xobhcnul]
Dildo, NL – More than it’s cracked up to be [PRS]
Useless Loop: Purveyors of wedding rings to Zsa Zsa Gabor [Mauve]
Embarrass: Come and paint the town red(…der) [Mauve]
Hell: Where the bloody heaven are you? [Mauve]
Kudos to Mauve on a golden comeback, plus a reputable (and shared) silver for PRS and Mr X, with our latest debutante, the retro-epicure in xobhcnul, scoring an auspicious mention. First-rate copywriting, Stormers. Look forward to our next creative tussle.
Comments
John Flaus — 16 October at 05:59PM
Your cryptic in the AGE today (16/10/10)
1 ac: Edinburgh a "British" city !!! So Belfast is too?
6 ac: To "get it" is to infer rather than imply - or
is that not the solution?
I'm the bloke who got the "pull the cord at Redfern"
reference at the Wheeeler event; being an old East Sydney boy I think of the Resch's product when I see "DA".
DA — 17 October at 08:55AM
Gday John, and welcome to the site. As a former Reschs drinker, I remember my days in Ultimo - learning to be a journo and/or poet - very fondly.
As for your crossword comments, I'm reluctant to debate the merits or flaws of the latest DA serving, as that could fast reduce this domain to a private bunfight. I hope you can see that.
Thankfully the great mob at DA Trippers - http://datrippers.com/ - provides that sort of forum. Cheers.