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Funny Names
6851. Elmo Zumwalt
Former U.S. Senatorial candidate and youngest man ever to serve as U.S. Chief of Naval Operations. See also People, Politics.
Funny Places
6852. Bandar Seri Begawan
Capital of the country of Brunei. When spoken, the city's name has multiple instances of alliteration and assonance.
Funny Quotes
6853. "Ice cream is not sexy. It's not wiggly and jiggly."
Utah Senator Gene Davis, upon naming Jell-O as the state's official snack. See also Food, Mormons.
Funny Words
6854. Defenestration
A noun meaning the throwing of a person or thing out a window. See also Violence.
Funny Foods
6855. Kartoffel
The German word for "potato." Just to illustrate how much funnier this language is than English, consider that "Herr Kartoffelkopf" is German for "Mr. Potato Head." See also Fictional, German.
Funny Instruments
6856. Didgeridoo Shop
An Australian instrument that, in the wrong hands, sounds like a bumblebee with a hangover.
Funny Words
6857. Bugle Shop
Plosives and short, open vowels make this word a winner. It's best if you picture it being played by a funny animal, like a llama or a pelican.
Funny Words
6858. Blunderbuss
A short, wide-barreled musket. In the original Dutch it was donderbus, 'thunder-box', but the name was altered owing to its tendency to explode in peoples' faces. See also Old-Timey, Weapons.