Mousehold Heath, Norfolk, England Superthread

[Axver]

Now I have to take down the Christmas tree.

But it's not the 6th of January yet!

 

[Reggo]

There's 9576 asteroids, at least ONE of those has to have a funny name, no?

 

[Slopsy]

But it's not the 6th of January yet!

Dad's idea, not mine!
Plus it's dying and moulting needles everywhere

 

[Axver]

Haven't some asteroids been named after musicians and things?

Dad's idea, not mine!
Plus it's dying and moulting needles everywhere

I can't talk; I couldn't be bothered even getting out my tree this year.

 

[Reggo]

So far:

(525) Adelaide
(1404) Ajax
(1296) Andree
(265) Anna
(18610) Arthurdent
(6752) Ashley
(9780) Bandersnatch

 

[Axver]

(18610) Arthurdent

NO WAY. That's awesome!

 

[Axver]

Let's go here:

It's Rockall, an "island" in the Atlantic Ocean that Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, and the UK all claim.

 

[bono_man2002]

It's Rockall, an "island" in the Atlantic Ocean that Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, and the UK all claim.

Why can't U2 play here? Those seagulls look angry they haven't got a u2 gig yet!

 

[Axver]

Why can't U2 play here? Those seagulls look angry they haven't got a u2 gig yet!

Build a museum or art gallery there and I'm pretty sure U2 will dutifully oblige.

 

[bono_man2002]

Build a museum or art gallery there and I'm pretty sure U2 will dutifully oblige.

true, and well played. oh fuck it, now I have to get back in the groove of buying lunch everyday

 

[Axver]

Haha, the most northerly point of land on earth is not in fact Greenland, but a small off-shore island called Coffee Club Island! Named after the coffee club at Copenhagen's museum of mineralogy.

 

[Reggo]

(8768) Barnowl
(8749) Beatles
(15092) Beegees
(1896) Beer
(4026) Beet
(1815) Beethoven
(716) Berkeley
(5683) Bifukumonin (By fuck, you moanin'?)
(2829) Bobhope
(6641) Bobross
(15495) Bogie
(14965) Bonk
(5947) Bonnie
(361) Bononia
(1543) Bourgeois
(6179) Brett
(18125) Brianwilson

 

[Axver]

HOORAY FOR (1896) BEER!

And continuing from my last post, speaking of northernmost points - the northernmost point of Wales is an island called Middle Mouse!

 

[Reggo]

(2906) Caltech
(4121) Carlin
(19521) Chaos
(3623) Chaplin
(543) Charlotte
(6042) Cheshirecat
(9365) Chinesewilson (WTF?)
(11356) Chuckjones
(4305) Clapton
(9164) Colbert
(7016) Conandoyle
(7644) Cslewis

 

[Reggo]

(2589) Daniel
(1419) Danzig
(4340) Dence
(17269) Dicksmith
(3552) Don Quixote

I give up. Asteroids are not that lulzy.
Asteroid Name List

 

[Reggo]

Stars aren't that lulzy either.
Star List
Neither are exoplanets
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extrasolar_planets
Planetary nebulae has some potential
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_planetary_nebulae

 

[Slopsy]

Old people. Should not. Be allowed. TO DRIVE.

 

[Reggo]

I'm gonna go grab some lunch

 

[Slopsy]

Haha, the most northerly point of land on earth is not in fact Greenland, but a small off-shore island called Coffee Club Island! Named after the coffee club at Copenhagen's museum of mineralogy.

Oooh, how lovely!

 

[Axver]

Somehow I think not even we are audacious enough to go here: ****** Head - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

What a shock that it's in Queensland.

Planetary nebulae has some potential
List of planetary nebulae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hah, that it does. Ghost of Jupiter! I like it.

 

[Slopsy]

Somehow I think not even we are audacious enough to go here: ****** Head - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I still have a hard time believing some of these places exist!

 

[Axver]

I still have a hard time believing some of these places exist!

I'd have a hard time believing it under normal circumstances ... but it's in Queensland, so it seems entirely par for the course!

 

[Slopsy]

Queensland people, in the words of Bill Bryson: "madder than cut snakes".

 

[Axver]

Remember how we went to Zzyzx, aka "Buy a vowel"?

Let's do a "Buy a consonant" thread: Eiao - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

(Or alternatively, "Fuck U".)

 

[Slopsy]

Shellow Bowells - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, guys. Shellow Bowells.

 

[Axver]

How had I not heard of Shellow Bowells before!

 

[Slopsy]

Spital-in-the-Street - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hygienic!

 

[Axver]

So, we've been to Ball's Pyramid ...

And I earlier pointed us towards Rockall:

We should do a full-blown tour of random rocks poking out of otherwise featureless ocean and hit up Lot's Wife:

(Best part? It's owned by Japan and administered as part of the TOKYO METROPOLIS.)

 

[Slopsy]

(Best part? It's owned by Japan and administered as part of the TOKYO METROPOLIS.)

No way.

 

[Slopsy]

In Dorset, there used to be a place called the Lower Pleasure Gardens. But after a while, they dropped the "lower". Now it's just the Pleasure Gardens.