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Did they make the finals?coke wrote:
worlds 2nd oldest professional football team (Stoke City)
Rum and thats about it.
My town is famous for....
Nightlife
Shopping
Muay Thai Kickboxing
Transsexuals (look at the pouch)
4 dollar Rolex's (Real ones cost 5 dollars)
oh and miss universe 2005, Natalie Glebova (she's a lot hotter in real life)
Nightlife
Shopping
Muay Thai Kickboxing
Transsexuals (look at the pouch)
4 dollar Rolex's (Real ones cost 5 dollars)
oh and miss universe 2005, Natalie Glebova (she's a lot hotter in real life)
Lexington, KY:
Largest Peanut Butter Factory in the world.
The NCAA's Men Basketball team that has won the most games ever. Go Cats
Man O' War, the famous race horse who is buried at the Kentucky Horse Park. Horses are a big deal here, we are known as the Horse Capitol of the World.
Famous people:
David Akers
George Clooney
Jefferson Davis
Ashley Judd
Brian Littrell
John Hunt Morgan
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Austin Kerns
Mary Todd Lincoln
Heather French
I can not forget Henry Earl. Rumored to be the person with the longest arrest record.
Edit: Forgot Henry Clay.
Edit 2: Famous People from my state
Largest Peanut Butter Factory in the world.
The NCAA's Men Basketball team that has won the most games ever. Go Cats
Man O' War, the famous race horse who is buried at the Kentucky Horse Park. Horses are a big deal here, we are known as the Horse Capitol of the World.
Famous people:
David Akers
George Clooney
Jefferson Davis
Ashley Judd
Brian Littrell
John Hunt Morgan
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Austin Kerns
Mary Todd Lincoln
Heather French
I can not forget Henry Earl. Rumored to be the person with the longest arrest record.
Edit: Forgot Henry Clay.
Edit 2: Famous People from my state
Last edited by dubbs (2007-03-07 02:40:34)
My town is famous for....
Me?!....
joke, um i guess, my town was near operation Market Garden
Me?!....
joke, um i guess, my town was near operation Market Garden
a duck.... the aylesbury duck .... i know random
My town is famous for being a semi-park, which is burnt from time to time.
The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman
~ Richard Feynman
Uhm...birthplace of the Ball Corporation (Ball Jars), and Jim Davis was born here (Garfield).
Oh and and Armed and Famous was filled here.
Oh and and Armed and Famous was filled here.
Last edited by Goven (2007-03-07 03:55:42)
Birthplace of Adam Smith, Linoleum, Templehall Tavern
omg Ess, i used to drink in that pub.
prefered the chapel tavern though, easier for me to roll down the hill home rather than stotter uphill.
small planet or what!
prefered the chapel tavern though, easier for me to roll down the hill home rather than stotter uphill.
small planet or what!
Famous People:
Colin Farrell
Bono
James Joyce
Bram Stoker
Oscar Wilde
Jonathan Swift
Samuel Beckett
George Bernard Shaw
William Butler Yeats
Patrick Pearse
Gabriel Byrne
Bob Geldof
Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy)
Larry Mullen
Sinéad O' Connor
Veronica Guerin
Brendan Behan
Stephen Roche (winner of Tour de France)
Francis Bacon
Enya
Lisa Stansfield
Damon Hill (F1)
Eddie Irvine (F1)
Pádraig Harrington (Golf)
Brian O'Driscoll (Rugby)
Chris DeBurgh
Miss World 2005 Rosanna Davison
Famous for:
More pubs than you can possible imagine, including 'The Brazen Head' established in 1198 (!!!!!!!).
St. James' Gate Brewery, home of Guinness.
St. Patrick's Day Festival.
Youngest population in Europe.
The Battle of Clontarf.
The Vikings.
Bloody Sunday Massacre 1920.
14th most expensive city in the world (2004, higher now I'd say).
The Millennium Spire - the world's tallest sculpture.
Abysmal traffic.
Final resting place of St. Valentine.
Bloomsday celebrations (based on the novel Ulysses).
Easter 1916 Uprising.
Colin Farrell
Bono
James Joyce
Bram Stoker
Oscar Wilde
Jonathan Swift
Samuel Beckett
George Bernard Shaw
William Butler Yeats
Patrick Pearse
Gabriel Byrne
Bob Geldof
Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy)
Larry Mullen
Sinéad O' Connor
Veronica Guerin
Brendan Behan
Stephen Roche (winner of Tour de France)
Francis Bacon
Enya
Lisa Stansfield
Damon Hill (F1)
Eddie Irvine (F1)
Pádraig Harrington (Golf)
Brian O'Driscoll (Rugby)
Chris DeBurgh
Miss World 2005 Rosanna Davison
Famous for:
More pubs than you can possible imagine, including 'The Brazen Head' established in 1198 (!!!!!!!).
St. James' Gate Brewery, home of Guinness.
St. Patrick's Day Festival.
Youngest population in Europe.
The Battle of Clontarf.
The Vikings.
Bloody Sunday Massacre 1920.
14th most expensive city in the world (2004, higher now I'd say).
The Millennium Spire - the world's tallest sculpture.
Abysmal traffic.
Final resting place of St. Valentine.
Bloomsday celebrations (based on the novel Ulysses).
Easter 1916 Uprising.
Last edited by CameronPoe (2007-03-07 06:24:24)
Micrsoft, Boeing, and the Space Beedle.
Last edited by Defiance (2007-03-07 06:23:21)
I thought he said "town""? Half that list is Dublin alright, the rest ya can sing for. They may have spent time here but that's not the question. Some village in Mayo could claim half those people passed through but they don't.CameronPoe wrote:
Famous People:
Colin Farrell
Bono
James Joyce
Bram Stoker
Oscar Wilde
Jonathan Swift
Samuel Beckett
George Bernard Shaw
William Butler Yeats
Patrick Pearse
Gabriel Byrne
Bob Geldof
Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy)
Larry Mullen
Sinéad O' Connor
Veronica Guerin
Brendan Behan
Stephen Roche (winner of Tour de France)
Francis Bacon
Enya
Lisa Stansfield
Damon Hill (F1)
Eddie Irvine (F1)
Pádraig Harrington (Golf)
Brian O'Driscoll (Rugby)
Chris DeBurgh
Miss World 2005 Rosanna Davison
Famous for:
More pubs than you can possible imagine, including 'The Brazen Head' established in 1198 (!!!!!!!).
St. James' Gate Brewery, home of Guinness.
St. Patrick's Day Festival.
Youngest population in Europe.
The Battle of Clontarf.
The Vikings.
Bloody Sunday Massacre 1920.
14th most expensive city in the world (2004, higher now I'd say).
The Millennium Spire - the world's tallest sculpture.
Abysmal traffic.
Final resting place of St. Valentine.
Bloomsday celebrations (based on the novel Ulysses).
Easter 1916 Uprising.
The sears tower
Pizza
Hot Dogs
86 chicago Bears THE greatest football [American] team EVER!!!!!
Walter paton
Michael Jordan
Bean? [Google "the bean, chicago"]
south side Irish parade
and several other things.......
Pizza
Hot Dogs
86 chicago Bears THE greatest football [American] team EVER!!!!!
Walter paton
Michael Jordan
Bean? [Google "the bean, chicago"]
south side Irish parade
and several other things.......
Exeter, NH Population 14,000
We own(ed) a copy of the declaration of independence.
The republican party was founded here by Amos Tuck (doesn't mean i am one).
The Powder House, a famous landmark which held munitions used in the Battle of Bunker Hill and the War of 1812.
Home of Dan Brown (Da Vinci Code Angels and Demons etc.)
Phillips Exeter Academy Endowed Exeter with $706 million the second-highest endowment of any American secondary school.
Also the Class of 1945 Library the largest secondary-school library in the world.
Also the Exeter/Andover rivalry the oldest high school rivalry in the country.
Exeter's seal was designed by Paul Revere.
Abraham Lincoln stayed here while visiting his son who attended Phillips.
We own(ed) a copy of the declaration of independence.
The republican party was founded here by Amos Tuck (doesn't mean i am one).
The Powder House, a famous landmark which held munitions used in the Battle of Bunker Hill and the War of 1812.
Home of Dan Brown (Da Vinci Code Angels and Demons etc.)
Phillips Exeter Academy Endowed Exeter with $706 million the second-highest endowment of any American secondary school.
Also the Class of 1945 Library the largest secondary-school library in the world.
Also the Exeter/Andover rivalry the oldest high school rivalry in the country.
Exeter's seal was designed by Paul Revere.
Abraham Lincoln stayed here while visiting his son who attended Phillips.
Sexy Grandmas
Bavarian Festival, Chicken Dinners and Bronner's. if you don't know it's Frankenmuth, Michigan
Well I live in Howell, MI
I don't like it but my town is famous for being the national headquarters for the KKK. I don't think it is anymore though. I know so little about it because I would rather not know and sepperate myself as far as I can from it.
Seriously... how can a christian treat another person like the blacks were treated? Anyway... that's for another thread.
hate&discontent, I know!!!
I don't like it but my town is famous for being the national headquarters for the KKK. I don't think it is anymore though. I know so little about it because I would rather not know and sepperate myself as far as I can from it.
Seriously... how can a christian treat another person like the blacks were treated? Anyway... that's for another thread.
hate&discontent, I know!!!
Last edited by spacebandit72 (2007-03-07 13:49:34)
Montreal... Famous for the Montreal Canadiens (or the Habs), one of the best known hockey team of all time. Also it's smoke meat sandwich (I don't like, personaly).
The Montreal Jazz Festival
The Arcade Fire
Cirque du Soleil
Leonard Cohen
Elisha Cuthbert
Oliver Jones
Mario Lemieux
William Shatner lol
I heard that the sex clubs (or sex scene) is well known, but I can't confirm.
The Montreal Jazz Festival
The Arcade Fire
Cirque du Soleil
Leonard Cohen
Elisha Cuthbert
Oliver Jones
Mario Lemieux
William Shatner lol
I heard that the sex clubs (or sex scene) is well known, but I can't confirm.
Last edited by Soldier-Of-Wasteland (2007-03-07 17:41:42)
World largest outdoor rodeo Cheyenne Frontier Days beat that. If you want to get detailed my home state is home to the first national park Yellowstone. First National Monument Devils Tower. Inventor of the light bulb Tomas Edison found the filament while fishing here. Home of the great Country Singer Chris Ledoux.
Last edited by travisb05 (2007-03-07 17:39:59)
Scott Peterson case incident (happened right in my small town)
Most auto theft in the country
George Lucas was born and raised here (went to a nearby high school)
American Graffitti is based off our town
Most auto theft in the country
George Lucas was born and raised here (went to a nearby high school)
American Graffitti is based off our town
Last edited by Fuzzball_the_Shooter (2007-03-07 18:15:08)
umm... huge freakin bagels
we hold the record for largest bagel ever cooked i believe
we hold a celebration called bagelfest lol
oops also forgot we also have one of the highest baseball/softball fields per capita ratios in the country... i swear to god we might be the teenage softball capital of the world... everywhere you look there is a softball field!
we hold the record for largest bagel ever cooked i believe
we hold a celebration called bagelfest lol
oops also forgot we also have one of the highest baseball/softball fields per capita ratios in the country... i swear to god we might be the teenage softball capital of the world... everywhere you look there is a softball field!
Last edited by younggun (2007-03-07 18:54:57)