I once pushed a canal boat overland to a curly man named Chorlton-cum-Hardy.
He refused to pay for my services, so I named the boat after him.
All these years later, I’m just sitting on my HMS Charlton-Came-Hardly and wondering why strangers keep taking pictures of me sealing the rotting creamy beams.
Yeah, a place called Man-chester doesn’t exist, and if it did… I’m certain it would be a silly place.
Manchester is Roman for “Boob fortress”.
You’re right and I’d bet the people there would have silly names like ‘Burn Ham’.
Ham, London - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ham,_London
Bacon, mind you
Oh it exists but only certain bits of it are silly. Like Chorlton-cum-Hardy.
I once pushed a canal boat overland to a curly man named Chorlton-cum-Hardy.
He refused to pay for my services, so I named the boat after him.
All these years later, I’m just sitting on my HMS Charlton-Came-Hardly and wondering why strangers keep taking pictures of me sealing the rotting creamy beams.
Well yes, quite
Good name you have there. Chipworthy, some spuds may say.