When you’re zooming down the road in an unfamiliar place, every once in a while you see a street sign that makes you snap your head around so hard, it gives you whiplash. Here are some that we’ve spotted in Delaware that classified as ‘things that make you go hmm.’ I apologize in advance for the puns.
- Slaughter Neck, Slaughter Beach
K. O’Connell Good thing this one is mid-way in the state. If we put this sign at the borders, maybe no one would enter!
- Savages Ditch Road, Dewey Beach
Savages Ditch / Facebook Again with the violent names! But really, this one and the first are just old Delaware family names.
- Wheel of Fortune Road, Dover
Victoria Pickering / Flickr No buying a vowel here. Wheel of Fortune refers to a historic house east of Dover.
- Bacons Road, Laurel
Kim Ahlstrom / Flickr Mmmmm. Bacon. Being in Sussex County, you might assume that this road was home to a hog farm or two, but its named after a family who settled here.
- Lamb Court, Laurel
anguskirk / flickr But your honor, I didn’t do anything baaaaaaaaad. (My daughter and I laughed WAY too hard at this one.)
- Turtle Run, Bethany Beach
squamatologist / Flickr Like jumbo shrimp, this street name is seriously funny.
- Coffee Run Lane, Wilmington
poritsky / Flickr Wawa, Panera and McDonalds are a few miles away from this street off of Route 41, for when you need that jolt of java.
- Bear Hole Road, Selbyville
Tamboku the Jaguar / Flickr As in a bear in a hole (weird because we don’t have bears here), or a bear’s, well, you know?
- Hazzard Street, Milton
Tom Simpson / Flickr We mentally picture Luke and Bo racing down this little street in Milton with Rosco and Boss Hog chasing them.
- Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington
Google Maps Just when we thought we were getting away from the violent street names…this street refers to an area that ‘cuts off’ between busy Route 202 and I-95.
- Skeeter Neck Road, Frederica
K. O’Connell This one is my favorite. Skeeter as is ‘mosquito’ and neck as in ‘a little water way or marsh.’ It pretty much sums up the summer in Delaware, especially if you drive with the windows down.
- Horsey Church Road, Delmar
Peter Burka / Flickr All those in favor of going to church today say ‘aye;’ those opposed say ’neigh.’
- Buckingham Drive, Rehoboth Beach
Wikimedia Commons Even though the famous house of British royalty is Buckingham Palace, I can’t help but conjure up thoughts of HUGE homes along this drive in Delaware.
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K. O’Connell
Good thing this one is mid-way in the state. If we put this sign at the borders, maybe no one would enter!
Savages Ditch / Facebook
Again with the violent names! But really, this one and the first are just old Delaware family names.
Victoria Pickering / Flickr
No buying a vowel here. Wheel of Fortune refers to a historic house east of Dover.
Kim Ahlstrom / Flickr
Mmmmm. Bacon. Being in Sussex County, you might assume that this road was home to a hog farm or two, but its named after a family who settled here.
anguskirk / flickr
But your honor, I didn’t do anything baaaaaaaaad. (My daughter and I laughed WAY too hard at this one.)
squamatologist / Flickr
Like jumbo shrimp, this street name is seriously funny.
poritsky / Flickr
Wawa, Panera and McDonalds are a few miles away from this street off of Route 41, for when you need that jolt of java.
Tamboku the Jaguar / Flickr
As in a bear in a hole (weird because we don’t have bears here), or a bear’s, well, you know?
Tom Simpson / Flickr
We mentally picture Luke and Bo racing down this little street in Milton with Rosco and Boss Hog chasing them.
Google Maps
Just when we thought we were getting away from the violent street names…this street refers to an area that ‘cuts off’ between busy Route 202 and I-95.
This one is my favorite. Skeeter as is ‘mosquito’ and neck as in ‘a little water way or marsh.’ It pretty much sums up the summer in Delaware, especially if you drive with the windows down.
Peter Burka / Flickr
All those in favor of going to church today say ‘aye;’ those opposed say ’neigh.’
Wikimedia Commons
Even though the famous house of British royalty is Buckingham Palace, I can’t help but conjure up thoughts of HUGE homes along this drive in Delaware.
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