Topic: A surreal sight, seen while traveling in the midwest earlier in the week

[Kong]

I had to take a long drive in the truck earlier in the week to pick up a large item we bought on E-Bay. It was a 750 mile trip, one way.

While out on the road I passed a place-marker sign, you know, the kind that say something like "Mississippi River" to tell you what the name of something is that you are passing by.  The sign said "No name creek".  And I thought in a flash, what an absurd and paradoxical name, by calling the creek "No Name Creek" you have given it a name.  That however was not the surreal part of it.  "No name creek" did in fact have a name but there was no creek there.  It was dead flat for miles and there wasn't a creek in sight.

[cb650]

There is a exit in glenwood canyon called no name.

[gmonkey]

A drive between new england and IL I used to make regularly would take me past a place on the side of a rural highway with a big sign:  FIREWORKS AND KARATE SUPPLIES.  F-ing awesome.

[Damfino]

I'm more interested in what you bought off of eBay that reqiured a truck and a 750 mile, one-way drive!  

Was it a circus animal? 

[Kong]

I'm more interested in what you bought off of eBay that reqiured a truck and a 750 mile, one-way drive!  

Was it a circus animal? 

Nope, Mommy won't let me have a Zebra.

We bought a very large (568 pounds) cast iron wood-burning stove for my son.  The particular model cost a little over $3,000 new and we got one for $1,200.  So it was worth the 24 hour drive and $250 worth of diesel (F-250 PowerStroke) to go get it.