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New neon mural lights up Uranus
MSN.com ^ | September 29, 2021 | Dan Lake

Posted on 09/29/2021 6:23:43 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat

The mayor of a US town named Uranus has unveiled a new neon mural wall celebrating its location on Route 66.

Located in Missouri, the unincorporated town has a population of 25.

The neon light installation measures 6m high and 16m wide.

It features icons from towns also located on Route 66 including the Blue Swallow Motel in New Mexico, Cadillac Ranch in Texas and the Blue Whale of Catoosa in Oklahoma....

Other popular attractions in the town include the Fudge Factory and the General Store, but Mayor Baker said there's more work to be done and the town will "continue expanding Uranus".

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Humor; Local News; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: anus; astronomy; missouri; route66; science; uranus
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To: CheshireTheCat

21 posted on 09/29/2021 7:08:55 PM PDT by algore ( )
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To: CheshireTheCat

I am so juvenile.


22 posted on 09/29/2021 7:19:42 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: sevlex

Well...

THERE ya go! Just build some mock Klingon ships and park a few, uh, “in orbit” around the place.

Hit up the Chamber of Commerce:
Uranus! Now with Klingons!


23 posted on 09/29/2021 7:22:06 PM PDT by HKMk23 (LORD, HASTE THE DAY...!)
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To: CheshireTheCat

In 1982, my family and I went to the World’s Fair in Knoxville. We were camping in Gatlinburg, which wasn’t touristy at all. Driving through Pigeon Forge, there was nothing there except a couple of mom and pop motels and a few restaurants. It was one lane in each direction. My sister and I were walking down the main drag in the early evening. There were 2 men making and selling pork rinds in a 55 gallon drum on the side of the road. They were tasty.

A few years later, I saw a Dolly Parton ad on TV in NY about one of the hotels that was coming to Pigeon Forge. And now, 40 years later it is a huge tourist destination. The same thing could happen to Uranus, MO.


24 posted on 09/29/2021 7:26:27 PM PDT by Betty Jane
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To: Joe 6-pack

What about the dingleberry jelly?


25 posted on 09/29/2021 7:29:33 PM PDT by OSHA
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To: CheshireTheCat

I sure Shep Smith an Don Lemon are eagerly planning an in depth story on the innovative moves Uranus is making.


26 posted on 09/29/2021 7:29:41 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (They would have abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
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To: Responsibility2nd

The local football team is called the Packers.


27 posted on 09/29/2021 7:31:46 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Comitia asinorum et rhinocerum delenda sunt.)
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To: CheshireTheCat

This board is at its best when discussing this planet


28 posted on 09/29/2021 7:42:48 PM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: CheshireTheCat

I pictured a rainbow circle.


29 posted on 09/29/2021 8:02:29 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U
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To: Don W
When I was a kid, Powderville, Montana, had a population of 1. I don't know what its current population is, but I remember reading that there was a billboard there to this effect:

"Welcome to Powderville
Mayor: Joe Hodges
Police Chief: Joe Hodges
Fire Chief: Joe Hodges
Drive safely--the life you save may be Joe's"

30 posted on 09/29/2021 8:07:06 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Joe 6-pack

They also need a good old fashioned paper mill to open there that constantly emits the smell of rotten cabbage.


31 posted on 09/29/2021 8:23:07 PM PDT by Clarancebeaks
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To: CheshireTheCat

I have a feeling that Uranus was not a contentious choice... as there weren’t any other towns seeking that name. Not sure that was a win, though.


32 posted on 09/29/2021 8:24:33 PM PDT by Richard Axtell (As if.)
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To: Verginius Rufus

That is inspired.


33 posted on 09/29/2021 8:30:33 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Lurker; CheshireTheCat
"...I love small town kitsch..."

Heh, me too. My favorite was "Regina: The Town That Rhymes With Fun":

"Oh! And that's why Regina rhymes with fun."

34 posted on 09/29/2021 8:44:31 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: CheshireTheCat

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=uranus+fudge+factory+signs&t=hx&va=g&iax=images&ia=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FMbnBzi0-9_c%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg


35 posted on 09/29/2021 10:07:00 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: Don W

FYI, Teterboro, NJ is of a similar scale in terms of actual resident population. Every adult works for the local government in one or more roles or is related to or lives with same. Everybody rents, nobody owns. Strange but true


36 posted on 09/29/2021 11:21:06 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: Clay Moore
Teacher: "And where do you live, Billy?"

Billy: "I live in Uranus."

37 posted on 09/29/2021 11:36:32 PM PDT by JaguarXKE (Liberalism is a cancer on our nation.)
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To: CheshireTheCat

Just imagine the conversation with visitors.

No thanks. Wouldn’t want to live in nor around Uranus.

What’s the rural area called? Hairy Cheeks?


38 posted on 09/30/2021 9:16:04 AM PDT by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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To: CheshireTheCat
Peculiar Missouri

39 posted on 09/30/2021 12:58:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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