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Mountain Covers Its'Nipple'
Associated Press ^
| 3/13/2003
| Associated Press
Posted on 03/13/2003 12:32:19 PM PST by Freakazoid
ALTA, Wyo. (AP) -- Pressure from uncomfortable skiers and other tourists has prompted the Grand Targhee Ski and Summer Resort to cover the second half of the name of one of its mountains.
Mary's Nipple is now just Mary's, and signs with the word "nipple" have been covered with tape. New signs were to arrive in about two weeks.
But the covered signs have rankled some local skiers, who feel a bit of their history has been lost.
"If the name changed, it wouldn't be the same," said Mark Franklin of Driggs, Idaho, who has skied the mountain for 26 years without feeling offended. "It's always been Mary's Nipple to me, and probably 99.9 percent of the people around here will agree with me."
The name dates back three decades to a story about a waitress named Mary, who was working at Targhee's Trap Bar and streaked through it and the resort one night. The U.S. Forest Service has never acknowledged it officially.
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To: Freakazoid
photos of the mountain in winter
and summer at the summit
To: Sacajaweau
"Mary's Second Base".
To: Freakazoid
I think . . .
sometimes . . .
I mean . . . .
God is Holy and pure
but He's not petty
and He IS FUN.
I think it's a historic funny placename deserving of preserving.
Though, I suppose, freezing is not the most comfortable thing to do with Mary's nor any other woman's.
Except, perhaps, in this case.
I'm curious, did the lodge sell an unusual amount of warm milk or hot chocolate?
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posted on
03/13/2003 1:24:37 PM PST
by
Quix
(MARCH BIBLE CODES DIGEST LATEST RESEARCH COMPARES WAR AND PEACE VS BIBLE W SURPRISES 4 BOTH SIDES)
To: KKing
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posted on
03/13/2003 1:24:48 PM PST
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Sorry if I can't answer everyone right away on Japan/Korea freepmail questions. I'm swamped! :-)
To: Freakazoid
Mountain Covers Its 'Nipple'That's gotta be the Mother Of All Pasties.
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posted on
03/13/2003 1:25:58 PM PST
by
Redcloak
(All work and no FReep makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no FReep make s Jack a dul boy. Allwork an)
To: MrConfettiMan
Its all good. I kinda thought you were being sarcastic after I saw your Freeper number and figured you'd been around the block here.
I'll hold off on the trigger next time before I press post :)
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posted on
03/13/2003 1:28:15 PM PST
by
KKing
To: Redcloak
another photo showing the peak covered by snow
To: berserker
Ah, the gift of imagination!! Leave the name be!!!!!!!
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posted on
03/13/2003 1:40:09 PM PST
by
Sacajaweau
(Hillary: Constitutional Scholar! NOT)
To: Freakazoid
Squaw Peak here in Phoenix is subject to hot renaming debate, since it allegedly defames American Indians. It's already been renamed once, and was formerly known as Squaw's Tit Peak.
To: Freakazoid
Not long ago some idiots wanted to change the name of Fishkill, New York. Kill is a dutch word for "stream" or "creek."
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posted on
03/13/2003 1:59:56 PM PST
by
aculeus
To: Britton J Wingfield
Native American Womyn's Mammary Peak.
Wait a second, peak implies height, achievement etc. Pinnacle, maybe?
To: swarthyguy
I vote for American Tit Peak. I don't care what color they are.
To: swarthyguy
or Native American Womyn's Mammary protrusion.
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posted on
03/13/2003 2:16:26 PM PST
by
justrepublican
(When we get all the laws written,And all judges seated, existence is probable cause.)
To: Freakazoid
When I lived up in central Maine there was a place near Bingham called Katy's Crotch. You traveled Bellybutton Curve in order to get there.
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posted on
03/13/2003 2:21:07 PM PST
by
mlmr
To: aculeus
Not long ago some idiots wanted to change the name of Fishkill, New York It wasn't idiots. It was the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
uh... carry on. I never said anything. In fact I was never here 'Kay?
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posted on
03/13/2003 3:06:36 PM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
("From now on, every Christmas, we will remember a brave man called Jesus")
To: NEWwoman
Renaming nipples to teats will allow sensitive people to sleep better at night.
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posted on
03/13/2003 9:38:52 PM PST
by
B4Ranch
(Politicians, like diapers should be changed often. Stop re-electing these 'good' people!)
To: B4Ranch
LOL!
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posted on
03/14/2003 10:50:24 AM PST
by
NEWwoman
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