Morning Glory Road renamed due to sexual connotation

[Paul Johnston]

There's a Climax, MI, too, only about 15 miles from Kalamazoo.  Quite a nice little town...

Paul Johnston
On Apr 10, 2013, at 12:08 AM, W Brewer <brewerwa at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

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> If you get off on James Bond, watch "Climax!"!!!
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=uj1HW998IvA&feature=endscreen
> Wikipedia: <<<Climax! (later known as Climax Mystery Theater) is an
> American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958... Many of
> the episodes were performed and broadcast live.>>>
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> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:27 AM, paul johnson <paulzjoh at mtnhome.com> wrote:
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>> Just north of Milwaukee there used to be an exit for "_Fairy Chasm
>> Road_" that was locally referred to as _Queer Gulch_
>> On 4/9/2013 8:56 PM, Benjamin Torbert wrote:
>>> I hear (or read) "sexual climax" in print now and then, but rarely if
>> ever
>>> hear anyone say it, as in "she climaxed."
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>>> There's a Climax, NC, which we thought was hilarious when I was a kid in
>>> North Carolina.
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>>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 7:09 PM, Geoffrey Steven Nathan <
>>> geoffnathan at wayne.edu> wrote:
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>>>> We have close friends, one of whose parents are buried in Climax,
>>>> Michigan. The name still generates snickers among many folks. FWIW
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>>>> Geoff
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>>>>> From: "Brian Hitchcock" <brianhi at SKECHERS.COM>
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>>>>> For many years I lived near a road called "Climax Road" (presumably
>>>>> because it ran along the crest of the hill). People kept stealing the
>>>>> sign (this was in the 1980s.) Then the county renamed the road "9th
>>>>> Place
>>>>> West". Nobody stole those signs. (Tangentially... there were morning
>>>>> glories growing wild along Climax Road; in western Washington they
>>>>> are not
>>>>> considered flowers, but are one of the most tenacious of invasive
>>>>> weeds --
>>>>> you can't get rid of them!)
>>>>> But even then, it seemed to me that "climax" was a bit outdated as a
>>>>> naughty word; it seemed like a cute but passe euphemism. Nowadays it
>>>>> is
>>>>> rarely heard, though it is not uncommon to hear talk show hosts and
>>>>> guests
>>>>> discussing "orgasm". Does anyone still call it a "climax"?
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