Friday Funny: Dicks Street

Residents on a two-block stretch of West Hollywood, CA, try to convince the city to change the name of the unfortunately-named Dicks street.

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November 25, 2005, 1:00 PM PST

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"Heading north from Santa Monica Boulevard on Hilldale, you pass streets with the reassuringly single-entendre names of Keith and Norma. Then you come to Dicks Street.

Many residents, however, are embarrassed to have the street as their address because its name is the plural of a common slang term for the defining part of the male anatomy..."

FULL STORY: Seeking a Sweeter Name for Street That Provokes Snickers

Tuesday, November 22, 2005 in The Los Angeles Times

Government / Politics California

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