According to a local business, Trading Post Canoe Rental, the town's name is short for the Indian name Mongoquinong, but as I long ago memorized Blazing Saddles, all I could think, driving through, was: "Mongo straight." And probably it is.
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Mongo only pawn in game of life
On a July business trip to Indiana, I found myself in the town of Mongo. Here's the evidence.
According to a local business, Trading Post Canoe Rental, the town's name is short for the Indian name Mongoquinong, but as I long ago memorized Blazing Saddles, all I could think, driving through, was: "Mongo straight." And probably it is.
According to a local business, Trading Post Canoe Rental, the town's name is short for the Indian name Mongoquinong, but as I long ago memorized Blazing Saddles, all I could think, driving through, was: "Mongo straight." And probably it is.
You are far more enterprising then I am. When I lived in Maryland, I would often pass through the town of Etchison, and always meant to take a photo of the WELCOME TO ETCHISON sign to send to Dennis Etchison, but never got around to actually doing it. Of course, that was before I owned a digital camera ...
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