Comments on: Visit beautiful Cape Goodenough

By: kiwidebz

kiwidebz — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:27:00 +0000

Courtesy of Cook we also have Poverty Bay http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_Bay, and Young Nick’s Head http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Nick%27s_Head.

By: kiwidebz

kiwidebz — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:16:00 +0000

Taylor’s Mistake near Christchurch, New Zealand, has a similar story: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor%27s_Mistake

By: Dlo Burns

Dlo Burns — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:24:00 +0000

One time I was doing data-entry and came across a Mr. Sausagedriver

By: Dlo Burns

Dlo Burns — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:22:00 +0000

and quite far from Ratherpleasant Bay

By: dragonfrog

dragonfrog — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:55:00 +0000

If you’re Scottish you can pronounce it “gude enow”, but that’s just how Scots say “good enough”

By: seanmchugh

seanmchugh — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:58:00 +0000

Perhaps he also started the consolation for high school dropouts: Good Enough Diploma.

By: Maggie Koerth-Baker

Maggie Koerth-Baker — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:24:00 +0000

Points to Incipient Madness for accurately tying any Koerth-eating traditions back to south Texas Germans.

By: Nathan Hornby

Nathan Hornby — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:41:00 +0000

“The Bouquet Residence, the lady of the house speaking!”
- Mrs. Bucket

By: Nathan Hornby

Nathan Hornby — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:32:00 +0000

Exactly, it’s good enough, what more do you need?

By: Christian Ridley

Christian Ridley — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:31:00 +0000

Except Oxbridge colleges aren’t just residential, they are also the site of most undergraduate teaching, via supervisions.

By: niktemadur

niktemadur — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:39:00 +0000

Great pull from the interwebs!
Lord Douchebag: Buck Henry.
See, I did NOT remember that.
Also, Earl of Sandwich, not Lord.

By: Ipo

Ipo — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:03:00 +0000

Perfect conditions there. The unwanted bit snaps right off, making a little “plick” sound.

By: Daniel Earwicker

Daniel Earwicker — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 07:47:00 +0000

The inspiration for the Beachcomber character, Captain Foulenough?

By: tw1515tw

tw1515tw — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 07:47:00 +0000

I knew a Derek Bytheway. He’d say “my name is Derek Bytheway” on the phone and you can guess the rest.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland was named by Captain Cook after his ship hit a reef as it passed over it.

By: redesigned

redesigned — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 05:30:00 +0000

Damn, what i wouldn’t give to have a degree on the wall from Goodenough College. I’d hang that sucker with pride and a smile.

By: jhertzli

jhertzli — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 05:07:00 +0000

Don’t forget Mt. Everest. It sounds like it was named for its majestic eternal-looking grandeur instead of Sir George Everest.

By: Carl Maltby

Carl Maltby — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 05:03:00 +0000

Is it not pronounced “goo-day-no”?
Apologies for the oversimplification and lack of funny.

By: Singe

Singe — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 04:05:00 +0000

Goodenough was actually one of my grandmother’s maiden names.

By: Guido

Guido — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 03:48:00 +0000

There was a book about Plant Propagation that I used to read for my classes, its author was “Alan Toogood”. We thought it was an excellent porn name.

http://www.amazon.com/Plant-Propagation-Alan-Toogood/dp/078945520X

By: Incipient Madness

Incipient Madness — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 03:34:00 +0000

I agree. Nothing like traditional Texas-style pan fried koreth. German settlers brought over the recipe.

And getting back on topic, I think you could do worse than go to a Goodenough college.

By: Marjo Aho

Marjo Aho — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 03:17:00 +0000

I was diving at Goodenough Island in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, and can report that the diving was better than good enough. In fact, Milne Bay probably has more biodiversity than any other spot on the planet. There is also a “Goodenough’s Island” in Rangiroa.

By: Henry Pootel

Henry Pootel — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 02:58:00 +0000

C is for cape, that’s goodenough for me.

By: Meiles02

Meiles02 — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 01:56:00 +0000

Well while we’re here to make fun of Antarctic placenames, what about the eyewatering ‘Cape Circumcision? I kid you not.

Usually far to cold to properly get the job done, I imagine…

By: Olorwen

Olorwen — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 01:56:00 +0000

The latter bit doesn’t seem to be terribly uncommon (didn’t it start with Oxbridge?), though it is funny – I’m doing grad work at a school in the northeast US, and have been trying to wrap my head around the ‘residential colleges’ where the undergrads live. In my undergrad state school, we called them *dorms*.

By: GertaLives

GertaLives — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 01:35:00 +0000

Yeah, well the Russians put a whole fucking university on an ice shelf. Eat that, you pasty Brits.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 01:35:00 +0000

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/79/79tdouchebag.phtml
Lord Salisbury: Would you like some dressing with that?
Lady Douchebag: Just some vinegar and water, thank you.

By: DXMachina

DXMachina — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 01:25:00 +0000

And Ifanyonekan, Yukon.

By: Felton / Moderator

Felton / Moderator — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:58:00 +0000

Yes, not too far from Dam Strait.

By: niktemadur

niktemadur — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:49:00 +0000

Reminds me of that very old SNL sketch when the Lord of Sandwich met the Lord of Douchebag, “Give me a Sandwich and a Douchebag and there’s nothing I cannot do”.

By: yish

yish — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:40:00 +0000

hey, my family and I lived at the goodenough college for five years. after 3 months, you run out of goodenough jokes and get on with your life. its a really nice place. if you’re thinking of studying in London – check it out.
b.t.w. the real funny bit is that they call it a college, given that it’s a students residence hall.