Goodbye, Butt Hole Road

In Conisbrough, South Yorks, four families ponied up 300 pounds to have the name of their street changed to “Archer Way.”  They did not like the current name, which is “Butt Hole Road.”  They did not like 

“Pranksters baring their backsides for cheeky photographs” and coachloads of tourists dropping by for a photo opportunity.

Taxi driver Peter Sutton, who has enjoyed six years on Butt Hole Road [I feel they did that phrase on purpose], admitted he initially thought the address “would be fun”, but the novelty soon wore off. As well as the inevitable smart-arsed comments, residents had to endure Butt Hole fans swiping the signage and delivery firms refusing to believe the place existed.

So goodbye, Butt Hole Road.  Where the dogs of society howl…  

Let me point out that if this street were in America, rather than renaming it, the residents would have created a YouTube video series and a Twitter channel @buttholeroad.  A book deal with Random House would be forthcoming as well: On the Butt Hole Road: A Memoir of Family, Tragedy, Redemption, and One Oddly-Named Street.  Or Butt Hole Road to Perdition.  Or Revolutionary Butt Hole Road.  I’ll stop now.

The original name is apparently in honour of a communal water butt which once occupied the site.

I don’t know what a “communal water butt” is, but… come on.

Source: The Register.