Sleepy Eye, MN

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Alex Boese Alex is the creator and curator of the Museum of Hoaxes. He's also the author of various weird, non-fiction, science-themed books such as Elephants on Acid and Psychedelic Apes. Paul Di Filippo Paul has been paid to put weird ideas into fictional form for over forty years, in his career as a noted science fiction writer. Contact Us

Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 29, 2015
Category: Geography and Maps | Odd Names | Regionalism | North America | Native Americans

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I'm disappointed that Wikipedia doesn't give the medical term for drooping eyelids -- ptosis.

Posted by ges on 10/29/15 at 09:35 AM

Just think how close it came to being called "Sharp Stick in Eye".

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 10/29/15 at 12:16 PM

At least they went with something innocuous. Since he was a very old man, there was the risk it could have been named: Limp ...

Posted by Phideaux on 10/29/15 at 04:06 PM

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