Would you like Fried with that?

[thebitterguy]

You either let it kill you, or learn to laugh.

There's a town, you see, in Ontario where the citizens learn to live by that maxim. That town is named Murillo.

Murillo seems to be almost stereotypically small town Canada. HOme of the Murillo Town Fair, it is located outside of Thunder Bay, for the love of God. With a population of 5,757 in 350 square kilometres, it has a density of 16.4 people per square kilometre. It is, by definition, roomy.

But it also has something no other town or city or hamlet in Canada has. It has P0T2G0.

P0T2G0 is the postal code with which Canada Post has blessed the people of Murillo. I presume, for the majority of its citizens, that their town provides giggles to anyone who hears its postal code is something they simply shake their stout head atop their broad shoulders and go about their business. Some of them may even appreciate the sophomoric humour.

God knows that everytime a citizen of this fine hamlet has to call in to any call centre, they'll surely find their call is ground zero at a giggle shockwave, because when you're sitting at a phone all day, P0T2G0 is GOLD, baby.

Comments

[kaijugal.livejournal.com]

I'm sure the seed floggers in Vancouver would love that postal code.

[tymen.livejournal.com]

This would definitely be the town where Kevin Smith's movie "Jay and Silent Bob go Canadian, eh" would take place.

[thebitterguy]

That would be perfect.

[the-solecist.livejournal.com]

Being from the area, my first mailing address had P0T 2K0 as a postal code.

Murrilo isn't actually known for it's pot growing, you want to go south and west to find the back woods plots of green. :)

[thebitterguy]

It may be unfortunate as much as anything, but it's still a great coincidence.

[crashing-angel.livejournal.com]

Ahh! That's way too funny.
Just useless Trivia - All Santa letters get sent to H0H0H0 at the 'North Pole'.