[GCFL-discuss] [GCFL.net] Punkin Center

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That information is about a town in Texas, but the joke was about AZ.
Jeanene


----- Original Message ----- 
> http://www.texasescapes.com/MikeCoxTexasTales/Punkin-Center.htm
> 
> http://www.pcgenweb.com/pcgs/twnshp/calumet.htm#Punkin%20Center
> The amount of historical information available about
> Punkin Center is as slight as the "town" itself. Punkin
> Center was at one time an old tollgate in Calumet
> township, located between Paynesville and Annada. It
> received its name from some of the people in the
> neighborhood who lovingly referred to the tollgate that
> way. The name stuck, however, the tollgate did not, and by
> 1981 Punkin Center was no longer on the map.
> 
> jp

>> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >> > Punkin Center
>> >> >
>> >> > I called 411 last week so I could make a reservation at
>> >> > Punkin Center Lodge in Punkin Center, Arizona. I told the
>> >> > operator what I was looking for and asked for the number.
>> >> > The operator replied, "I'm sorry, sir, but there is nothing
>> >> > under 'Punkin Center.'"
>> >> >
>> >> > I replied, "Yes, there is. I was up at the lake last week
>> >> > and saw it."
>> >> >
>> >> > He countered, "No, there isn't."
>> >> >
>> >> > I caught on and asked, "How are you spelling 'Punkin'?"
>> >> >
>> >> > He replied, "Just like the food you eat, P-U-M-P-K-I-N."
>> >> >
>> >> > "Oh, no. Punkin. P-U-N-K-I-N," I said.
>> >> >
>> >> > "Ooooooohhhh," he said. "I just thought you were some hick
>> >> > who didn't know how to speak."