Town of Asbestos having difficulty landing on a new name

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Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/09/18/town-of-asbestos-having-difficulty-landing-on-a-new-name.html

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This sounds like a job for the internet. How about Towny McTownface?

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As long as we don’t get Trumptown* or Qville

* not to be confused with Trumpton

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How about ‘Asbestos-Free’?

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I think they are completely missing an opportunity for sponsorship here. Just call up Phillip Morris and offer to name the town “Nicotine.” Problem Solved!

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It’s just a problem of font size : asBESTos

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Whole bunch here

Beats SOS.

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Mesa Thelioma?

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I was going to suggest “Bestos.” Close enough sounding and spelled to make the change easily, but different enough to not have the old stigma.

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Well logically, doesn’t Asbestos turn into Mesothelioma? Has a certain ring to it.

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Asbestos: We’re NOT on Fire!

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Welcome to Covid.

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Not easy to name a town - they are obviously doing asbestos they can.

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Welcome… and congratulations on discovering a pun-friendly site.

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So happens we have a town name come up spare after said town was razed.

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Is Depleted Uranium taken?

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Serpentine, is an appropriate name, I think.

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Jeffrey, please

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Wow, I clicked on the article title assuming it was a town in Colorado, which sports such geological town names as Gypsum, Agate, Basalt, Marble, and Leadville. I figured Asbestos, CO wasn’t a stretch. I hope those wacky Canadians get a name they can be proud of. Unlike the residents of No Name, CO.

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Best town to twin with Centralia, PA.

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