POND: What happened to the ducks at Willow Dale duck pond? We had a customer stop in to ask. We knew that people were asked not to drop off ducks there any longer, as predators in the area were wiping out the population.

And we remember the saga of finding a safe place for them to go for the winter.

Did these factors combine to make it a duck-free pond?

NAMES: Shakespeare famously wrote “what’s in a name?” in Romeo and Juliet, meaning the names given to things is irrelevant. And looking at a map of Pennsylvania, we’d have to disagree with the famed bard.

You see, some names of towns in the Keystone State are downright silly.

We’re all familiar with Erie, and perhaps don’t equate it with the spooky definition of eerie as “outsiders” might.

Then we have Hop Bottom and Peach Bottom, Echo and Panic, Pancake and Mars, Lover and Intercourse. And there’s Rough and Ready, Coon Hunter, Yellow House, Honey Hole, Burnt Cabins, Big Beaver, Rome, Athens, Nebraska, Moscow, Versailles and more.

A website called MyDatingAdviser.com compiled the list of funny named places in Pennsylvania, and we’re sure they’ve barely scratched the surface.

Anytime people bring up funny place names in the state, a Pennsylvanian is sure to counter with Bird-in-Hand or Climax, Hazard, Jugtown, Noodle Doosie, Paradise, Asylum, Bath Addition, Blue Ball, Burning Well, Chinchilla, Coffeetown, Conshohocken, Crackersport or Drums.

There’s Egypt, Forty Fort, Free Love Valley, Glen Campbell — not named for the singer — Overshot, Paint, Pigeon, Pillow or Shickshinny.

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