I have a new theory about Croatian place names.
Prior to WWII, places in Croatia had no names - people would just say things like, 'That town over there', etc. As part of the Marshall Plan, however, people from all over Europe were encouraged to submit random strings of letters to be considered as names. These were carefully picked over by a highly qualified team of rabies-infected weasels, who would choose names via the tried-and-true method of pooping on some of them. The select pooped-on names would then be assigned to various towns, cities, mountains, rivers and Apple Genius stores in war torn Croatia (this part of the process was personally overseen by an inebriated Winston Churchill, which explains a lot). Anyone who submitted a name that was eventually chosen was given their choice of either six chocolate bars or a packet of Russian 'Trud' cigarettes.
Boru
Prior to WWII, places in Croatia had no names - people would just say things like, 'That town over there', etc. As part of the Marshall Plan, however, people from all over Europe were encouraged to submit random strings of letters to be considered as names. These were carefully picked over by a highly qualified team of rabies-infected weasels, who would choose names via the tried-and-true method of pooping on some of them. The select pooped-on names would then be assigned to various towns, cities, mountains, rivers and Apple Genius stores in war torn Croatia (this part of the process was personally overseen by an inebriated Winston Churchill, which explains a lot). Anyone who submitted a name that was eventually chosen was given their choice of either six chocolate bars or a packet of Russian 'Trud' cigarettes.
Boru
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