Dull seems quite proud of their relationship with Boring - they have a sign on the nearest main road proclaiming the relationship which always causes me to smile when I drive past.
When I was about 8 in southwestern PA, we took a trip to central PA to visit Gettysburg, the Amish Country, Hershey, and all that. We took a steam train ride that promised a "trip to paradise".
I remember two things clearly about that train:
1. If you are sitting close enough to the front and lean out far enough, you get hot steam mist droplets painfully scalding your skin.
2. The train indeed went to Paradise, PA, with a big welcome sign, and I remember thinking "Is this a joke? I guess some people aren't very good at humor." I really don't know what I did expect or what would have impressed me more.
It seems the story I was told about the town of Intercourse at least has some merit.
In Swedish, the word for cross is Kors. I know it's not a Swedish town name, but a lot of Swedish words are the same or similar throughout other Germanic languages. In this case, it is namely Dutch, which has a direct connection to the area due to the Amish people there.
Anyway, I was told that the town name literally referenced two inter-crossing roads, and Kors was, instead of being anglicized to Cross, became Course.
Released balloons at Easter from church in central Virginia as a kid. Had Easter egg clamped to the string containing a card with return request and address. Got a response a couple weeks later from someone near Intercourse, PA. Of course I found that hilarious but was also amazed at just how far my balloons flew.
I'm from Georgia and have been to that area. Locals don't pronounce it like "kissy me." They pronounce it like "kih simmy." The Sims is not a suggestive phrase and Kissimmee is pronounced more like that than like Kiss Me.
I checked a few videos claiming to cover the pronunciation and the first two said it more like "kissy me." But this one has the pronunciation I'm familiar with:
The name Kissimmee can be traced back to the language of the Jororo people and means “long water.” There were approximately 350,000 people living in Florida when the Spanish arrived in 1513.
As a Canadian (and Atlantic Canadian) I often see people mention Dildo. But I get an even bigger kick that's Dildo across the harbour from Spread Eagle.