From Corinth to Cairo

Posted by Stephen on September 22, 2009 – 1:23 pm

Today I started wondering how long it’d take me to walk from Corinth to Cairo.

A map showing Corinth and Cairo, Mississippi

100 miles? That’d only take me a couple of days! Thanks, Mississippi!

This post has been brought to you by the US’s habit of naming cities after other cities. Because Paris, Arkansas wasn’t going to come up with anything better.

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5 Comments

  1. Mr. Icon
    on September 22, 2009 at 1:42 pm | Permalink

    You could try walking from Corinth, MS to Moscow, TN — it’s closer.

  2. Andrew
    on September 22, 2009 at 5:23 pm | Permalink

    I just like that in Mississippi, Cairo to Memphis is about 150 miles while it’s only twelve miles in Egypt. Couldn’t we just rename Germantown?

  3. Stephen
    on September 23, 2009 at 8:12 am | Permalink

    What is the deal with Mississippi and its Egyptian names?

  4. Ashley
    on September 23, 2009 at 9:29 am | Permalink

    Did you know there is an Egypt MS as well?
    We also have a bunch of towns with fun and very weird names. For example, we have a town called Walls and Soso. There is also a State Line MS.
    Can you pronounce Shuqualak? And don’t get me started on Noxapater :)

  5. Geof F. Morris
    on September 23, 2009 at 9:57 pm | Permalink

    SHUH-guh-lock. Knocks-a-pay-ter. Toomsuba was always my favorite, Ashley, and I actually have family from Soso and Hot Coffee.

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    [...] From Corinth to Cairo | Live Granades Why, yes, the Morris family is from Mississippi. I, however, still choose to claim Ohio as home. Except, well, now I call Alabama home. But only Huntsville. You know, the non-crappy part of this Godforsaken state. (tags: gfmorris_comment) [...]

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