Another Reason You'd Love to Live In Massachusetts

In an article from the Associated Press:

WEBSTER, Mass. - Officials have agreed to correct spelling errors in road signs pointing to a central Massachusetts lake with a 45-letter name.

Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg in Webster has one of the world's longest place names. It's been spelled many different ways over the years. Some locals have given up and simply call it Lake Webster.

But after researching historical spelling combinations, the Telegram & Gazette of Worcester said local Chamber of Commerce officials agreed that some signs were wrong. There was an "o" at letter 20 where a "u" should have been, and an "h" at letter 38 where an "n" should go."

I am so excited about this - I can't even tell you. This has bothered me so much for the past 29 years of living in this excessively imbecilic state that I couldn't be HAPPIER that the Massachusetts state taxes that amount to almost half of my weekly paycheck are going towards such ambitious projects that will make daily life that much easier.

Are you KIDDING me?!?! We are living among economic collapse - there are higher homeless rates than ever, food pantries are being emptied, applications for cash and food assistance are breaking records, but let's fix two letters on road signs alerting people that they are coming upon a lake with a ludicrously long name that people don't use anyway.

The most amazing thing of all is that there are still people wondering how we could possibly be in the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.