SIT COM MOMS
June Cleaver (Barbara Billingsley)
Leave It to Beaver
Emily Dickinson: “Because I could not stop for Death …”
“… he kindly stopped for me.”
La Habana (la ah•BAH•na)
Havana
This numerical spot is where Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah meet.
Four Corners
MD: Jerry Lewis’ cause
Muscular Dystrophy
Marion Cunningham (Marion Ross)
Happy Days
Edgar Allan Poe: “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered …”
“… weak and weary.”
München (MUN•chin)
Munich
The adult human body has 206 of these
Bones
CCU: Hospital location for broken hearts
Coronary Care Unit
Debra Barone (Patricia Heaton)
Everybody Loves Raymond
Robert Frost: “The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but …”
“… I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.”
Den Haag (den Hackh)
The Hague
This is the only number that has the same number of letters as its value
Four
URI: The common cold, for example
Upper Respiratory Infection
Maureen Robinson (June Lockhart)
Lost in Space
Ernest Lawrence Thayer: “… somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout, but there is no joy in Mudville …”
“… mighty Casey has struck out.”
La Côte d'Azur (la Coat da•ZURE)
French Riviera
For a short while, some thought this mountain was taller than Mt. Everest. (It wasn’t.)
K2
CTS: Common computer user problem
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Elyse Keaton (Meredith Baxter)
Family Ties
Carl Sandburg: “The fog comes on …”
as struck out.”
Praha (PRA•ha)
Prague
This infamous numerical location is in the middle of the Susquehanna River, just south of Harrisburg, PA.
Three Mile Island
MRI: How your doctor gets an “inside” look
Magnetic Resonance Imaging