Heh Heh

The Herald (Washington State) thinks the government's developed a sense of humor:

It can't be a coincidence.

A small lake southeast of Lake Stevens has two different names, Bevis and Butthead - almost identical to snickering characters in TV's "Beavis and Butt-head" show.


Bevis and Butthead -- The Lake (click to enlarge)

"That means someone is playing a joke, I think," said Ken Brown, a land surveyor with the state Department of Natural Resources.

Brown said the department calls it Bevis Lake. The U.S. Geological Survey uses that name on its topographic map.

But the U.S. Census Bureau calls it Butthead Lake in its records.

Someone at the Census Bureau must have gotten bored and made a joke out of naming the lake, Brown said.

"It's got to be," he said.

A Web search of geographic names calls it Bevis Lake, adding that it was once called Beaver Lake but was changed to honor a man named William Beavis. (There's no explanation for the change in spelling.)

(via Jonah Goldberg)