Photos: Ten oddest Colorado town nicknames


4. Brush: Brush!
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Yes, the nickname is the same as the community's name, except (as seen on the Brush website) there's an exclamation point added.

Oops. I meant, "There's an exclamation point added!"

3. Severance: Where the Geese Fly and the Bulls Cry

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Colorado.com tells the tale: "Since 1959, when owner Bruce Ruth began serving Rocky Mountain Oysters, Bruce's Bar in Severance has been the place, according to the bar's motto, where the geese fly and the bulls cry" -- a slogan that's now associated with Severance as a whole.

Which takes a lot of balls.

Page down to continue our countdown of the oddest Colorado town nicknames.

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