wow, not sure favorite part...

http://www.oregonlive.com/aloha/index.ssf/2011/12/sherwood_man_attacks_sleeping.html

Wow, Merry Christmas in Aloha! It took me a moment to register that there is actually a town called "Aloha" in Oregon:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha,_Oregon

Apparently it is good to sleep with a handgun next to your bed in Aloha - as both, husband and wife, knew. It sounds like a martial arts movie: the bad guy named "Zamora" knocking the good guy's handgun off with a Tiki torch....

(somehow the link to Aloha - the town - is not completely highlighted, you have to copy and paste it in)

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2011-12-26 10:12 ]

This might be as good a place as any to post about Polynesian place names in America, like Owyhee:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owyhee

and Samoa, California:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g33005-Samoa_California-Vacations.html

My dad's wife is from Owyhee County Idaho, I didn't realize the origin of that name - thanks Sven :)