Smithfield
About Smithfield
Smithfield is a town in and the county seat of Johnston County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 11,292. The town is located near North Carolina's Research Triangle and is about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of downtown Raleigh. The Raleigh-Durham-Cary combined statistical area has a population over 2 million residents.
On the show — 5 mentions total
Do you know who it's named after? Hasselhoff, I would say. The car? No, obviously not. No, it was because it was the route that knights used to take from the Tower of London to Smithfield where jails were held. Knights would ride across that street. They're talking carriages, wouldn't they? I was reading about Nicaragua's capital city of Managua. I was trying to find out, based on this fact about street names, I was trying to find out if there was any way where the streets have no name, like in the South.
from 307: No Such Thing As EastEnders, The Opera, 2020-02-07 at 00:22:41 · read transcript
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That's what they say they always say oh they put little boots on the geese but actually I think what they happened was they would dip the feet in like tars. I think they'd walk them through a big tarte. Yeah yeah it's not quite as nice but that definitely did happen. That did happen. They did used to always go rampaging the animals around Smithfield and stuff so yeah. So yes. I think more plausible than Thomas the Testicle if that's the hierarchy. Of the Tom's yes.
458: No Such Thing As An Edam Tuba, 2022-12-23 · listen
It could have come from Buffet and then I'm not buying it. What was Buffetian? There are, there are beef eaters today. The ravens eat raw beef. They get fed raw beef. from Smithfield market. The beefiebers probably eat beans now. Wait, are you going to explain your definitely more plausible, weird French origin, confluded one? I did read this and I thought, well, that's clearly bollocks. The thing is, the beefeaters began, they're called the yeoman guard of the king or queen, right?
No Such Thing As A Sexy Question Mark, 2018-09-07 · listen
They always say, oh, they put little boots on the geese, but actually, I think what they happened was they would dip the feet in like tar. I think they'd walk them through a big tar, didn't there? It's not quite as nice. That definitely did happen. That did happen. They did used to always go rampaging the animals around Smithfield and stuff. Yeah. I was saying more plausible than Thomas the testicle, if that's the hierarchy. Of the Tom's, yes. Yeah.
No Such Thing As An Edam Tuba, 2022-12-22 · listen
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Coordinates: 35.5092, -78.3464