Basingstoke

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Large town in Hampshire, not all that far from where MikeJeggo grew up. Was rather smaller in Victorian times, and a picture of peace and tranquility, thus producing the immortal line 'Basingstoke, Basingstoke m'dear' in GilbertAndSullivan?'s Rudigore, as a way of calming down an excitable mad woman.

I was under the impression she calmed down because the word invoked boredom, not peace and tranquility.. - SunKitten

: Having been in Ruddigore this summer, the word Basingstoke was chosen by poor Mad Margeret because it "teemed with hidden meaning". So take your pick, really. --ChrisHowlett

I think you have to have seen it... (and possibly also have visited modern Basingstoke, which is far from calming, especially when trying to negotiate its multitudinous RoundAbouts?)

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