BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!

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From: Blackcatter
Date: 05 Jun 04 - 12:20 AM

I went to pick up a friend at the airport last week. Orlando has two sides to it's terminal, so as you drive in, you look at the long list of carriers to see which side you head to. I was looking for U.S. Air, so I was looking up for it wondering which sign it would be on and then I saw it - right below my name! That was weird until I learned that Thomas Cook Travel now has become an air carrier.

Now I know how famous my name is - especially in the U.K., but I don't think of it very often, and it really threw me for a sort while.

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From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 04 Jun 04 - 11:32 PM

There was a famous Music Hall performer who claimed that his name was up in lights in every theatre in the world.

His name was 'Nosmo King'


I'm not making this up!

Robin

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From: Peace
Date: 04 Jun 04 - 11:04 PM

Did he drink Bailey's?

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Blackcatter
Date: 04 Jun 04 - 09:35 PM

Did you know that P.T. Barnum was a Unitarian?

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Bill D
Date: 04 Jun 04 - 06:41 PM

"this way to the Egress"

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Blackcatter
Date: 04 Jun 04 - 01:25 PM

I've always liked the "Way out" signs instead of "exit"

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From: JennyO
Date: 04 Jun 04 - 01:02 PM

I have one of those "Mind the Gap" t shirts. It gets quite a few comments from those who don't know what it is, and chuckles from those who do. It's not so much the words, as the way they say it on the Underground - Mi-ind....the gap.

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 04 Jun 04 - 04:35 AM

Blackcatter! What a great idea for a website! I have one friend who happens to be blind, and we used to play "Hum the TV Theme Song" on trips we took together. She always beat me, being more focused on the music than I was. Her favorite- "My Three Sons", and mine- "Twilight Zone".

You know, one thing I've always been grateful for here in the UK is the fact that there are signs painted in front of the cross-walks telling people which way to look before crossing the road.

And that they can laugh at their own quaint phrasing on the Underground...There are now tee-shirts which read "Mind The Gap".

..xx..e

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Sam L
Date: 04 Jun 04 - 01:50 AM

Nah, thanks. It's a disadvantage of the internet that such odd questions are easy to answer. I'd rather be annoying.

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Blackcatter
Date: 03 Jun 04 - 10:03 PM

Fred - you should be able to find a .wav or .mp3 around the 'Net. I'll look aorund for one.

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Sam L
Date: 03 Jun 04 - 09:13 PM

I did not know that, Blackcatter, about your website. I wish somebody could hum for me the tune of That Girl, because nobody remembers it, and when I try I get Batman. It's one of those trivia problems, like the villain on Underdog. See below.

Bernard Shaw would make a better comparison, bike wrecks, and could hold forth on philosophy and religion.












Simon Bar Sinister

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 03 Jun 04 - 08:20 PM

Blackcatter,

It's not the words, it's the way they're sung.

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Blackcatter
Date: 03 Jun 04 - 06:59 PM

As some of you know I host a web site called "Blackcatter's TV Theme Song Lyrics.

you wouldn't beleive the stupid questions i get - not least of which is repeated requests for lyrics to themes that don't have any - Just got a request from someone for Sanford and Son lyrics.

Here's something directly from my site:

The most common request I've received is for the lyrics to Batman. Here they are. Don't email me if I missed a na, or if you think they're incomplete.

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, Batman!

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, Batman!

Batman, Batman, Batman!

I put the lyrics up because I got requests for them alomst once a week.

It also seems that a fair amount of people don't understand the concept of "alphabetical order" either.

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Blackcatter
Date: 03 Jun 04 - 06:46 PM

And if you have the money to fly and rent a car.

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From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 03 Jun 04 - 06:36 PM

You'd think that in big places people would figure out to fly from point A to point B, but Texas poses rather a contradiction to that idea, even with the number of good airports. I'm sometimes surprised at the number of people from around here who do drive from one corner to the other rather than flying. Around here we tend to use a formula to figure out if it's worth driving or flying:

an hour to drive to the airport and to park
plus
an hour at the gate before the flight leaves
plus
the duration of the flight (can be up to a couple of hours within the state)
plus
the time getting out of the airport and getting a rental car
plus
driving to the place you were actually headed that is near this second airport.

If it takes less than five or six hours to drive there (at 75+ miles per hour on the open highway) then it isn't worth flying. If to fly you leave the house at 6am and aren't going to arrive at your destination until at least noon, and you (like many drivers here) when driving can average 80 on the highway, that's 480 miles you could have covered in that flying time. You might as well do it in your car and save the money for the rental car, and even if you have to drive a littler longer than it would take to fly, you have the comfort of your own car and your extra luggage you can take. It's a lot cheaper still to drive, even with gas prices rising.

Same reasoning applies for remote destinations with no airports. If you have to fly from your home area to another airport and then drive for hours to get where you're going (such as Big Bend or the Guadalupe Peak), you might as well have gone there more directly by driving straight from home.

Flying makes the most sense if your vehicle isn't up to long road trips and the rental car will be more reliable.

SRS

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From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 03 Jun 04 - 03:27 AM

A US friend (and husband) of my mother's sister (who was a WWII war bride) came out to Australia for a few days holidays. He was a 747 pilot & she worked as cabin staff.

They arrived in Brisbane, hoping to get to the Barrier Reef and Ayre's Rock (now called Ularu)... (check a scaled map!)

Robin

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From: GUEST,Blackcatter
Date: 02 Jun 04 - 03:48 PM

Yep - for me it's 4 hours jsut to get out of the state of Florida and I live in the middle.

To Miami it's around 5. To Key West add almost 4 more.

I'll be flying to Long Beach California at the end of the month for a conference. Flight time is 5+ hours. It's the same distance to Iceland.

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From: Peace
Date: 02 Jun 04 - 03:42 PM

Lady Jean:

Often, our European friends have no conception when it comes to distances in North America. An English friend had her mother coming to visit her in Edmonton. She was landing in Toronto. Straight driving, that's over 50 hours--no stops. She asked her daughter if she would pick her up. Her daughter bought her a return ticket instead.

I lived on a reserve in Alberta. The drive to Edmonton from there was along a dirt road. 600 km (360 mi) of it, and there were two towns in between the reserve and Edmonton--but, evenly spaced. My best time was nine hours in summer and six hours in winter.

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: GUEST,Blackcatter (at work)
Date: 02 Jun 04 - 03:05 PM

Those kinds of questions happen because people don't read when there is a person there they can ask instead

Sometimes this is true, but clearly we are talking just plain stupid questions. At Disney, we usd to chalk it up to people being in a very different environment from there home - sort of being generally disoriented, because asking questions like "what time is the 3 o'clock Parade" has little to do with reading and more to do with thinking and comprehending.

We contatnly saw that those visitors who drove hundereds of miles to visit were less prone to stupid questions than those who flew, but whether it was because finding one's way to Florida from Illinois by car requires more thought than flying, or that flying can disorient you immediately, I don't know.

I remember flying from Orlando to Iceland in February. On leaving Orlando, the tem was 79 F Getting in to Keflavik the temp was 28 F. Certainly a shock.


I've done a fair amount of retail work and of course, my tours that I do these days are almost entirely locals, but I still get some pretty stupid questions. But in truth, much of what I get is based on ignorance, which is something that a historian specializing in Central Florida history just has to accept.

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: mike the knife
Date: 02 Jun 04 - 02:04 PM

As for folks not knowing the scale of distances:
Some co-workers in a cafe in Germany were planning their 'Getaway & see America' roadtrip & were asking me (the Yank) for suggestions. They had already purchased tickets for JFK in NYC & were planning thir trip via rental car. They had pencilled in a big loop: New Orleans & Chicago & were to fly out of JFK again. All in one week. When I explained that this was roughly like driving to Moscow for them, they reconsidered.

Also- I had a (Very Brief) stint as a tour guide. I took my group from Vienna through some of Austria, Switzerland & Germany. One of the first things I told the group was to pay attention to their coins, as they are more valuable than they initially seem & cannot be exchanged once you have left the country of issue (All pre-Euro).
One very well-to-do man approached me a good week or more into the trip & hauled out a HUGE pile of coins (D-Mark, Swiss Frank, Austrian Shilling, US Coins, some assorted coinage of dubious origin- obviously pawned off on the unsuspecting Yank). More than USD $30.00 in coins in various denominations. He was using a note every time he bought something- didn't trust the locals (who did him even worse, knowing he was using a note for a small purchase even though he jingled like a dray horse as he walked).

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 02 Jun 04 - 12:58 PM

Those kinds of questions happen because people don't read when there is a person there they can ask instead. I worked at Sugarlands Visitor Center in the Great Smoky National Park (Tennessee side, near Gatlinburg) in the early 1980s, the summer of the Knoxville Worlds Fair. More people than usual who couldn't find the sign for the bathroom and Coke machine by themselves.

My misfortune was that I had turned down the job when they first offered it, accepted another in Nevada, which didn't work out, then called back the Smokeys and told them I was available after all. Each person there was hired to fill a specific slot, and the first job offered would have been lots of hikes and tours and programs in the Cade's Cove area. What came up when I called back was a job that had been designed for someone with a disability who couldn't even take that job after all. He was to have spent 32 hours a week at the Visitor Center--and I can tell you now that for someone with a heart condition, that stress would have killed him. You can answer good questions all day long and feel very energized. Unfortunately, the smart people know how to find the ammenities for themselves so you generally talk to the not-so-bright visitors and it drags you down fast.

I was in this darned little kiosk (the worst of the worst as far as this job was concerned) out in front of the VC a couple of days a week. It had glass with openings on four sides, and they generally put two people in it. The theory was that people would cue up to the window where you were sitting and ask you questions. I got to where I could write upside down because that way they could see the map I was orienting them to. It was easier than turning it back and forth. They thought that was a great trick. If it was slow, and someone interesting came along, then I might take my stool outside and climb up on it to point out the little bat that had moved into the space in the shingles (it was a squeaky little thing!).

I was sitting out there one muggy afternoon by myself and several people were in front of me. I answered a question for one family, and as the next stepped up, a strident voice from the opposite side of the kiosk spoke up and exclaimed "I was next!" I looked back and her and asked her to step around the kiosk, thinking all sorts of things I'd like to have said to her, the most obvious being the one about the eyes in the back of my head.

I left that job before the season was over, and resolved never to accept a park job in one of the big parks again, and not when a big event is scheduled nearby. It becomes cruel and unusual punishment to treat your interpretive naturalists like glorified road signs. You could get chimpanzees to do it except animal rights folks would be down on you with cruelty charges.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: matai
Date: 02 Jun 04 - 09:58 AM

I once worked as a bus-driver. One of the routes went from down-town and passed the road to the zoo. The bus always had a sign in the window saying 'via zoo'. One time I stopped to pick up about fifteen passengers. The first one said, "Is this the bus to the zoo?" The second one said, "Is this the bus to the zoo?" The third one said " "Is this the bus to the zoo?" I stood up and called out to the rest of the queue. "This is the bus to the zoo." The next person got on. " How much to the zoo?" The next one, " How much to the zoo?" The next one "Is this the bus to the zoo?" Not long after this I gave up the job suffering from repetive strain injury. (Well that's what I told the boss) It was more like repetive brain injury, especially when I started dreaming I was driving a bus and hundreds of passengers were asking if this was the bus to the zoo. My head was no longer my own. It had been invaded by tourists. The next year I wrote a children's book. Called "My Mother drives a big yellow bus" The main character "Mother" did some macabre things to her passengers, including cooking one and eating her for dinner.

matai

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From: GUEST,Larry K
Date: 02 Jun 04 - 09:35 AM

On a number of cruises I have been on they have read the stupidest questions they have received.   Here are the ones I remember.

Does the ship have its own generator.? (no- a very long extension cord)
What time is the midnight buffet?
Where is the down stairways? (probably near the up stariways)
Do the crew live on the ship? (no they fly them in every morning)
Do I have to declare the bottles of whiskey I bought if I drank them?
(in a Canadian store) Are these prices in Canadian dollars?
(to the Photographer) How will I know which picture is mine?
What altitude does the boat ride at? (how about sea level)

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 02 Jun 04 - 04:04 AM

Annamil, that was so funny about your son!!!

Yes, I agree we should all be able to perform household tasks, and in a perfect world I'd be able to take apart all the electrical applicances in my flat and fix them as well.

But as we know, not all of us are wired that way. I look on with awe and not a little lust at anyone who is handy around the house or garage. Learning how to fiddle with small objects until they hum is no small feat in any room of the house!

Blackcatter-A BICYCLE!!!! OMG...dare I make a comparison with another person at this juncture? Nope, better not. Can't imagine there's anything else the same about you two. HE certainly isn't a whiz with houshold chores, much less able to hold forth on religion, philosophy...let's face it, the man must have someone else tie his shoelaces.

Betcha he would have stood there nodding to your son in agreement, annamil!

..xx..e

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Blackcatter
Date: 01 Jun 04 - 12:34 AM

Everyone should know how to do all those things. I do. And I have 2 B.A.s - in religion and philosophy.



Most around the home repairs are fairly easy to handle - the real trick is walking into someone elses house and dealing with the issues. I do a bit of work for a friend who owns a few renatl properties. He sends me for repairs to the places. One was built in 1926, one in 1938, two in the early 50s and the last one in 1978. All are different when it comes to wiring, plumbing, structure, and more, but if you're just working on your own house, you've got a limited amount of stuff to work on.

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: LadyJean
Date: 01 Jun 04 - 12:21 AM

I had a little chat with the maintenance man in my building. I mentioned Shakespeare, and he said, "Yeah that was in 1704." Well, we all know it wasn't. But HE CAN FIX MY KITCHEN SINK. Which is more than can be said for most of us. He can likewise fix the wiring in my apartment, paint my bathroom, fix the plaster, and understand things that are beyond my comprehension. And he comes to work sober. Intelligence comes in many forms.

This having been said, my cousin John Caldwell in Kentucky had a visitor from England who wondered if it would be possible to run up to Wyoming for the weekend. (Note to our friends overseas, it would not.)

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Blackcatter
Date: 31 May 04 - 11:15 PM

I had canned soup tonight - I'd love some home made spaghetti. Haven't had that in a long time.

MIf anything, it's the pain itself - I'm only on Aleve & Goodys Powders.

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 31 May 04 - 11:12 PM

Blackcatter, you been taking the pain meds a little too close together? What's with the spaghetti?
:)

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Blackcatter
Date: 31 May 04 - 11:05 PM

Bicycle was what I crashed on.

My scooter is currently not running well - need a new carb.

The left hand has been typing (among other things). It still is, my ring finger on my right hand doesn't work at all right now and it's too hard to keep from using it when I type.

I'm suppoesd to ride the bike tomorrow, but tdon't know I'll be able to with my hand messed up. The front brake is shot.

On the good side I just ordered primo tickets to a California Angels game at the end of June.




Gee, I really want some spaghetti . . .

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Sam L
Date: 31 May 04 - 09:34 PM

Not sure if it's still about bikes Ellenpoly, started to wonder at bigger, smaller, and just right.

The sign at the zoo here asks One hump or two? at the camels, but we didn't stay long enough to find out.

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: annamill
Date: 31 May 04 - 02:54 PM

True. My son, my ex, and myself were standing in a two hour line at the wonderful Uffuzi Museum in Florence, Italy. My son, who was getting very ansi(sp?) after waiting such a long time, inquired as to what, exactly, we would be seeing at this museum that was worth two hours of waiting.

Filled with awe and wonder, I explained we would be seeing LEONARDO, MICHEALANGELO, RAFFAELLO, DONATELLO and many other wonderful artists.

He looked at me for a quizical moment and said, very loudly,

What! We're going to see the Ninja Turtles???

Everyone in line who understood English just cracked up laughing.

I just thought perhaps he was watching way too much TV.

Annamill

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 31 May 04 - 12:59 PM

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 31 May 04 - 11:41 AM

So, blackcatter, you've been using your left hand to do exactly what?

By the by what kind of bike do you have? Maybe I've asked before and you've answered before, but those particular brain cells are lying on my pillow.

I had the sweetest Honda 250 Rebel. I've had bigger, and I've had smaller but I have to say that one was juuuust right.

I never had trouble with bumbs or humps, but on occasion I've been unceremoniously squeezed....

We ARE still talking about bikes, yes??..xx..e

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From: Blackcatter
Date: 31 May 04 - 11:19 AM

Wow - a GUEST brings the thread back on topic! Thanks GUEST (not that I'm disliking the drift).

I'd guess he could be on time for supper, depending on which day, but could you actually get a cab to do that? I guess for enough money.

The thin ones are called speed bumps around here, and the bigs ones are speed humps or mounds, or something.

Funny thing, I don't feel all that stupid for crashing on one, even though I go over the three on that road about 10 times a week. Something weird happened this time, I've been gostled before, but riding a bike in a city means always being gostled. We have red brick streets throughout much of downtown Orlando and I bounce my way through them occasionally, I have to go over curves - with all the rain we can get, there's some streets that don't connect with cross streets very well and so there's a big bounce to get on the new street.

By the way - I'm healing a bit - starting to use my right hand to type. woo hoo.

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 31 May 04 - 10:47 AM

I rather hope you said yes.

..xx..e

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: GUEST
Date: 31 May 04 - 10:44 AM

I live in very rural Nova Scotia and once had an American ask me if I thought a cab would take him to Toronto and would he been on time for supper.....What can you say ?

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 31 May 04 - 08:01 AM

"Silent cops" were the hemispherical lumps right in the centre of a 4 way intersection. You were (In Oz we drive on the left) supposed to go across the intersection and turn hard right around the lump to make a right turn.

Then they changed the road rules to allow you to 'cut the corner' and do a 'diagonal' right turn. That's when they dug up all the 'silent cops'.

Robin

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: C-flat
Date: 31 May 04 - 05:01 AM

We used to know them as "sleeping policemen" when I was young.
C-flat.

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Metchosin
Date: 31 May 04 - 01:20 AM

My daughter took a photo of a sign for a "humped zebra crossing" in the UK. I wonder if there are any "virgin zebra crossings"?

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From: YOR
Date: 31 May 04 - 01:00 AM

My city calls them "speed humps". They are about as wide as the average wheel base and flat on top. Big triangles painted on top and warning signs each way. A real jolt if you hit them too fast. They also like a lot of stop signs around here. Some side streets can can be a real drag.

I like that first link SRS.

Enjoy, Roy

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 31 May 04 - 12:13 AM

The difference is that speed bumps are kind of like going over the curb--they're proportionately slim from front to back. They are like the things you pull up against in many parking lots. Speed "humps" really are different. Here's another one. They are usually marked with signs, and they are often times painted so not only do you see the sign you see the lines to clue you to slow down.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Sam L
Date: 30 May 04 - 11:57 PM

Does everybody else in the world call speed bumps "speed humps"--I've never heard it before. It sounds like a set up for a joke.

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: JennyO
Date: 30 May 04 - 11:06 PM

Ouch! Sorry to hear about that! You'll have to stay away from the threads that make you laugh for a while I suppose.

Thinking about the speed humps - when we first started getting them they did have space on the side so you could at least partly avoid them, or only catch the bit that didn't stick up so much. But now, they build them so they go all the way across to the edge, or there are little gardens with concrete walls attached to the side. Nasty!

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Blackcatter
Date: 30 May 04 - 04:54 PM

By the way all,

Looks like a cracked two ribs on my right side. I went to church today (co leader of the Memorial Day service). I was in such obvious pain that a friend who is a Chinese medicine doctor got a friend who is a western doctor to take an x-ray (I don't have insurance). It's one of those odd things, however - they can't do anything for me except help with pain, though I have no money for meds either.

Not too bad though - I'm mainlining Aleve and Goodys Powders.

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Blackcatter
Date: 30 May 04 - 04:43 PM

Well I wish they would leave space on either side of the ones in my town - That would have saved me from crashing.

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 30 May 04 - 04:34 PM

I'm about to ask our village to put a speed hump in front of my house. As an experiment they did install one up the street, and it works, but then everyone seems to try to see if they can get back up to full speed as they round the corner in front of my house (before coming to a stop sign a couple of hundred yards further on--one wonders why they bother to get up to speed again?). They'll have to be sure to leave space on either side because otherwise it would become a dam and flood the yard in heavy rain.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 30 May 04 - 02:52 PM

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they are not out to get you....

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: JennyO
Date: 30 May 04 - 11:01 AM

Oh yes, I'm afraid we have speed humps all over the place in Australia, and I'd hate to be trying to ride a motor bike over them. There are getting to be more and more of them on many roads, some fairly major ones. These, plus the ubiquitous roundabouts and chicayunes, are euphemistically called "traffic calming devices".

I've always said that they make one feel anything but calm. I've also suggested a theory that it's a plot by car repairers to get more business when your suspension etc gets jarred by the damn things. Paranoid? Moi?

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: Blackcatter
Date: 30 May 04 - 09:08 AM

Hi all

Don't know if speed humps are common outside the U.S. - not the narrow bumps that fail to actually slow someone down, but a much wider version. In the US they're starting to look like mesas on some roads. Work pretty well at slowing down cars, but I've discovered they're tricky on a bike. And unlike most speed bumps, there's no cut through and often not side area for a bike to pass through. I'll complain to the county, but I doubt I'll get much of a response. My county isn't concerned with safe biking unless you do it for "fun" People drive themselves and their bikes ten miles to official trails for biking and walking. Unfortunately, people like me are stuck sharing the roadways without any bikelanes.

Subject: RE: BS: I dare you not to laugh at these!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 30 May 04 - 07:57 AM

Gravel is easy to fall off when in the middle of - I know (broken ankle from dropping the exhaust on it!) and people who have not ridden motorbikes wonder why I pick up squashed drink cans from the road...