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- From: garrett@Ingres.COM (IF YOU CANNOT CONVINCE THEM, CONFUSE THEM)
- Subject: Re: Misc Traffic Rules
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.024512.23513@pony.Ingres.COM>
- Summary: Yo!
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- References: <1jqh7lINN7mb@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <C1AMp2.AMo@coral.cs.unm.edu> <1993Jan23.082410.28167@cunews.carleton.ca>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 02:45:12 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan23.082410.28167@cunews.carleton.ca>, fenton@scs.carleton.ca (Trevor Fenton) writes...
- >In article <C1AMp2.AMo@coral.cs.unm.edu> sgupta@coral.cs.unm.edu (Sarang Gupta) writes:
- >>In New Mexico (USA), everyone knows:
- >>
- >>Red means stop.
- >>Green means go.
- >>Yellow means... ACCELERATE!!!!!!!
- >
- In San Francisco, it's:
-
- Green means go.
- Yellow means go like a bat out of hell.
- RED means go like a bat out of hell with your middle finger extended out
- the window.
- >
- > Montreal has to be the only city I know of in the world that puts signs
- >on most traffic signal standards instructing drivers: "Attendez le feu vert."
- >ie, 'wait for the green light.' Only in Montreal!
- >
- You'll like this. In a city called Colma (near SF) I saw
- a placart on a lamppost at an intersection, directions on how
- to cross the street. I've been trying to remember to bring a screwdriver
- with me the next time I'm in that part of town.
-
- >trev
-
- -Garrett
-