Kastigir wrote:
Nadenu wrote:
The answer is 'the devil is beating his wife'. You people are weird.
I chose, "I don't have a term for that"
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I chose, "I don't have a term for that"
You need more culture.
I didn't get questions that had "rotary" as an acceptable answer.
Also, I agree with Nads. I have always heard that when it rains and the sun is out "the devil is beating his wife." I have absolutely no idea where that came from.
Also, I assume I confused it, since I call sweetened carbonated beverages "cokes," but call a group of people "you guys." Growing up, I called everything pop. But living in the south for 20 years has changed me, and I usually just say coke these days.
Edited, Dec 23rd 2013 12:02pm by Belkira
Also, I agree with Nads. I have always heard that when it rains and the sun is out "the devil is beating his wife." I have absolutely no idea where that came from.
Also, I assume I confused it, since I call sweetened carbonated beverages "cokes," but call a group of people "you guys." Growing up, I called everything pop. But living in the south for 20 years has changed me, and I usually just say coke these days.
Edited, Dec 23rd 2013 12:02pm by Belkira
Belkira wrote:
I didn't get questions that had "rotary" as an acceptable answer.
"Bubbler" apparently put me in either Wisconsin or RI / southern MA. "Rotary" helped put me in RI. There were obviously other questions that helped put me in New England, but those were the two that had very specific areas.
Also, there was no "youse guys" option, which disappointed me.
Edited, Dec 23rd 2013 1:16pm by Spoonless
I guess I was answering as I would have before I moved out east. I had no name for a traffic circle before coming here as we didn't have those nightmare beasts out west.
That said, there is a difference in definition between a rotary and a round-about - or so I was told by the DOT engineer who was designing a round-about.
He explained that a roundabout was only one-lane and is designed to not only allow traffic through an intersection but to slow down traffic. A traffic circle (or rotary), on the other hand, is designed to allow for lots of cars to get through the intersection without having to stop and will be two or more lanes.
That said, there is a difference in definition between a rotary and a round-about - or so I was told by the DOT engineer who was designing a round-about.
He explained that a roundabout was only one-lane and is designed to not only allow traffic through an intersection but to slow down traffic. A traffic circle (or rotary), on the other hand, is designed to allow for lots of cars to get through the intersection without having to stop and will be two or more lanes.
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We must not have anything like that down here either. The closest thing I could compare it to is a cloverleaf, and I know that's not right.
Given the differentiation, I suppose roundabouts are more common where I am, though I know of a few rotaries. That said, we still refer to them all as rotaries. Nobody is going to hunt me down if I tell them to take the second turn off the rotary and be like "hey *******, that was a roundabout, you got me lost!"
We must not have anything like that down here either. The closest thing I could compare it to is a cloverleaf, and I know that's not right.
No, no, cloverleafs result in orderly flows of traffic. Rotaries are where we send our new drivers like Spartans sending their children to kill wolves. Some of them don't come back, but that makes us stronger as a people. Really, they are terrible. Accident magnets. This is what it's like for unitiated:
Take a busy two lane state highway. Make it a circle. Merge 4 or 5 Interstate highways, tiny roads, or other state highways with it at random points on the circle, both entering and existing. Have no traffic controls at all. Add snow and freezing rain 5 months of the year, insane solar glare at least one angle the other 7. Welcome to every 6 miles in New England.
No, no, cloverleafs result in orderly flows of traffic. Rotaries are where we send our new drivers like Spartans sending their children to kill wolves. Some of them don't come back, but that makes us stronger as a people. Really, they are terrible. Accident magnets. This is what it's like for unitiated:
Take a busy two lane state highway. Make it a circle. Merge 4 or 5 Interstate highways, tiny roads, or other state highways with it at random points on the circle, both entering and existing. Have no traffic controls at all. Add snow and freezing rain 5 months of the year, insane solar glare at least one angle the other 7. Welcome to every 6 miles in New England.
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To make a long story short, I don't take any responsibility for anything I post here. It's not news, it's not truth, it's not serious. It's parody. It's satire. It's bitter. It's angsty. Your mother's a *****. You like to jack off dogs. That's right, you heard me. You like to grab that dog by the bone and rub it like a ski pole. Your dad? Gay. Your priest? Straight. **** off and let me post. It's not true, it's all in good fun. Now go away.
Every six miles in Old England, too.
They're fine, they keep your guard up. Someone breaks the rules in a rational system and you get chaos, because people have been lulled into a false sense of security. By being in a constant state of chaos, the roundabout cleverly guards against this tendency. If someone drives poorly or recklessly, you slam your hand against the wheel, swear at them, and move on with your life.
Also, if you have trouble making decisions, you can just keep going round and round and round. Forever.
They're fine, they keep your guard up. Someone breaks the rules in a rational system and you get chaos, because people have been lulled into a false sense of security. By being in a constant state of chaos, the roundabout cleverly guards against this tendency. If someone drives poorly or recklessly, you slam your hand against the wheel, swear at them, and move on with your life.
Also, if you have trouble making decisions, you can just keep going round and round and round. Forever.
Nadenu wrote:
We must not have anything like that down here either. The closest thing I could compare it to is a cloverleaf, and I know that's not right.
There's a round-a-bout on Music Row in Nashville around the Musica statue.
Belkira wrote:
Nadenu wrote:
We must not have anything like that down here either. The closest thing I could compare it to is a cloverleaf, and I know that's not right.
There's a round-a-bout on Music Row in Nashville around the Musica statue.
It's been years since I've been in that part of the city. And I figured just people heading into recording studios even went there, anyway. I drove beside it when I went to Vanderbilt to see my husband in rehab, does that count?
Nadenu wrote:
It's been years since I've been in that part of the city. And I figured just people heading into recording studios even went there, anyway. I drove beside it when I went to Vanderbilt to see my husband in rehab, does that count?
They used to have a neat Irish pub over there, not sure if it's still open or not. There were quite a few bars and restaurants around there last time I was there. But that's more on the northern end of Music Row where the trendy hipsters live these days.
Jophiel wrote:
Assuming this is the same one Flea had me take yesterday, it put me outside Aurora, IL which is accurate within ten-fifteen miles or so.
Gave me Aurora too based on pronunciation of cot and caught being different. Kinda freaking me out. Also didn't know there were so many possible names for roly-polys.
Belkira wrote:
Nadenu wrote:
It's been years since I've been in that part of the city. And I figured just people heading into recording studios even went there, anyway. I drove beside it when I went to Vanderbilt to see my husband in rehab, does that count?
They used to have a neat Irish pub over there, not sure if it's still open or not. There were quite a few bars and restaurants around there last time I was there. But that's more on the northern end of Music Row where the trendy hipsters live these days.
Which is why I don't go there anymore.
I think my son hangs out there, though. 
Smasharoo wrote:
We must not have anything like that down here either. The closest thing I could compare it to is a cloverleaf, and I know that's not right.
No, no, cloverleafs result in orderly flows of traffic. Rotaries are where we send our new drivers like Spartans sending their children to kill wolves. Some of them don't come back, but that makes us stronger as a people. Really, they are terrible. Accident magnets. This is what it's like for unitiated:
Take a busy two lane state highway. Make it a circle. Merge 4 or 5 Interstate highways, tiny roads, or other state highways with it at random points on the circle, both entering and existing. Have no traffic controls at all. Add snow and freezing rain 5 months of the year, insane solar glare at least one angle the other 7. Welcome to every 6 miles in New England.
No, no, cloverleafs result in orderly flows of traffic. Rotaries are where we send our new drivers like Spartans sending their children to kill wolves. Some of them don't come back, but that makes us stronger as a people. Really, they are terrible. Accident magnets. This is what it's like for unitiated:
Take a busy two lane state highway. Make it a circle. Merge 4 or 5 Interstate highways, tiny roads, or other state highways with it at random points on the circle, both entering and existing. Have no traffic controls at all. Add snow and freezing rain 5 months of the year, insane solar glare at least one angle the other 7. Welcome to every 6 miles in New England.
God honest truth right here. I used to live by the rotary in West Concord. It didn't matter if you believed in a God or not, you prayed your **** off every time you had to use it. You couldn't just wait for a break in traffic. There is no such thing. So you had to time it perfectly and launch yourself out there screaming hail marys, death grip on the wheel, and your gas foot on the floor.
Good times, good times
Well damn. Here I thought I was doing pretty well in not sounding like a yinser (if that term makes sense to you, you know where I'm from).
The map thinks I live in Reno, Nevada or Mesa, Arizona.
Seeing as how I live in Rapid City, South Dakota....
ALSO: re: Rain in the sunshine: Devil is losing an argument with his wife (in these part).
Seeing as how I live in Rapid City, South Dakota....
ALSO: re: Rain in the sunshine: Devil is losing an argument with his wife (in these part).
remorajunbao wrote:
One day I'm going to fly to Canada and open the curtains in your office.
Says I'm from either
Buffalo, NY
Tucson, AR
Fresno, CA
But pretty much all of Michigan is a deep red.
Key questions:
I answered Yard Sale... which is apparently mostly Southern.
I answered Firefly, which I'm surprised shows up very little on the eastern half of the US, and is mostly Western.
And Sneakers is apparently very New England...ish?
Buffalo, NY
Tucson, AR
Fresno, CA
But pretty much all of Michigan is a deep red.
Key questions:
Quote:
What would you call a sale of unwanted items on your porch, in your yard, etc.?
I answered Yard Sale... which is apparently mostly Southern.
Quote:
What do you call the insect that flies around in the summer and glows in the dark?
I answered Firefly, which I'm surprised shows up very little on the eastern half of the US, and is mostly Western.
And Sneakers is apparently very New England...ish?
Can't sleep, clown will eat me.
Spoonless wrote:
Also, there was no "youse guys" option, which disappointed me.
I got Yonkers, Springfield, and Providence.
George Carlin wrote:
I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
Akron, OH/ Ft. Wayne, IN/ Rockford, IL.
Pretty close for me as I was born and raised in north central Ohio about half way between Columbus and Cleveland. My use of pop got me the Akron-Ft. Wayne connection, while pronouncing cot and caught differently landed me in Rockford.
Pretty close for me as I was born and raised in north central Ohio about half way between Columbus and Cleveland. My use of pop got me the Akron-Ft. Wayne connection, while pronouncing cot and caught differently landed me in Rockford.
As a canuck, it's impossible for it to peg me corectly, but it gave me Seattle, Buffalo, and Portland/Vancouver, close enough.
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The World Is Not A Cold Dead Place.
The World Is Not A Cold Dead Place.
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Eske wrote:
I've always read Driftwood as the straight man in varus' double act. It helps if you read all of his posts in the voice of Droopy Dog.
Driftwood wrote:
As a canuck, it's impossible for it to peg me corectly, but it gave me Seattle, Buffalo, and Portland/Vancouver, close enough.
All near the border. I think it pegged you.
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An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo
lolgaxe wrote:
Spoonless wrote:
Also, there was no "youse guys" option, which disappointed me.
I got Yonkers, Springfield, and Providence.
Kavekk wrote:
After seeing the map light up blue after every question, I thought it might figure out I wasn't from the USA. In the end, it said @#%^ it and decided I lived in New York, Jersey or Yonkers. It really narrowed down on that geographical region.
Me too! NY, Jersey or Yonkers. I also come from the Southern tip of Florida. I didn't light up blue on every question, but I sure got a lot of blue.
It showed me as Newark/Paterson, New York or Yonkers. Implications of Jersey aside it was fairly close; born and bred in the mid-Hudson Valley I've spent a lot of time living and working in Westchester and the greater tri-state. And I didn't even answe "wedge" for the sub sandwich question. Didn't get the sneaker question though. Lots of questions I would have had multiple answers for. And the traffic circles all over here aren't even death-traps.
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we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.
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