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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 04:00 PM Original message |
Did you know in some cities honking is considered the HEIGHT of rudeness? |
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DrGonzoLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's a requirement around Chicago |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 04:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I could get along well in a city in which it is required. |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 04:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Good thing I wasn't the driver (in your car) |
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miss_kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 04:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. As if this is the height of couth and good manners |
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smbolisnch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 04:16 PM Original message |
There really is a difference everywhere I think. |
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Murphys_Unlawful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. In some cities it also means that you're horny, go figure. |
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Lavender Brown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. Not in Brooklyn |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 04:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I'd do well there. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 04:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Absolutely right. You have to keep your hand on the horn to keep waking up |
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Lavender Brown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 04:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Somebody was outside my building a few nights ago, |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 06:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
39. DAMN! they do that a lot in NYC!! I hate it!! |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. I met a Texan from Austin |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 04:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Eh. |
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givemebackmycountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. Hey Bouncy I am from New York City |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 04:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. But I love that about New York. |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 04:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. I think that is every bit as much a charicature of NYC as |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. That's funny, I'm from Dallas too, |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 04:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I know, right? Who knew? |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. The courtesy tap is very Seattle |
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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
18. They were assholes to start with--had little to do with the honk. |
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GRLMGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
19. L.A .here |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 05:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I think we're rapidly catching up with you on the roadrage. |
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Lady Effingbroke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
20. I live in Houston, and I am very sparing with the horn. |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 05:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. We do both of those here |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
23. Oh another thing I noticed: |
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Lady Effingbroke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 05:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I think we may be a bit less "honky" here (in the "horny" sense) than |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 05:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Oh yeah bulldogging doesn't require any honking. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
24. I would have locked the doors and LEANED ON IT |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
25. If someone hesitates a millisecond when the light turns green in Boston |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 05:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Yikes. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 05:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Kathy, I've been honked ~before~ it turned green plenty of times |
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StopTheMorans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 05:55 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. try putting your car in reverse, that often helps the situation as well |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 05:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Or turn it off and get out the car and look at the hood while scratching |
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Kire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
26. you could get a ticket for honking at a parked car |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 05:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Huh. |
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Kire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 05:35 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. picking your nose is not a threat |
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StopTheMorans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 05:37 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. "Horns are for emergencies only." i disagree, the horn is put there for |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 05:44 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. My father once told me |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
37. In Miami, they honk at you if you don't move your car within a second |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-05 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
38. Austin folks would have a real hard time driving in Boston. |
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