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WoodrowFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 09:16 AM
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Congressman wants to change name of Interstate 69 (Hoax)
Edited on Wed Nov-17-04 09:23 AM by WoodrowFan
Where is Matcom? He missed this!!

John Hostettler, the Congressman representing the 8th district of Indiana, has been convinced by local religious groups to introduce legislation in the House that would change the name of an Interstate 69 extension to a more moral sounding number.

Hostettler, a proponent of the interstate extension, agrees. “Every time I have been out in the public with an ‘I-69’ button on my lapel, teenagers point and snicker at it. I have had many ask me if they can have my button. I believe it is time to change the name of the highway. It is the moral thing to do.”



http://www.hoosiergazette.com/News/Nov2004/news003.htm

On edit: OOPS, satire. sorry about that! I let my hots for Wonkette blind me!
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ArthurDent Donating Member (191 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 09:18 AM
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1. Excellent
I suggest

I-42

Naturally.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 09:18 AM
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2. Absurd!
Hey, Hostettler, get your mind out of the gutter! Or, embrace it all!
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 09:18 AM
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3. Check the disclaimer.
"Hoosier Gazette articles are drawn from different sources and some are fictitious or satirical. The Hoosier Gazette uses invented names in some stories, except in cases where public figures are being satirized. Any other use of real names is accidental and coincidental. The reader should suspend belief for the sake of enjoyment."
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Metatron Donating Member (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 09:19 AM
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4. It's satire.
It has been showing up all over DU for the last few days :)
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WoodrowFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 09:22 AM
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6. ARGH: I'm sorry
sorry, should have read closer!! :+

Damn you Wonkette!
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 09:21 AM
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5. Jeez louise guys - give it a rest - this is about the fifth thread on this
in the last two days - It is satire!
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 09:23 AM
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7. Last two hours
I guess it was a good prank.
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WoodrowFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 09:24 AM
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10. Sorry
my bad. missed the earlier ones. :spank:
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 09:23 AM
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8. um.... Matcom didn't miss anything
:eyes:

bogus story
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WoodrowFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 09:25 AM
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11. I should have known better
forgive me??? ;(
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 09:36 AM
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13. absolutely
:D
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 09:24 AM
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9. Here's another one 5 minutes later
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x2023692
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WoodrowFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 09:28 AM
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 09:37 AM
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14. and no cutting/pasting!
That's cheating. I want to see longhand!
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WoodrowFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 10:28 AM
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16. It WAS longhand
that's just how it displays on the DU!!
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doc03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 09:40 AM
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15. Sorry, the first I heard of this story was last night on KDKA radio
out of Pittsburgh. I made a search and posted the link, I thought it
was true.
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DrGonzoLives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 10:38 AM
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17. Thing is...
Hostettler (R-piece of human dogshit) is just stupid, reactionary, and useless enough to try to do this. Let's not give him any ideas.
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 10:43 AM
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18. This Actually Happened In New Jersey
There used to be a State Highway 69. So many road signs were stolen back in the '60s that they changed the number to "31".

* * * * *

The current NJ 31 received its current designation in 1969, before which time it had been designated NJ 69. More on the former NJ 69 designation from an e-mail sent by a contributor:

When I got my driver's license in 1960, it was already a rite of passage to steal a Route 69 sign, solely because of the sexual "69" position. I remember making a middle of the night trip to Route 69 with my girlfriend, who was to be my lookout while I unbolted the sign. So many signs had already been stolen, that on the back of each 69 sign was the stenciled warning, "HEAVY PENALTY FOR REMOVAL." This warning was not found on other routes! My tools were not up to the task, so I never did get a NJ 69 sign.

The sign stealing on Route 69 may well have peaked when the class of 1969 was in school, and was probably the straw that broke the back of the very-slow-to-learn NJDOT and led to the re-designation as Route 31.

http://www.nycroads.com/roads/NJ-31/
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