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chickenscratching Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:18 AM
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do you kiss your hand going under a yellow traffic light?
Edited on Tue Apr-12-05 10:26 AM by chickenscratching
i kiss my hand and place it on the ceiling of my car going under yellow traffic lights for sex credit (and good luck).
anyone else? and for what reason?

also, anyone into pididdles?
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:20 AM
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1. Never heard that one before.
And what's a padiddle?
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chickenscratching Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:23 AM
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8. a car
with a headlight out.
you can play the pididdle game!
how:
when you see a pididdle riding around with friends, call out 'pididdle', then everyone who didn't call it first has to take off an article of clothing.
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:20 AM
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2. it's piddiddle
pididdle or something likethat

not pAdiddle

and you also do that if you see a car with only one headlight
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bluedeminredstate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:23 AM
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9. I always heard with a piddidle,
which was a car with one headlight, you had to kiss the person next to you. One of my first great kisses as a young teen. Maybe he was just bullshitting me. Doesn't matter...

:)
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chickenscratching Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:23 AM
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10. i want the proper spelling with links!
i want proof!
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 03:08 PM
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37. come on over and I'll give you all the proof you want baby!
:bounce:
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:21 AM
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3. I usually stop at the intersection when I come to a yellow light
After all, that's what you're supposed to do at a yellow light.
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:22 AM
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5. so YOU'RE the one who causes all the accidents!!
:P
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chickenscratching Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:24 AM
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11. i though
yellow light was proceed with caution? :shurg:
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:25 AM
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13. Flashing yellow is caution.
Solid yellow means stop.
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:28 AM
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16. actually, solid yellow means warning
as in "Warning, the light is about to change to red"

so the yellow means slow down, because

the red that is coming means to stop.
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:32 AM
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22. Not in my state
http://www.mass.gov/rmv/dmanual/102004/chapter4.pdf

that's the driver's manual. page 4 "You must stop if it is safe to do so. If you are already stopped at an intersection or stop line, you may not proceed."
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:35 AM
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26. :shrug: but that is just restating what I said
Edited on Tue Apr-12-05 10:37 AM by kick-ass-bob
in technical terms.

because it says "if it is safe to do so"
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:36 AM
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29. Oh, I dunno
I think there's a difference between "slow down" and "you must stop"

:P
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chickenscratching Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:35 AM
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27. interesting
thanks for recalling the bullshit on to myself. :)
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CTLawGuy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:40 AM
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30. In MA???
I thought yellow meant drive really fast in the breakdown lane :)
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chickenscratching Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:29 AM
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17. oh i call bullshit on you(in a friendly way!)
Edited on Tue Apr-12-05 10:31 AM by chickenscratching
solid yellow means the light is changing from green to red
http://www.sos.state.il.us/publications/rr/rr_chap08.html
:)
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chicagojoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:27 AM
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15. No. You're supposed to
accelerate at a yellow light.
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all.of.me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:22 AM
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4. say what?! sex credit?!
my 11 year old puts both hands on the ceiling and holds her breath going under bridges, though. it's supposed to keep you safe from the bridge if it falls on you. ha! yeah, right, honey.... (i don't say that out loud...)
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:23 AM
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We use to hold our breath and lift our feet when going over a bridge...
...which doesn't work very well as an adult driving a car.

There was something we would do when we passed a graveyard but I forget what that was
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Butterflies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:34 AM
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24. You hold your breath when passing a graveyard
so your breathing won't wake up the dead (which doesn't make sense, I know.)

You also hold your breath in tunnels, but I don't know why.
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NoSheep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 02:26 PM
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34. If you were counting animals by the road you had to bury them.
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Bouncy Ball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:22 AM
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6. Never heard of any of that and I try not to engage in too
much superstitious behavior.
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:23 AM
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7. I used to do that.
I thought it was just to keep the light from changing while you were in the intersection.
:shrug:
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chickenscratching Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:31 AM
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20. ooo
another good reason to do it.
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sexybomber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:25 AM
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12. Yep!
Every yellow light is two minutes of good lovin'. Every red is ten.

Unfortunately you lose what you've banked when you actually get the lovin', though.
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chickenscratching Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:30 AM
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18. oh wow
i didn't know there were certain amounts of time alloted to red and yellow.
thanks!
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sexybomber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 12:15 PM
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32. Indeed!
You're welcome :D
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Justyce Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:26 AM
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14. We've always scratched
the ceiling of the car once with the index finger, supposedly for good luck...
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chickenscratching Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:43 AM
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31. scratching
hard enough to leave a mark?
or just the motion?
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Justyce Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 02:22 PM
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33. Guess it depends on
how fast you're flying through the yellow light :D
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chickenscratching Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 02:30 PM
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35. too true too true
well, watch out for your nails!
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Tyrone Slothrop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:31 AM
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19. My brother always does that
I've sort of picked it from him.

Only the driver does it though.

I'm confused as to the "sex credit" part though. I always just thought it was for luck through the intersection. Like when the Pope kisses the ground after a flight.
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:32 AM
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21. Nah.
Edited on Tue Apr-12-05 10:37 AM by SarahBelle
I prefer tongue gestures and flashing my boobs. :P

edit: spelling
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:33 AM
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23. .
:wow:
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:34 AM
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25. At traffic lights? Or, you know, everywhere?
B-)
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chickenscratching Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 10:36 AM
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28. oh don't we all?
:evilgrin:
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Speck Tater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 02:33 PM
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36. That's the whackiest thing I ever heard!
Do you also kiss your knee and dip your toes in a glass of milk every time someone sneezes? Just wondering.
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YellowRubberDuckie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 03:24 PM
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38. I did in high school.
But haven't since.
Duckie
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AllegroRondo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 03:26 PM
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39. I always raise both hands like a ref signalling a field goal
"ITS GOOD!!"
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-05 03:26 PM
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40. Yes!
I learned it from a friend in high school. :evilgrin:
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