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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:23 PM Original message |
A Riddle |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. do you mean instead of |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. yes |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. for color blind people |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. mmmm...not really...it would be just as easy to remember the opposite way. |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I've heard a story about a backwards one in Syracuse |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. well, of course green is easier to see if you're far forward |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. The Answer |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. uhhh |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Read my last post ON EDIT |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. that's fine |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 10:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. One of my elderly customers (computer) used to be a traffic engineer. |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. In fact...now I think about it...maybe the lights in the old days were much... |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 11:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. which is why I'm thinking a truck collision would simply render them totally useless |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. It seems like the truck would not hit the whole light but only the bottom part. |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. hmm, I was working on a theory about having the sun in your eyes |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. Stop is highest and seen from furtherst away. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
12. No matter what anyone says, it IS for colorblind people. If the signal is horizontal, |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. 000 |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 10:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Somehow, I knew you'd come through. (I'll be sending you an email about the |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. You are right, but since this was phrased as a Riddle and not Trivia... |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. red being on bottom could make it more likely that it was drowned out by a good sunset |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. There are some things, m'dear, that are just beyond our understanding... |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
17. Because if the green were on top, the stoplight would be upside down. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 10:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. You beat me to it. |
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