"Some guy just honked at me to leave my parking space faster, so now I’ll just have to sit here until both of us are dead" is a jocular saying about parking. The speaker is being…
Speed bumps are sometimes called "inverted potholes." " Does that refer to the inverted pot holes, otherwise know as speed humps?" was posted on the newsgroup aus.transport on…
"Squirrels -- Nature's little speed bumps" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Squirrels get run over frequently by cars. "Squirrels - Nature's little…
There are various superstitions about where to step while walking on the sidewalk. "Step on a crack, break your mother's back" dates to at least 1905. "Step on a nail, put your…
"stop praying...God's too busy to find you a parking spot" is a jocular New York City sign for Edison ParkFast off-street parking services. "'Stop praying. God is too busy…
What is "street smart"? On the American television comedy series My Name Is Earl ("Nature's Game Show" episode that aired on November 20, 2008), Joy and Darnell argued…
New York City has many streets named after numbers and letters. Streets in the suburbs are often named after trees, such as oak, maple and pine. Syndicated newspaper columnist Bill Vaughan…
In June 2008, an experimental Department of Transportation program called "Summer Streets" was announced. For three straight Saturdays in August 2008, a 6.9-mile stretch of Manhattan…
"The city should hire the guy that/who salts the fries at McDonald’s to do the roads" is a jocular saying that has been printed on several images. The french fries at McDonald's…
"The city should hire the guy that/who salts the fries at McDonald’s to do the roads" is a jocular saying that has been printed on several images. The french fries at McDonald's…
Pavement contains no mint, except in "pave-mint"/"pavemint" jokes. "The freshest street in town is made of pave-mint" was posted on Twitter by Richard Backeberg on…
"Be decisive. Right or wrong, make a decision. The road of life is paved with flat squirrels who couldn’t make a decision" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images.…
The board game Monopoly is sometimes said to be unrealistic. "The most unrealistic thing about Monopoly" was posted on Reddit -- Funny on March 2, 2014, referring to the card "BANK…
"Be decisive. Right or wrong, make a decision. The road of life is paved with flat squirrels who couldn’t make a decision" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images.…
"The road to a friend's house is never long" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "To a friend's house the road is never long" has been cited in print…
Streets can be "deserted." Streets are usually not "desserted," but there are jokes. "The streets are desserted. Cake and ice cream everywhere" was posted on Twitter…
Many people have difficulty parallel parking -- and they'd prefer that no one watch them do it. "The worst thing about parallel parking is witnesses" is a jocular saying that was…
Many people have difficulty parallel parking -- and they'd prefer that no one watch them do it. "The worst thing about parallel parking is witnesses" is a jocular saying that was…
"The quick and the dead" is a biblical saying. "There are two kinds of pedestrians -- the quick (i.e., those quick enough to get out of the way) and the dead" is an old joke.…
A "speed bump" is to slow a vehicle's speed, not give give a "bump" to increase a vehicle's speed. A joke was printed in Viz Magazine (UK) in 1999: "These…