“Why is there always enough tar to make speed humps, but not enough to fill the potholes?

“How come there is enough asphalt for speed bumps, but not enough to fill pot holes?” is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying has several slight variations.
 
“Why is there always enough tar to make speed humps - but not enough to fill the potholes!!!” was posted on Facebook by Maeve Palmer on December 17, 2009. “Why is it that there’s enough Tarmac to make speed bumps, but not enough to fill potholes!!!” was posted on X/Twitter by “loving life” on February 21, 2011. “Why is there enough tarmac to make speed humps, but not enough to fill potholes?” was posted on X/Twitter by Shaft Frmer on April 15, 2012.
 
“Why is there enough asphalt to make speed bumps, but not enough to fill the pot holes?” was posted on Facebook by Shawn M Schultz on January 28, 2018. “From Facebook: How come there is enough asphalt for speed bumps, but not enough to fill potholes?” was posted on X/Twitter by B𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐎’𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥l on February 23, 2021. “How come there is enough asphalt for speed bumps But not enough to fill pot holes” (shown on an image) was posted on iFunny on November 5, 2022.
 
         
Facebook
Maeve Palmer
December 17, 2009 at 2:36 PM ·
Why is there always enough tar to make speed humps - but not enough to fill the potholes!!!
   
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Lee Johnson
February 6, 2010 at 5:32 AM ·
why is there enough tarmac to do speed humps… yet there’s not enough to fill in pot holes!!
 
Facebook
Barry March
February 10, 2010 at 2:03 PM ·
why is there enough tarmac to do speed humps… yet there’s not enough to fill in pot holes!!
 
X/Twitter
Steve B
@BoydyTheTeacher
Why is it there is enough Tarmac to create speed bumps but not enough to fill potholes? #thingsthatannoyme
10:51 AM · Aug 9, 2010
   
X/Twitter
loving life
@horseracingmama
Why is it that there’s enough Tarmac to make speed bumps, but not enough to fill potholes!!!
5:01 PM · Feb 21, 2011
     
X/Twitter
Andy
@Taxi_Andy
Why is there enough tarmac to build speed humps but not enough to fill pot holes ?
11:25 AM · Mar 14, 2012
 
X/Twitter
Shaft Farmer
@ShaftFarmer
Why is there enough tarmac to make speed humps, but not enough to fill potholes?
11:57 AM · Apr 15, 2012
 
X/Twitter 
Larry Hudson
@brett_hudson41
There’s enough Tarmac and concrete to make bastard speed humps but not enough to fill pot holes!?
1:08 PM · Dec 5, 2013 from Dudley, England
 
X/Twitter
Joe Mreczko
@JoeMreczko
How do they have enough asphalt for speed bumps but they can’t find enough to fill up the potholes on this island?!?
9:13 AM · Mar 13, 2014
     
Facebook
Shawn M Schultz
January 28, 2018 at 2:45 AM ·
Why is there enough asphalt to make speed bumps, but not enough to fill the pot holes?
   
X/Twitter
David Bennington
@therealbenno
How come there’s always enough tarmac to make speed humps but not enough to fill potholes?
10:55 AM · Jan 28, 2018
 
Facebook
David Himan
January 4, 2019 at 6:11 AM ·
How come councils can find enough tarmac to make speed bumps but not to fill pot holes?
     
X/Twitter 
Col
@countcol
Why is there enough tarmac to make speed humps but not enough to fill pot holes?
3:46 AM · Oct 29, 2019
 
Facebook
Rodney Williams
January 28, 2020 at 8:15 PM ·
Why is there enough asphalt to make speed bumps, but not enough to fill the pot holes ?
     
Facebook
Save us from fukwits - 2
January 30, 2020 at 9:13 AM ·
How come there’s plenty tarmac to make speedbumps but not enough to fill potholes?
 
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Doug Alton
January 30, 2020 at 2:22 PM ·
How come there’s enough asphalt to make speed bumps, but not enough to
fill potholes?
 
X/Twitter
B𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐎’𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥l
@ocathome
From Facebook: How come there is enough asphalt for speed bumps, but not enough to fill potholes?
7:29 AM · Feb 23, 2021
   
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Church™
@Churcho_KE
How come there is enough asphalt for speed bumps, but not enough to fill pot holes? 🤔🤔🤔🤔
@KeNHAKenya @KURAroads @Ma3Route @KenyanTraffic @road_driving
1:56 AM · Feb 24, 2021
   
X/Twitter
🍺🥂🍸 𝓜𝓪𝔂𝓸𝓻 𝓸𝓯 𝓕𝓾𝓷𝓴𝔂𝓽𝓸𝔀𝓷 🍻🍷🍹
@MayorFunkytown
Why is there enough asphalt for speed bumps, but not enough to fill potholes?
9:30 PM · Mar 2, 2021
   
X/Twitter
Tobyntx
@tobyntx
Why is there always enough asphalt for speed bumps but never enough to fix pot holes?-Toby Allred
9:14 PM · Apr 8, 2021
 
Reddit—Showerthoughts
S7seven7—June 2, 2021
There’s always enough asphalt for speed bumps but not for potholes.
   
iFunny
notascreepyas
5 nov 2022
How come there is enough asphalt for speed bumps But not enough to fill pot holes
 
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June 8, 2024 at 10:30 AM ·
How come there is
enough asphalt for speed
bumps
But not enough to fill pot
holes?