What in the Wide, Wide World of Prime Numbers is Going On??
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (86939)
United States
November 16, 2019 7:07pm CST
Some things defy explanation. You can do nothing but shake your head and wonder, as Slim Pickens said in Blazing Saddles, “What in the wide, wide world of sports is going on here?????”
See the sign? I took that in a state park this afternoon.
Nineteen miles an hour.
What, a Steely Dan fan??? Or Paul Hardcastle??
Couldn’t just make it an even 20 MPH, huh....
Guess it was a prime number fan.
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@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Nov 19
In Scotland, many of the small roads are single lane with pull-offs every so often in case you meet a car coming in the opposite direction. There are often signs saying how far to the next pull-off but they say stuff like 878 metres or 236 metres. It struck us as funny.
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@FourWalls (86939)
• United States
17 Nov 19
I know, as if someone will get out and measure, then write a protest letter: “that pull-off was 12.3 meters closer than the sign said!”
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@oahuwriter (26773)
• United States
17 Nov 19
That's unusual...maybe it is purposely made so people's attention will be personified, wondering about the unusual number to go to the speed limit?
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@FourWalls (86939)
• United States
17 Nov 19
The other thing I thought of was they had to be custom-ordered, so maybe whoever came up with 19 MPH has a buddy in the sign-making business.
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@crossbones27 (53005)
• Mojave, California
17 Nov 19
That is neat is that Kentucky? Tell me that is in Kentucky or this world is not this world anymore. We in that Nazi Man in Castle world. 
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@FourWalls (86939)
• United States
17 Nov 19
Of course it’s in Kentucky.
In a place called Big Bone Lick.
You’re very welcome.
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@crossbones27 (53005)
• Mojave, California
17 Nov 19
@FourWalls Indeed, very neat. I think that is called freedom. What my ancestors taught me anyway.
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@FourWalls (86939)
• United States
19 Apr 22
I’ve seen them lower than that. One at the USS Alabama had the speed limit at seven MPH. 
Maybe they have a contract with people who print the signs and are trying to throw some business their way. 
Maybe they have a contract with people who print the signs and are trying to throw some business their way. 1 person likes this
@porwest (112927)
• United States
19 Apr 22
@FourWalls That would seem the only logical explanation. I mean, how am I supposed to even monitor that? lol
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@FourWalls (86939)
• United States
17 Nov 19
@DocAndersen —
Poor guy lost his license, though.
BTW, here’s Joe explaining the song. Love the “duh!” when he gets to that line.
Poor guy lost his license, though.
BTW, here’s Joe explaining the song. Love the “duh!” when he gets to that line.
Joe Walsh performs "Life's Been Good" spoken word version live at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, CA. Joe Walsh's new album, Analog Man will be available J...
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
17 Nov 19
@FourWalls i did, he pointed at friend and said his maserati does 185
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
17 Nov 19
Obviously a Bob Feller fan!
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@Starmaiden (9308)
• Canada
17 Nov 19
Maybe it was meant for cyclists and joggers.
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