Roadgeeks who changed the world?

[Scott5114]

From this thread, you can probably honestly say that Roadgeeks are one of the most self-engrossed egotistical pricks on the web.  

Harry Potter shippers have us beat by a long shot.

[corco]

From this thread, you can probably honestly say that Roadgeeks are one of the most self-engrossed egotistical pricks on the web. 

I actually invented the human ego

[Bickendan]

I invented the internet. Oh, wait.

[bugo]

I invented invention.  So there.

[nyratk1]

I invented Robert Moses

[74/171FAN]

Did anybody forget Alex and those who created/work on this site?

[agentsteel53]

Did anybody forget Alex and those who created/work on this site?

Alex?  who the fuck is Alex?

[US71]

Did anybody forget Alex and those who created/work on this site?

Alex?  who the fuck is Alex?

Alex Trebek, maybe? 

[agentsteel53]

all this time I've been living next door to Alex.

[Scott5114]

Did anybody forget Alex and those who created/work on this site?

Alex?  who the fuck is Alex?

Alex Trebek, maybe? 

I wonder if when you wrote this, you remembered that this thread was started by Ken Jennings.

[Ken Jennings]

Thanks for the signage suggestions.  I was planning on using the Ankrom story anyway...hilarious.

As for those of you claiming to have invented highways out of chewing gum and bailing wire: nope, sorry.  I have it on good authority that the entire interstate system was jury-rigged together by President Eisenhower and MacGyver during a long, drunken weekend at Camp David in 1956.

[agentsteel53]

As for those of you claiming to have invented highways out of chewing gum and bailing wire: nope, sorry.

well, first I had to build the Eisenhower-bot as a prototype...

[rickmastfan67]

As for those of you claiming to have invented highways out of chewing gum and bailing wire: nope, sorry.  I have it on good authority that the entire interstate system was jury-rigged together by President Eisenhower and MacGyver during a long, drunken weekend at Camp David in 1956.

They were just using sarcasm if you didn't figure it out.

[kj3400]

As for those of you claiming to have invented highways out of chewing gum and bailing wire: nope, sorry.  I have it on good authority that the entire interstate system was jury-rigged together by President Eisenhower and MacGyver during a long, drunken weekend at Camp David in 1956.

They were just using sarcasm if you didn't figure it out.

But I invented sarcasm. Can't you tell?

[agentsteel53]

But I invented sarcasm. Can't you tell?

I invented both being able to tell, and not being able to tell.  Each time you are either able to tell, or unable to tell, you will have to pay me royalties.

[kj3400]

But I invented sarcasm. Can't you tell?

I invented both being able to tell, and not being able to tell.  Each time you are either able to tell, or unable to tell, you will have to pay me royalties.

Of course I get paid twice what he gets if it is.

[US71]

I invented both being able to tell, and not being able to tell.  Each time you are either able to tell, or unable to tell, you will have to pay me royalties.

OK, Jake... don't start the mindf*ck or I'll call Harry Mudd on you 

[agentsteel53]

OK, Jake... don't start the mindf*ck or I'll call Harry Mudd on you  

if you are, simultaneously, both able to tell and unable to tell, while at the same time, neither able to tell nor unable to tell, that's triple damages per federal anti-trust law.

[US71]

Kirk: Everything Harry says is a lie, Norman, remember that.
Harcourt Fenton Mudd: Now listen to me carefully, Norman. I am lying.
Norman: You say you are lying, but if everything you say is a lie, then you are telling the truth, but you cannot tell the truth because you always lie... illogical! Illogical!   

[BigMattFromTexas]

I killed an unliked man with this finger. *holds finger up* I think that changed some of the world. Heh heh.
BigMatt

[algorerhythms]

I invented the internet. Oh, wait.

No, I invented the internet.

[US71]

I fashioned the entire interstate highway system out of two thumbtacks and a roll of electrical tape.

I thought that was Al Gore (Sr) ?

[rickmastfan67]

Alright, I think this has gotten far too off topic now. lol.  So, let's try to get back on topic.  Thanks.

[US71]

While I cannot say I have changed the world, I believe I have been a major contributor to the hobby. I have "discovered" numerous old bridges in addition to random sign errors and other roadside oddities. 

[hbelkins]

Years ago, when I was working for my hometown newspaper, I photographed a sign pointing to Natural Bridge State Resort Park in Kentucky, only the first word was spelled "Natuarl." I captioned the photo "Un-'Natuarl' Spelling" and we published it in the paper. Wasn't too long before the sign was fixed. I just wish I could find that photo or the negative now, 25 or so years later.

And I have noticed that some of the goofs I have photographed and posted in the past have gotten fixed shortly thereafter, such as the sign pointing travelers to "Paintsvillle" on KY 114 in Magoffin County.