What Do You Call It -- Those colorful devices at many Intersections???

[Rothman]

The colloquial term for them in Wisconsin is "stop and go lights"

That's what my grandmother always called them. I thought it was an old-fashioned thing, not a Wisconsin thing, but now I know.

I'm not so sure that it is a Wisconsin thing, having lived there myself.

[CtrlAltDel]

The colloquial term for them in Wisconsin is "stop and go lights"

That's what my grandmother always called them. I thought it was an old-fashioned thing, not a Wisconsin thing, but now I know.

I'm not so sure that it is a Wisconsin thing, having lived there myself.

Oh. Well, maybe now I don't know.

[kphoger]

No, people in Wisconsin call them a 'bubbler', except they pronounce it 'pellow'.

[Big John]

^^We can drink to that.

[Scott5114]

When they turn yellow at the exact wrong moment: "little fucking piece of shit"

Fun fact, each lens in a stoplight housing is at least a foot across.

So the technically correct terminology is just "fucking piece of shit".

[freebrickproductions]

When they turn yellow at the exact wrong moment: "little fucking piece of shit"

Fun fact, each lens in a stoplight housing is at least a foot across.

So the technically correct terminology is just "fucking piece of shit".

Depends, there are still a good few 8 inch signals out there, especially in New York City.