Daily conversation: What is the worst possible answer?

[ElishaGOtis]

The correct answer

That's great and all, but I'm looking for the worst possible answer.

I-4

[TheCatalyst31]

I-695 southeast of Baltimore. (Too soon?)

[Scott5114]

I dunno if it's open to just anyone to ask a daily question, but if so, here's one for July 19:

Instead of a control city, it would make navigation easier if every guide sign had ________.

[jlam]

A QR code to the town's Wikipedia article

[jeffandnicole]

I dunno if it's open to just anyone to ask a daily question, but if so, here's one for July 19:

Instead of a control city, it would make navigation easier if every guide sign had ________.

Mayor's names.

[Scott5114]

I dunno if it's open to just anyone to ask a daily question, but if so, here's one for July 19:

Instead of a control city, it would make navigation easier if every guide sign had ________.

Mayor's names.

The mayors of the towns the roads lead to, or just anyone who has been a mayor somewhere?

[NE2]

Limón

[Big John]

Distance to I-86.

[pianocello]

Instead of a control city, it would make navigation easier if every guide sign had ________.

Not existed. Everyone's using their phones or GPS, why bother spending the money to maintain guide signs?

[1995hoo]

I dunno if it's open to just anyone to ask a daily question, but if so, here's one for July 19:

Instead of a control city, it would make navigation easier if every guide sign had ________.

Rhyming cockney slang.

[Mapmikey]

A "you are here" map like the ones often found in rest areas.

[JayhawkCO]

Zip codes.

[formulanone]

The local High School sport mascots/nicknames

[Scott5114]

The local High School sport mascots/nicknames

There are a number of intersections in Oklahoma where you'd end up with

← Bulldogs
Bulldogs →

On the other hand..."US-69/US-75 north, Wampus Cats".

[on_wisconsin]

Toss up between the nearest private landing strip or nearest residential subdivision (name).

[formulanone]

The local High School sport mascots/nicknames

There are a number of intersections in Oklahoma where you'd end up with

← Bulldogs
Bulldogs →

On the other hand..."US-69/US-75 north, Wampus Cats".

Wampus Cats...that's a new one.

One that stuck with me for years was New Braunfels H.S. Unicorns.

[kurumi]

I dunno if it's open to just anyone to ask a daily question, but if so, here's one for July 19:

Instead of a control city, it would make navigation easier if every guide sign had ________.

A 5-second tiktok video (audio at max volume), of some influencer doing a selfie at the destination

[thspfc]

I've inadvertently gotten in trouble for this before (now I'm 100% at fault).  The worst possible answer is:

The portion of I-70 that goes to Baltimore.

Raises an interesting question, can you remove something that doesn't exist?

I-70 to Baltimore does not exist, but cannot be removed, and therefore exists. Schrodinger's Highway.

[kphoger]

July 19:

Instead of a control city, it would make navigation easier if every guide sign had ________.

The same, but in braille.

A QR code

Ooooooohhhhhhhh.......  Can't really beat that one.

A QR code to an image of a guide sign.  (The correct guide sign, mind you, not some random one from elsewhere.)

[vdeane]

Cardinal directions and only cardinal directions (well, exit numbers would still be there).  Just have to memorize the whole highway system.

[TheCatalyst31]

Ad space for local businesses.

[formulanone]

July 19:

Instead of a control city, it would make navigation easier if every guide sign had ________.

The same, but in braille.

A QR code

Ooooooohhhhhhhh.......  Can't really beat that one.

A QR code to an image of a guide sign.  (The correct guide sign, mind you, not some random one from elsewhere.)

Download the app to read this BGS-QR code!

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[kkt]

Nuking a road from orbit probably would not be ideal for maintenance.

But it's the only way to be sure.

[Max Rockatansky]

Nuking a road from orbit probably would not be ideal for maintenance.

But it's the only way to be sure.

I-405 would probably just stow away onto the Sulaco...

[kphoger]

July 19:

Instead of a control city, it would make navigation easier if every guide sign had ________.

... spoken destinations over loudspeaker, kind of like a train station.  Instead of "the Wolverine to Detroit will be departing on track 9, with service to Hammond, Kalamazoo, Jackson, Ann Arbor, and intermediate stops"—it would be more like this:

"Interstate 70 eastbound to Topeka exits to the right at Exit 95A, continuing to Kansas City, Columbia, Wentzville, Saint Louis, Indianapolis, Columbus, Wheeling, Washington (Pennsylvania), New Stanton, Breezewood, Hancock, Hagerstown, Washington (D.C.), and intermediate cities.  Interstate 70 westbound to Hays will exit to the right in one quarter-mile at Exit 95B, continuing to Limon, Denver, Grand Junction, and Interstate 15, with connecting service to Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and San Diego."

All you need to do is slow down and roll down your window.