Daily conversation: What is the worst possible answer?

[1995hoo]

April 10, 2026: What road-related predictions should betting markets include?

04/25/2026: What road-related questions should be asked on prediction markets like Polymarket?

How many days until this thread asks this question again?

Damn. If I were going to be awake at midnight tonight...

[kphoger]

27 APR 2026

What is an uncontrolled intersection?

[wanderer2575]

27 APR 2026

What is an uncontrolled intersection?

Officially recognized as a Jerry Springer Guests commemorative intersection.

[formulanone]

27 APR 2026

What is an uncontrolled intersection?

An intersection which has spoiler and/or aileron failure during a critical phase of driving.

[Max Rockatansky]

27 APR 2026

What is an uncontrolled intersection?

It is an intersection that doesn't recognize the authority of a DOT.  One might say they are a "sovereign intersection."

[kphoger]

It is an intersection that doesn't recognize the authority of a DOT.  One might say they are a "sovereign intersection."

Been talking to your brother lately?

It's going to be hard to beat that answer.

[Big John]

27 APR 2026

What is an uncontrolled intersection?

A simulated intersection where the game controller doesn't work.

[Max Rockatansky]

It is an intersection that doesn't recognize the authority of a DOT.  One might say they are a "sovereign intersection."

Been talking to your brother lately?

It's going to be hard to beat that answer.

I saw him a couple weeks ago at his new house in Utah.  He was pretty mellow on this last trip. 

[kphoger]

27 APR 2026

What is an uncontrolled intersection?

One at which traffic laws do not apply, and which drivers use at their own financial risk.

[1995hoo]

27 APR 2026

What is an uncontrolled intersection?

An intersection where there are Big Green Signs that don't list any cities or other destinations.

[JayhawkCO]

An intersection having premarital sex.

[kphoger]

An intersection where there are Big Green Signs that don't list any cities or other destinations.

[kphoger]

27 APR 2026

What is an uncontrolled intersection?

It's an intersection where one can find a freak sardine sine salad.

[PColumbus73]

27 APR 2026

What is an uncontrolled intersection?

the feral version of a signalized intersection

[The_Ginger]

27 APR 2026

What is an uncontrolled intersection?

An intersection in which there are traffic signals for every movement, including right turns, and the traffic lights are designed so that there is at least 30 minutes of wait time for any given movement.

[GaryV]

April 28, 2026:

"How many roads must a man walk down"?

[PColumbus73]

April 28, 2026:

"How many roads must a man walk down"?

Minimum: 500 miles, Ideally, 1000 miles.

[kphoger]

April 28, 2026:

"How many roads must a man walk down"?

Get a Tootsie Roll Pop.  Start licking.  How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop?  It's the same number.

[Big John]

April 28, 2026:

"How many roads must a man walk down"?

One, on the road to nowhere.

[Max Rockatansky]

April 28, 2026:

"How many roads must a man walk down"?

16.4% more than women.

[kphoger]

April 28, 2026:

"How many roads must a man walk down"?

Before you call him a man?  That's the question, right?  How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?

The answer, my friend, is zero.  If he's really a man, then he never walks down a road.  He only ever walks uphill.  Both ways.  In the snow.

[1995hoo]

April 28, 2026:

"How many roads must a man walk down"?

.... If he's really a man, then he never walks down a road. He only ever walks uphill. Both ways. In the snow.

The answer depends on whether you're happy with what you find when two roads diverge in the wood and you select one of them. If you marry Veronica and then decide to go back and marry Betty instead, you need to walk up both roads.

[I-55]

April 28, 2026:

"How many roads must a man walk down"?

One that's home to me that I walk alone

[vdeane]

April 28, 2026:

"How many roads must a man walk down"?

42

[kphoger]

42

That's actually what Google AI told me is a common answer to the question.