Daily conversation: What is the worst possible answer?

[TheHighwayMan3561]

6/16/2026

Maryland has US 40 Scenic. Where should there be other 'scenic' US / State / Interstate routes?

Scenic I-55, Scenic US 40, and Scenis US 50 in IL.

[TheCatalyst31]

6/16/2026

Maryland has US 40 Scenic. Where should there be other 'scenic' US / State / Interstate routes?

IN 912 should be Scenic US 12. Come for the scenery, stay for the pleasant aromas.

[Scott5114]

2026-06-17:
Why aren't unsigned highways on Travel Mapping?

[NE2]

2026-06-17:
Why aren't unsigned highways on Travel Mapping?

Legal concerns.

[MikeTheActuary]

2026-06-17:
Why aren't unsigned highways on Travel Mapping?

Because clinching secret highways is a pastime best reserved for the truly elite, rather than the hoi polloi.

[The_Ginger]

2026-06-17:
Why aren't unsigned highways on Travel Mapping?

They are; a person just needs to clinch 100% of the state (or equivalent)'s highway system to unlock them, along with a special cutscene.

[kphoger]

2026-06-17:
Why aren't unsigned highways on Travel Mapping?

They are, but they're invisible.  Duh.

[formulanone]

2026-06-17:
Why aren't unsigned highways on Travel Mapping?

We've got our country's 250th anniversary to plan, a website to arrange, Cloudflare to murder, and Alanland to frame for it; we're swamped!

[JayhawkCO]

2026-06-17:
Why aren't unsigned highways on Travel Mapping?

Can't guarantee they're over 18.

[Big John]

2026-06-17:
Why aren't unsigned highways on Travel Mapping?

Because they didn't sign a contract to be included.

[kphoger]

Can't guarantee they're over 18.

And that's a bad answer because all the unsigned Interstates are over 100.

[cockroachking]

2026-06-17:
Why aren't unsigned highways on Travel Mapping?

There is a glitch in the site update program that automatically deletes all of the unsigned routes.

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unsigned int routes = 0;
unsigned int points = 0;
unsigned int segments = 0;

[JayhawkCO]

Can't guarantee they're over 18.

And that's a bad answer because all the unsigned Interstates are over 100.

Which is a bad answer because unsigned interstates are in Travel Mapping.

[kphoger]

Wait.  I take it back.  Alaska and Puerto Rico have unsigned Interstates that aren't over 18.

[Sapphuby]

2026-06-17:
Why aren't unsigned highways on Travel Mapping?

Because the Google Maps car probably already got to it first, so there's no point.

[TheCatalyst31]

2026-06-17:
Why aren't unsigned highways on Travel Mapping?

Unsigned highways are insecure, as you can't verify that they're authentic highways using the DOT's public key.

[kphoger]

2026-06-17:
Why aren't unsigned highways on Travel Mapping?

Anybody clinching an unsigned highway obviously wanted to be incognito at the time, and therefore wouldn't want to record their clinch on a public site.

[PNWRoadgeek]

6-18-2026: If Sbarro was a highway, which number would it be?

[The_Ginger]

6-18-2026: If Sbarro was a highway, which number would it be?

0, because we're talking about the pizza chain, right?

[kphoger]

6-18-2026: If Sbarro was a highway, which number would it be?

SB = standard abbreviation of Sbarro® Oblast

Sbarro = a frequent yet shocking misspelling of Sbarro®

® = U+00AE

00AE₍₁₆₎ = 35₍₁₀₎

∴ Sbarro as a highway would be numbered SB-35.

[Big John]

6-18-2026: If Sbarro was a highway, which number would it be?

73 - adding the places in the alphabet.

[kphoger]

6-18-2026: If Sbarro was a highway, which number would it be?

The highway would stretch from one oblast to another, which means it would be an interoblast.  An interrobang is produced when an interoblast highway shield is created.  Therefore, the highway's number would either be 56, 350, or 612, or possibly I-(-0.5) if its number were allowed.

[formulanone]

6-18-2026: If Sbarro was a highway, which number would it be?

According to the courses taught at Domino's Pizza College; a default pizza pie is sliced* into eighths, unless otherwise specified by the caller.

Since pie = pi(e); we can thus declare π·e = 8.54, assuming 2 significant digits, then divided by 8 becomes 1.06

With an 8.99 special plus applicable taxes, delivery fees, and gratuities, this becomes 500, due to Mookie's back pay.

Because Domino's Pizza sponsored the winning car at the Indy 500 in 1990, with a car number 30; we can safely say 35 is correct, because Sbarro never made any promises to deliver on-time results, just coronary thrombosis.

* always rolling the blade deftly outward, never rolling backwards again, and that's the double truth, Ruth

[vdeane]

6-18-2026: If Sbarro was a highway, which number would it be?

3.14, because pizza is a pi

[xonhulu]

6-18-2026: If Sbarro was a highway, which number would it be?

S-0.  C'mon, it's right there in the name.