You Know You're A Roadgeek If...

[thenetwork]

You memorize longer strings of numbers, pin numbers, phone numbers etc... by using route number combinations or intersections...

[1995hoo]

My late father was a member of an organization called NARFE and my mother still gets their mailings. She pronounces it like "NAR-fee." The other day, I heard a radio commercial for said organization in which they pronounced it as "narf."

What does this have to do with being a roadgeek?

Well, when I heard the ad, my first thought was, "OK, Mom, listen to WTOP and you'll hear it rhymes with 'Marf.'"

(And if that weren't enough, when I typed this post on my iPad, autocorrect tried to change "narf" in the first paragraph to "Marf," appropriately capitalized.)

[Rothman]

My late father was a member of an organization called NARFE and my mother still gets their mailings. She pronounces it like "NAR-fee." The other day, I heard a radio commercial for said organization in which they pronounced it as "narf."

What does this have to do with being a roadgeek?

Well, when I heard the ad, my first thought was, "OK, Mom, listen to WTOP and you'll hear it rhymes with 'Marf.'"

(And if that weren't enough, when I typed this post on my iPad, autocorrect tried to change "narf" in the first paragraph to "Marf," appropriately capitalized.)

Animaniacs...

[Henry]

My late father was a member of an organization called NARFE and my mother still gets their mailings. She pronounces it like "NAR-fee." The other day, I heard a radio commercial for said organization in which they pronounced it as "narf."

What does this have to do with being a roadgeek?

Well, when I heard the ad, my first thought was, "OK, Mom, listen to WTOP and you'll hear it rhymes with 'Marf.'"

(And if that weren't enough, when I typed this post on my iPad, autocorrect tried to change "narf" in the first paragraph to "Marf," appropriately capitalized.)

Animaniacs...

I just Googled it...

www.narfe.org (National Active and Retired Federal Employees)

[Rothman]

My late father was a member of an organization called NARFE and my mother still gets their mailings. She pronounces it like "NAR-fee." The other day, I heard a radio commercial for said organization in which they pronounced it as "narf."

What does this have to do with being a roadgeek?

Well, when I heard the ad, my first thought was, "OK, Mom, listen to WTOP and you'll hear it rhymes with 'Marf.'"

(And if that weren't enough, when I typed this post on my iPad, autocorrect tried to change "narf" in the first paragraph to "Marf," appropriately capitalized.)

Animaniacs...

I just Googled it...

www.narfe.org (National Active and Retired Federal Employees)

Animaniacs...

[Jim]

Are you pondering what I'm pondering?

[Rothman]

Are you pondering what I'm pondering?

I think so, but how will we get the Spice Girls into the paella?

[Jim]

To steer back to the topic, how might roadgeek Pinky respond?

"I think so, Brain, but how will we turn I-99 into one giant roundabout?"  (please someone do better than that)

or..

Woody: "What's the news, Mr. Peterson?"
Norm: "Unemployed accountant drinks one beer for each pothole on the Central Artery. Film at 11.  So... let's get started!"

[kphoger]

We also recently watched an episode of Bones in which there was a brief camera shot of a stoplight with text-based pedestrian signal.  But the 'WALK' signal was flashing.  Carrie didn't notice that one...

Ugh.  Another episode, same flashing 'WALK' signal.

[thenetwork]

We also recently watched an episode of Bones in which there was a brief camera shot of a stoplight with text-based pedestrian signal.  But the 'WALK' signal was flashing.  Carrie didn't notice that one...

Ugh.  Another episode, same flashing 'WALK' signal.

I've seen a few of those in the wild a few decades ago.

[Big John]

^^ Were those in Washington DC?

[thenetwork]

^^ Were those in Washington DC?

The two I can actually remember from decades ago were both somewhere in Northern Ohio.

[webny99]

Bumping this thread with some things I often say to myself while driving that may or may not be caused by being a roadgeek.

• When someone moves back to the right after completing a pass: Sweeet
• When someone does something questionable or surprising, like squeaking in front of oncoming traffic to make a left turn: Yoooo
• When someone is contemplating pulling out right in front of me from a side street: Don't even think about it (often accompanied by speeding up)

[kurumi]

A side note, but perhaps you can use Maps/Waze etc. without handing in your roadgeek card. One reason: for traffic conditions. Another: to disclaim responsibility for those conditions.

If there's a person in your life who tends to harangue you with "LoOk at ThIs TrAfFiC, WhY'd YoU PiCk ThIs WaY", it's nice to be able to say "I didn't".

[GaryV]

A side note, but perhaps you can use Maps/Waze etc. without handing in your roadgeek card. One reason: for traffic conditions. Another: to disclaim responsibility for those conditions.

And to say, "Nuh uh Google Lady. I'm going this other way and I'm going to beat your time estimate."

[kphoger]

(4)the words "Olympic", "Olympiad", "Citius Altius Fortius", "Paralympic", "Paralympiad", "Pan-American", "Parapan American", "America Espirito Sport Fraternite", or any combination of those words.

Wait, is the Olympics the reason why the US never designated an official section of the Pan-American Highway?

Well, we know |vdeane| is a roadgeek. 

If you read all of 36 USC 220506 and that's your only comment, then you KNOW you're a roadgeek!

[formulanone]

Are you pondering what I'm pondering?

I think so, but how will we get the Spice Girls into the paella?

I saw this on a drive through Bonner Springs last year...seems to be a creative way to message if you have an industrial-sized tube of clear wrap.

[I-57/Route 66 Fan]

When You Have No License But You Have A Transponder







(Even Though The People I Ride With Are Shunpikers)

[thenetwork]

(About 30 Years Ago...)

You took jobs at AAA offices so you could get paid to mark and assemble maps and Triptiks!