Daily conversation: What is the worst possible answer?

[PColumbus73]

16 DEC
Given the recent change from Calibri to Times New Roman over at the Department of State, what font should the Department of Transportation require be used on highway signs in the future?

Whatever Oklahoma Department of Transportation is feeling at the time

[xonhulu]

16 DEC
Given the recent change from Calibri to Times New Roman over at the Department of State, what font should the Department of Transportation require be used on highway signs in the future?

Hieroglyphics

[wanderer2575]

16 DEC
Given the recent change from Calibri to Times New Roman over at the Department of State, what font should the Department of Transportation require be used on highway signs in the future?

Any of the above, with an added Clearview flair.

[I-55]

16 DEC
Given the recent change from Calibri to Times New Roman over at the Department of State, what font should the Department of Transportation require be used on highway signs in the future?

Brush Script M7

[kphoger]

15 DEC 2025

How are truck drivers supposed to know which lane is the right lane?

It's very simple:

1) Hold both hands up with palms pointed away and thumbs sticking out.
2) The hand that looks like the letter L is your left hand, so the other is your right.
3) Wish you had time to act on that new-found knowledge as your truck crashes because you took both hands off the steering wheel.

I thought that was going to be the winning answer.  Until...

It's actually a reassurance sign, telling us that whatever lane trucks use is the right one.

That's the winning answer!

[kphoger]

16 DEC
Given the recent change from Calibri to Times New Roman over at the Department of State, what font should the Department of Transportation require be used on highway signs in the future?

CraIG CoUnty Sans

[hotdogPi]

3×5 font.

[pderocco]

16 DEC
Given the recent change from Calibri to Times New Roman over at the Department of State, what font should the Department of Transportation require be used on highway signs in the future?

Braille. It's about time we helped the differently sighted to drive.

[pderocco]

3×5 font.

Would that be button copy?

[kkt]

16 DEC
Given the recent change from Calibri to Times New Roman over at the Department of State, what font should the Department of Transportation require be used on highway signs in the future?

Comic Sans

(Can there be any worse answer?)

Blackletter, with all highway numbers rendered in Roman numberals.

[xonhulu]

15 DEC 2025

How are truck drivers supposed to know which lane is the right lane?

It's very simple:

1) Hold both hands up with palms pointed away and thumbs sticking out.
2) The hand that looks like the letter L is your left hand, so the other is your right.
3) Wish you had time to act on that new-found knowledge as your truck crashes because you took both hands off the steering wheel.

I thought that was going to be the winning answer.  Until...

It's actually a reassurance sign, telling us that whatever lane trucks use is the right one.

That's the winning answer!

Do I still get something for 2nd place?

[kphoger]

Do I still get something for 2nd place?

Fifty points!

[Scott5114]

16 DEC
Given the recent change from Calibri to Times New Roman over at the Department of State, what font should the Department of Transportation require be used on highway signs in the future?

Drogowskaz.

[kphoger]

Drogowskaz.

This is supposed to be 'worst', not 'best'.

[Scott5114]

Drogowskaz.

This is supposed to be 'worst', not 'best'.

Oh, shoot, you're right.

Tratex.

[PColumbus73]

12/17/2025:

How many beltways does it take to get to the center of the Houston metro?

[kphoger]

12/17/2025:

How many beltways does it take to get to the center of the Houston metro?

8, obviously.

[xonhulu]

12/17/2025:

How many beltways does it take to get to the center of the Houston metro?

Yo Houston so fat, her beltway size be equator!

[GaryV]

12/17/2025:

How many beltways does it take to get to the center of the Houston metro?

Don't let a cartoon owl in an advertisement answer this question.

[hotdogPi]

12/17/2025:

How many beltways does it take to get to the center of the Houston metro?

They just need to provide a ramp from I-610 to the Red Line.

[1995hoo]

12/17/2025:

How many beltways does it take to get to the center of the Houston metro?

The same as the number of licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop.

[vdeane]

12/17/2025:

How many beltways does it take to get to the center of the Houston metro?

Just one, but you have to listen to him rant about the Key Bridge and I-81 viaduct removal projects.

[kphoger]

Just one, but you have to listen to him rant about the Key Bridge and I-81 viaduct removal projects.

oooooooohhh!!!

[Max Rockatansky]

12/17/2025:

How many beltways does it take to get to the center of the Houston metro?

Just one, but you have to listen to him rant about the Key Bridge and I-81 viaduct removal projects.

Sounds like quiet the "scamdemic." 

[pderocco]

12/17/2025:

How many beltways does it take to get to the center of the Houston metro?

3.1415926535