Daily conversation: What is the worst possible answer?

[PColumbus73]

2026-04-17:

You personally must have a plan to repopulate Gloversville, New York on my desk by five o'clock, or you're fired from whatever it is you do around here, and I mean it, buster!

Goversville gets a rebrand as Solesville, NY, the mayor and city council is now decided by the attractiveness of their feet.

[hotdogPi]

2026-04-17:

You personally must have a plan to repopulate Gloversville, New York on my desk by five o'clock, or you're fired from whatever it is you do around here, and I mean it, buster!

Move John Cena to Johnstown. Everyone will want to see him, and some people will move there. There will be some spillover to Gloversville.

Move Jane Fonda to Fonda, while you're at it.

[Big John]

2026-04-17:

You personally must have a plan to repopulate Gloversville, New York on my desk by five o'clock, or you're fired from whatever it is you do around here, and I mean it, buster!

Goversville gets a rebrand as Solesville, NY, the mayor and city council is now decided by the attractiveness of their feet.

Change to RexRyanville?

[1995hoo]

2026-04-17:

You personally must have a plan to repopulate Gloversville, New York on my desk by five o'clock, or you're fired from whatever it is you do around here, and I mean it, buster!

Build a sort of hook-shaped highway extending north from the Thruway (a partial interchange with ramps accessible from the eastbound Thruway and to the westbound Thruway) through Fonda and Johnstown to terminate at a random location in Gloversville and call it the Innerbelt. It would obviously be a huge success because the one in Akron worked so well.

[The_Ginger]

2026-04-17:

You personally must have a plan to repopulate Gloversville, New York on my desk by five o'clock, or you're fired from whatever it is you do around here, and I mean it, buster!

Kraft pulp mills.


If you don't get it, look up this answer and the keyword "smell."

[TheCatalyst31]

2026-04-17:

You personally must have a plan to repopulate Gloversville, New York on my desk by five o'clock, or you're fired from whatever it is you do around here, and I mean it, buster!

Dang it, I didn't check the forum until after five o'clock today. There goes my job making terrible highway posts.

[I-55]

2026-04-20

Why is concrete pavement generally more prevalent in urban areas than rural areas?

[kphoger]

2026-04-20

Why is concrete pavement generally more prevalent in urban areas than rural areas?

To mitigate the Urban Heat Island effect, as hydraulic concrete reflects sunlight more than asphalt.

[PColumbus73]

2026-04-20

Why is concrete pavement generally more prevalent in urban areas than rural areas?

The clop-clop sound of concrete makes cities wistful of horse and buggy days.

[PNWRoadgeek]

2026-04-20

Why is concrete pavement generally more prevalent in urban areas than rural areas?

Because we need to have flat tires to make the auto stores money.

[Big John]

2026-04-20

Why is concrete pavement generally more prevalent in urban areas than rural areas?

To irritate the residents with the whining winning sound.

[TheCatalyst31]

2026-04-20

Why is concrete pavement generally more prevalent in urban areas than rural areas?

Ironically, there isn't a concrete reason.

[Scott5114]

2026-04-20

Why is concrete pavement generally more prevalent in urban areas than rural areas?

The pavement in rural areas is more metaphorical.

[formulanone]

2026-04-20

Why is concrete pavement generally more prevalent in urban areas than rural areas?

Rural areas have enough flyash problems so they spread the contamination in small doses, so we build up an immunity to it. Thus, within a few generations, it eventually becomes a desirable substance our bodies crave known as Vitamin F to build resilience.

[1995hoo]

2026-04-20

Why is concrete pavement generally more prevalent in urban areas than rural areas?

Somebody took "white roads through black people's neighborhoods" a bit too literally.

[kphoger]

The pavement in rural areas is more metaphorical.

—  What's a "metal road"?
—  That's a metaphor.
—  A metaphor for what?
—  Metal is a metaphor for gravel.

[hotdogPi]

April 21, 2026: Which company should start making construction equipment vehicles?

• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, it's the same PPG as the paint company, right?
• Tinder
• OceanGate
• Base44

[kphoger]

2026-04-20

Why is concrete pavement generally more prevalent in urban areas than rural areas?

Somebody took "white roads through black people's neighborhoods" a bit too literally.

By the way, this was the winning answer.

[kphoger]

April 21, 2026: Which company should start making construction equipment vehicles?

Mattel
Amazon (Amazon Basics)

[Big John]

April 21, 2026: Which company should start making construction equipment vehicles?

Lego

[kphoger]

April 21, 2026: Which company should start making construction equipment vehicles?

Each highway department will produce its own construction equipment vehicles.  The designs will be generated by ChatGPT, and all components will be 3D-printed in-house.

[I-55]

April 21, 2026: Which company should start making construction equipment vehicles?

Nerf

[wanderer2575]

April 21, 2026: Which company should start making construction equipment vehicles?

Oklahoma DOT sign shop

[formulanone]

April 21, 2026: Which company should start making construction equipment vehicles?

Micro Machines

[JayhawkCO]

April 21, 2026: Which company should start making construction equipment vehicles?

Stay Puft.