Daily conversation: What is the worst possible answer?

[Henry]

Since the OP clearly states that you can't ask more than one question...

No more than one conversation starter question per day.

Then we come up with the worst, least applicable, most inappropriate answer to the question.

...we need to decide which one stays today, and which one can be asked tomorrow. The (Indiana) Toll Road question came up first, so the reason is that the state government worked with IL and OH to encourage more traffic between Chicago and Cleveland to take the roundabout way (via Indianapolis, Dayton and Columbus), so they could reserve the more direct route for the VIPs. Although, if the next question is preferred instead...

28 OCT 2025

What does this sign mean?

...then my answer would be KEEP DIGGING.

[I-55]

October 28th, 2025

Why was the Indiana Toll Road privatized for a time?

It was going to become publicly traded 3 years after the lease began but those plans got nixed during the '08 recession. Drivers were supposed to be able to buy/sell stock at the toll booths, which is why the payment machines have issues processing payments after the market closes (AKA during rush hour causing long queues).

[xonhulu]

28 OCT 2025

What does this sign mean?

Neckless Impaled Man Ahead?

[Big John]

28 OCT 2025

What does this sign mean?

Neckless Impaled Man Ahead?

Has no feet to stand on.

[Max Rockatansky]

28 OCT 2025

What does this sign mean?

Well endowed man ahead sticking his massive dong in inappropriate holes.

[kphoger]

inappropriate holes

How can you tell that one's inappropriate?

[Max Rockatansky]

inappropriate holes

How can you tell that one's inappropriate?

One he is on the side of the road and two he is in public view.  Any hole would be inappropriate in those scenarios.  Dude could go home and use any hole he likes.

[JayhawkCO]

28 OCT 2025

What does this sign mean?

Some bullshit ahead.

[Big John]

28 OCT 2025

What does this sign mean?

Pole vaulter ahead.

[kphoger]

Pole vaulter ahead

A slow one.

SLOW

POLE
VAULTER
PLAYING

[Sapphuby]

28 OCT 2025

What does this sign mean?

Call your work and let them know you'll be late ahead

[1995hoo]

28 OCT 2025

What does this sign mean?

Be prepared for potential arguments with other drivers about when to change lanes.

[Henry]

10/29/25:

What's up with MI and NC using diamonds for their state highway shields?

[Max Rockatansky]

10/29/25:

What's up with MI and NC using diamonds for their state highway shields?

Diamonds are a girl's best friend.

[Big John]

10/29/25:

What's up with MI and NC using diamonds for their state highway shields?

Spades, clubs and hearts are harder to use as shields.

[Mapmikey]

10/29/25:

What's up with MI and NC using diamonds for their state highway shields?

Coincidentally, their first state road commissioners was named Jared.

[PColumbus73]

10/29/25:

What's up with MI and NC using diamonds for their state highway shields?

Being surrounded by a bunch of square-shield states, both Michigan and North Carolina didn't want to be associated with an inferior state like Indiana or South Carolina.

[Sapphuby]

10/29/25:

What's up with MI and NC using diamonds for their state highway shields?

By putting a diamond in a box, they have effectively proposed to the driver and are seeing if they'll say yes.

[formulanone]

10/26/25 Why are there no single-digit state highways in Wisconsin?

Single digits are only used for driver informational guidance.

[Dirt Roads]

10/29/25:

What's up with MI and NC using diamonds for their state highway shields?

Wrong question.  Why do so many of the other states (like West Virginia) print their numbers numbers sideways on a diamond and then rotate them 45 degrees?

[formulanone]

28 OCT 2025

What does this sign mean?

Sugarloaf Dustpan Zone

[kphoger]

Wrong question.  Why do so many of the other states (like West Virginia) print their numbers numbers sideways on a diamond and then rotate them 45 degrees?

Your mind was going in the same direction mine was.  I was about to post that they aren't actually diamonds at all, but that the numbers are rotated 45°, and that mounting them the way they do is actually a common contractor error.  Or something along those lines.  But then I read your post.  So I posted it anyway, I guess...

[xonhulu]

10/29/25:

What's up with MI and NC using diamonds for their state highway shields?

They're mocking federal authorities who are powerless to stop the extensive Michigan-North Carolina blood diamond trafficking network.

[Scott5114]

28 OCT 2025

What does this sign mean?

Guy will mess up your snow shovel ahead.

[kphoger]

28 OCT 2025

What does this sign mean?

It's the pictorial version of this: