Snapped by Scot Surbeck, near Valley and North Mountain on Brookfield. We have to ask, was there something wrong with the term "speed bump?" Was it unclear in some way? And how is "speed hump" a better choice of words? We don't want to say what we think of when we think of "speed hump," but suffice it to say, it sounds more like a competitive sport of a blue persuasion. Let's hope the rabbits can't read.
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Comments (27)
The inevitable extension of speed dating.
There actually is a difference.
And no doubt if mislabeled there would be a concomitant increase in lawsuits aimed at the township.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is most certainly a "sport of a blue persuasion".
ROC - it's just question of (taxpayers') money...
thank you sluggo, I was trying to determine the PG version.
dutch86,
Huh?
Oh yes - we forgot...everything is a conspiracy by the Democrats...all the bad things in the world are the result of Democrats...we are evil, EVIL, EVVVVIILLL!!!!
let's make sure this is known on each and every Barista thread.
I may as well ask this here (but I'm still chuckling over Sluggo's admirably succinct abd witty definition above): how come I can never "find" those posted comments on Bloomfield's animal license laws, and I'm on my 2nd computer trying to do so?
Also, since I'm asking questions, what happened to yesterday's book review, which I was looking forward to reading?
Butch, if the hump fits....
(present company excepted...)
There's a new fad called "Deeper Dating"...
Kinda funny when applied here...
Liz, are you sure this speed-hump street isn't the new skate park?
ROC, why do you call yourself *Right* of Center? So many of your comments come out of left field.
Cathar, I'm not able to get into that Bloomfield topic either.
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When I was driving on that street and saw SPEED HUMP, my mind immediately headed right for the gutter, and, naturally, my eyes and car followed. At the same time, I realized that SPEED HUMP means QUICKIE, so I sped up! That poor sign!
Then I just had to have a cigarette. Oh, that was good.
In the UK, it would be called a "Sleeping Policeman." And I noticed in West Caldwell, where the Bump/Hump/Lump is stretched out a few feet, they refer to it as a "Speed Table." (Not to be confused with the high-roller bingo table at the Senior Center. Or is that the "Right of Senior Center" [pat. pend.].)
How about Lumpen Proletaribump?
speed bump is a noun
speed hump is a verb
Sorry about comment interruptus on the Bloomfield animal post -- we've got a help ticket in to the get those comments up again...
"Ah...speed hump was my nickname in college..."
Butchcjg,
Thanks for the mea culpa..."everything is a conspiracy by the Democrats...all the bad things in the world are the result of Democrats...we are evil, EVIL, EVVVVIILLL!!!!". Is this a missive from the desk of Herr Dean?
Can we get a "speed hump" on Lorraine???
just turned on the tv. a commercial:
"No one's ever died from speed dating...until now! Tonight on CSI."
In the part of England we lived in recently, the signs warning of these type of bumps/humps said, "Traffic Calming Measures Ahead."
A hump is a more quiet and polite form of a bump.
Q. What is a speed hump and how is it different from a speed bump?
A. A speed hump is a gradual rise and fall of the pavement surface along the roadway extending across the pavement width. Generally, speed humps used on residential streets are 12 to 22 feet long with a maximum height of 3 to 4 inches. Speed "humps" are different from speed "bumps", which are seen in many private parking lots.
A speed bump is abrupt, having a height of 3 to 4 inches over a length of 1 to 3 feet. Speed bumps cause most vehicles to slow down to almost a stop to go over it. Speed humps, on the other hand, are designed so most vehicles can go over them at 20 mph without causing driver discomfort.
Very informative, jimmy, but not at all creepy. Frankly, I'm disappointed.
"No one's ever died from speed dating...until now! Tonight on CSI."
Very funny, butch, but would you... would somebody... mind telling me... um... what is speed dating, exactly? Really, I don't know, and I'd rather not ask my daughter...
A friend once showed me that driving over a speed bump at 25+ mph can be a very smooth affair -- nothing like the huge bouncing up and down you'd expect. (My friend is the type of person who could explain the physics involved.) Although it was a hoot to have the science lesson, but I still don't take chances speeding through bumps.
Was that one hump or two?
You mean to tell me that Speed Hump isn't the name of a guy who was a catcher in the Yanks farm system, who never made it to the show because Montclair's own Lawrence Peter Berra held the position (along with Elston Howard) til way past Speed's prime?
Go ahead. Burst my bubble.
And to learn this just after attending Old Timer's Day with my son, who stood up to cheer old timer Don mattingly. Egad, life is charging by fast, bumps in the road and all.
Speed Dating...
http://speeddatingsites.com/aboutspeedating.html