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Prison area: DONT PICK UP HITCH HIKERS

BrassKnuckles

By BrassKnuckles,
Posted on: 2007-02-08 21:18 in Multi-Media Fan Creations

 

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I'm a little confused. Have you never seen one of those signs before? As far as I know they are Federally mandated anywhere a highway passes near a penitentiary. I know in the one prison I've worked in and the three I've worked around, there were always signs on the road warning folks.

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I think what he means is, why is the sign AND THE CAR in the prison yard?

Did someone see the sign and decide not to stop before plowing thru the fence?


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I think what he means is, why is the sign AND THE CAR in the prison yard?

Did someone see the sign and decide not to stop before plowing thru the fence?

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I think what he means is, why is the sign AND THE CAR in the prison yard?

Did someone see the sign and decide not to stop before plowing thru the fence?

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That's entirely possible. But, if I were to admit that you were probably right it would appear that I am backpedaling. And I'm also always right. I can't be wrong. It's not allowed.

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you're = Contraction meaning "You are."
Ur = The name of an ancient Mesopotamian city.
ur = This is not a word.

 

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I live about two miles from a prison. There aren't any hitchhiker warning signs about. Granted, it's not Huntsville, more like the local county lockup, but it's pretty big.

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What got me were the signs posted along US-50 in Nevada, out of Ely about 20 miles east.

We are talking middle of NOWHERE.

And you run across these signs saying "State Prison - Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers"

I'm looking around, thinking, what prison? Is it underground?

And about a half-mile later, there's a gravel road headed off of the main highway, says Nevada State Penal Facility yada-yada-yada. Again, no prison, just the road that leads you there.

I talked to a waitress in this diner at the next gas station (60 miles east, at the Utah border). She says yeah, that road's a good 40 miles southeast before you get to the prison itself. But because US-50's the only paved road that's even CLOSE, they put the signs up at the junction. Go figure.


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