Penn and Teller: Bullshit! - Page 2

wolf · 05-04-2004, 10:25 AM

High Occupancy Vehicle. You have to have four people in the car to use them ... it's meant to encourage carpooling. It hasn't, but legend has it that it has encouraged people to strap down three blowup sex toys with seatbelts to be able to drive in the faster-moving, less congested lanes of traffic.

SteveDallas · 05-04-2004, 10:26 AM

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Clodfobble · 05-04-2004, 10:27 AM

You have to have four people in the car to use them ...

HA! I'm pretty sure in Houston and Dallas it's only a minimum of two people.

wolf · 05-04-2004, 10:28 AM

You must have to have two coon hounds with you, then.

russotto · 05-04-2004, 01:57 PM

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Originally posted by wolf
legend has it that it has encouraged people to strap down three blowup sex toys with seatbelts to be able to drive in the faster-moving, less congested lanes of traffic.

Sex toys, including inflatable sheep, yes. Although you have to guess that guy was wanting to get caught. Also lawsuits about whether or not a pregnant woman counted as two people.

Former Governor Wilder of Virginia provided a graphic demonstration of the effects of HOV lanes by changing one lane of (I believe) the three-lane Route 7 to HOV from unrestricted. The resulting backups were of legendary proportions.

Clodfobble · 05-04-2004, 02:08 PM

Former Governor Wilder of Virginia provided a graphic demonstration of the effects of HOV lanes by changing one lane of (I believe) the three-lane Route 7 to HOV from unrestricted. The resulting backups were of legendary proportions.

It all comes down to where people's breaking points are. Obviously the traffic jams weren't bad enough to make most people carpool. But I bet if he'd made TWO lanes HOV-only, that would have done it.

Radar · 05-04-2004, 05:26 PM

Penn & Teller are both friends of mine. Both are also libertarians also. I like the show they did where they had someone in a lab coat giving people facials with live snails and people were raving about how great it worked. I think they covered psychic surgery in that episode too.

05-04-2004, 10:25 AM	#16
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	High Occupancy Vehicle. You have to have four people in the car to use them ... it's meant to encourage carpooling. It hasn't, but legend has it that it has encouraged people to strap down three blowup sex toys with seatbelts to be able to drive in the faster-moving, less congested lanes of traffic. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-04-2004, 10:28 AM	#19
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	You must have to have two coon hounds with you, then. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-04-2004, 05:26 PM	#22
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	Penn & Teller are both friends of mine. Both are also libertarians also. I like the show they did where they had someone in a lab coat giving people facials with live snails and people were raving about how great it worked. I think they covered psychic surgery in that episode too. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

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05-04-2004, 10:27 AM	#18
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	You have to have four people in the car to use them ... HA! I'm pretty sure in Houston and Dallas it's only a minimum of two people.

05-04-2004, 02:08 PM	#21
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Former Governor Wilder of Virginia provided a graphic demonstration of the effects of HOV lanes by changing one lane of (I believe) the three-lane Route 7 to HOV from unrestricted. The resulting backups were of legendary proportions. It all comes down to where people's breaking points are. Obviously the traffic jams weren't bad enough to make most people carpool. But I bet if he'd made TWO lanes HOV-only, that would have done it.

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