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a fork is much more fun :)
Posted by: ligirl | November 20, 2012 at 01:08 PM
"hydro pole"?... What, a water-skier from Gdansk?
Posted by: Allen at Division | November 20, 2012 at 01:21 PM
It'z a craque epidemique
Posted by: poker | November 20, 2012 at 01:29 PM
Reminds me of the road to Northport (Wisc.).
Posted by: oneblankspace | November 20, 2012 at 01:31 PM
Heh. Our traffic story: The inaugural morning rush hour for the 495 Express Lanes began with a four-car collision
Posted by: wiredog | November 20, 2012 at 01:41 PM
oneblankspace - Last time I was on Hwy 42 there was not a utility pole in the middle of the road!
Posted by: Dean Seher | November 20, 2012 at 01:49 PM
Will someone post updates?
Posted by: Not My Usual Alias | November 20, 2012 at 01:55 PM
Saw Bureaucratic Bungling open for the Beach Boys.
What? Well, see, they both start with B's, and, um, it sort of sounds funny, I guess. Oh, forget it.
Posted by: Omniskeptic | November 20, 2012 at 02:33 PM
Power pole in the middle of the roa...
Nope. Not going to work.
You know, if I were driving a 20 year-old beater with minimal insurance I might be tempted to...shoot. I gave my clever plan away.
Posted by: Steve | November 20, 2012 at 03:23 PM
Well, it was a pole or a moose, so...
Posted by: HogsAteMySister | November 20, 2012 at 04:12 PM
Typical for the Province of Quebec, apparently.
To err is human, but to really screw things up requires a computer, so they say. However, the creation of a giant blockheaded clusterf*** is the realm of government bureaucracy.
Posted by: Spiny Norman | November 20, 2012 at 04:26 PM
*giggles @ omni to make him feel better*
after all, 'tis the season for giving!
Posted by: klezmerphan | November 20, 2012 at 05:10 PM
Well there are only so many ways to keep the road as dangerous while getting rid of the dangerous curve. The workers weren't told to make the road safer, just to get rid of the curve.
Posted by: max | November 20, 2012 at 05:22 PM
Well, if you will eat poutine.
Posted by: Jan in Grimsby | November 20, 2012 at 07:18 PM
It's amazing how the applied the asphalt and lines so evenly and obliviously, right around the pole. Not sure if the road workers should be commended or fired.
Posted by: Elon | November 20, 2012 at 09:24 PM
L'etat est moi ! Ou la pole est vous !
Posted by: LeDud | November 20, 2012 at 09:27 PM
At first glance I thought this might be a prank of epic proportions, but nah, just a typical day's work for guvmint. Nothing to see here...
Posted by: Mad Librarian | November 20, 2012 at 10:01 PM
So THERE it is! I have been looking for that for a month!
Posted by: MikeyVA | November 21, 2012 at 06:58 AM
They couldn't even put it in the yellow line?
Posted by: Loudmouth | November 21, 2012 at 09:18 AM
There's something ironic about blaming the failure to move a telephone pole on a communication problem.
Posted by: wanderer2575 | November 21, 2012 at 10:26 PM