Subj : Left and Right
To   : LEE LOFASO
From : BOB KLAHN
Date : Sun Aug 11 2013 20:18:36


 LL> In another echo, Alexander K. has raised an interesting
 LL> question -

 LL> Why do Englishmen drive on the left side of the road as
 LL> opposed to Americans, who drive on the right side of the
 LL> road?

 Depends on which side you carry your weapon.

 ...

 LL> In order to understand The Answer, one must realize that
 LL> North America has well over 90 percent of the world's
 LL> tornadoes each and devery year. And almost all of those
 LL> tornadoes occur within the continental United States.

 LL> England, Wales and Scotland have virtually no tornadoes.
 LL> Why? Because the people in that part of the world aren't
 LL> stupid. They may be dumb, but they aren't stupid.
 LL> Everybody knows (or whould know) that toradoes are formed
 LL> from mini-tornadoes.  And these mini-tornadoes are formed
 LL> by how people drive.  This is a fact, and can be
 LL> scientifically proven.

 I knew that was coming.

 There are so few countries in the world that drive on the left
 that tornadoes should be common in most of the world, by your
 theory.

 LL> Look at a map of Britain (England/Wales/Scotland).  Notice
 LL> how the roads are laid out.  And then look at a map of the
 LL> USA.  Notice how the roads are laid out, especially in the
 LL> parts known as "Tornado Alley" and "Dixie Alley".  The keys
 LL> to remember are the direction in which most people travel,
 LL> and which side of the road people drive.

 Most people go one way there and the other way back.

 LL> This should be enough of hint for folks to figure out the
 LL> rest.


BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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