Strange Brew by John Deering for November 27, 2021

Ahh — another clueless copy editor converting directly from metric.

From which side of the sign?

Let me get my tape measure and check for accuracy.

Obviously NOT Interstate 10 in California, otherwise those figures would be constantly changing.

People in San Francisco can wave to their neighbors in LA as they float by on their way to Alaska.

Sheldon Cooper now working DOT?

Assuming Baytown, TX , Wilcox, TX and Interstate 10, the sign must be somewhere near Houston, TX

Neither Baytown nor Wilcox are on I-10. Distances are about right for near Pearland, TX, south of Houston.

Well this is one of the people who took the 10 or so digits of the GPS coordinates of his cell phone serious. Ever figured out what say 41.987654321N means on the last digit? Well it is less than a micron (millionth of a meter) sorry I was brought up metric.

Accuracy counts, when you carry just enough fuel to make it to the next gas station.

“Drive scenic Highway 10, the anal retentive highway!”

“Antelope Freeway, 1/64 mile…”

I’ve always wondered, when I see a distance sign, if that is the distance to the nearest boundary of the named city or to the city center? I know, for most places their size makes it moot, but for a large city? Who knows?

It was funnier in cubits when I first saw this joke. :)

This might be funny if the towns were identified to us as having a large population of bean counters or scientists or mathematicians — people who actually measure things very precisely. Otherwise, meh.

I means to the center of town. Now what does the comic mean?