Welcome To Detroit
10-20-2005, 12:31 PM
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Welcome To Detroit
Subject: For all the visitors, from other than Michigan, coming to the
Super Bowl in January
>For all the visitors, from other than Michigan,
>coming to the Super Bowl in January.
>
>1. First, you must learn to pronounce the city name. It's
>Deh-troit. NOT DEE-troit. If you pronounce it DEE-Troit then we will
>assume you are from Toledo and
>here for the country Music hoe-down.
>
>2. Forget the traffic rules you learned elsewhere. Detroit has its own
>version of traffic rules... Hold on and pray!
>
>3. The morning rush hour is from 6:00 am to 10:00 am. The evening rush
>hour is from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Friday's rush hour starts
>Thursday
>morning. Weekends are open game.
>
>4. If you actually stop at a yellow light, you will be rear-ended,
>cussed out and possibly shot. If you're first off the starting line
when
>the light turns green, count to five before going across the
>intersection. This will avoid getting in the way of cross-traffic! ic
>who
>just ran their yellow light to keep from getting shot.
>
>5. Schoenherr can ONLY be properly pronounced by a native of the
Detroit
>metro area. That goes for Gratiot too.
>
>6. Construction and renovation on I-94, I-96, I-75, I-275, I-375,
>The Lodge and The Southfield Freeways are a way of life and forever.
>Just deal with it.
>
>7. If someone actually has their turn signal on, it is probably a
>factory defect or they are
>"out-of-towners"
>
>8. All old men (or women) with white hair wearing a hat have total
>right-of-way.
>
>9. The minimum acceptable speed on I-696 and I-275 is 85 regardless of
>the posted speeds. Anything less is considered downright SISSY. Oh,
>and don't even think of allowing more than one car length between cars!
>
>10. That attractive wrought iron on the windows and doors in Detroit is
>NOT ornamental. DO NOT get out of your car to take pictures.
>
>11. Never stare at the driver of the car with the bumper sticker that
>says "Keep honking, I'm reloading", he/she is.
>
>12. If you are in the left lane, and only going 70 in a 60 mph zone,
>people are not waving because they are so friendly in Detroit. I would
>suggest you duck.
>
>13. I-275 and I-696 is our daily version of NASCAR.
>
>14. It's not M-10, it's "the
>Lodge".
>
>15. That's not a lake, it's a pothole.
>
>16. If someone tells you it's on Outer Drive, you better hope you have
a
>map.
>
>17. The Michigan left turn is simple. If you want to turn left, go a
>1/4
>of a mile past your turn, get to the left, then make a left, then
>make another left, then make a right when you get back to the
>intersection where you wanted to turn left in the first place. NOW
>you have gone left.
>
>18. And those 2 really ugly arches! over Telegraph???? DON'T
>EVEN ASK!! WE DON'T HAVE A CLUE!!!!!
>
>WELCOME, ENJOY YOUR STAY, BUT AVOID EYE-CONTACT WITH THE LOCALS
Super Bowl in January
>For all the visitors, from other than Michigan,
>coming to the Super Bowl in January.
>
>1. First, you must learn to pronounce the city name. It's
>Deh-troit. NOT DEE-troit. If you pronounce it DEE-Troit then we will
>assume you are from Toledo and
>here for the country Music hoe-down.
>
>2. Forget the traffic rules you learned elsewhere. Detroit has its own
>version of traffic rules... Hold on and pray!
>
>3. The morning rush hour is from 6:00 am to 10:00 am. The evening rush
>hour is from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Friday's rush hour starts
>Thursday
>morning. Weekends are open game.
>
>4. If you actually stop at a yellow light, you will be rear-ended,
>cussed out and possibly shot. If you're first off the starting line
when
>the light turns green, count to five before going across the
>intersection. This will avoid getting in the way of cross-traffic! ic
>who
>just ran their yellow light to keep from getting shot.
>
>5. Schoenherr can ONLY be properly pronounced by a native of the
Detroit
>metro area. That goes for Gratiot too.
>
>6. Construction and renovation on I-94, I-96, I-75, I-275, I-375,
>The Lodge and The Southfield Freeways are a way of life and forever.
>Just deal with it.
>
>7. If someone actually has their turn signal on, it is probably a
>factory defect or they are
>"out-of-towners"
>
>8. All old men (or women) with white hair wearing a hat have total
>right-of-way.
>
>9. The minimum acceptable speed on I-696 and I-275 is 85 regardless of
>the posted speeds. Anything less is considered downright SISSY. Oh,
>and don't even think of allowing more than one car length between cars!
>
>10. That attractive wrought iron on the windows and doors in Detroit is
>NOT ornamental. DO NOT get out of your car to take pictures.
>
>11. Never stare at the driver of the car with the bumper sticker that
>says "Keep honking, I'm reloading", he/she is.
>
>12. If you are in the left lane, and only going 70 in a 60 mph zone,
>people are not waving because they are so friendly in Detroit. I would
>suggest you duck.
>
>13. I-275 and I-696 is our daily version of NASCAR.
>
>14. It's not M-10, it's "the
>Lodge".
>
>15. That's not a lake, it's a pothole.
>
>16. If someone tells you it's on Outer Drive, you better hope you have
a
>map.
>
>17. The Michigan left turn is simple. If you want to turn left, go a
>1/4
>of a mile past your turn, get to the left, then make a left, then
>make another left, then make a right when you get back to the
>intersection where you wanted to turn left in the first place. NOW
>you have gone left.
>
>18. And those 2 really ugly arches! over Telegraph???? DON'T
>EVEN ASK!! WE DON'T HAVE A CLUE!!!!!
>
>WELCOME, ENJOY YOUR STAY, BUT AVOID EYE-CONTACT WITH THE LOCALS
10-21-2005, 02:49 PM
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Re: Welcome To Detroit
Originally Posted by NINER
WTF is up with those arches? Are they supposed to look impressive or something?
10-21-2005, 02:55 PM
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Re: Welcome To Detroit
Originally Posted by NINER
WTF is up with those arches? Are they supposed to look impressive or something?
We have had construction there since I was 18 years old. Thats my daily route and its really annoying. I guess they are going to put "Welcome to Detroit" on the arches.
10-22-2005, 02:38 AM
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Re: Welcome To Detroit
Originally Posted by Doris
We have had construction there since I was 18 years old. Thats my daily route and its really annoying. I guess they are going to put "Welcome to Detroit" on the arches.
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