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Oren[_2_] July 31st 13 03:01 PM

You can outlaw stupid...
 
"As a Las Vegas tour bus company hailed one of its drivers for his
calm under pressure, authorities were looking into whether the man
violated what’s popularly known as Arizona’s “Stupid Motorist Law” by
driving into a flooded wash.

No one was hurt when the Las Vegas bound bus carrying 32 members of a
Chinese tour group was washed from Pierce Ferry Road and tipped on its
side roughly 90 miles southeast of Las Vegas on Sunday afternoon."

http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada-and-west/bus-company-defends-employee-arizona-officials-mull-stupid-driver-charge

Higgs Boson[_2_] July 31st 13 08:44 PM

You can outlaw stupid...
 
On Wednesday, July 31, 2013 7:01:41 AM UTC-7, Oren wrote:
"As a Las Vegas tour bus company hailed one of its drivers for his

calm under pressure, authorities were looking into whether the man

violated what’s popularly known as Arizona’s “Stupid Motorist Law” by

driving into a flooded wash.



No one was hurt when the Las Vegas bound bus carrying 32 members of a

Chinese tour group was washed from Pierce Ferry Road and tipped on its

side roughly 90 miles southeast of Las Vegas on Sunday afternoon."



http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada-and-west/bus-company-defends-employee-arizona-officials-mull-stupid-driver-charge



Stupid (adjective)

Stupidity (noun)

You can outlaw STUPIDITY.

Distinction rapidly disappearing, as nouns get hijacked into becoming adjectives. Part of the rapidly disappearing correct usage of contemporary Enlgish. Why not just cut the process short and go back to the English of Shakespeare's time, or even, hey, back to Chaucer. Wouldn't that be fun!

Dean Hoffman[_13_] August 1st 13 01:30 AM

You can outlaw stupid...
 
On 7/31/13 2:44 PM, Higgs Boson wrote:


Stupid (adjective)

Stupidity (noun)

You can outlaw STUPIDITY.

Distinction rapidly disappearing, as nouns get hijacked into becoming
adjectives. Part of the rapidly disappearing correct usage of
contemporary Enlgish. Why not just cut the process short and go back
to the English of Shakespeare's time, or even, hey, back to Chaucer.
Wouldn't that be fun!


Would we have to give up airplanes, cell phones, computers, and
such because there were no words for those things way back when?

Higgs Boson[_2_] August 1st 13 09:24 AM

You can outlaw stupid...
 
On Wednesday, July 31, 2013 5:30:19 PM UTC-7, Dean Hoffman wrote:
On 7/31/13 2:44 PM, Higgs Boson wrote:





Stupid (adjective)




Stupidity (noun)




You can outlaw STUPIDITY.




Distinction rapidly disappearing, as nouns get hijacked into becoming


adjectives. Part of the rapidly disappearing correct usage of


contemporary Enlgish. Why not just cut the process short and go back


to the English of Shakespeare's time, or even, hey, back to Chaucer.


Wouldn't that be fun!






Would we have to give up airplanes, cell phones, computers, and

such because there were no words for those things way back when?


NON SEQUITUR

HB


Ashton Crusher[_2_] August 3rd 13 09:33 AM

You can outlaw stupid...
 
On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 07:01:41 -0700, Oren wrote:

"As a Las Vegas tour bus company hailed one of its drivers for his
calm under pressure, authorities were looking into whether the man
violated what’s popularly known as Arizona’s “Stupid Motorist Law” by
driving into a flooded wash.

No one was hurt when the Las Vegas bound bus carrying 32 members of a
Chinese tour group was washed from Pierce Ferry Road and tipped on its
side roughly 90 miles southeast of Las Vegas on Sunday afternoon."

http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada-and-west/bus-company-defends-employee-arizona-officials-mull-stupid-driver-charge


The news report I saw on this (in AZ local news) said that the bus
driver reported that a small car immediately ahead of the bus went
thru with no problems so the buss started thru. Other witness's
seemed to be confirming the claim. Then the water rose A LOT while
the buss was still crossing. That is very common for AZ drainages.
The world can't come to a halt every time it rains so you have to
accept that a few people each year are going to get caught in one of
these flash floods.


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