"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

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!

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?

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

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.