# Boycott Pasadena **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 30, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-pasadena/319293 "2005-08-30T18:06:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-pasadena/319293/21 "2005-08-30T20:08:21Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > GGRRRAAARRRGGGGH!!! > > _:: lurches around with one arm covering face ::_ Stop it! Cuz… you know… you’re making me laugh inappropriately. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-pasadena/319293/22 "2005-08-30T21:42:13Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > Can I still drive through Pasadena to get ome from work or does boycotting preclude that? As long as you don’t contribute to the city coffers by getting a ticket, I should think that’s acceptable. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-pasadena/319293/23 "2005-08-30T21:50:09Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > As long as you don’t contribute to the city coffers by getting a ticket, I should think that’s acceptable. Yea! If _the Man_ tries to pull you over, just step on it until you’re out of town!!! It always works in the movies, so I see no possible downside if you try it IRL. No possible downside to me, anyway. And maybe, just maybe, I’ll get to see the whole thing play out on _America’s Somethingest Police Chases_! ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-pasadena/319293/24 "2005-08-30T22:15:50Z")
Run for your life! Giant Japanese radioactive Giraffe-Monster heading straight for Pasadena! …no need to let Pasadena know, of course. We’ll just keep it under our hats. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siddhartha_Vicious)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-pasadena/319293/25 "2005-08-30T23:13:48Z")
> [@OrangeJumpsuit](#): > > douchey That’s my new favorite word. “How was the chicken, dear?” “Fine, honey, but the potatoes were a little douchey.” ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-pasadena/319293/26 "2005-08-30T23:16:31Z")
> [@OrangeJumpsuit](#): > > Way to exaggerate. He said nothing about failure to signal, or practically driving on the sidewalk. **If he was making a left turn, I’m going to go ahead and assume the light was green and the coast was clear. I don’t know, maybe he ran a red light or starting turning left while pedestrians were in the middle of the crosswalk, but from judging from the post, no one was on the road, and there probably wasn’t anyone on the sidewalk either**. His failure to scootch a little bit to the left on a deserted street while making a left turn rubbed the cop the wrong way. > > Nuke Pasadena. Where in the OP did you assume that he was even at the signal? FAYK, he might have decided to whip a U in between signal lights from the center lane, or over some double yellows. That would also qualify as “improperly positioned”, IMHO. **Constantine** …need more info in order to share your outrage. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-pasadena/319293/27 "2005-08-30T23:53:59Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > I always just go to Burbank or Glendale for shopping and/or movies. Parking is easier, just as good a selection. I never saw the point of going to Pasadena. Except to visit the Huntington Library or Norton Simon Museum. Pasadena has Vroman’s. IMO, that makes it worth the trip. The Huntington is in San Marino, technically… ---
**Author:** ![Library\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@Library\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Library_Boy)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-pasadena/319293/28 "2005-08-31T00:06:46Z")
Considering that so many drivers treat the left turn lane as optional, I may have to spend more time in Pasadena in thanks. I would, however, be glad to boycott the 10. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-pasadena/319293/29 "2005-08-31T00:14:03Z")
The Minnesota Gophers have been boycotting Pasadena for _years!_ ---
**Author:** ![constantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@constantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/constantine)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-pasadena/319293/30 "2005-08-31T05:56:46Z")
> [@Yeticus Rex](#): > > Where in the OP did you assume that he was even at the signal? > > FAYK, he might have decided to whip a U in between signal lights from the center lane, or over some double yellows. That would also qualify as “improperly positioned”, IMHO. > > **Constantine** …need more info in order to share your outrage. Came up to red light. Waited till it turned green. No left turn signal, just a green light. As far as I could tell I was in the left hand lane: lane markers on the road were not clear. In any case, officer did not say I was in the wrong lane, just that I was not far enough over to the left when I made the left turn. Feel free to be outraged or not as the mood strikes you. In any case, many many people in the world suffered far more serious outrages that day (and every day) than I suffered. I’m not asking any body to sign a petition, just informing the world at large that (1) I think this was a stupid, “make my quota” ticket, and (2) that I’m going to vote with my feet and not go back there, not spend money with businesses there, etc., and pass the message along. ---
**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-pasadena/319293/31 "2005-08-31T06:14:24Z")
Unless the officer already looked like his head was going to explode when he stopped you, I would have courteously asked him exactly what was wrong about the way I made the turn. At least I might have learned something, if only about his astigmatism. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-pasadena/319293/32 "2005-08-31T07:27:16Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > Yea! If _the Man_ tries to pull you over, just step on it until you’re out of town!!! It always works in the movies, so I see no possible downside if you try it IRL. > > No possible downside to me, anyway. And maybe, just maybe, I’ll get to see the whole thing play out on _America’s Somethingest Police Chases_! Hehe…'cuz people _always_ get away in car cashes in LA. Ask OJ! 😉😛 ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-pasadena/319293/33 "2005-08-31T07:28:27Z")
And I somehow mangled a one line post. I give up. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-pasadena/319293/34 "2005-08-31T17:55:59Z")
> [@Rysdad](#): > > The Minnesota Gophers have been boycotting Pasadena for _years!_ Now, that was PDF! (Pretty Damn Funny) OK, **Constantine** …thanks for the clarification. My outrage meter just went from 2 to 3. The nerve of that Officer Quota! ---
**Author:** ![Balle\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Balle\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balle_M)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-pasadena/319293/35 "2005-08-31T18:49:01Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Wow, now that you mention it, my post _did_ in fact contain potential factual errors! I am deeply embarrassed. I don’t know if I’ll be able to keep posting here after this. > > No one look at me! I am a monster! Are you trying to tell me that there are _Factual Errors???_ On the _Internet???_ I believe you just gave me the vapors. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-pasadena/319293/36 "2005-08-31T19:06:09Z")
That reminds me, I’m flying to Burbank next week to see some friends and one thing I’m really looking forward to is meeting them for lunch in Pasadena. Thanks! I’m thinking the Green Street Restraurant, or maybe Delacy’s Club 41. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-pasadena/319293/37 "2005-08-31T19:34:17Z")
constantine, do you remember what street you were on? BTW, you can probably get some high profile support for your plans…this [famous Icelandic citizen also dislikes Pasadena](http://www.chess4all.org/Articles/Fischer/tortured.htm). ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-pasadena/319293/38 "2005-08-31T21:14:01Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Wow, now that you mention it, my post _did_ in fact contain potential factual errors! I am deeply embarrassed. I don’t know if I’ll be able to keep posting here after this. > > No one look at me! I am a monster! What’s more, I will not take your wife, please. I am currently seeing somebody and as such have no need to take your wife. ---
**Author:** ![wheelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-pasadena/319293/39 "2005-09-01T02:25:27Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Since I live in the Houston area, I am improperly positioned to boycott Pasadena, CA. I’ll be happy to boycott Pasadena, TX for you, though, 'cause it’s smelly. I’ve been boycotting Stinkadena for years now. Back when I lived behind Bayshore Hospital I could literally _smell_ the wind’s direction (paper mill, chemical plant, landfill). Cold fronts always smelled of paper mill. Never been to California, though, so I got that one covered already. > [@Giraffe](#): > > GGRRRAAARRRGGGGH!!! > > :: lurches around with one arm covering face :: Deciever!!! Outcast!!! Unclean!!! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycott-pasadena/319293.md?page=1)