# Featherlou's Booby Prize of the Day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 11, 2005, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/featherlous-booby-prize-of-the-day/303388 "2005-05-11T14:40:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/featherlous-booby-prize-of-the-day/303388/1 "2005-05-11T14:40:34Z")
goes to drivers who get stuck across the commuter train tracks when their light turns red, causing the train to stop and wait for them. Runner-up goes to all drivers who get themselves hung up in the intersection, blocking other traffic. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/featherlous-booby-prize-of-the-day/303388/2 "2005-05-11T14:46:58Z")
I’m disappointed. I do not see a single breast in this thread. I’m moving on. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/featherlous-booby-prize-of-the-day/303388/3 "2005-05-11T14:57:37Z")
> [@](#): > > I do not see a single breast in this thread. That’s because, as the sheriff in Woody Allen’s **Everything you Always wanted to Know About Sex** noted, “They always travel in pairs.” Come on, you _knew_ that was coming. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/featherlous-booby-prize-of-the-day/303388/4 "2005-05-11T15:22:28Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > goes to drivers who get stuck across the commuter train tracks when their light turns red, causing the train to stop and wait for them. > . How slow do the trains go where you live? Round here, a car get stuck on the track, it’s history. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/featherlous-booby-prize-of-the-day/303388/5 "2005-05-11T15:31:55Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > How slow do the trains go where you live? Round here, a car get stuck on the track, it’s history. Calgary has a LRT system and I don’t think that the trains ever really get going that fast, except maybe under the cemetary along Mcleod Tr. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/featherlous-booby-prize-of-the-day/303388/6 "2005-05-11T15:56:55Z")
The train was waiting to leave the station, but couldn’t go because of the boobies stuck on the tracks. If it had been going as fast as they normally go, there would have been no contest: Train-2, Stupid Commuters-0. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/featherlous-booby-prize-of-the-day/303388/7 "2005-05-11T17:31:16Z")
> [@](#): > > The train was waiting to leave the station, but couldn’t go because of the boobies stuck on the tracks. Okay. Now I’ve got that image stuck in my head. I can’t help it. I’m obsessed. ---
**Author:** ![the\_Lady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@the\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Lady)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/featherlous-booby-prize-of-the-day/303388/8 "2005-05-11T17:50:07Z")
Ah yes - C-Train fun. I’m sorry I missed it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/featherlous-booby-prize-of-the-day/303388/9 "2005-05-11T18:03:40Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > Calgary has a LRT system and I don’t think that the trains ever really get going that fast, except maybe under the cemetary along Mcleod Tr. Do I understand this right, they tunnelled under a cemetary? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/featherlous-booby-prize-of-the-day/303388/10 "2005-05-11T18:21:22Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > Do I understand this right, they tunnelled under a cemetary? Yep. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/featherlous-booby-prize-of-the-day/303388/11 "2005-05-11T18:49:03Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > Do I understand this right, they tunnelled under a cemetary? That’s a George Romero film waiting to happen. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/featherlous-booby-prize-of-the-day/303388/12 "2005-05-11T18:49:19Z")
(_)(_) boobies. I would like to add dumbasses that think running in front of a moving train, causing the driver to have to slam on the breaks, is a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/featherlous-booby-prize-of-the-day/303388/13 "2005-05-11T20:09:18Z")
My girlfriend swears that when she saw a U-turning car stop on the tracks, the trolley actually sped up for the collision. And as far as boobies on the tracks go, I’ll take the A train. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/featherlous-booby-prize-of-the-day/303388/14 "2005-05-11T20:37:00Z")
> [@the Lady](#): > > Ah yes - C-Train fun. > I’m sorry I missed it 🙂 Could have been worse. Could have been DD and then the train may have lost. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/featherlous-booby-prize-of-the-day/303388/15 "2005-05-11T23:32:14Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > (_)(_) > > boobies. > > I would like to add dumbasses that think running in front of a moving train, causing the driver to have to slam on the breaks, is a good idea. I assume you’re talking about 7th Avenue here (as was I) (heart of downtown, for those of you not familiar). I think they need to line the street with electrified barbed wire to prevent people from culling themselves. (Those are some perky boobies, there - it’s like they would be staring up at you.) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/featherlous-booby-prize-of-the-day/303388/16 "2005-05-12T00:33:54Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > I assume you’re talking about 7th Avenue here (as was I) (heart of downtown, for those of you not familiar). I think they need to line the street with electrified barbed wire to prevent people from culling themselves. Alas, Calgary is the last place that I can remember where people would actually wait for the light before crossing. I was downtown one day, crossing 7th in fact, and there was no traffic (Busses, C-trains or Cops) within visual range. I crossed against the light and everyone else waited. It was scandalous I’ll tell you. Of course, I couldn’t believe it when I saw what they did in Toronto. People would cross whenever they got the chance. If traffic was clear in one direction people would start moving, and wait on the centre line to finish crossing. The first time I encountered that as a driver I pissed off a bunch of cars by stopping in the middle of Bay St. to let somebody cross. How I never hit one of them is still a mystery to me. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/featherlous-booby-prize-of-the-day/303388/17 "2005-05-12T00:47:33Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > Alas, Calgary is the last place that I can remember where people would actually wait for the light before crossing. I was downtown one day, crossing 7th in fact, and there was no traffic (Busses, C-trains or Cops) within visual range. I crossed against the light and everyone else waited. It was scandalous I’ll tell you. People don’t jaywalk here. It’s spooky. At the same time, there’s a hyper-deference to pedestrians from motorists, even when you don’t have the light. To the point of annoyance, even, as the whole slowing down-no yo go-no you go dance ends up taking longer. Trust me, I’m not about to jump in front of your vehicle. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/featherlous-booby-prize-of-the-day/303388/18 "2005-05-12T01:05:53Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > (_)(_) > > boobies. > > I would like to add dumbasses that think running in front of a moving train, causing the driver to have to slam on the breaks, is a good idea. Those are siliconed…these are real ([sub]^[/sub]) ([sub]^[/sub]) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/featherlous-booby-prize-of-the-day/303388/19 "2005-05-12T16:01:32Z")
Well, you know, any collision is the train’s [fault](http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3178528), even if the automobile is speeding and runs a red light. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/featherlous-booby-prize-of-the-day/303388/20 "2005-05-12T18:32:13Z")
Thanks for the link, **lieu**. From the linked article: > [@](#): > > “I would love to see (rail service) suspended until they revamp the whole system, until they do something that can assure the safety of the public,” said Villarreal’s sister, Dolores Sanchez Unbelievable. Your brother runs a red light and gets himself killed (and no doubt inconvenienced a WHOLE lot of train riders when he shut the system down), and somehow the transit system is to blame, and should be shut down until you’re satisfied. I guess it’s easier to blame someone else than live with the knowledge that he did something stupid that got himself killed. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/featherlous-booby-prize-of-the-day/303388.md?page=2)