# Hmmmm. I'm skeptical \[road signs\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 3, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455 "2021-12-03T15:56:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/1 "2021-12-03T15:56:46Z")
Cereal? [Cereal? - Album on Imgur](https://imgur.com/gallery/US8mwlZ) I don’t think there’s cornflakes growing wild here ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/2 "2021-12-03T16:04:34Z")
Kellogg’s cereals are made in Battle Creek, Michigan. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/3 "2021-12-03T16:08:54Z")
Head waters? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/4 "2021-12-03T16:13:02Z")
You think that’s disappointing? Rocky and Bullwinkle do not hang out on this street corner. [http://www.williamzhang.com/var/resizes/North-America/Canada/Banff-National-Park/CABANP068.jpg?m=1377150590](http://www.williamzhang.com/var/resizes/North-America/Canada/Banff-National-Park/CABANP068.jpg?m=1377150590) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/5 "2021-12-03T16:23:30Z")
Godammit, Alfred! Road signs? Really? > **[File:Bat Cave North Carolina BGS.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bat_Cave_North_Carolina_BGS.jpg)** ---
**Author:** ![Wintermute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wintermute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wintermute)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/6 "2021-12-03T17:45:17Z")
Hi, Skeptical, I’m Wintermute! (Can’t believe no one’s said that yet) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/7 "2021-12-03T17:53:14Z")
Let’s just say that a lot of people wonder about the recreation that goes on here: [![](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,g_auto,h_1248,w_2220/f_auto,q_auto,w_1100/v1555928534/shape/mentalfloss/500bong_5.jpg) ](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,g_auto,h_1248,w_2220/f_auto,q_auto,w_1100/v1555928534/shape/mentalfloss/500bong_5.jpg) (Actual story: it’s a state recreation area in southeastern Wisconsin; the land was originally planned to be the home of Bong Air Force Base, which would have been named for Richard Bong, a fighter pilot ace during World War II, who was from Wisconsin; the AFB project was cancelled partway through development, and the land eventually was turned over to the state, which built it into a recreation area. And, yes, the road signs get stolen a _lot_.) ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/8 "2021-12-03T17:54:08Z")
That really needs to be Exit 420. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/9 "2021-12-03T17:56:45Z")
I know, right? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/10 "2021-12-03T19:03:04Z")
True story: Somewhere in Texas – probably I-10 – there is a mile marker sign that is/was constantly stolen, so the Highway Dept. scooted a little further down the road and posted “Mile 419 1/2.” Or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/11 "2021-12-03T19:06:45Z")
I’m clearly dense, but I don’t get what I’m supposed to get about the OP’s picture… Someone spoil it for me… Bong Recreation Area I get and know too well… And the best about stolen signs is the story of Fucking, Austria, which I’m sure most good Dopers interested in placenames know by now. They are now known as “Fugging.” ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/12 "2021-12-03T19:56:09Z")
**Moderator Note** Title edited to more clearly indicate the topic. Please use descriptive thread titles. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/13 "2021-12-03T20:29:52Z")
It’s not spoilable. I just liked it. Mundane and all, ya know I have a sad life😔 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/14 "2021-12-03T20:34:02Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I’m clearly dense, but I don’t get what I’m supposed to get about the OP’s picture… Someone spoil it for me… **Beck’s** picture is of a road sign saying “Battle Creek”, which is in Michigan, and is the home of the Kellogg’s cereal company. The vegetation growing in the area of the sign doesn’t look like anything you’d make cereal out of. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/15 "2021-12-03T20:35:03Z")
Got it. Knew all those things (been through there), but couldn’t put it together. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/16 "2021-12-03T20:36:14Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > True story: Somewhere in Texas – probably I-10 – there is a mile marker sign that is/was constantly stolen, so the Highway Dept. scooted a little further down the road and posted “Mile 419 1/2.” Or something like that. Route 31 in New Jersey runs north from Trenton. It runs right past The College of New Jersey (formerly Trenton State College). The state was spending a lot of money on signs that kept getting stolen by the students. That pretty much stopped when they changed the name to Route 31 from its original designation Route 69. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/17 "2021-12-03T20:46:48Z")
There is a dam in West Virginia called Summersville Lake Dam, which has a ghost town known as Gad under it. Typically, dams after named after the nearest town, but the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers decided to name the dam after the next nearest town rather than having a dam called “Gad Dam” on their rolls. > **[Most People Have No Idea There's An Underwater Ghost Town Hiding In West...](https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/west-virginia/gad-wv/)** > > If you're into history, learn about how the former town of Gad used to exist before Summerville Lake in West Virginia. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/18 "2021-12-03T22:20:43Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > its original designation Route 69. 👍 \>snerk\< ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/19 "2021-12-03T22:34:41Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > That pretty much stopped when they changed the name to Route 31 from its original designation Route 69. My wife’s family used to own a cottage in central Wisconsin; it was easy to remember which exit from I-90/94 to take (or for giving directions to friends who were joining us up there), as it was at Exit 69 – or, as we’d always say, in the voices of Bill and Ted, “Exit 69, duuuuude!” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455/20 "2021-12-03T22:38:46Z")
There’s the Big Dam bridge in N. Little rock over the Arkansas river. I found a nice pic of it but I can’t get it posted. Any one who wants to Google it and post it would be okay with me. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmmm-im-skeptical-road-signs/955455.md?page=2)