# NAMBLA adopts a highway in Illinois? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 15, 2005, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nambla-adopts-a-highway-in-illinois/299463 "2005-04-15T12:27:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nambla-adopts-a-highway-in-illinois/299463/1 "2005-04-15T12:27:07Z")
:eek: :eek: :eek: Can anyone [confirm](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-0504140152apr14,1,5372726.column?ctrack=1&cset=true) this? ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nambla-adopts-a-highway-in-illinois/299463/2 "2005-04-15T12:31:39Z")
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**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nambla-adopts-a-highway-in-illinois/299463/3 "2005-04-15T13:53:33Z")
Thanks to [BugMeNot.com](http://bugmenot.com/), I have the password: [privacy1st@mailinator.com](mailto:privacy1st@mailinator.com) and login: tribune for the article. It is not clear whither the group really did it, or a prankster. ---
**Author:** ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nambla-adopts-a-highway-in-illinois/299463/4 "2005-04-15T14:44:48Z")
You sure it’s not the North American Marlon Brando Look-Alikes? 🙂 For what it’s worth, there seems to be no organization incorporated as NAMBLA or with inititals spelling NAMBLA in the state of Illinois. ([linky-poo](http://cdsprod.ilsos.net/CorpSearchWeb/corpsrch.html)) ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nambla-adopts-a-highway-in-illinois/299463/5 "2005-04-15T14:47:59Z")
> [@KeithT](#): > > You sure it’s not the North American Marlon Brando Look-Alikes? 🙂 Wait, I thought that was who we where discussing. Not really 😕 , just teasing. Also, Scott wants to get his signature, which he forgot the first time, into this thread. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nambla-adopts-a-highway-in-illinois/299463/6 "2005-04-15T14:56:39Z")
As long as they’re just trying to adopt highways, instead of kids. They can’t do too much damage to a stretch of asphalt… ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nambla-adopts-a-highway-in-illinois/299463/7 "2005-04-15T15:09:02Z")
“stretch of asphalt”??? :eek: Sweet Jaysus man, isn’t there another way to phrase that? ---
**Author:** ![PussyCow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@PussyCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PussyCow)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nambla-adopts-a-highway-in-illinois/299463/8 "2005-04-15T15:32:23Z")
Asphalt assault! We have to protect the roads from this sort of social danger. The roads are our heritage. They lead us down the path to the future. The open road of life! Let the highways be FREE! ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nambla-adopts-a-highway-in-illinois/299463/9 "2005-04-15T16:18:53Z")
> [@KeithT](#): > > You sure it’s not the North American Marlon Brando Look-Alikes? 🙂 Aaah. I see that I’m not the only one who suscribes to the _Opinion Journal_! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nambla-adopts-a-highway-in-illinois/299463/10 "2005-04-15T16:23:05Z")
And here I thought NAMBLA was some joke a Doper made up… _shudders in utter horror_ :eek: :eek: :eek: