# Why did the Doper cross the road?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 6, 2012, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150 "2012-12-06T02:53:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 13\
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**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/61 "2012-12-09T15:03:44Z")

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> [@control-z](#):
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> Is it technically a road?

Looks more like a trail to me. Heck, it’s not even paved.

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**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/62 "2012-12-09T15:22:40Z")

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To get to the quarry so he could throw stuff in it.

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**Author:** ![cougar58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@cougar58](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cougar58)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/63 "2012-12-09T20:24:39Z")

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😉 \<------ has the answer…if you get a chance, rent the movie 😉 Smiley Face with Anna Ferris…its about a girl who mistakenly eats all of her room mates cupcakes, not knowing they were laced with weed…the entire movie chrono’s her day while being sky high…hilarious…it won her the Dope of the Year award, from some organization that is pro-weed.  
When Jane (Anna) needs an answer, she “draws” a Smiley Face in the clouds and it bestows infinite wisdom on her.

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**Author:** ![cougar58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@cougar58](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cougar58)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/64 "2012-12-09T20:28:05Z")

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Stoner of the Year" award at High Times magazine’s Stony Awards, in Los Angeles, on October 13, 2007

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/65 "2012-12-10T02:01:27Z")

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I tried to cross the road but I stepped on a damn fork.

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**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/66 "2012-12-11T04:28:14Z")

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> [@Wargamer](#):
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> 1. Find a road.
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> 2. Cross the road.
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> 3. Hi Opal!
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> 4. Profit!

That beats my joke, which was:

Rio, by Duran Duran

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/67 "2012-12-11T05:01:41Z")

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Because he couldn’t post what he wanted to say on this side without getting a warning.

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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/68 "2012-12-11T06:38:26Z")

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> [@elmwood](#):
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> [ul][li]In Spain, its illegal to cross a _camino_ except at a _paso de peatones_.[/li][/ul]

There was no need to invoke me, you know, I’d already answered…

To get a better ES-EN/EN-SP dictionary for **elmwood** , so he’d be able to write that

[ul]  
[li]In Spain, it’s illegal to cross a _calle_ except at a _paso de peatones_, which may be signaled by a _paso de cebra_ or a _semáforo_. The term _calle_ includes _carreteras_, when said _carretera_ goes through a _localidad_.[/ul][/li](In Spain, _Caminos_ are outside towns: no marked crossings, you can cross them anywhere so long as it doesn’t lead to a conflict with another physical object which was attempting to occupy the same space at the same time.)

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**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/69 "2012-12-11T07:57:01Z")

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Christmas wasn’t celebrated there.

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**Author:** ![X.L.Lent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/70 "2012-12-11T09:52:38Z")

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To find out what you get when you cross a chicken with a road.

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/71 "2012-12-11T14:21:58Z")

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To get to the other snide.

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**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/72 "2012-12-11T15:06:10Z")

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To find the direction perpendicular to the doper and the road.

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/73 "2012-12-11T22:41:08Z")

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Doper sine theta?

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