Mainstream journalists do not break up their lines to weep, laugh or jeer. Even when the question is ridiculous, they’re devoted to their version of a call-and-response pattern.
Exhibit A: (It’s in the PI)
Question:
What is the significance of the pedestrian crossing sign with the circle?
Answer:
Eric Widstrand, city traffic engineer for the Seattle Department of
Transportation, says the hula hoop is a sticker (which is graffiti)
that has been applied to the sign to make it look like the pedestrian
is hula-hooping. “There is no significance to the hula-hoop sticker
from a traffic operations point-of-view. Signs with graffiti can be
reported by calling (206) 684-7587,” Widstrand says. (If you Google
“hula hoop pedestrian signs,” you”ll see the stickers are associated
with a band called the “The String Cheese Incident.”
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