The official road map seems all but dead.
So far as author knows, these are the only official road signs in any state of America which dare to be lighthearted or colloquial.
There was an official road sign on one of the ramps that said "Leaving Brooklyn -- Fuhgeddaboudit," in the patois of the borough.
The academy chooses to omit the apostrophe from Green's, as does the town in its official Road Book, published by the Public Works department.
If a moose is hit by a vehicle, which happens with increasing frequency as winter darkness sets in, state troopers consult an official road kill list.
Then he mentioned a poem, "The Calf-Path" by Sam Walter Foss, about how a crooked path made by a wayward calf ended up becoming an official road followed by everyone for centuries.
"We now have an official road map, whereas before it was just vacant and nobody knew where it would go or what would happen; it was just shooting in the dark.
A process of de-Englishification begins; the Queens head comes off the postage stamps, the pillar boxes and phone boxes start to be painted blue; all official road and other signage are made bilingual with Gaelic; English citizens are banned from owning second homes in Scotland.
Perhaps more surprising than collegiate nakedness is the growth in the number of campgrounds and R.V. parks nationwide geared toward naked recreationists, a phenomenon reflected in the addition of nudist destinations to listings in the official road guides of five states.
The streets have been classified according to the official road classification of the country.
