[Spridgets] The English odyssey of Frank and Buster

[Bill Gilroy]

Here are my rules for roundabouts which I figured out while driving in the
country of England.

"Rules for small villages and roundabouts"


   1. Every small village will have at least 2 large roundabouts and one
   small roundabout
   2. Each roundabout will have an odd number of roads entering it
   3. Roads that are directly across aroundabout may not be the same
   road.
      - The probabiliy that is the same road is 1/N where is the
      number of roads entering the roundabout
   4. No road in a roundabout is EVER marked.
   5. The small roundabout is really just a Tee intersection with a
   circle and some arrows painted on the road.


As for navigating in the English countryside, that is entirely another set
of rules.  The only constant is that you can get directions out of a village
at the local pub but once you leave you are on your own.

Bill "I have been lost while driving through the English countryside"
Gilroy;  which may not surprise some of the listers.




On 6/3/07, Mark J. Bradakis <mjb at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Here's one that got snagged in the list shuffle.
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> mjb.
>
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> Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 00:56:08 -0700
> From: b-evans at earthlink.net
> Subject: The English odyssey of Frank and Buster




 From then on, he had a great time on the English roads,
> especially going around and around on the roundabouts trying to find the
> right route.  And, of course, driving on to the next roundabout when we
> finally realized we were lost and had to go back the way we were coming.