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CityCynic aka Anthony is a 30.9 year old boy, has been a member since May 27, 2005, has scored 516 submissions, giving an average score of 3.24, helping 5 designs get printed.

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Oct 24 '06 by CityCynic
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Why 45 MPH?

about Night Birds

Why does this shirt feature a "45 MPH" traffic sign? Maybe I'm just a speed demon or something, but I would love it the shirt featured a "65 MPH" sign, at least. 45 MPH might as well be a "20 MPH SCHOOL ZONE" sign. ;)

Noodlegirl on Oct 24 '06 at 4:13pm

45 is my favorite speed limit.

EFDisaster on Oct 24 '06 at 4:18pm

maybe it's the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

broken.yoke on Oct 24 '06 at 4:20pm

55 is good

pinkelephants on Oct 24 '06 at 4:21pm

EFDisaster, that's great!

cool points x 5.684

ekaj47 on Oct 24 '06 at 4:21pm

55 or 60 is normal 85 is good

squeegebeckenheim on Oct 24 '06 at 4:21pm

" EFDisaster on Oct 24 '06 at 4:18pm

maybe it's the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?"

would that be an african swallow?

EFDisaster on Oct 24 '06 at 4:22pm

the correct answer, pinkelephant, would've been african or european swallow... then you'd earn cool points, too

EFDisaster on Oct 24 '06 at 4:22pm

nevermind, squeegee gets the cool points

pinkelephants on Oct 24 '06 at 4:23pm

Psh, whatever. I was just happy there was a Holy Grail reference.

Squeege wins the cool points then.

cbuchholz on Oct 24 '06 at 8:55pm

Believe me when I say that I myself am also a 55 , 65 or even...ahem...85 mph person. The reason I did it with 45 instead of those other much cooler speed limits is because the actual sign that inspired this design was a 45er. In our small farm town, 55 and 65 mph signs are quite rare, which explains why I know all the cops on a first name basis. Plus, the birds and the vine seem more commonplace on a country type road, and they rarely go over 45.

.Motion on Oct 25 '06 at 6:32pm

Did anyone think it could be because the vines would have a much harder time climbing the sign if it were 65 mph?

iPear on Oct 25 '06 at 6:33pm

birds are never on the interstate, numnuts.

whisper in water on Oct 25 '06 at 6:36pm

Because 4 + 5 = 9

iPear on Oct 25 '06 at 6:37pm

4 * 5 = 20

whisper in water on Oct 25 '06 at 6:39pm

And 4 / 5 = 0.8

iPear on Oct 25 '06 at 6:40pm

if I had 4/5ths of a tank of gas left, it would be 80%

Legatogunsmoke on Oct 25 '06 at 6:41pm

Read the story about it in his submission thread. It explains that the sign is just based on a picture he took, and im sure the sign read "45 MPH".

Mystery solved. :]

whisper in water on Oct 25 '06 at 6:42pm

4^5 = 1024

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