Subj : Left and Right
To   : All
From : Lee Lofaso
Date : Tue Aug 06 2013 16:49:20

Hello Everybody,

In another echo, Alexander K. has raised an interesting question -

Why do Englishmen drive on the left side of the road as opposed
to Americans, who drive on the right side of the road?

When I was a little boy I asked myself that very same question.
And for years and years I had believed it was because the British
always took to their left when riding horses while their American
counterparts always took to the right.

This theory of mine seemed to be supported by a nutty professor who
claimed that when two British gents held a duel they always arrived by
stagecoach, with each stagecoach being driven on the left.  When two
American gents held a duel, they also arrived by Stagecoach, but always
driven on the right.

However, neither my original theory, nor the nutty professor's theory,
could be scientifically proven.  As such, I had to continue my search
for The Answwer to Life's Most Unponderable Question.

And then, one day, while listening to WWL Radio in New Orleans, I
heard a broadcast by The Weatherman.  And it was The Weatherman who
had The Answer.

In order to understand The Answer, one must realize that North America
has well over 90 percent of the world's tornadoes each and devery year.
And almost all of those tornadoes occur within the continental United
States.

England, Wales and Scotland have virtually no tornadoes.  Why?
Because the people in that part of the world aren't stupid.
They may be dumb, but they aren't stupid.  Everybody knows (or
whould know) that toradoes are formed from mini-tornadoes.  And
these mini-tornadoes are formed by how people drive.  This is
a fact, and can be scientifically proven.

Look at a map of Britain (England/Wales/Scotland).  Notice how
the roads are laid out.  And then look at a map of the USA.  Notice
how the roads are laid out, especially in the parts known as "Tornado
Alley" and "Dixie Alley".  The keys to remember are the direction in
which most people travel, and which side of the road people drive.

This should be enough of hint for folks to figure out the rest.

--Lee

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