Saturday, September 27, 2008

I can't believe I live here

Topeka has made an idiot move. One of those moves that leaves your jaw on the floor, and you picturing Jeff Foxworthy in your head saying "There's your sign". 

Today I was randomly looking at a page in the paper and found the most hysterical article about Topeka's latest 'whoops moment'. This quiz (which I copied out of the paper), designed to test your knowledge of current events by Ric Anderson (of the Topeka Capital Journal), was fantastic. 

QUESTION 1: Which of the following cost the city of Topeka $86,000?

a. Digging a hole and filling it.
b. Removing a strip of concrete from the middle of SW Wanamaker Road for a median project, then discontinuing the project and replacing the strip after retailers along the corridor complained the median would reduce access to their business.
c. There's a difference?

(correct answer: Technically, B)

Question 2: True or false

Question #1 begs for a cheap shot about how the city recently hired a "performance coordinator" for $78,000 to search for ways to make the city government more efficient and effective. 

(correct answer: True. And there you have it.)

Question 3: Which of the following could have been purchased with the amount of money it will cost the city to undo the median work?

a. A three-bedroom, 1370 square foot home in Topeka
b. A 2009Mercedes-Benz E-class sedan
c. An automotive tune-up, repair and maintenance shop in Lenexa.
d. All of the above. 

(correct answer: D, according to various internet sources.)

Question 4: A 63-year-old Hutchinson man was charged monday in connection with drunken driving. What was unusual about the case?

a. The man was arrested while riding a moped. 
b. It was the 11th time the man had been charged with a DUI.
c. The man was on parole from a previous DUI conviction that occured after he ran into a set of fuel pumps last December and set them on fire. 
d. All of the above.

(correct answer: D)


1 comment:

Danea Burleson said...

ROFLOL! That is too stinkin' funny!