A traffic alert caused a Twitter landslide over the description of a boulder – the 19 funniest comments
As far as we’re aware, there’s no onus on the emergency services to make reports or warnings in any way a challenge to read – quite the opposite, if anything, but a traffic update from the San Miguel Sheriff Department came across like a philosophical exercise.
Large boulder the size of a small boulder is completely blocking east-bound lane Highway 145 mm78 at Silverpick Rd. Please use caution and watch for emergency vehicles in the area. pic.twitter.com/EVMmDf0IJu
— San Miguel Sheriff (@SheriffAlert) January 27, 2020
Okay, we think we’ve got this …erm, no wait. Oh, let’s just see what other people said about it.
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I've reread the first line of this at least 100x https://t.co/G2YIi3UHnx
— Aaron Pauley (@aaronpauley) January 27, 2020
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Today in "your capacity to understand the grammatical properties of language is not reliant on the meaning actually making sense" https://t.co/brqRy0ASC4
— Gretchen McCulloch (@GretchenAMcC) January 27, 2020
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Did Google Translate get a hold of this report? Cause it sounds exactly like something she’d say xD https://t.co/2LXa4W6XHJ
— MALINDA (@missmalindakat) January 28, 2020
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"large boulder the size of a small boulder"?
somebody needs a nap. https://t.co/7831klLT5t
— frankly, a terror (@unrulynarrator) January 27, 2020
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Who would win in a fight? A large-boulder-sized small boulder or 20 small-boulder-sized large boulders?
— Paul 👻 (@pablo_honey1) January 27, 2020
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Are Starbucks now in charge of sizing boulders? Because I’m confused https://t.co/ahE5q3cUgy
— Greg Jenner (@greg_jenner) January 27, 2020
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Did a boulder write this? https://t.co/6IkUdOTTxX
— Alexander Quon (@AlexanderQuon) January 27, 2020
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Infinite monkeys on infinite typewriters will eventually type the phrase "large boulder the size of a small boulder" and it will enrich the lives of all other living beings. https://t.co/wMzbwbrXAq
— Joe Colangelo (@Itsjoeco) January 27, 2020
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Size isn’t everything https://t.co/N68JSdmsGI
— Paul (@bingowings14) January 27, 2020
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creating a semester-long philosophy syllabus around the wording of this tweethttps://t.co/orwanW8Myc
— The Year Twenty Twentklee (@MilesKlee) January 27, 2020
