Smartest Man Ever.
 

This man has got to be a genius.

On October 13, 1944, the Durham N. C. Sun Reported that a Durhamite had
been brought before a Judge Wison in traffic court for having parked his car on
a restricted street right in front of a sign that read "No Stoping."

Rather than pleading guilty, the defendant argued that the missing letter
in the sign meant that he had not violated the letter of the law. Brandishing a
Webster's ldictionary, he noted that stoping means:

"extracting ore from a stope or, loosely, underground."

"Your Honor", said the man, "I am a law-abiding citizen and I didn't
extract any ore from the area of the sign. I move that the case be dismissed."
Acknowledging that the defendant hadn't done any illegal mining, the judge
declared the man not guilty and commented, "since this is Friday, the 13th,
anything can happen, so I'll turn you loose."

"No Stoping" is a blunderful example of the suspect signs and botched
billboards that dot the American landscape

Wouldn't call him the smartest man ever.. but still pretty good.

Meh, Pretty awesome play on words though.

Grammar Nazis stay out of trouble once again.

Which proves, yet again, the importance of being a Grammar Nazi.

I miss the days when Zelaron had a full-time Resident Grammar Nazi. :(

Great story. I give it an 8/10.

oh yeah smart and clever in court....this is why hans reiser is a free man right

I exercise restraint in becoming one, Lenny, if only to maintain some degree of my "cool guy" popularity around here...



...not that I'm desperate for acceptance or anything.



God, I'm lame.