xkcd

Keep going. We're onto something

But then those miles in the GP would be nautical. So 4 1/2.

I don't know whether to be impressed or appalled.

You should send this comment to the creators. Seriously, I'm sure they'd get a kick out of it.

Also, your ratio rant reminds me of a story.

When they were making '2001 : A Space Odyssey' they had a problem. In the original story the mysterious object was a glowing diamond. The special effects team couldn't come up with a really good diamond, so they replaced the diamond in the story boards they'd already drawn. The just covered every diamond with a black rectangle.

Eventually, someone pointed out that the black rectangle looked really cool and otherworldly. So they replaced the diamond with the monolith we're all familiar with.

For years, fans speculated as to the deeper meaning of the monolith. Was it a tombstone, a book, the Bible?

Finally, the author was speaking and at the Q+A a young man stood up and declared he'd solved the puzzle.

The ratio of the monolith was 1 : 4 : 9, the squares of the first three numbers.

Arthur C. Clarke was so impressed he used the idea in one of the sequels.

But you see 5 mph signs all over. It's in a parking lot, so it's still redundant.

That may be true.

However, the sign is in a parking lot as people drive up to an inspection gate, not on the water.

I edited my original comment to make that clearer.

Depends on the car. I'm sure you've got high end cars with micrometer accuracy.

Realistically, if you're driving in a parking lot you should never be looking at your speedometer. Kids, dogs, shopping carts and other hazards jump out with no warning.

Yeah. I understand the mechanics of the joke, it just seems to me it'd work a bit better with a less dynamic environment. (Shrug) There's a reason I don't write, edit, or produce comics/jokes for a living, and my comments here kinda illustrate it, I think! 😅