LL> In another echo, Alexander K. has raised an interesting   
    LL> question -   
      
    LL> Why do Englishmen drive on the left side of the road as   
    LL> opposed to Americans, who drive on the right side of the   
    LL> road?   
      
    Depends on which side you carry your weapon.   
      
    ...   
      
    LL> In order to understand The Answer, one must realize that   
    LL> North America has well over 90 percent of the world's   
    LL> tornadoes each and devery year. And almost all of those   
    LL> tornadoes occur within the continental United States.   
      
    LL> England, Wales and Scotland have virtually no tornadoes.   
    LL> Why? Because the people in that part of the world aren't   
    LL> stupid. They may be dumb, but they aren't stupid.   
    LL> Everybody knows (or whould know) that toradoes are formed   
    LL> from mini-tornadoes.  And these mini-tornadoes are formed   
    LL> by how people drive.  This is a fact, and can be   
    LL> scientifically proven.   
      
    I knew that was coming.   
      
    There are so few countries in the world that drive on the left   
    that tornadoes should be common in most of the world, by your   
    theory.   
      
    LL> Look at a map of Britain (England/Wales/Scotland).  Notice   
    LL> how the roads are laid out.  And then look at a map of the   
    LL> USA.  Notice how the roads are laid out, especially in the   
    LL> parts known as "Tornado Alley" and "Dixie Alley".  The keys   
    LL> to remember are the direction in which most people travel,   
    LL> and which side of the road people drive.   
      
    Most people go one way there and the other way back.   
      
    LL> This should be enough of hint for folks to figure out the   
    LL> rest.   
      
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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