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Old Jokes
Old Jokes
Jan
.
7th
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2014
10:11 pm
xenith
It's the last of VWeek!
So I raided the
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volume for some old jokes.
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Date:
2014-01-07 06:17 pm (UTC)
From:
littlerdog.livejournal.com
It can't have been concrete. Tarmac maybe?
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Date:
2014-01-07 10:42 pm (UTC)
From:
monissaw.livejournal.com
Something tar-ish I'd think.
(Having had a look, Tarmac (specifically) was originally a trademark and wasn't invented until 1901. Road surface trivia!)
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Date:
2014-01-08 12:21 am (UTC)
From:
littlerdog.livejournal.com
Guy's name was McAdam or MacAdam or MacAddam? He named it after himself.
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Date:
2014-01-08 12:33 am (UTC)
From:
monissaw.livejournal.com
There's a type of road structure called macadam. Possibly spelt wrong :) Look it up. It's all rather interesting but complicated because different regions use the same terms in different ways and no one wants to explain things.
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Date: 2014-01-07 06:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-01-07 10:42 pm (UTC)Something tar-ish I'd think.
(Having had a look, Tarmac (specifically) was originally a trademark and wasn't invented until 1901. Road surface trivia!)
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Date: 2014-01-08 12:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-01-08 12:33 am (UTC)There's a type of road structure called macadam. Possibly spelt wrong :) Look it up. It's all rather interesting but complicated because different regions use the same terms in different ways and no one wants to explain things.