Literotica People At Work Here?

[R. Richard]

Mile Marker 420 Becomes 419.99 to Thwart Thieves
DENVER January 11, 2014 (AP)

Colorado officials think a difference of one-hundredth of a mile will be enough to stop thieves from stealing the mile marker 420 sign along Interstate 70.

Amy Ford of the Colorado Department of Transportation says the "MILE 420" sign near Stratton was stolen for the last time sometime in the last year, and officials replaced it with a sign that says "MILE 419.99."

Ford says it's the only "420" sign to be replaced in the state that recently legalized recreational marijuana. Most highways aren't long enough to need one.

The number "420" has long been associated with marijuana, though its origins as a shorthand for pot are murky.

Mile 419.99, about 25 miles from the Kansas border, isn't the only place in Colorado with a fractional mile marker. Cameron Pass in Larimer County has a "MILE 68.5" sign after frequent thefts of the "MILE 69" sign.

 

[lovecraft68]

Nah, most people I know that are hardcore 420 members are hardly ever "at work"

 

[R. Richard]

Nah, most people I know that are hardcore 420 members are hardly ever "at work"

Actually, my reference was to the MILE 69 item.

 

[ishtat]

The small village in Austria called Fucking easily wins the prize for most stolen street signs.

 

[oggbashan]

The small village in Austria called Fucking easily wins the prize for most stolen street signs.

They have replaced them with large boulders that can't be stolen.

From Wiki article on Fucking, Austria:

Putting the problem in context, however, tz-online notes that numerous villages across the border in Germany have names that are "unfortunate" even in German, including Affendorf (Monkey Village), Faulebutter (Putrid Butter), Fickmühlen (Fuck Mill), Himmelreich (Kingdom of Heaven), Katzenhirn (Cat Brain), Plöd (Stupid), Regenmantel (Raincoat), Sklavenhaus (Slave House) and Warzen (Warts).

In 2009, the European Union's OHIM trademarks agency forbade a German brewery to market a beer called "Fucking Hell". It appealed, and was granted permission in January 2010 to market the beer. It claims the beer is named after the Austrian village Fucking and the German term for pale lager, Hell.