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Group Hopes to Rename Street After Douglas Adams

Posted by Zonk on from the will-go-well-with-the-simpsons-motif dept.

interstellar_donkey writes "Despite the recent brouhaha over the renaming of 4th Ave after César Chávez, a Portland group is pushing to rename a local street after the late writer Douglas Adams. The street? Why, 42nd Ave, of course. According to their website, the renaming will reflect Portlanders' commitment to the arts, respect for the environment, desire to provide technological access to all, their passion to further education to all people, and most importantly remind Portlanders DON'T PANIC. This appears to be a serious movement, with preliminary paperwork already in the works."

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  1. A better suggestion by fliptw · · Score: 5, Funny

    Call the intersection at 6th and 9th 42.

  2. In my city... by SetupWeasel · · Score: 4, Funny

    All streets will be named Douglas Adams. Only the hoopiest of froods will manage to find their way.

    1. Re:In my city... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Kind of like German cities where half of the streets are named "Einbahnstraße" and there are directions to it everwhere!

  3. In next weeks news... by Tastecicles · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...another group has started preliminary paperwork to have 23rd renamed "Illuminatus", and a Prostitute Action Group are to rename 68th "We'll Owe You One".

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  4. Spelling differences by youthoftoday · · Score: 5, Funny

    No doubt being in America they're going to try and call it Doglas Adams or some other such vowel-mangling.

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  5. Re:Rename the streat to "DON'T PANIC" instead by Auraiken · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or rename ALL the streets to "DON'T PANIC". I think that might be more like him. xD

  6. Re:They need something else by FredDC · · Score: 4, Funny

    We'd need to do this in every civilised city of the Universe.
    Let us know when you find one, ok?
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  7. Of course, by SinVulture · · Score: 5, Funny

    One of the many changes involved in the paperwork is actually that a residential area will be bulldozed to make way for a highway overpass to the new Douglas Adams Avenue.

  8. Re:Holy Crap! by noidentity · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is this the first story to feature a period at the end of the title?

    Good thing it's not at the beginning, otherwise it wouldn't have shown up.

  9. Re:Holy Crap! by Gordonjcp · · Score: 4, Funny

    Only until the dupe shows up.

  10. Re:Rename the streat to "DON'T PANIC" instead by Penguinisto · · Score: 4, Funny
    You haven't seen Portland's traffic - it's more appropriate than you think ;)

    /P

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