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To: BBell
Old joke all Marin residents know:

After you cross the Golden Gate Bridge heading out of San Francisco, you end up in Marin County and pass through the Waldo Tunnel where the arch is painted like a rainbow (long predating the gay rights movement's acquiring the rainbow as the gay standard; the Waldo Tunnel rainbow scheme is supposed to be indicative of the rainy/sunshine climate that produces the rainbows that Marin -- and San Francisco, for that matter -- is famous for).

Here's a pic of the rainbow painted on the Waldo Tunnel:

The old joke is "That's the last color you're going to see in Marin County.", acknowledging that Marin County is practically 100% white, rich, and liberal.

George Lucas' notion to put up a public works projects on his land has got to have the Marin County Board of Supervisors bouncing off the walls trying to come up with a way to kerbosh his idea without appearing racist.

34 posted on 04/16/2015 2:55:58 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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To: The KG9 Kid

That joke is funny...never heard it before (and I’ve lived on the Peninsula almost 35 years).

Poor Waldo is about to get the heave-ho. A proposal to rename the rainbow-striped “Waldo Tunnel” as the Robin Williams cleared a state assembly committee two weeks ago.

William Waldo was a California politician who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1853. Some things never change — naming a landmark for an UNSUCCESSFUL OBSCURE politician from 160 years ago! “Who’s Waldo?”

Being Marin County, I’m flabbergasted it isn’t being renamed the “Obama Hole.” 74.3% for Obunghole in 2012.


55 posted on 04/16/2015 7:09:58 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
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