Escape velocity

    I admit it; I'm phoning this one in. However, like so many of these, it just strikes me as funny. Leaving this town (or rather, metro area), there's a route where the speed limit changes with every turn, from 30 mph on State St. to 35 on Frink St. to 40 on the 12th St. Extension and then up to 55 once you're off the curvy part until almost all the way to the beltway. Even reading it back myself, I recognize that there isn't anything weird or unusual about this; I just like the orderly way that the route leads you towards escape velocity. Or maybe I really want out of here, I dunno. Anyway, it tickles me every time I go that way, so that's my story.