EPISODE · May 15, 2024 · 3 MIN
When France And Spain Had A “War Of The Stop Signs”
from Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson · host Brady Carlson
There's a little Spanish enclave in southwestern France, and in the 1980s a dispute over a road between that community and the rest of Spain became known as a "war of the stop signs." Plus: when Harriet Richardson emailed a local church with some punny ideas for their sign, the church gave her a sign of her own. The Spanish town that ended up in France (El Pais) PLEASE STOP EMAILING US HARRIET. The internet is still good, people are still good. (Kottke.org) Keep sending our show out all over the world as a backer on Patreon
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There's a little Spanish enclave in southwestern France, and in the 1980s a dispute over a road between that community and the rest of Spain became known as a "war of the stop signs." Plus: when Harriet Richardson emailed a local church with some punny ideas for their sign, the church gave her a sign of her own. The Spanish town that ended up in France (El Pais) PLEASE STOP EMAILING US HARRIET. The internet is still good, people are still good. (Kottke.org) Keep sending our show out all over the world as a backer on Patreon
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