Date:  Sat, 23 Mar 1996 11:41:21 -0500

From:  Silke Van Ness <sv478[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CNSVAX.ALBANY.EDU>

Subject: Re: gapers' block



While living in the Chicago area, I always found 'gapers'' block a very

descriptive term and have not heard it since then. Around the Albany, NY

area, the equivalent seems to be 'curiosity slow down'.



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Silke Van Ness

Germanic & Slavic Languages and Literatures

University at Albany, SUNY  HU 216

Albany, NY 12222

E-mail: sv478[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]cnsvax.albany.edu  Phone: (518)442-4122



On Fri, 22 Mar 1996, Allan Metcalf wrote:



> In Chicago, a traffic slowdown caused by drivers slowing to look at an

> accident in the opposite lane, or some other sight (currently a portrait of

> Dennis Rodman of the Chicago Bulls, changing hair color as Rodman does) - is

> called a "gapers' block."

>

> Is that term used elsewhere? If not, what?

>

> Thanks - Allan Metcalf

>