The Peril of Disconnect

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Essays from West of 98

Why do we park on a driveway and drive on a parkway? It’s an old joke. I do not know its origins, but it’s a point of humor that seems to get passed on to children in books of jokes/riddles/mildly humorous wisecracks. There actually is a reason behind it, though! I have never looked up the “park on a driveway” piece of the joke, but driving on a park...

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