I read a post yesterday by my friend Jessica on her blog about bus rides. I thought the post was great overall, but there was a tiny part of it that caught my eye: the part where she mentioned a "California roll". In this context, Jessica is referring to when a driver slows down to a near-stop at a stop sign, but continues to drive without stopping completely. I know them as "California rolling stops", and although they were illegal in Oregon, we observed that a significant amount of drivers were either unaware or did not care about that being the case.
Inspired by the brief mention in her blog, out of sheer curiosity...and because I rarely hear them said aloud anymore, I decided to research the terms "California roll" and "California rolling stop". I was surprised to learn that in addition to referring to the rolling stop, a "California roll" is also a type of sushi roll filled with crab and avocado; however, it then occurred to me that it should not have been surprising at all: I have never eaten sushi before and do not pay attention towards anything to do with it, and I am used to hearing about rolling stops than a particular type of food. Still, I am pleased to learn a small fact merely from wanting to look up some terminology.
The interesting part here now is that rolling stops only had a small (albeit significant) part of Jessica's post, and food had nothing to do with it whatsoever. Even so, thank you Jessica for your role in my post about California rolls!
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