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The Arizona Department of Transportation has 138,000 loyal followers on Twitter. Mostly, they provide, y’know, news about street closures and traffic alerts.
But, boy howdy, this past Wednesday at 5:44 p.m., all who were paying attention were rewarded after a La-Z-Boy fell off…something, and came to rest in the middle of southbound Route 101 near Indian School Road:
L-101 SB near Indian School: Archie Bunker's chair is partially obstructing the two right lanes. #PhxTraffic pic.twitter.com/Jp3u4iHwpb
— Arizona DOT (@ArizonaDOT) September 14, 2016
Now, eagle-eyed fans of All in the Family may quibble that Archie didn’t park his fanny in a La-Z-Boy (his seat of choice being a tattered, upright armchair — but really, when we think of all the ways bureaucracies spend our money, can we complain?
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