Somebody's Horny

New Yorker's like to honk. Forget honking only when you're mad. Here, you honk if the person in front of you is going even slightly slower than you think he could be. The cabbies will even honk as soon as a light turns green, despite being 10 cars back from the light.

Another thing about New York that you learn is that glass has exactly zero soundproofing quality. You can hear people chatting on the street, 10 floors below you, and you can definitely hear drivers honking. I chose a front-facing room because I can tune out honking easily. Apparently, I'm not alone, because you can buy a sleeping sounds machine at Brookstone or Sharper Image, which has ocean sounds, jungle sounds, waterfall sounds... and cars driving by honking. I've got to get one of those for when I travel. If nothing else, just to remind everyone that I'm a New Yorker ;)

So apparently, people have started trying to limit the late-night honking by posting the above-pictured sign. I wonder if it has any effect. At all.