Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Dummy gladhands

I was behind a truck this summer that had a sign I'd never seen:


Ha!! What does that mean? Apparently, dummy gladhands fit pressurized air hoses together to connect a truck trailer or train car to air brakes, and they look like two people shaking hands:


The term could be used so many ways: "Nice job, dummy gladhands!" "Look at this dummy gladhands weaving in and out of traffic!" It may have also come to mind when I was recently prompted to create a new password.

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