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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm sorry, but what on earth is a "buggy whip"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A tall flag that attaches to your pickup. It has a light on the end.

It prevents this from happening:

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Interesting, I think that is about the last thing I would have guessed but it makes sense

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah it's not intuitively named. I suspect the term came from Australian miners that made their way to north america.