Ever wonder why stop signs have eight sides? Back around 1900, drivers didn't need licenses, there were no defined lanes and no signs. As traffic increased, so did mayhem.

Enter a clever man (whose name has been lost to history) in the Mississippi transportation department. "What if," he suggested, "the shape of the sign denoted the danger level of the road ahead? The more sides, the more danger."

Round signs, with unlimited sides, were highest level danger (railroad crossings). Then the next most dangerous, intersections which earned eight-sided stop signs. Moving down the danger ladder, triangles for yield. And finally, rectangles for information like No Parking and street names. This made so much sense we still follow it.

And now, how about following us down the road to better bidding.