What does the following words/phrases mean?
"chicken coop"
"handle"
"ham"
"yardstick"
"smokey"
"meat wagon"
"bear"
2006-12-03 08:42:56 · 5 answers · asked by Skinny 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Chicken coop- paddy wagon
handle - your call name
ham - cop
yardstick- mile marker
smokey- highway patrol
meat wagon - ambulance
bear- state trooper
2006-12-03 09:03:25 · answer #1 · answered by cowboy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"chicken coop" = Weight scale
"handle" = Nickname used on the CB Radio
"ham" = police
"yardstick" = mile marker (location on the highway)
"smokey" = police (usually a state trooper)
"meat wagon" = Ambulance
"bear" = police
The police were called "pigs" by hippies in the 60's and 70's and the term ham evolved from that time, it is more common to use the word bacon than ham.
Smokey and Bear come from the hat that is part of many state police uniforms. It looks like the one that you see on pictures of Smokey Bear.
2006-12-03 18:06:10 · answer #2 · answered by fire4511 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chicken coop is a scale house, handle is the nickname a trucker goes by on the road, ham is well pork, or pig, or you guessed it, cops. yardstick usually refers to a distance measure, like mile or kilometer, smokey is cops, meat wagon is ambulance, and bear is also cops, usually a dot type.
2006-12-03 16:51:16 · answer #3 · answered by R J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chiccken coop -road block
handle -drivers nickname callsign
ham -Idiot on the road
yardstick-fixed or mobile weigh bridge to check trucks for overloading
smokey -American for police
meat wagon -Police van they put offenders in to take to police station.
bear -unmaked police car or state road authority car
2006-12-03 16:53:26 · answer #4 · answered by john h 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
weigh station
your name on the CB
don't know
mile marker
sheriff
ambulance
sheriff
2006-12-03 16:47:38 · answer #5 · answered by me here, where are you? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋