It's a joke. Also, in physics, acceleration refers to any change in velocity, be it an increase or decrease. It's only colloquially that it only means increase.
100% and I had time to recite some poetry, fell a tree, read the newspaper, go to the toilet, get married, raise a child, go to his graduation, bake a cake, eat a cake, have to go the toilet a second time and still finished with 3 minutes 59 seconds left.
That's the town next door. Right up the road there's Yellowbroadsword, and across the valley is Yellowchainsaw (be sure to try the poutine at Fred's Truck Stop).
My teacher randomly started playing Beatles music in the middle of a quiz. Everyone looked around like what? and meanwhile I'm sitting there singing. We all live in a yellow submarine...
A yellow ribbon is not meant as a sign of support of the Gulf War. It represents support of the troops. From what I understand, it is a longstanding tradition in which people tie out a yellow ribbon to show that they are waiting for a soldier to come home. Also, a yellow light does not tell drivers to accelerate, it tells them to slow down.
But the yellow ribbon WAS used to show support for the Gulf War. It was very popular at the time. Just because it's also been used at other times for similar reasons doesn't make that fact untrue.
As for the yellow light clue, the question mark at the end means it's a joke. It's joking that many people, upon seeing the yellow light, speed up to try and beat the red.
The (first) Gulf War is when it started, you young'uns! After that, the Tony Orlando & Dawn seemed to be retconned to be about a soldier, when it was just a garden-variety love song.
"Tie A Yellow Ribbon" was about a man coming home from a 3-year prison sentence who requested a sign from his lady if she still wanted him back. That became the accepted symbol of welcoming someone home, in this case, soldiers...which then morphed into a sign of general support.
I remember reading a magazine story in the late 60s or early 70s that really affected me, and a few years later Tony Orlando and Dawn came out with the same story made into the song, "Tie A Yellow Ribbon". I don't remember the magazine - it might have been American Girl but I'm not sure, and I think in the story the man was a soldier who had been a prisoner-of-war, but it was a long time ago so my memory could be wrong about some of the details. I do remember the effect that song had at the time though. It stayed at the top of the charts for a long time and many causes have adopted the yellow ribbon as a symbol since the song came out.
I'm surprised the smallest number of people didnt get yellow cake uranium. I dont even know what it is, but have heard it in a few movies to remember the term.
Yellow ribbons are used for several of causes around the world: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_ribbon. At least, the definition should have included the "in the US" caveat.
I agree. I remember the song, Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree from when I was a child. And that's a long time ago! It's about wanting someone home, especially someone who's gone missing. That's what its symbolism in the UK is, so I guess it would include soldiers from the Gulf War, but definitely not restricted to them.
Now we have the yellow vests in France. And where my parents live, placing a large woorden yellow "X" in your garden means that you're not OK with the government dumping nuclear waste into your back yard.
As for the yellow light clue, the question mark at the end means it's a joke. It's joking that many people, upon seeing the yellow light, speed up to try and beat the red.