Witold -
State Troopers, and other police officials have an obligation to make sure
no one is out in the middle of the woods, "making whoopy".  It probably
stems from the Temperance Movement that occurred at the end of the last
century, when our cultured sensibilities didn't allow tables to have legs -
they had limbs.  It does seem to be a game, but I wouldn't consider it
local.  I would consider it societal.

As for a gain for the men and women chasing the teens out of an area,
consider it similar to chasing the daddy of all raccoons out of your trash
can every night for years (a game my father used to play on our back porch
when I was growing up).  There's always a sense after the raccoon has slunk
back into the woods that you've chased him away for the last time
(VICTORY!), only to hear him out in the trash again 5 minutes later.
- Pam

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Having skipped the teenage age in America (I came here at 35) I just wonder
why State Troopers should chase teens on Lovers Lane - is it kind of the
local custom or game (they chased me but I did it or do it faster before
they catch us - I can really understand the teens excitement but what is
possible gain of the troopers assuming they are grown men and women of
course?)
Witold Karwowski
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From: Pam Blythe <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Friday, June 05, 1998 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: Funny street names

>How could I possibly forget a dead-end road in Ontario County, NY called
>Lovers Lane.  I kid you not!  It's an open invitation for a petting zoo,
>and I'm willing to bet the State Troopers spend a lot of time down there
>chasing hot-to-trot teens out of the area.
>