New Haven Customs, Part 3

Another in the continuing series of quaint tidbits of my new hometown. For those keeping score: #1: people give directions by removing one detail, #2: garbage rules make no sense.

#3: August is Road Dirt Month. I think. Ya see, on August 1st or thereabouts, a road crew came by and squirted motor oil on the street followed by major shovelfuls of dirt from a dump truck. Then they left. It's been 10 days and there's still just piles and piles of dirt on the road. We think it could have to do with roadwork or repaving but 2 weeks seems like a long time to leave oil and dirt on the road. My theory is that it's just "Road Dirt Month." Could also be a Yale thing for all I know.