This is 99% Invisible.

I'm Roman Mars.

Everything outside might be frightful, but a new batch of mini stories are here to make the next 30 minutes or so absolutely delightful.

So grab something warm, gather the kids around the old wireless transceiver, and enjoy stories about funny and surprisingly controversial highway

signs. Jane Fonda saving you money on rent, the most famous act of contrition of all time,

or possibly the greatest PR comeback of all time, depending on who you're asking. And we learn

together that the most accomplished artists of the classical world have all agreed that I,

your host, have the most beautiful feat that the classical world have all agreed that I, your host,

have the most beautiful feat that a person can have. Let's go.

So I'm joined by a producer Chris Perube. Hey, Chris. Roman, it is the most wonderful time of the year. Great to be here. It's a delight to have you.

So what is the story you have for us today? So, Roman, I know I'm always comparing America to Canada

as resident Canadian guy on the show. Yes, I'm well aware. Yeah. Look, my New Year's resolution,

I'm going to tone down the Canada stuff for next year on the show. But I don't think you have to, but you do what feels right to you.

Okay, okay.

But I feel like I'm always making these comparisons that are like, this is better in Canada,

this is better in Canada.

One thing I do prefer in America is the electronic highway safety sign, like a lightboard,

and it has text on it.

And it's a thing that will say like

left lane closed ahead, something like that, right? Got it, got it, got it. Okay. So why do you like

the ones in the U.S. better? In Canada, the signs are always bland, right? They will say something like,

don't drive drunk. And then it will also say that same thing in French, right? Okay. But to express the same message in the U.S., I have found there are

...