"Red" vs "orange" redux

[Bethany K. Dumas]

In Tennessee, they are Big Orange.

Bethany

On Wed, 18 May 2005, Wilson Gray wrote:

>In a conversation with my wife, I used the phrase, "orange traffic
>cone."
>
>She:  "What do you mean by "orange traffic cone"?
>
>I:  "You know. Those things they use when they're doing work on the
>street?"
>
>She, in the special feminine tone of voice that says: This conversation
>is over:  "Traffic cones are red."