left right stuff

[sagehen]

>>>> >> 17.  The left turn is simple. If you want to turn left, go a 1/4 of
>>>> a  mile
>>>> >> past your turn, get to the left, then make a left, then make a  right.
>>>> >> NOW you have gone left.
>
>What am I missing? It seems to me that if you turn left (as your
>originally intended), then turn right, you have in fact turned right,
>not left.
>
>Thanks,
>Bethany
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Surely this  item 17 in the original "Driving Tips" is just part of the
gag, since:
  "If you want to turn left, go a 1/4 mile past your turn, get to the left,
then make a left".... at this point you HAVE made a left, so what's the big
deal?  You've overshot your intended turn.  But, if you "then make a
right"... then you're merely  going along parallel to your original
direction.  Does this make a "jughandle?"
The jughandle is as described by Bill Mullins.
A. Murie