Rick Warren doesn't win Routemaster design competition

[nxylas]

In fact, Rick Warren has absolutely nothing to do with this story, but since there seems to be an unwritten rule that no thread can be started on DU without mentioning his name, I figured I'd better shoehorn it into the thread title somehow.

Anyway, Mayor Boris Johnson has announced the winners of a competition to design a 21st century update of London's iconic Routemaster buses. You can see a gallery of the winning designs, none of which were by Rick Warren, here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/gallery/2008/dec/19/london-transport?picture=340922125

[KamaAina]

1. Warren's design lost out because

the on-board gay and lesbian detection equipment took up too much room and interfered with passenger flow. :P

[nxylas]

2. It was some sort of radar-like equipment, specifically detecting homosexuals, I believe

If only there was a name for such a piece of equipment ;)

[nxylas]

3. Hey, this thread won a DUzy!

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/JeffR/177