Take me to your robot

There are always going to be some subtle language differences no matter where you go in the world, even if you go to a country where you know the language. Slang terms and everday phrases are not always the same. That's absolutely fine.

Like here in South Africa, instead of saying I want my hamburger "to go" you say it's for "take away." No problem, it does the same job. Also people here say "pleasure" (short for 'my pleasure') instead of "your welcome." Again, same thing is accomplished.

But there's one term down here that makes no sense at all. They call street lights down here "robots." WTF? The first time I heard this was when some guy told me to take a right at the robot. I had no clue what he was talking about.

Technically, I guess street lights are robots of some kind, but when I think of robots I think of ass-kicking Transformers or the robot from Lost in Space, who's currently gracing the post.

The term "robots" just doesn't work for me. They aren't robots. They're timed lights for crying out loud. If you add death lasers to them, then I'll reconsider my opinion.