ONE OF THE BETTER ONES
"I might be slow
but I 'm ahead of you !"
"I brake for _________"
"I love (heart) ________"
"Honk if you _________"
EXPRESS YOURSELF : POST A BUMPER STICKER
One dictionary calls them "a label carrying a slogan or advertisement fixed to a vehicle's bumper." The first ones attracted tourists to scenic sights, hence the ubiquitous "SEE ROCK CITY". Then came the advertisements, e.g. "CHEW BROWN MULE". Sometime in the 1950's, politicians got into the act with the likes of "I LIKE IKE" or "STEVENSON-SPARKMAN/
VOTE DEMOCRAT". And off it went, seemingly restrained only by one's passions and imagination. Apparently, even 'vulgar' bumper stickers claim First Amendment protection.
Among those that have a "story" attached include :
.A client once came into my office hardly able to restrain her laughter. She had just seen a bumper sticker in the parking lot that she wanted: "MY MOTHER IS TOUR GUIDE ON GUILT TRIPS".
I wondered about the driver whose bumper claimed "MY OTHER CAR IS A BROOM"
This one reminded me of the day I was waiting at a red-light in Asheville and heard screeching tires and looked up to see a student driver's impending crash into my car's front end: "BE PATIENT; STUDENT DRIVER".
My kids know that there is no stash that would cause me to display: "I'M SPENDING MY CHILDREN'S INHERITANCE".
Having encountered instances of delusion among clientele, this might be an appropriate reality check: "DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK".
A while back, a client sent this
So many outlandish traits and behaviors are attributed to religion that several cars display: "JESUS WOULD SLAP THE 'STUFFINGS' OUT OF YOU".
Occasionally, vehicles become rolling collages of 'messages'. Dealers usually concur that bumper stickers reduce a car's trade-in value. But, ' what a ride' in the meantime !
You can find lots of websites that promise to provide labels of your own design. What kind of 'saying' is on your bumper ?
Satchel
When I was a Tornado forecaster at SELS Kansas City in the 1980s, my Kansas license plate displayed REDBOX9
ReplyDelete(A Tornado Watch was called a Redbox) larry
My sticker says "I root for two teams, the Red Sox and whoever is playing the Yankees!".
ReplyDeleteRuth Graham has a quote on her gravestone (a kind of bumper sticker): "End of construction. Thank you for your patience." She was famous for another quote prior to her demise: "Construction in progress. Thank you for your patience."
ReplyDeleteA car frequently parked on my route to work has a sticker that just says "Entropy." It is abundantly obvious that someone had struck the vehicle or it struck something else, leaving significant damage. (You may need to review a thermodynamics book to "get" the humor.)
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