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Ordinarily I like bumper stickers. They're often funny, or tell you a little about the person who owns the car, sometimes both.

But in running errands the last couple of days, I've seen so many that annoy me! What's up with bumper stickers that
  • are obscene. Hey, schools are teaching phonics, and first graders can sound that out, dimwit.
  • have words printed so small you can only read them in you're on foot, passing the car when it's parked.
  • are entire freakin' novels, four or five lines of text, each five to seven words. I'm supposed to read this going 50? It was the best of times, it was the worst of times is not bumper sticker reading.
  • exist only to insult other drivers. If you don't like the way I drive, [fill in the blank with two or three words, bonus points for bathroom functions].

Maryn, thinking about all the minor body damage her car already has, and thinking Approach ramming speed far too often
 

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Don't those still tell you something about the people who drive the cars?

1. I don't care what you think is appropriate for your kids
2. I don't drive this car as much as it sits in my driveway... probably on blocks
3. I have a lot to say and don't care if anyone listens
4. I don't like anyone else who drives
 

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I want a little bumper sticker that says, "VOTE LOCAL."
 

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I want one that says, Get off your cell phone before you kill someone. You're driving worse than a drunk person!

Or something like that.
 

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I want one that says, Get off your cell phone before you kill someone. You're driving worse than a drunk person!

Or something like that.
There is one that reads, "Hang up and drive!"
 

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Sorry, I don't believe in bumper stickers.
 

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My favorite one ever:

"Visualize Whirled Peas"

I almost drove off the road laughing.

I'm tired of the stupid peeing Calvin stickers.
 

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My favorite bumper sticker: a bright red sticker that reads, "If this sticker looks blue, you're going WAY TOO FAST!!"

Yes. I am a nerd.

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'stop reading and look at the road'
 

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I have plenty of time to read bumper stickers since the average speed here in LA is down to 25 mph. My fav?

"Somewhere in Texas there's a village missing an idiot."
 

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One that I seen in Ireland one day;

'If you took a shit, please put it back'

Took me awhile to get it, but once it hit home, I started roaring laughing.....bout a week later!
 

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Y'know what? If somebody can't distill their Life's Philosophy onto either a bumper sticker or a t-shirt? I ain't interested.
 

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My personal 'favorite' to hate..."My child is an Honor Student at ~ School."

I read one once that answered that with something to the effect,
"My child is an ex-con and can beat up your honor student any day."
 

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I like the bumperstickers that look like bandaids. Sometimes those things are the only hope holding a car together.

I still like:
Save the whales, collect a whole set
I *heart* Uranus
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I have never put a bumper sticker on any vehicle I drive and I never will.

Why?

Because my car is not an extension of me. It does not have any bearing on who I am. That way lies dragons, and is the reason people get road rage--they see the car as an extension of themselves and therefore take things too personally while driving. Vehicles are simply convenient forms of transportation from point A to point B.
 

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My personal 'favorite' to hate..."My child is an Honor Student at ~ School."

I read one once that answered that with something to the effect,
"My child is an ex-con and can beat up your honor student any day."

I had a bumper sticker (but I did not put it on my car). It said "My dog is smarter than your honor student."
 

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My favorite ones are:

Only YOU can prevent narcissism.
Where there's a will, I want to be in it.
Warning horn broke, look for finger.
 

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I don't do bumper stickers either, but I like to read them. The best:

Honk if you're horny and/or love Jesus

I about covers it all.

For those around universities:

Honk if you passed PChem

(for Physical Chemistry--one of them tougher classes)

And if this one is on a nice car, I just might follow it around for a spell (I used it in the 100-word horror challenge in SYW):

In case of Rapture this car will be empty