# Automotive adornments - an observational MMP
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-adornments-an-observational-mmp/501328
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Tags:** mmp
**Created:** [June 29, 2009, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-adornments-an-observational-mmp/501328 "2009-06-29T09:58:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-adornments-an-observational-mmp/501328/21 "2009-06-29T14:13:31Z")
> [@Rebo](#):
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> No stickers on our cars. However, I did get Dad a Texas Longhorn stick-on (like a Darwin fish.)
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> I’m still pooped. I have a load of clothes in the fryer, and one in the washer. I need to decide what we will eat this week, and go to the grocery store.
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> We had a very good time, though!
Mmmm, deep-fryed laundry.
I have 2 stickers for a college football team, one on each rear side-window (the little ones that don’t open/close), and one on the rear-window about watching for bicyclists on the road. The football stickers are fading, and I don’t plan to replace them when I take them off.
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### Author:  [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-adornments-an-observational-mmp/501328/22 "2009-06-29T14:35:51Z")
> [@mkecane](#):
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> Mmmm, deep-fryed laundry.
This made me laugh - thanks!! 😃
Well, I haven’t made it to my studio yet, but I haven’t been idle. I baked a batch of banana bread muffins, I unloaded and reloaded the dishwasher, made a pitcher of tea, scrubbed the sink, wiped down the counters (how did all the cat hair get up there?!?), sprayed flea stuff in the family room and bedroom, and started to get together daughter’s crap that seemed to accumulate up here.
Next on the list - I’ve got piles of paper that needs to be sorted. It includes bills that need to be paid, so I’ll take care of paying, filing, tossing out as appropriate. That should take me to lunch, after which, I’ll go play with clay… once I clear out a place where I can play.
Still have the house open, but I expect I’ll have the a/c on before the day is over. It was nice while it lasted, but summer is coming back.
Oh, yeah, my daughter has a cool sticker on her Beetle - it says “You! Off my planet!” I’d put that on my car, I think…
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### Author:  [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-adornments-an-observational-mmp/501328/23 "2009-06-29T15:07:05Z")
No car. If we did have one, I think I’d be allergic to bumper stickers. And you’re right, **FCM** , it’s never just one. In our area it’s cars covered in Free Tibet/Minds are Like Parachutes/Make Love not War/Give Someone a Hug type ones. Crunchy granola hippie stuff. It’s weird, because it’s SUVs and minivans around here, covered in environmental awareness crap.
There’s someone with a fuschia Hummer. No bumper stickers.
I’m enjoying my vacation so far- Mr. Lissar is off until Thursday, and has Nat at the park right now. Mr. Lissar’s nidan (second degree) karate grading yesterday went very well. He’s covered in bruises, and is moving like a geriatric patient. 😃 He had a fantastic time.
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### Author:  [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-adornments-an-observational-mmp/501328/24 "2009-06-29T16:16:37Z")
No bumper stickers, but a bunch of window clings. Two from my college - they keep sending them to me in the hopes that I’ll give money; one saying we’re zoo members; and one saying we’re public radio members. Window clings _seemed_ like a better idea because they would come off more easily. Except that is entirely untrue. The two college ones have sort of rusted on: they’re all covered in rust-colored spots, and their static cling turned into permanently-stuck-on stuff. Yippee. I may have to remove the other two before they get to that point and then scrape off the two that are stuck on. Beware static stickers that morph into won’t-come-off stickers.
We finally (I say “we” very loosely. Really it was all KT.) built a maze for the gerbils over the weekend. It’s a big cardboard box with a grid in it, like the grid that holds wine bottles in a wine-bottle box. But 4x3 instead of 3x3. Each section has a door that can be opened or closed (taped up to open it) so we can change the path for the gerbils. Very fancy for a cardboard maze.
So I put the gerbils in, one at a time, last night, expecting them to take some time to explore the whole thing and find their way through. Nope. They zipped right from the start to the end. Humph. Not much of a challenge. I didn’t include any dead ends for the first pass, thinking they’d have too much difficulty with that. But since they had no difficulty at all, I think I’ll have to introduce dead ends sooner than expected. The only problem being that they weren’t at all interested in the pumpkin seeds that I put at the end for a treat. If they don’t understand “Hey, I made it to the end and got a reward!” how am I going to provide incentive to go directly to the end, avoiding the dead ends? If the exploration is more interesting than completing the circuit, it kind of defeats the purpose. Silly critters who don’t understand my plan!
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### Author:  [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-adornments-an-observational-mmp/501328/25 "2009-06-29T17:09:14Z")
\*\*taxi \*\*- you’re not worried that they’ll just eat the maze? My kid had some small rodent-like pet (don’t recall if it was a gerbil, hamster, or guinea pig) and it loved gnawing cardboard. One of its favorite treats was an empty TP roll core.
OK, bills are paid, lunch is et, and sister’s ceramic cat has arrived! It’s a great sample, so I’m about to mosey downstairs and get all messy - at least for a little while. Oh, and I also signed up for a “Throwing large ceramic vessels” class to be held on 2 Saturdays in August. On Aug 1, we’ll throw all day, and on the 15th, we’ll come back and fire our masterpieces. Very excited about learning to throw something large.
And on that note, I need to get down and get dirty. Behave yourselves while I’m gone! 😃
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### Author:  [@jujuju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jujuju)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-adornments-an-observational-mmp/501328/26 "2009-06-29T17:14:04Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#):
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> It is a rare, noteworthy event to see a vehicle with only one bumper sticker or window adornment - have you noticed this? Either cars have nothing stuck on the bumper/window, or they’ve got multiple statements. Not counting parking permits - those are a different category. …
I’ve noticed the same about tattoos… maybe I should have gotten a bumper sticker instead? Or maybe I need another tattoo? (I do have a second, but no one can see it…)
I’ve got one bumper type sticker, salt life, and one window sticker, lost girl. The window sticker is more of a warning. I have another in my glove box, but SINCE I QUIT DRINKING, I’VE BEEN REALLY THIRSTY may not be funny to the new boss. Or maybe it would.
Oh, and since this is a somewhat rambling thread, even though I am not on subject of what I am doing today (procrastinating, if that’s not obvious), we have a democrat in this mostly republican office that really didn’t like the “W” stickers when they came out, and he’s also very particular about the cleanliness of his car. I thought about getting the “W” sticker and taping it, upside down, on the middle of the back of his four runner. He’s a group expert though, I didn’t want to get demoted.
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### Author:  [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-adornments-an-observational-mmp/501328/27 "2009-06-29T17:20:18Z")
And so I’m stuck at the doctor’s office with my mom while she has some sort of cryptic conversation with him. Whatever it is has made her extra nervous this morning and super fidgety. And I have, in turn, become super irritable. :rolleyes:
As for bumper stickers, the car I’m driving has none. But my other car which GilaMonster is driving has several. Although she’s been driving the car so long, I don’t remember exactly which ones are still there and which ones went away when the back hatch was replaced. I believe there is a Sleeping Bear Dunes sticker and a Lincoln Highway one. And when I start driving the car again, I’ve got a Jackson Browne one to add to the mix. So, **FCM** , you are correct, there’s never just one.
Please forgive my rudimentary BlackBerry coding.
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### Author:  [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-adornments-an-observational-mmp/501328/28 "2009-06-29T18:33:54Z")
**Rebo** you do realize you are adding to the stereotype that southerners will deep fry _anything_, right? 😛
**MOOOOOOM** I’d put a bumper sticker like the one your daughter has on my vehicle.
I’s tahred. However, da yahd is all spiffy. I also went to the burly butcher store and bought ribs. Even though I have to work Saturday, there shall be bbq ribs. It must be. To do otherwise on July 4th would be un-Amurrkin.
I have an [urlhttp://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/1129/BeefEnchiladaCasserole69946.shtml]Enchilada Casserole all ready to bake for dindin tonight. It shall be served with lettuce, 'maters (birthed 'maters even), guacamole and sour cream. 'Tis a good recipe, btw.
Ok, methinks I need a cold beerverage.
Later Y’all!
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### Author:  [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-adornments-an-observational-mmp/501328/29 "2009-06-29T19:07:22Z")
Cute OP, **Moooooooooom**.
We has no car… ergo, no bumper stickers (though I suppose if we were really, really determined, we could probably put a few smallish ones on our bikes for the heck of it - not that I’d ever do anything to mar the gorgeousness that is [Darling Clementine](http://www.harborcountrybike.com/v/vspfiles/photos/180199-2.jpg)).
Little Sister and her [del]lapdog[/del] fiance are scheduled to descend upon us in a few hours, and crashing at our place until Saturday morning. Hopefully this will go well… I will need much patience and tongue-biting to make it through the next few days without going homicidal, methinks. (Thankfully, I’m working most of the week, so work will be my oasis)
On that note, time to head home so’s I can tidy up, set up the guest room and be around to let the guests in (Sis lost her keyholder privileges after the Bridezilla Birthday Blowout of 2008). If’n I’m feeling particularly nice and have a little time left over, I might bake some muffins so they have something to nibble on in the mornings… not sure yet, though.
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### Author:  [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-adornments-an-observational-mmp/501328/30 "2009-06-29T19:17:40Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#):
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> \*\*taxi \*\*- you’re not worried that they’ll just eat the maze? My kid had some small rodent-like pet (don’t recall if it was a gerbil, hamster, or guinea pig) and it loved gnawing cardboard. One of its favorite treats was an empty TP roll core.
The door are covered with tape, which hopefully will discourage them. All other corners are pointed the wrong way for them to get their teeth around them. Plus, I don’t plan to leave them in there unsupervised. If they start to try to gnaw, I’ll just take them out.
But you’re right: they do love them some cardboard! Enthalpy goes after TP rolls with a near-fanatical gleam in her eye and will usually start chewing on a newly-introduced roll in - literally, we’ve counted - 5 seconds or less. We weren’t quite ready for their obsession because the hamster we had prior to the gerbils wasn’t interested in cardboard at all. Or chewing anything really. He didn’t chew his house; they do. He didn’t chew a pressed-wood log that’s specifically made for small animals to chew; they’ve nearly obliterated it. He didn’t chew his wheel; they made large semi-circles in the rim of it. And they broke it by running on it so hard. I have to go buy them a new wheel tonight. Yes, I do realize that hamsters and gerbils are different species, but having one right after the other, it’s just so amazing how different their habit are.
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### Author:  [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-adornments-an-observational-mmp/501328/31 "2009-06-29T19:22:03Z")
I have my studio name and web address on my back window. I also have a _Flogging Molly_ sticker on the left rear window and a chili pepper antenna bobber.
Not a ton of adornment for an artist’s car, but sometime in the not-too-distant future I’m going to pull the hood off and paint a mural on it and mount a large, fiberglass shark fin (painted to match the car’s Chrysler burgundy color) on the roof.
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### Author:  [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-adornments-an-observational-mmp/501328/32 "2009-06-29T19:28:52Z")
> [@Mahna\_Mahna](#):
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> We has no car… ergo, no bumper stickers (though I suppose if we were really, really determined, we could probably put a few smallish ones on our bikes for the heck of it - not that I’d ever do anything to mar the gorgeousness that is [Darling Clementine](http://www.harborcountrybike.com/v/vspfiles/photos/180199-2.jpg)).
Nice wheels!
I have no car either, but I do have a Toronto Cyclists Union sticker on my bike. 🙂
**Jettboy** , I so want to see a picture of your car when it’s done.
Well, back to drawing.
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### Author:  [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-adornments-an-observational-mmp/501328/33 "2009-06-29T19:34:42Z")
No stickers on my vehicle. I have no associations, memberships, politics, or pet peeves worth the job of removing one once I’m over it. 😉
Quiet weekend and busy short week at work.
Tupug
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-adornments-an-observational-mmp/501328/34 "2009-06-29T19:50:35Z")
> [@swampbear](#):
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> **Rebo** you do realize you are adding to the stereotype that southerners will deep fry _anything_, right? 😛
I think that was the best typo evah!!! 😃
I’ma gonna go take a nap, and when I get up I’m gonna make [Fancy Pants King Ranch Chicken](http://homesicktexan.blogspot.com/2007/10/king-of-casseroles-king-ranch-chicken.html). Mmm, cheese…
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### Author:  [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-adornments-an-observational-mmp/501328/35 "2009-06-29T20:07:59Z")
Done for today. The [Banana Bread Muffins](http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Sarahs-Banana-Bread-Muffins/Detail.aspx)were good, with my variations: Butter instead of oil, only 3/4 cup of sugar, 4 bananas instead of 3, and no nuts (because we didn’t have any.) So I guess it was almost an entirely new recipe.
\*\*FCD \*\*is home - as soon as I shower and feed the critters, we’re running down to Penney’s to get him some clothes for an interview tomorrow. It probably wouldn’t be a good idea to show up in jeans.
I built the parts for a cat - they’re all in the cabinet to sit overnight, and tomorrow, I’ll put them together. I’m doing this first one to figure out how to put it all together, and how to mass produce the components. I need to build 20 of these things at least…
Off to shower.
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### Author:  [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-adornments-an-observational-mmp/501328/36 "2009-06-29T20:47:03Z")
Thanks, **Sunspace**. I loves my bike. It’s an Electra Townie, which has a neat-o [flatfoot setup](http://www.cheekytransport.com.au/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/flatfoot.jpg) that makes it the comfiest bike ride EVAR. I’ve never felt particularly comfortable on bikes, especially when it came to actually riding on the street (as opposed to designated trails), but this baby has made a convert out of me.
**Mooooom** , how does one build a cat out of parts, exactly? We usually get ours fully assembled from the shelter. 🙂
I’m missing a couple of ingredients necessary to make muffins (namely, eggs and milk), but I don’t feel like going out in the wet to fetch them from the grocery store. Guess that means Sis and Future-BIL will have to forage tomorrow morning… nyah.
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### Author:  [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-adornments-an-observational-mmp/501328/37 "2009-06-29T21:16:15Z")
Well, think of it this way: The only thing worse than a person who tries to sum up their personality/values in pithy little sayings on the butt of their car. . . is one who can manage to do so in a single statement.
Alhtough I probably shouldn’t be judging, since I do have a vanity plate.
And I keep meaning to get one of these: [Pastafarian Fish](http://www.rof.com/product_p/2290-pq.htm)
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### Author:  [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-adornments-an-observational-mmp/501328/38 "2009-06-29T21:39:44Z")
> [@Mahna\_Mahna](#):
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> **Mooooom** , how does one build a cat out of parts, exactly? We usually get ours fully assembled from the shelter. 🙂
She’s on a roll today. I’m just waiting for her to offer **Swampy** beer and cockies… 😛
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### Author:  [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-adornments-an-observational-mmp/501328/39 "2009-06-29T21:54:48Z")
I have four magnets on the back of my Scion. Two of them of them are Bengals-related, the other two are Reds-related. I also sport a “Cincinnati Bengals 1988 AFC Champs” sticker on the bumper itself, because I want everyone to know what a misogynistic sadist I am for my lousy sports teams.
The wife’s minivan has Indiana FOP decals in the back window for 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. They don’t get her out of speeding tickets out of state, unfortunately.
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### Author:  [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-adornments-an-observational-mmp/501328/40 "2009-06-29T22:51:17Z")
> [@dogbutler](#):
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> I decorate my car with Hurricanes themed stuff(bumper stickers, magnets, window pucks). I have a Food Bank of N.C. bumper sticker, but since the Booster Club does a food drive for them, it is technically hockey related. Off to work, since I spent the lottery money on beer again.
Hey, I think I’ve seen you around! 😉
No Hurricanes decor on my Jeep, but I do have the following:
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[li]Driver’s side: NC State stickers in the corners of the driver’s and passenger’s windows; a little red demon sticker on the cargo area window.[/li][li]Passenger side: NCSU engineering sticker on the corner of the front passenger’s window.[/li][li]Rear window: 2 stickers from the Cool as a Moose store (Freeport, ME); a Happy Bunny “cute but kind of evil”; National Geographic (mounted inside, so it doesn’t show up very well); “Life is Good” sticker featuring a hiking Jake; NCSU engineering; sticker reading “Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms: Who’s bringing the chips”; oval “ZJ” sticker (my vehicle’s model)[/li][/ul]
I had two Maine stickers (with cartoon lobsters) and a “Not all who wander are lost” sticker on my rear bumper, but I lost these when I had the bumper fascia replaced after a collision. I intend to replace all three. Also, I would like to note that all dealership stickers were removed from the vehicle six years ago.
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