# Bumper stickers/logos/decorations in your area folks "from away" may not understand **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 19, 2008, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-logos-decorations-in-your-area-folks-from-away-may-not-understand/468613 "2008-10-19T03:55:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-logos-decorations-in-your-area-folks-from-away-may-not-understand/468613/41 "2008-10-21T03:16:48Z")
FREE BALLARD – it’s been over a hundred years. I don’t think the fine City of Seattle is about to change their minds and [un-annex us](http://www.ballardnewstribune.com/articles/2007/05/29/news/local_news/news02.txt). ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-logos-decorations-in-your-area-folks-from-away-may-not-understand/468613/42 "2008-10-21T03:34:20Z")
\*Shift happens. \* A fairly common bumper sticker where I come from, implying tectonic shift, from the [triple junction of tectonic plates](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_junction) just offshore of Humboldt County, CA. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-logos-decorations-in-your-area-folks-from-away-may-not-understand/468613/43 "2008-10-21T04:41:08Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > A rather ironic change if you know that the owners of In-N-Out are deeply religious and actually print Bible verses on the chain’s cups and boxes. cite? Been eating at In-N-Out for years and I have never seen a Bible verse on any of their packaging. Alone the same lines, the bumper sticker for Bear Mountain “Ski Bear” becomes “Ski Bare” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-logos-decorations-in-your-area-folks-from-away-may-not-understand/468613/44 "2008-10-21T04:43:38Z")
I CLOSED WOLSKI’S Milw, WI ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-logos-decorations-in-your-area-folks-from-away-may-not-understand/468613/45 "2008-10-21T13:06:41Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > cite? Been eating at In-N-Out for years and I have never seen a Bible verse on any of their packaging. Look on the inside rim on the bottom of the cups. > **[FACT CHECK: Do In-N-Out Burger Food Containers Include Bible Verses?](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/in-n-out/)** > > Are cups and burger wrappers at In-N-Out Burger inscribed with Bible verses? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-logos-decorations-in-your-area-folks-from-away-may-not-understand/468613/46 "2008-10-21T13:13:27Z")
During the Watergate scandal, bumper stickers stating “Don’t Blame Me. I’m From Massachusetts” were common. Massachusetts and DC were the only ones who went with McGovern. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-logos-decorations-in-your-area-folks-from-away-may-not-understand/468613/47 "2008-10-21T14:07:25Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > A little scissoring later, and people proudly proclaimed **Wild 4 69**. > > Similarly, **In-N-Out Burger** stickers would be edited into **In-N-Out urge** I had a window sticker for Purdue university that was edited to read **Undue Purversity**. When I moved to Virginia 5 years ago, I was puzzled to see cars with a bad attitude chicken sticker on the back. I soon found out that it was the Virginia Tech Hokies mascot. ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-logos-decorations-in-your-area-folks-from-away-may-not-understand/468613/48 "2008-10-21T14:51:24Z")
Not necessarily regoinal, but this one stumped my wife: JESUS SAVES ! (And takes half damage) She’d never been exposed to D&D or other RPGs, so had no idea what it meant. ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-logos-decorations-in-your-area-folks-from-away-may-not-understand/468613/49 "2008-10-21T15:28:34Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > The mascot used to be the Plainsmen. Not sure if this has totally gone away or is just not as exciting as a tiger and an eagle. Either way, Alabama seems to be the home of multiple mascot confusion (see University of Alabama: Crimson Tide and Elephants). The UA mascot is the Elephant only. The team is referred to as the Crimson Tide because the colors are crimson and white, and as a large line of Bama boys once converged on the opposing team in their colors, the commentator made the remark that it looked like a “crimson tide” - the name stuck. I’ll be kind enough not to mention the toilet paper and Tide box contraptions… if you don’t know, please don’t ask. I’m too embarrassed to explain. ---
**Author:** ![Zhen\_ka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecccb3/32.png) [@Zhen\_ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zhen_ka)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-logos-decorations-in-your-area-folks-from-away-may-not-understand/468613/50 "2008-10-21T16:39:24Z")
Roll Tide! ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-logos-decorations-in-your-area-folks-from-away-may-not-understand/468613/51 "2008-10-21T17:10:57Z")
> [@katie1341](#): > > There’s a record store (do they still call them that?) in Louisville KY called “ear Xtacy”. They sell t-shirts and bumper stickers with “ear Xtacy” on them. Several years ago, it was sort of a fad to buy a bumper sticker, cut it up, and mix the letters up. Not that anyone knows what “ear Xtacy” means anyway unless they’re from Louisville. “AX YER CAT” was my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-logos-decorations-in-your-area-folks-from-away-may-not-understand/468613/52 "2008-10-21T17:22:06Z")
> [@rivulus](#): > > “Native” bumper sticker in Colorado. When I was a Coloradan (we’re going back a couple of decades), there was a fad to manufacture variations on these bumper stickers, replete with the mountain logo that you see on CO license plates. The funniest one said “NAIVE” but there were others. I’d think these would be a puzzler, if the joke’s still going on. ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-logos-decorations-in-your-area-folks-from-away-may-not-understand/468613/53 "2008-10-21T19:16:54Z")
Somebody asked the other day about our “Kinky for governor”. Guess it’s time to take it off the car–(that’s Kinky Friedman, and you really should know that). We also have a few “No Wall” stickers around. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-logos-decorations-in-your-area-folks-from-away-may-not-understand/468613/54 "2008-10-21T19:48:42Z")
Loads of people have heard the slogan, “Don’t Mess With Texas.” People from other parts of the country, however, don’t appear to know where it comes from. I think it’s often assumed that it’s some kind of “macho” thing, but the truth is that it’s an anti-littering slogan, sponsored by the Texas Department of Transportation as part of a campaign to clean up the highways. Very macho indeed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-logos-decorations-in-your-area-folks-from-away-may-not-understand/468613.md?page=2)