# Bumper stickers -- you're doing it wrong **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 11, 2008, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-youre-doing-it-wrong/459600 "2008-08-11T13:27:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-youre-doing-it-wrong/459600/81 "2008-08-13T19:50:05Z")
[QUOTE=elmwood] Damn five minute edit window and hanging .. There’s this one which I saw posted on some message board a while ago … [http://i38.tinypic.com/sgpe88.jpg](http://i38.tinypic.com/sgpe88.jpg) [/QUOTE] At least he made it clear that the handicapped license plate indicates his mental capacity. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-youre-doing-it-wrong/459600/82 "2008-08-13T20:04:28Z")
[QUOTE=Cosmic Relief] So essentially, in an oblique way, the bumper sticker is just another oblique way of saying “I’m white.” [/QUOTE] This is dumb. I know several black people who were offended by Rev. Wright’s words. I thought they were stupid and racist, contrary to the teachings of Jesus Christ and spit in the face of the ideals that America stands for (although I freely admit that we have not always lived up to those ideals), and it’s not because I’m white, it’s because they were stupid and racist and I don’t like stupid and racist things whether they come from blacks or whites. ---
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-youre-doing-it-wrong/459600/83 "2008-08-13T20:08:24Z")
[QUOTE=Kyrie Eleison] I never understood the “God is my copilot” stickers. Excuse me, aren’t you supposed to be a follower of God? Isn’t he your Lord? So why have you relegated him to the subordinate role? Shouldn’t God be your pilot, Sparky? I nominate that one for the “just not thinking it through” category. [/QUOTE] I’ve seen “If God is your co-pilot - switch seats!” around here. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-youre-doing-it-wrong/459600/84 "2008-08-13T20:10:34Z")
[QUOTE=lissener] Haw. One of the very funny things in a very UNfunny movie–well, actually, it was in the outtakes, in the extras–Steve Hahn, the Funniest Human Being Ever, is adlibbing to nature footage. We see a Moose, and his voiceover is something like: “The Moose is a very stupid animal. In fact, if the moose had a Porsche, it would have a vanity plate that said, PORSCHE.” [/QUOTE] Word. I’ve never understood why people get a vanity plate that merely repeats what their car is. “MY VETTE”, for example. Well, yeah. Of course it’s yours. You probably wouldn’t have paid for a vanity plate for someone else’s car. If you do something clever with it, you’re exempt. “5TH ROK” on a Saturn. Clever. Or the guy in Salem with a black VW with the Batman logo painted on the sides with " BATBUG". Awesome. I make a slight allowance if you put in the year, since not everyone knows years of cars by sight. But it’s still stupid, in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-youre-doing-it-wrong/459600/85 "2008-08-13T20:24:20Z")
[QUOTE=acsenray] Yeah, don’t tell _me_ not to cut the throats of everyone I meet who is in any way different from me, 'cause anyone who’s in favor of peaceful coexistence is a self-righteous, preachy asshole who’s interfering with my right to believe in genocide. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I don’t get the problem with the “Coexist” stickers. I don’t mean mine in any self-righteous way. I actually wish that people _could_ coexist. It’s a sincere sentiment. I also have one that says, "All people are equal members of our ONE HUMAN FAMILY. ” It’s the Key West sticker. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-youre-doing-it-wrong/459600/86 "2008-08-13T22:47:33Z")
[QUOTE=JSexton] “5TH ROK” on a Saturn. Clever. [/QUOTE] The plate owner’s error, or yours? Saturn is the “sixth rock” (assuming you’re not counting any of the satellites or asteroids) from the Sun. [Quote=Kyrie Eleison] I never understood the “God is my copilot” stickers. [/Quote] The phrase was popularized by an [autobiographical book](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_is_My_Co-Pilot_%28film%29), and a subsequent film, which detailed the exploits of a World War II flying ace. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-youre-doing-it-wrong/459600/87 "2008-08-14T08:06:26Z")
[QUOTE=JSexton] If you do something clever with it, you’re exempt. “5TH ROK” on a Saturn. Clever. [/QUOTE] Saturn would be the sixth rock, unless we’re not counting Mercury or something. And it’s not really a rock, either, if we’re really nitpicking. I saw a vanity plate every day at school for years before figuring out what it was supposed to mean. “AUILOX” in a car driven by a blond woman. Clever and sneaky, that one. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-youre-doing-it-wrong/459600/88 "2008-08-14T09:05:32Z")
Not a bumper sticker, but a [a book I saw](http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Idiots-Guide-Last-Days/dp/1592575617) while in line at the local supermarket. This is very funny in a way I’m sure they never imagined. ---
**Author:** ![24hoursunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/7feea3/32.png) [@24hoursunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/24hoursunshine)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-youre-doing-it-wrong/459600/89 "2008-08-14T10:06:12Z")
“FOLLOW ME TO CERTAIN DEATH” stretching across the back bumper. There was a radio station prank a few years ago where the crew had a guy driving around with “I DARE YOU TO PULL ME OVER” across his bumper. He was pulled over. A lot that day. ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-youre-doing-it-wrong/459600/90 "2008-08-14T17:04:43Z")
[QUOTE=appleciders] Saturn would be the sixth rock, unless we’re not counting Mercury or something. And it’s not really a rock, either, if we’re really nitpicking. I saw a vanity plate every day at school for years before figuring out what it was supposed to mean. “AUILOX” in a car driven by a blond woman. Clever and sneaky, that one. [/QUOTE] There’s a Maserati tooling about town with a license plate of DZ ONE 85. Niiice. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-youre-doing-it-wrong/459600/91 "2008-08-14T17:19:05Z")
[QUOTE=appleciders] I saw a vanity plate every day at school for years before figuring out what it was supposed to mean. “AUILOX” in a car driven by a blond woman. Clever and sneaky, that one. [/QUOTE] I’ll go ahead and confess to not getting it. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-youre-doing-it-wrong/459600/92 "2008-08-14T17:21:57Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] I’ll go ahead and confess to not getting it. [/QUOTE] A hint: what element is Au the chemical symbol for? ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-youre-doing-it-wrong/459600/93 "2008-08-14T17:22:54Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] I’ll go ahead and confess to not getting it. [/QUOTE] Au is the periodic table symbol for “gold,” so decoded, it says “goldilocks.” ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-youre-doing-it-wrong/459600/94 "2008-08-14T17:35:30Z")
Yep, I figured it out about the minute I left the thread. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-youre-doing-it-wrong/459600/95 "2008-08-14T17:37:37Z")
[QUOTE=buttonjockey308] There’s a Maserati tooling about town with a license plate of DZ ONE 85. Niiice. [/QUOTE] How is that person still driving? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-youre-doing-it-wrong/459600/96 "2008-08-14T17:42:38Z")
I hate all riddle license plates. A pox on their owners. (Because I spend the next 4 hours trying to figure them out, with little to no success. Driving behind them for a while is maddening) ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-youre-doing-it-wrong/459600/97 "2008-08-14T18:03:19Z")
[QUOTE=Idlewild] I used to see a car around a lot that had a “Question Authority” bumper sticker. It made me want to print out and slap on a sticker reading “Why?” [/QUOTE] One of my lesbian friends has a “What would Xena do?” bumper sticker on her car. So naturally, I slapped a “Fuck Bush” sticker right next to it! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-youre-doing-it-wrong/459600/98 "2008-08-14T18:07:57Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] The plate owner’s error, or yours? Saturn is the “sixth rock” (assuming you’re not counting any of the satellites or asteroids) from the Sun. [/QUOTE] My error. Just misremembered it. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-youre-doing-it-wrong/459600/99 "2008-08-14T18:17:21Z")
[QUOTE=buttonjockey308] There’s a Maserati tooling about town with a license plate of DZ ONE 85. Niiice. [/QUOTE] Not getting it. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-youre-doing-it-wrong/459600/100 "2008-08-14T18:23:36Z")
[QUOTE=Don’t fight the hypothetical] Not getting it. [/QUOTE] (my Maserati) does 185 (mph)---- Joe Walsh lyrics I feel your pain. In fact I only realized the Joe Walsh ref as I was typing it. A pox, I say. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-youre-doing-it-wrong/459600.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-stickers-youre-doing-it-wrong/459600.md?page=6)