# I pit your stupid bumper sticker! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 7, 2012, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499 "2012-07-07T04:46:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/61 "2012-07-08T06:41:10Z")
**Lynn** , do you have the pest control guys that have ears and tails on their yellow cars out there? They have a stretch limo, complete with ears and tail. I amost peed myself laughing when I saw it. My license plate holder says “Prescott Public Library. So many books, so little time” At the risk of hijacking the thread…the PTB really want to make our Public Library into a paying concern. They want to charge for library cards, for computer access, and for the kids programs. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/62 "2012-07-08T14:04:13Z")
> [@bathsheba](#): > > \< hijack \> Political and religious stickers have nothing on those farking goddawful Baby on Board signs. I am going to have one made up which says, “I am aware of my obligation to guard against the negligent acts of others” \< / hijack \> [Condescending Wonka](http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3obz08/) remarks on this, ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/63 "2012-07-08T15:46:52Z")
The best bumper sticker I ever saw went: > [@](#): > > STOP ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION > Look what it did to the White House! and then next to it was a picture of the Capitol building. Two problems with that, buddy… ---
**Author:** ![fumster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/64 "2012-07-08T16:00:15Z")
> [@MandaJo](#): > > “I don’t like to think for myself, so I pick up the stickers I see people like me have”. That would be an awesome bumper sticker ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/65 "2012-07-08T16:26:52Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > For many years, few of my friend seemed capable of not putting on bumper stickers that said “Hey, Officer! This car is being driven by a hippy freak!”. I saw one back in the '80s that said “My other car is up my nose”. As they say, being stupid is not a crime, but it might as well be. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/66 "2012-07-08T18:44:09Z")
Most of my political beliefs are too nuanced to fit on a bumper sticker. Furthermore, I don’t care to browbeat other motorists with my shibboleths. (Yes, it’s browbeating if you’re behind me in a traffic jam.) I like the Dmitri Martin quote. I might get that on a bumper sticker. ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/67 "2012-07-08T19:25:27Z")
I saw a pic recently that I wouldn’t mind on my car, it was a tea pot in orbit it looked like it would make a great fish type emblem. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/68 "2012-07-08T20:09:43Z")
One of my least favorites: My kid sold drugs to your honors student. I’ve actually seen that one. Not funny. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/69 "2012-07-08T23:50:32Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > **Lynn** , do you have the pest control guys that have ears and tails on their yellow cars out there? They have a stretch limo, complete with ears and tail. I amost peed myself laughing when I saw it. > > My license plate holder says “Prescott Public Library. So many books, so little time” > > At the risk of hijacking the thread…the PTB really want to make our Public Library into a paying concern. They want to charge for library cards, for computer access, and for the kids programs. The Truly Nolen pest control company has VW bugs that it outfits with the mouse theme…ears, tail, eyes, eyelashes, nose, and teeth. It’s a very effective advertising gimmick, because everyone remembers them. They’ve done this for 50 years, at least, because I can remember seeing those Bugs around when I was a little kid. As for making a PUBLIC library a paying concern…there are not enough rolleyes in the world to express my feelings on that one. The whole point of a public library is that a minimal investment will improve the quality of life of the population both now and later. But that’s another thread. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/70 "2012-07-09T00:16:59Z")
Yup, that’s the company. Usually I see the Bugs, the stretch limo made me laugh. I think I’ll start a thread about Public libraries being profit making concerns. The thing that concerns me is that some people do agree with Steve Blair. Do you think it would be better in IMHO, or GD? I used to see a beat up pick-up truck that had a bumper sticker that said “Honk if parts fall off”. I never followed him very close. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/71 "2012-07-09T00:21:51Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > [Condescending Wonka](http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3obz08/) remarks on this, That KILLS me! I have no clue why that particular wonka meme hit my funny bone, but I’m dying. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/72 "2012-07-09T00:31:18Z")
> [@bathsheba](#): > > \< hijack \> Political and religious stickers have nothing on those farking goddawful Baby on Board signs. I am going to have one made up which says, “I am aware of my obligation to guard against the negligent acts of others” \< / hijack \> They used to be common what, 20-25 years ago? I hardly ever see them anymore. They’ve been replaced by: a) “My child is an honor student at \_\_\_\_\_\_ School” and b) those decals in the rear window (usually in the lower left corner) with the little pictograms of the family members, sometimes including the pets. I used to wonder if seeing a “Baby on Board” sign in the window of a parked car on a sunny day would justify taking a crowbar to the window, if the windows were tinted heavily enough to make it impossible to verify that there _wasn’t_ a baby in the car. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/73 "2012-07-09T00:53:30Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > …I used to see a beat up pick-up truck that had a bumper sticker that said “Honk if parts fall off”. … A '54 Ford Molokai? With one truck nut? ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/74 "2012-07-09T02:13:03Z")
Saw a bumper sticker on a truck in a Target parking lot that was so stupid I had to stop and double check it. First, a picture of the Stars and Bars (Confederate Battle Flag), then “We fought the first war against terrorists.” Wow. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/75 "2012-07-09T02:52:29Z")
Apropos of nothing, I had someone leave a note yesterday at the grocery store on one of my two bumper stickers. It was a tiny Pro Choice sticker and the note said the usual idiotic rhetoric of, “It’s not a choice, it’s a child!” but with poorer punctuation. If I’d have been able to return the favor, I could’ve left them a note that at least _I_ wasn’t a passive-aggressive, unoriginal, nosy asshole. Not exactly clever, but accurate. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/76 "2012-07-09T03:08:56Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > I saw one back in the '80s that said “My other car is up my nose”. > > As they say, being stupid is not a crime, but it might as well be. Actually, I kinda like that one. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/77 "2012-07-09T10:51:59Z")
The ones I absolutely don’t get aren’t on bumpers, but across back windows: \* “In Loving Memory Of \”\* Seriously, that’s how you choose to honor and remember your loved ones?? How touching… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/78 "2012-07-09T10:55:06Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > Losing the one with the pegasus really sucked. No, dude, it was the unicorns. Or was that because they couldn’t find them? Now I’ve got an earworm… ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/79 "2012-07-09T11:49:04Z")
My all-time favorite: **JESUS LOVES YOU** EVERYONE ELSE THINKS YOU’RE AN ASSHOLE ---
**Author:** ![dngnb8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@dngnb8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dngnb8)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/80 "2012-07-09T12:55:33Z")
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