# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/121 "2012-07-10T18:45:41Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > When people say that kind of thing, it makes me think that they’re the type of person that’s goes out of their way to be offended…it’s a joke. They probably picked it up at their kid’s summer camp. Wow, you’re dumber than that bumper sticker. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/122 "2012-07-10T18:46:26Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > I made it very clear to my kids that I was proud of them whether or not they made the honor roll, and that I didn’t have any percentage in trying to make other parents feel bad or jealous if their kids didn’t. My kids would have DIED if I’d announced to the world that they were smart. “Thanks, dad, now my friends are gonna ask me to do their homework. If I have any friends left. Why don’t you just write _“My Student’s on the **Dork** Roll”_ on a lawn sign?” Actually, that was middle school; their high school doesn’t even have an honor roll, and doesn’t keep track of “class standing” (to the consternation of the major university half a mile down the street-- they just refuse to give that number\*) \*it’s a tough high school, and that’d make Student #343 look average, when most of the school is classified as “smartypants”. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/123 "2012-07-10T18:58:58Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > My friend has one that says, “Bumper Sticker”. That’s so crazy…yesterday on the way home I saw that sticker for the first time. Funny coincidence. Similar vein, this morning I saw a septic pump truck with the motto ‘We want your stinkin’ business.’ ---
**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 10, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/124 "2012-07-10T21:15:45Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > My friend has one that says, “Bumper Sticker”. Is it black on white, with a bar code, like the generic groceries from the 80s? ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/125 "2012-07-10T21:39:34Z")
I saw this last week: “My Golden Retriever is smarter than your honor student” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/126 "2012-07-10T23:37:48Z")
My favorite to date: “Bumper stickers are not dialog.” ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/127 "2012-07-11T14:18:18Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > I like the thought behind the Coexist sticker, truly I do, but it is the most awful, clumsy, illegible piece of graphic design crap I have ever seen! A[FONT=“Book Antiqua”]m[FONT=“Fixedsys”]E[FONT=“Garamond”]n [FONT=“Impact”]t[FONT=“Arial”][SIZE=“3”]0 [/SIZE] [FONT=“Palatino Linotype”]+[FONT=“Tahoma”]H[FONT=“Trebuchet MS”]a[FONT=“Lucida Sans Unicode”]t[FONT=“Times New Roman”]![/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT] ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/128 "2012-07-12T01:28:13Z")
> [@Just1Lurk](#): > > Wow, you must have a huge rear bumper. > > (On re-reading, I probably could have phrased that better.) When I lived in Mass., my hot car enthusiast neighbor’s vanity license plate said B GAS ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/129 "2012-07-12T14:38:25Z")
There is a mercedes that I see fairly frequently on my way home in the evenings. The license plate says “IP LAW.” Now, I’m certain that he’s referring to his expertise in Intellectual Property disputes, but given my recent experiences, I always see it as more of an origin myth. ---
**Author:** ![dngnb8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@dngnb8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dngnb8)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/130 "2012-07-12T15:34:07Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > I’m not sure I understand… Were you assuming, solely on the basis of the sign, that there was an injured baby somewhere you hadn’t found? Is that what you were doing for those three hours - looking for it? If so, was there nothing else that indicated that there may (or may not) have been a child involved? We also had an empty car seat in the back That being said, Even without the car seat. What evidence would you suggest we accept to start a search. The car ended about 60 feet from the road. She was obviously traveling 100 mph. Her body was about 35 feet from her vehicle. It was pitch dark, no moon, grass field (grass ranged from 2 to 3 feet high) We instituted a pattern search, but when youre talking a child, you dont want to be wrong. Imagine this, we leave the scene and find out the child was with her, then what? We’re blamed for not searching. No win situation ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/131 "2012-07-12T16:41:16Z")
I saw one yesterday that annoyed me: Live Mythically. What does that mean? Live like you’re a mythological figure? So … are you advocating for having an imagination? Woo, way to go out on a limb. Bah. It seems like they’re trying to make some intense statement, and it’s just not there. I’ve seen the family grouping in Star Wars figures, which is the only one that ever appealed to me. Mom as Princess Leia, hells yes! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/132 "2012-07-12T16:59:27Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > My kids brought a few of those home (from middle school - it seems like middle schools are the only ones who give them out around here), and I put them on the fridge. With magnets (hey, you’re only as good as your last report card, right?). > > I made it very clear to my kids that I was proud of them whether or not they made the honor roll, and that I didn’t have any percentage in trying to make other parents feel bad or jealous if their kids didn’t. My policy with honor roll was the same as Vince Lombardi’s on touchdowns. He’s alleged to have said regarding end zone celebrations, “When you get to the end zone, act like it’s not the first time”. Honor roll wasn’t an accomplishment, but an expectation. If you didn’t make honor roll, let’s figure out what went wrong. ---
**Author:** ![dngnb8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@dngnb8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dngnb8)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/133 "2012-07-12T17:03:04Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Mom as Princess Leia, hells yes! 🙂 In full white frock or bikini? ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/134 "2012-07-12T17:07:41Z")
> [@Bill Maher](#): > > New Rule: Take the stupid “Coexist” bumper sticker off your car. Apropos. Oh, if only there were a place where Muslims, Christians and Jews could live together in peace. Actually, there is. It’s called Los Angeles, and you’re driving through it. Try putting that sticker on your rental car in Jordan and see how far you get before your Prius blows up. [That’s pretty silly](http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19730203&id=DuIbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q2YEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5969,868852). ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/135 "2012-07-12T17:22:22Z")
> [@dngnb8](#): > > In full white frock or bikini? You can have [full frock or “Slave Leia.”](http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/eea6/images/) the thought of anybody putting that next to their little Yoda child figure makes me shudder. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/136 "2012-07-13T07:09:45Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > But while I’m here, AND oval stickers. Most are are cryptic that I have no idea what they mean. If it’s AND it’s Andorra. Those are country stickers. ---
**Author:** ![greenslime1951](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@greenslime1951](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greenslime1951)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/137 "2012-07-13T07:38:50Z")
My all-time favorite bumper sticker: “Only YOU can prevent narcissism.” Absolute last place: “Denial is not a river in Egypt.” I’m not sure what this slogan with its thigh-slappingly hilarious pun is supposed to be saying, other than “I’m a moron,” which it admittedly does quite well. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/138 "2012-07-13T13:06:46Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > If it’s AND it’s Andorra. Those are country stickers. They are pervasive here, for every vacation spot and school. I guess they are modeled on European country stickers, but they’ve obnoxious. OBX means Outer Banks, NC, (and I always think “obnoxious” when I see it). TLS here means The Lexington School. I’ve seen tons of them. When we were on vacation the rental agency left some in the house which said IOP for Isle of Palms, which nobody took. (It looks like IHOP to me.) ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/139 "2012-07-13T15:01:22Z")
Favorite: “My Son Is Inmate of the Month at MCI Concord” Obviously, a very proud parent! ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499/140 "2012-07-13T16:16:24Z")
Oh, those oval stickers…some local organization that I’m not familiar with had distributed quite a few in this area. Unfortunately, their organization is abbreviated “FAPS”. Yeah. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-your-stupid-bumper-sticker/627499.md?page=8)