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.
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.
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.
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.
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 They’ve been replaced by: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.
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.
The ones I absolutely don’t get aren’t on bumpers, but across back windows: * “In Loving Memory Of <Insert name and dates of birth and death>”* Seriously, that’s how you choose to honor and remember your loved ones?? How touching… :rolleyes: