I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry at this billboard.

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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This past weekend, I was back in Virginia (Richmond) visiting my family. ElzaHub and I had to take a trip to the airport to pick up my best friend, which put us on the I-64 heading East. As we were cruising down the interstate, a billboard caught my eye.

It read:

"Isn’t she a little young for you?"
Sex with a minor. Don’t go there.

:dubious:

Do we really need public service billboards telling us this? Is there some guy named Bubba out there going “Dude. I guess Kayleigh IS a little young for me. I’d better break up with her right. now..”

Almost a week later, and I’m still laughing a bit.

E.

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Young girl, get out of my mind…

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It’s pretty crass, and I wouldn’t appreciate the insinuation that I would think of doing that. It’s extremely offensive and boorish. It’s not like there is a snowball’s chance in Hell that a billboard will stop an adult from having sex with a minor.

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Oh yes, please note that once again the criminal is assumed to be male, like there haven’t been woman on trial in the last few months for the same thing.

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What counts as a “minor” in Virginia?

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Second term.

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[QUOTE=fetus]
Second term.
[/QUOTE]

Ah, we have a Thread/Username/Post trifecta of appropriateness! :smiley:

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Second trimester, I should say.

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One time my girlfriend accused me of being a pedophile.

“Pedophile?” I said, shocked, “that’s a pretty big word for an eight-year-old.”

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[QUOTE=astro]
What counts as a “minor” in Virginia?
[/QUOTE]

Eighteen.

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Since we are discussing billboards… or were… I saw one in downtown Birmingham that read simply

I Farted

I still laugh at that.

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The billboard is stupid. However, I have occasionally contemplated making my daughter exclusively wear tshirts saying “Step off dude, I’m FIFTEEN.”

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In a similar vein, earlier this year there was a billboard I saw a few times that said the following:

“Are you having sexual thoughts about children?
We can help!
1-800-XXX-XXXX”

I always kinda wondered exactly what kind of ‘help’ calling that phone number would provide.

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[QUOTE=friedo]
One time my girlfriend accused me of being a pedophile.

“Pedophile?” I said, shocked, “that’s a pretty big word for an eight-year-old.”
[/QUOTE]

I almost pooped my pants when I read this.

So. Funny.

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A couple months ago, my wife and I passed a billboard for this place. The billboard just contained the tag line - but we just looked at each other and laughed.

We aren’t sure whether it was brilliant marketing, or really really stupid and dumb proofreaders.

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[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord]
Oh yes, please note that once again the criminal is assumed to be male…
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Or a lesbian.

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I recall seeing a billboard in a particularly depressed are of the South Side of Chicago proclaiming “WHO’S THE DADDY? 1-800-DNA-TEST” with neon swimmers in the background.

I nearly peed.

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[QUOTE=jweb]
In a similar vein, earlier this year there was a billboard I saw a few times that said the following:

“Are you having sexual thoughts about children?
We can help!
1-800-XXX-XXXX”

I always kinda wondered exactly what kind of ‘help’ calling that phone number would provide.
[/QUOTE]
They’re encouraging people with deviant thoughts to dial a free XXX number? :dubious: :stuck_out_tongue:

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[QUOTE=buttonjockey308]
I recall seeing a billboard in a particularly depressed are of the South Side of Chicago proclaiming “WHO’S THE DADDY? 1-800-DNA-TEST” with neon swimmers in the background.

I nearly peed.
[/QUOTE]

They had that same billboard on the 294 for years. I almost called just to see what they would say.

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[QUOTE=verbenabeast]
Since we are discussing billboards… or were… I saw one in downtown Birmingham that read simply

I Farted

I still laugh at that.
[/QUOTE]

Actually it says “I pooted.” The best part is watching the local news to see the anchors dance around the word poot.

It is pretty darn funny. It’s still up.