# Now there are Calvin Praying stickers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 2, 2001, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-there-are-calvin-praying-stickers/74589 "2001-08-02T03:02:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sultan\_Kinkari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-there-are-calvin-praying-stickers/74589/21 "2001-08-03T18:01:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bad News Baboon \* > \*\*ok, a slight hijack: > where do people get all those peeing stickers anyway? > I have seen a million of them on the road, but never one for sale. > > see, I want a calvin peeing on a chevorlet logo. I will place it right above the chevrolet logo on my car. \*\* I am always happy to point you in the direction of material in the tastless genre. 🙂 [Here is one I found quite aesthetically pleasing(the one @ the bottom).](http://bootysnaps.com/Misc_Features/Pissing_calvins.htm) [Here’s one that you should have if driving through the Pit.](http://www.reddogonline.com/images/zproducts/calvinfirefightersticker.jpg) Mind you, any of these can be “doctored” with an X-acto knife or a pair of scissors to meet your needs nicely. Um, you could place the peeing sticker _above_ the Chevy symbol. I looked for the Chevy bow-tie one but no luck. Also, like **pesch** said, most head shops(like the one where I buy my crack pipes 😃 ) will have three-ring binders full of all the different ones your heart may desire. P.S. Isn’t a glass crack pipe just an accident waiting to happen? You would think crackheads would buy them in bulk. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Servo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@Servo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Servo)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-there-are-calvin-praying-stickers/74589/22 "2001-08-03T18:09:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Superdude \* > But, by the same token, the character was never copyrighted, so it’s fair game. \*\* Of course it was. Just by virtue of Waterson drawing Calvin. From the Copyright Office [web page](http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/) – [http://www.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ1.html:](http://www.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ1.html:) > [@](#): > > The way in which copyright protection is secured is frequently misunderstood. No publication or registration or other action in the Copyright Office is required to secure copyright. (See following Note.) There are, however, certain definite advantages to registration. See “Copyright Registration.” > > Copyright is secured automatically when the work is created, and a work is “created” when it is fixed in a copy or phonorecord for the first time. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-there-are-calvin-praying-stickers/74589/23 "2001-08-03T21:17:18Z")
**Crunchy Frog** wrote > [@](#): > > Not all Christians are Republican homophobic Bible thumping fundies. Yeah, well, not all republicans are homophobic bible thumping christians. Nearly half of the nation is republicans; how’d you throw them in the insult bucket so casually? Frankly, I’d find it more insulting to be called a christian than a republican (or democrat or other). ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-there-are-calvin-praying-stickers/74589/24 "2001-08-03T22:18:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bill H. \* > **Yeah, well, not all republicans are homophobic bible thumping christians. Nearly half of the nation is republicans; how’d you throw them in the insult bucket so casually?** I never said all Republicans were. Republican was not meant as an insult there, it’s just been my experience that many people equate being Christian with being Republican, especially the fundies. I whole-heartedly agree that the two are not exclusive too each other. ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2001, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-there-are-calvin-praying-stickers/74589/25 "2001-08-04T03:12:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by screech-owl \* > **I’ve seen the ‘Calvin praying’ stricker with the phrase: > “Dear Lord, please forgive me for peeing on things” (or words to that effect).** You need to ask forgiveness for _peeing_? Is this the Simpsons’ god we’re talking about? (Rev. Lovejoy: “…oh just about everything is a sin, have you ever sat down and read this thing? Technically, we’re not allowed to go to the bathroom.”) > [@](#): > > \*\*Also, if you look closely at a lot of these stickers, they seem to be redrawn in the style of (but not quite) Calvin, enough to give you the idea that it is Calvin. > > Then again, it might just be a rather badly-drawn Calvin. \*\* This may be a half-hearted attempt to avoid copyright infringement. The one place I’ve seen them sold had them drawn with Calvin’s hair filled in (so it looked dark instead of blond), and had a sign calling him “Peein’ Pete”. (Shop’s not there anymore, sorry **Bad News Baboon**.) ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2001, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-there-are-calvin-praying-stickers/74589/26 "2001-08-04T03:24:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wishbone \* > Um, you could place the peeing sticker _above_ the Chevy symbol. I looked for the Chevy bow-tie one but no luck. > \*\* no, he must be peeing or poopooing on the logo… see, I want people to understand. people are idiots. they will not get it if it’s not obvious. They will think…“aw, thats cute, but what’s he peeing on?” ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2001, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-there-are-calvin-praying-stickers/74589/27 "2001-08-04T04:01:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wishbone \* > \*\*Although I not too thrilled about the Confederate sticker Wayne had also displayed on his truck, which is arguably equally obscene. \*\* I can think of a great way to arrange a “Calvin peeing” decal and a Confederate flag sticker on the same vehicle. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2001, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-there-are-calvin-praying-stickers/74589/28 "2001-08-04T04:29:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > **A Florida man was arrested in a small speed-trap town for displaying a Calvin peeing sticker on his truck’s mudflap.** He had Calvin whizzing on the names of his ex-wife and several other people on his “I hate” list-- Which is a little psychotic. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-there-are-calvin-praying-stickers/74589.md?page=1)