# Obituraries in SUV Rear Windows? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 11, 2011, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituraries-in-suv-rear-windows/574293 "2011-03-11T13:01:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituraries-in-suv-rear-windows/574293/21 "2011-03-12T02:54:44Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > The guy with his hand in the pocket of his jacket looking like he’s got a gun on us and is just about to waste us is kinda cool though. Only cool if some of his friends rigged up a few strings to move his arm and make it look like he’s saying “gotcha ya!” ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituraries-in-suv-rear-windows/574293/22 "2011-03-12T03:55:35Z")
> [@wmulax93](#): > > I rarely saw this back in Michigan, but it is HUGE here in Arizona, especially with Hispanic families. > > I think it’s kind of tacky, but it’s not really any of my business what people do with their vehicles. I second this. I’m not going to comment on the tackiness of such displays, but they’re pretty common here in Arizona and have been for years. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_Doubt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Angel\_of\_Doubt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_Doubt)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituraries-in-suv-rear-windows/574293/23 "2011-03-12T04:09:18Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Maybe it’s like those roadside memorials and those are the vehicles that killed the person? 😛 Posted by **Hypno-Toad** > [@](#): > > I can’t decide what I’d like done for my roadside memorial. A few options: > > 1. Put 20-30 little cheap-o crosses all clustered around a big area of burned grass, each one with a pic of a little kid taped to it. > > 2. Keep the burned area, but put a crushed, torched wheel chair in the middle with a big, beglittered cross reading, “Your walkin in heven with Jeesus.” > > 3. A realistic skull nailed to a plank under a sign reading, “SNITCH.” I suggest hiring a sign-twirler for extra impact during afternoon drive time. ---
**Author:** ![Agnostic\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Agnostic\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agnostic_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituraries-in-suv-rear-windows/574293/24 "2011-03-12T04:38:21Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > I’m reminded of the [Giant Russian Mafia Tombstones](http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2007/02/27/russian-mafia-grave-tombs/). So wait, does that mean they buried the car? Cuz that would be awesome! (But if anyone does that do me, I will be haunting their ass also.) ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituraries-in-suv-rear-windows/574293/25 "2011-03-12T05:11:18Z")
[QUOTE=ralph124c] I have been seeing more and more of these-people are putting their loved one’s obits on the rear windows..with a portrait of the deceased. When did this start? Kinda strange..but I suppose its a good way to advertised the deceased. [/QUOTE] I’ve seen those for at least six years in the Mission district in San Francisco. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituraries-in-suv-rear-windows/574293/26 "2011-03-12T05:13:35Z")
Heh, another of those Inexplicable Things People do to Automobiles, along with: 1. Hispanic last names in Olde English lettering across the back windows of pickup trucks 2. Old white Hondas with the hoods painted in gray primer 3. Conestoga-sized wheels mounted with gumband tires (usually seen on a Ford Crown Vic painted a candy metallic color) 4. Stick-on fake Buick-style portholes 5. fake wire wheels that stick out about a foot on each side. Hadn’t noticed the rolling obits before; will have to keep an eye out for that. ---
**Author:** ![TravisFromOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@TravisFromOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TravisFromOR)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituraries-in-suv-rear-windows/574293/27 "2011-03-12T05:27:22Z")
I hate fake portholes with a passion. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituraries-in-suv-rear-windows/574293/28 "2011-03-12T05:39:06Z")
> [@TravisFromOR](#): > > I hate fake portholes with a passion. Don’t come to Houston then. I swear to God I’ve seen those things on mail trucks. Well, no. I’m probably exaggerating. But just a little. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituraries-in-suv-rear-windows/574293/29 "2011-03-12T06:10:52Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > I told my friends that I will haunt the shit out of them if they eulogize me on any of the following: > > [ul] > [li]Shitty mall tshirts[/li][li]Their car windows[/li][li]Their Facebook profiles.[/li][/ul] FYI: You better pray that I die first 'cuz I am SO doing all of that. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituraries-in-suv-rear-windows/574293/30 "2011-03-12T08:43:27Z")
Whenever I’m behind a vehicle with an obit rear window, I always feel like “Why are you telling me? WHY are you telling ME?!?!” ---
**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:** [March 12, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituraries-in-suv-rear-windows/574293/31 "2011-03-12T16:18:50Z")
Fake portholes? This thread is just full of 😕 . I don’t know whether to be proud of my community, or embarassed that we’re so behind the times. . . . _OK, yes, I guess there_ is\* a sneak brag in there somewhere. . . 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituraries-in-suv-rear-windows/574293/32 "2011-03-12T16:49:58Z")
> [@TravisFromOR](#): > > I hate fake portholes with a passion. They always remind me of the little opera window our Pinto wagons had. Awwww. Those were good little runners. And to nip the comments in the bud, it was the runabout/hatchback from 71-73 w/ the iconic ‘design flaw’. Frankly, I don’t care what people decorate their vehicles w/, what bugs me is when two people block the neighborhood roads both ways in order to talk whilst wearing their vehicles like armor against each other or maybe they’re supposed to be some symbolic rolling wallet. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituraries-in-suv-rear-windows/574293/33 "2011-03-12T19:02:04Z")
In the course of trying to find out what these fake portholes look like, I found this: [http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride\_images/4/426/1629/38563314237\_large.jpg](http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/4/426/1629/38563314237_large.jpg) Which is weirdly wonderful. I also found this: [![](https://media.techeblog.com/images/fakesunroof_1.JPG) ](https://media.techeblog.com/images/fakesunroof_1.JPG) Which is so far beyond pathetic that I am at a loss. . . ETA: I’m still not getting the whole fake porthole thing. Are they meant to look like actual windows? Or is it thes elittle things in a row over the fender? ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituraries-in-suv-rear-windows/574293/34 "2011-03-12T19:12:59Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > In the course of trying to find out what these fake portholes look like, I found this: > > [http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride\_images/4/426/1629/38563314237\_large.jpg](http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/4/426/1629/38563314237_large.jpg) > > Which is weirdly wonderful. > > I also found this: > > [http://media.techeblog.com/images/fakesunroof\_1.JPG](http://media.techeblog.com/images/fakesunroof_1.JPG) > > Which is so far beyond pathetic that I am at a loss. . . > > ETA: I’m still not getting the whole fake porthole thing. Are they meant to look like actual windows? Or is it thes elittle things in a row over the fender? That fake sunroof blew me away-I HAVE a car with a factory-installed sunroof. It is the most worthless accessory ever made-in 3 years, I think I have opened it twice! ---
**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:** [March 12, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituraries-in-suv-rear-windows/574293/35 "2011-03-12T19:19:11Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > That fake sunroof blew me away-I HAVE a car with a factory-installed sunroof. > It is the most worthless accessory ever made-in 3 years, I think I have opened it twice! I miss my sunroof more than I can say. I dilike convertibles because they blow my hair into my eyes. When you work all day indoors though, it’s nice to at least start and end with the sun on your head. With a Celtling in the back seat though, it’s just too much wind to leave it open. ::sigh:: ---
**Author:** ![Hakuna\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hakuna\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakuna_Matata)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituraries-in-suv-rear-windows/574293/36 "2011-03-12T19:24:48Z")
My thought is what do you do when you sell the car? Do you leave it on there and let the new owner scrape your loved ones memory off? Or do you do it yourself? Either way seems fairly disrspectful to me. I just wonder what goes through your head as you scrape off little Bobby’s rememberance. “sorry Bobby, but I got $4k for this car and I loved you, but you know I gots bills to pay” ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituraries-in-suv-rear-windows/574293/37 "2011-03-12T19:32:38Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Maybe it’s like those roadside memorials and those are the vehicles that killed the person? Perhaps ordered by the judge to be placed on the car of the guilty driver? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituraries-in-suv-rear-windows/574293/38 "2011-03-12T19:36:48Z")
I don’t know about [fake potholes](http://www.hoax-slayer.com/fake-potholes.shtml) - we have enough real ones, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituraries-in-suv-rear-windows/574293/39 "2011-03-12T19:45:34Z")
> [@Hakuna\_Matata](#): > > My thought is what do you do when you sell the car? Do you leave it on there and let the new owner scrape your loved ones memory off? Or do you do it yourself? Either way seems fairly disrspectful to me. > > I just wonder what goes through your head as you scrape off little Bobby’s rememberance. “sorry Bobby, but I got $4k for this car and I loved you, but you know I gots bills to pay” I know there’s a cash for clunkers joke in there somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituraries-in-suv-rear-windows/574293/40 "2011-03-13T14:15:55Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > Excuse me: there better be glitter. I want that text in glitter or no deal. On a crucified teddy bear? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituraries-in-suv-rear-windows/574293.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituraries-in-suv-rear-windows/574293.md?page=3)