# Redneck bumper sticker question **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 10, 2018, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redneck-bumper-sticker-question/813912 "2018-05-10T09:26:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![skdo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@skdo23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skdo23)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redneck-bumper-sticker-question/813912/1 "2018-05-10T09:26:22Z")
Just curious about a bumper sticker I’ve been seeing a lot of lately. I can’t recall it exactly, but it consists of two words composed of Greek letters. To put it in context, they seem to appear mostly on pickup trucks that are also sporting pro-gun, pro-trump stickers and such. Does anyone know the meaning? ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redneck-bumper-sticker-question/813912/2 "2018-05-10T11:02:57Z")
I’m guessing it’s [ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ?](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molon_labe) “Come and take them.” Likely a gun nut. ---
**Author:** ![skdo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@skdo23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skdo23)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redneck-bumper-sticker-question/813912/3 "2018-05-10T11:57:34Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > I’m guessing it’s [ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ?](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molon_labe) > > “Come and take them.” > Likely a gun nut. Yep, that’s it. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redneck-bumper-sticker-question/813912/4 "2018-05-10T14:20:34Z")
These are all over trucks in my area. Usually accompanied by NRA and Trump stickers, Gadsen flags in the middle of the pickup bed, lift kits, and semi tractor style exhaust pipes setup to roll coal. It’s a sure sign of a half-wit, fucking asshole. They for the most part have finally removed their “bumper nuts” (or more likely, they finally weathered enough to fall off). ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redneck-bumper-sticker-question/813912/5 "2018-05-10T15:29:10Z")
I always view the sticker as a challenge. Like, OK, I will. How’d that work out for Leonidas? ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redneck-bumper-sticker-question/813912/6 "2018-05-10T15:36:42Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > … It’s a sure sign of a half-wit… Half is a much too generous fraction, from the sound of it. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redneck-bumper-sticker-question/813912/7 "2018-05-10T15:40:23Z")
The big question is who taught these rednecks Greek? ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redneck-bumper-sticker-question/813912/8 "2018-05-10T16:09:45Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > The big question is who taught these rednecks Greek? No one, which is why I want to sell a bumper sticker to them with a picture of a gun, and “μπορείς να το έχεις” underneath. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redneck-bumper-sticker-question/813912/9 "2018-05-10T16:18:08Z")
Rednecks making classical Greek references - will wonders never cease. I want a bumper sticker with the quote from Acts 2:15. οὐ γὰρ ὡς ὑμεῖς ὑπολαμβάνετε οὗτοι μεθύουσιν, ἔστιν γὰρ ὥρα τρίτη τῆς ἡμέρας It was the verse chosen by the graduating class at Luther Seminary in 1980. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redneck-bumper-sticker-question/813912/10 "2018-05-10T17:59:21Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I always view the sticker as a challenge. Like, OK, I will. How’d that work out for Leonidas? Can’t answer for Leonidas, but not so great for Ugartecha. > **[Battle of Gonzales](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gonzales)** > > The Battle of Gonzales was the first military engagement of the Texas Revolution. It was fought near Gonzales, Texas, on October 2, 1835, between rebellious Texian settlers and a detachment of Mexican army soldiers. > In 1831, Green DeWitt asked the Mexican authorities to lend the Gonzales colonists a cannon to help protect them from frequent Comanche raids. One was supplied, on the condition that the cannon would be returned to the Mexicans on request. Over the next four years, the political situ...