# Stick-Figure Family Decals: Your Opinion **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 16, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039 "2009-10-16T16:21:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/1 "2009-10-16T16:21:02Z")
What is your opinion of those little [stick-figure decals of families and pets](http://www.foogazi.com/pictures/car-sample1.jpg) that are on so many family mini-vans and SUVs? A recent Dear Abby column had a histrionic letter from a mother concerned that those things are invitations to pedophiles. :rolleyes: Abby agreed and urged parents to take them down. So what’s your take? Harmless bragging? Shameless bragging? ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/2 "2009-10-16T16:25:57Z")
zOMG, pedophiles are going to see a _minivan_ and look right past it until they see one of those blasted family decals! Then they’re going to lurk about in the parking lot at Safeway until the family comes back so that they can rape the childrens! Jesucristo, these people need to relax. Stick figure family decals are dumb, just like those awful things of Calvin pissing on [insert rival sports team here], but the hysteria over pedophiles lurking in the bushes needs to simmer. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/3 "2009-10-16T16:52:36Z")
There’s always a measure of hysteria when children are even remotely involved, but those family decals do reveal more information than necessary. I have no idea if it’s ever happened, but it would be entirely possible for an attacker to approach a child and say “Your dog got hit by a car and your brother Joe wanted me to give you a ride to the vet” or whatever. Aside form that, I think they’re just tacky. ---
**Author:** ![Baracus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@Baracus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baracus)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/4 "2009-10-16T16:55:03Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > zOMG, pedophiles are going to see a _minivan_ and look right past it until they see one of those blasted family decals! Then they’re going to lurk about in the parking lot at Safeway until the family comes back so that they can rape the childrens! Jesucristo, these people need to relax. This is why when I am out driving with my daughter I always make her hide under a cardboard box in the back seat. We also keep her swingset under a tarp in the backyard and only allow her to play on it in the darkness of night. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/5 "2009-10-16T17:39:34Z")
> [@Baracus](#): > > This is why when I am out driving with my daughter I always make her hide under a cardboard box in the back seat. We also keep her swingset under a tarp in the backyard and only allow her to play on it in the darkness of night. Oh crap, that just cracked me up!:p:p:p I voted that they’re tacky kitch but I do want to say that they’re also harmless and don’t bother me or anything. I’ve never seen one with the names on it. That would be kind of stupid. ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/6 "2009-10-16T17:42:41Z")
> [@Baracus](#): > > This is why when I am out driving with my daughter I always make her hide under a cardboard box in the back seat. You’re doing it wrong! The right way is here: [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33184919/](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33184919/). ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/7 "2009-10-16T17:46:57Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Oh crap, that just cracked me up!:p:p:p > > I voted that they’re tacky kitch but I do want to say that they’re also harmless and don’t bother me or anything. I’ve never seen one with the names on it. That would be kind of stupid. I have. Usually in the format of: (Kid’s name) (Town) Youth Soccer #28 ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/8 "2009-10-16T18:14:45Z")
They are lame. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/9 "2009-10-16T18:19:26Z")
I’ve never seen them with names. I’d like to get some that have me and like ten cats (even though I actually only have three cats) just for fun. But the cheapest I found just the cats stickers was like 4.50 each. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/10 "2009-10-16T18:21:53Z")
I like them better than those "In loving memory of… " tombstone decals. What’s up with that? ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/11 "2009-10-16T18:25:59Z")
> [@Boscibo](#): > > I’ve never seen them with names. I’d like to get some that have me and like ten cats (even though I actually only have three cats) just for fun. But the cheapest I found just the cats stickers was like 4.50 each. That would be awesome! May I suggest just buying one a month for a year or something? Admittedly $4.50 for one of those things is highway robbery at some of its most blatant, but if you just space it out over a year it’s not so bad. I just really want to see a car with one person a dozen cat stickers. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/12 "2009-10-16T18:44:27Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > I like them better than those "In loving memory of… " tombstone decals. What’s up with that? Yeah those are terrible. What an honor to be memorialized on the back of somebody’s rusting '98 Chevy S-10. ---
**Author:** ![Hirundo82](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/919ad9/32.png) [@Hirundo82](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirundo82)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/13 "2009-10-16T18:49:28Z")
The decals are lame, and this “stranger danger” hysteria is getting ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/14 "2009-10-16T18:56:28Z")
> [@Baracus](#): > > We also keep her swingset under a tarp in the backyard and only allow her to play on it in the darkness of night. Too much risk. You should probably move her swingset to the basement. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/15 "2009-10-16T19:26:05Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Too much risk. You should probably move her swingset to the basement. Where the RADON LIVES??? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/16 "2009-10-16T19:44:21Z")
I thought they listed the people the driver had run over. Live and learn. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/17 "2009-10-16T19:57:20Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > **I thought they listed the people the driver had run over.** > > Live and learn. Those are the ones on the driver’s door. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/18 "2009-10-16T20:01:30Z")
I saw a Honda Civic not too long ago with the stickers: man, man, dog. Inside the car: A man, another man, and a dog. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baracus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@Baracus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baracus)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/19 "2009-10-16T20:06:44Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Too much risk. You should probably move her swingset to the basement. I tried that but we only have a crawlspace and she kept hitting her head. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/20 "2009-10-16T20:08:21Z")
I’ve never seen them w/ names. I’ve only seen them w/ the stick figures usually designating the amount of children a family has. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039.md?page=2)