# 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:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/61 "2009-11-14T00:22:06Z")
I think they’re fine, but ONLY if you change them each time you drive, to accurately reflect the number and ages and genders of your vehicle’s occupants. That way if your car goes into the river, the hero can swim around to your back bumper and immediately know how many trips to make to rescue everybody! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/62 "2009-11-14T02:16:37Z")
I picked the pedophile one. I’ve given up trying to rationally explain to people that there aren’t pedophiles around every corner. Now I’m all for just increasing the hysteria so I can profit off selling pedophile-repellent and the like. If stupidity can’t be eradicated, I don’t understand why it can’t make me rich! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/63 "2009-11-14T13:15:05Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > I think they’re fine, but ONLY if you change them each time you drive, to accurately reflect the number and ages and genders of your vehicle’s occupants. > > That way if your car goes into the river, the hero can swim around to your back bumper and immediately know how many trips to make to rescue everybody! 🙂 This is the kind of advance thinking that can turn stupid into occasionally useful. Good Job. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/64 "2009-11-14T19:00:39Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > But for that to happen, wouldn’t the kids need to be right by the car? And if they’re by the car, presumably the parents would be there. I never understood the “OH NOES PEDOS” argument. I’m not one of those who think the pedos will get kids because of this, but here’s how it could happen. If the pedo follows the car, sees the kid get dropped off somewhere, he could pounce knowing all that info. I’m not saying it would for sure happen, but it could be that the kid is not with the parents. School, drop off at a friend’s house, the park, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/65 "2009-11-15T02:56:50Z")
I saw one with a name, _maybe_…it had dad, mom, and three little ones with THE DANG FAMILY underneath. I do live in an area with a high number of Asians so I’m not sure if it was a name or a sentiment. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039/66 "2009-11-15T04:16:18Z")
> [@Sue\_Duhnym](#): > > I saw one with a name, _maybe_…it had dad, mom, and three little ones with > > THE DANG FAMILY. I went to school with a guy who’s last name was Blob. Fortunately he was quite thin. Anyway, a friend of mine was at his family’s house for some reason, and said the place was decked out with personalized country kitsch crap. Like a plaque that said: “BLOB Established 1965” She said the whole thing was quite surreal. Sounds like the Blobs would totally love these stickers. Could you imagine a minivan with “The Blob Family” emblazoned on the back? People would be constantly trying to drive up beside them and peek in the window to see how blobby they were. “I pulled you over because you were attempting to pass where there was no passing lane.” “Sorry officer. But I wasn’t trying to pass. See, the car said “The Blob Family” in big letters on the back. I just HAD to take a look.” :: pause :: “Well, okay. Just don’t do it again.” :: speeds off to find The Blob Family and pull them over so he can take a look :: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-figure-family-decals-your-opinion/514039.md?page=3)