# What's hanging from your rear view mirror? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 5, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800 "2005-08-05T22:36:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/21 "2005-08-06T00:36:44Z")
> [@Ashes](#): > > I was told it was illegal in Calif to have anything hanging from the rearview mirror. I was told the same thing. But it doesn’t matter, I don’t really have anything hanging from my mirror anyway. I do have one of those red paper poppies the vets ‘sell’ on Memorial Day or Veteran’s Day, but it’s wrapped so tightly around the stem of the mirror, I only remember it’s there when I see it from outside the car. It’s completely behind the mirror. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/22 "2005-08-06T00:43:09Z")
Nothing. I tried hanging a rosary from the mirror, but it was way too distracting. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/23 "2005-08-06T01:04:25Z")
I have a handicapped plaquard , a string of silver Mardi Gras beads , and a small air freshener with Legolas on it . I think that’s it . ---
**Author:** ![Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meaty_Beaty_Big_and_Bouncy)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/24 "2005-08-06T01:08:31Z")
Nothing, nothing at all. And I’ll rip down anything anybody tries to hang there. :mad: Isn’t Sturgis in South Dakota? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/25 "2005-08-06T02:01:35Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > Hey, it could happen. And I have the perfect brand name: **Hello Shitty**. [It’s been done](http://froschfilm.blogger.de/static/antville/froschfilm/images/hello%20shitty.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/26 "2005-08-06T02:05:45Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > [It’s been done](http://froschfilm.blogger.de/static/antville/froschfilm/images/hello%20shitty.jpg). Best laugh of the day! Thanks, **Otto**! ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/27 "2005-08-06T02:23:56Z")
I don’t hang anything from my rear-view mirror since it fell off. I did have the mirror put back on, I just don’t hang anything from it anymore. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2005, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/28 "2005-08-06T03:04:10Z")
I’ve got a wooden tiki figure hanging from mine. Used to smell like coconut, but now it smells like air. It goes with my Hawaiian-print seatcovers. In my old car ('74 Mercury Comet!), I used to have black fuzzy dice hanging, adorned with santaria medallions. Freaky! ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/29 "2005-08-06T03:07:01Z")
> [@Daithi Lacha](#): > > In my old car ('74 Mercury Comet!) We had a 74 Comet when I was growing up! I wanted more than anything to drive it when I got my license but unfortunately it didn’t survive long enough (missed out by about 18 months…very sad). ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/30 "2005-08-06T03:08:53Z")
> [@Nic2004](#): > > Please. They prefer to be called Klingons. You, sir, have made my day, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/31 "2005-08-06T07:11:58Z")
I hate to have anything hanging from my mirror, so there’s nothing on my cars. Mrs Geek’s car has an air freshener. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/32 "2005-08-06T08:28:02Z")
I have a Hello Kitty, several strands of Mardi Gras beads, phone charger cord and a Taz figure. Also …the mirror HAS fallen off once. I took the car to the dealership and they fixed it. The guy that repaired it told me to take off many of the dodads that I had hanging from it. I did. The above is what I’ve whittled it down to. ---
**Author:** ![Burnt\_Sugar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@Burnt\_Sugar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burnt_Sugar)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/33 "2005-08-06T09:49:55Z")
It’s illegal here, so nothing. You can be fine ~$100 if the cops are feeling nasty. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/34 "2005-08-06T11:02:55Z")
My parking permit for work, but only when I’m driving to work/parked at work. Otherwise, I have a specific place I put it so it doesn’t irritate me. ---
**Author:** ![EarthStone777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@EarthStone777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EarthStone777)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/35 "2005-08-06T12:58:12Z")
I have a ward against the evil eye hanging from mine. Really it is. My mother brought it back from Turkey several years ago. It is a blue glass circle with a white ring (eye) and black dot inside that (pupil). It must work because when I first got my car, I was in an accident a year for several years (people just liked hitting me) but since she got it for me, I haven’t been in a single accident. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/36 "2005-08-06T22:33:18Z")
I have a dolphin air freshener, but he’s so old he doesn’t freshen the air anymore. We named him Snorky. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/37 "2005-08-07T00:09:24Z")
A **Bad Kitty** air freshener and a Columbus Cottonmouths stuffed snake. ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/38 "2005-08-07T01:09:35Z")
A yellow bandana ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/39 "2005-08-07T01:54:29Z")
A set of cheap purple plastic beads that they gave out at work for Mardi Gras last year, and my ID card from work. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/40 "2005-08-07T12:06:24Z")
Just a blue/white cloth strip. Tied in a bow so it doesn’t flap around the inside. Seriously. But you have to know what’s happening in Israel right now to understand it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800.md?page=3)