# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/41 "2005-08-08T03:55:03Z")
One of [2" Rainbow disco balls](http://www.justpride.com/autopride.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/42 "2005-08-08T05:21:29Z")
My car mezuzah. ;j ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/43 "2005-08-08T12:45:25Z")
Not a thing. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/44 "2005-08-08T13:12:09Z")
Nothing; it’s the way it has always been and always shall remain. I was actually under the impression that it’s illegal (in the UK) to hang anything potentially distracting there, but I can’t seem to find a reputable, definitive citation either way. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/45 "2005-08-08T13:33:42Z")
St Peregrine Medal Baby Alligator Paw from a short string of Mardi Gras beads Red Sox Nation wristband Buddy Poppy ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/46 "2005-08-08T14:02:59Z")
My handicap placard, a crystal necklace (it makes rainbows!!), and a chunk of [Trinitite.](http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/hiroshimatrinity/trinitite.htm) ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/47 "2005-08-08T14:38:07Z")
… a Hook! ---
**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 8, 2005, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/48 "2005-08-08T14:44:29Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > 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). Yeah, I know it’s a hijack, but I gotta ask: What color? Mine was a two-door, orange and white exterior with an orange and black interior. It was like driving around in Halloween! ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/49 "2005-08-08T14:50:26Z")
Actual fuzzy dice. No, really. Always go with the classics. Tris ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/50 "2005-08-08T15:00:42Z")
> [@Mach Tuck](#): > > I can’t imagine why anyone would want ANYTHING hanging from a rear view mirror. > > As if there weren’t already enough distractions while driving, or enough bad drivers. Fuckin’ well told. I hate stuff hanging from the mirror. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/51 "2005-08-08T15:33:50Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > Fuckin’ well told. Fuckin’ A Toochie! How seldom we get to see this wonderful variant! Applause! ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/52 "2005-08-08T15:35:15Z")
A souvenir ostrich from Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede Dinner and Show. It has black and white fluff and string legs. I didn’t buy it. The joint is a client at the PR firm where I work. My boss gave it to me as a gag and I thought it was fun to hang there. It doesn’t distract me at all but Mr. Anachi doesn’t like it there when he’s driving. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/53 "2005-08-08T15:53:51Z")
My college undergraduate tassel, and my apartment parking pass. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/54 "2005-08-08T15:56:01Z")
Nothing. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/55 "2005-08-08T16:34:37Z")
> [@Mach Tuck](#): > > I can’t imagine why anyone would want ANYTHING hanging from a rear view mirror. I wonder how much the willingness to hang things from the rear view mirror correlates to height. I’m 5’3", and don’t mind stuff hanging from the rear view mirror, because it’s above my line of sight. But if you put anything on the dashboard, the reflection of it in the windshield will be in my line of sight and I will take it off the dash. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800/56 "2005-08-08T16:48:31Z")
I have a pair of [fuzzy skulls](http://www.pacifichotrods.com/catalog/fuzzy_skulls_3398557.htm) from Hot Topic (I paid a lot less for them, though!). Normally I wouldn’t have anything, but these were too cool to pass up! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-hanging-from-your-rear-view-mirror/315800.md?page=2)