# Yosemite Sam ""Back Off"" mudflaps **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 15, 2001, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872 "2001-09-15T20:33:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/1 "2001-09-15T20:33:58Z")
Funny what will set you off these days, eh? Is it just me, or do those goddamn Yosemite Sam “Back Off” mudflaps make you want to drive as close as you possibly can to the rear bumper of their car? Back Off? BACK OFF!!! YOU back off, motherfucker!!! AAAAAUUUUUUGHHHHH!!! ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/2 "2001-09-15T21:11:02Z")
I take it you were easily persuaded with Reverse Psychology when you were young, yes? ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/3 "2001-09-15T21:21:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dooku \* > **Funny what will set you off these days, eh? > Is it just me, or do those goddamn Yosemite Sam “Back Off” mudflaps make you want to drive as close as you possibly can to the rear bumper of their car?** No. You see, I am Yosemite Sam incarnate:p. And when someone uses my image to say “Back Off”…well…there must be a pretty good reason they want you to back off, ya darn galoot! What I hate are old beazle necks with “ASK ME ABOUT MY GRANDCHILDREN” bumper stickers. **Hey! Granny! You’re going 12 miles an hour in a 65 zone!:mad: Your seat is all the way up to the steering wheel, and your Q-tip head is pushed up against the windshield, and your squinting like a cowboy riding into the sun because you can’t fucking see! Get thicker glasses! You’re a God damn menace! But pull over! I want to ask you about your stupid grandchildren! Why don’t you stay home with the brats and get the hell off the road!** ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/4 "2001-09-15T21:22:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dooku \* > \*\*Funny what will set you off these days, eh? > > Is it just me, or do those goddamn Yosemite Sam “Back Off” mudflaps make you want to drive as close as you possibly can to the rear bumper of their car? > > Back Off? BACK OFF!!! YOU back off, motherfucker!!! AAAAAUUUUUUGHHHHH!!! \*\* If THIS sets you off, you scare me! ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/5 "2001-09-15T21:25:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > \*\*I take it you were easily persuaded with Reverse Psychology when you were young, yes? \*\* Yes, but then I was on to them. [simpsons] The kick is up! It’s looking good! The ball is turning into a fat bald guy! And it’s no good! And you know what we say every time something strange happens - it’s good that Bart did that! It’s _very_ good! [/simpsons] ---
**Author:** ![OneChance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/74df32/32.png) [@OneChance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneChance)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/6 "2001-09-16T00:56:14Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Dooku_ > **Funny what will set you off these days, eh?** It’s funny you mention that, because right now it would take a helluva lot to set me off. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/7 "2001-09-16T17:20:41Z")
Slight hijack, but roughly on topic: those stickers saying “Caution: showdogs on board”. Now I know that you put that sticker on your car because your namby pamby milksop mollycoddled useless waste of fuckin’ space showdogs are your child substitutes, and you saw those parents who had “Caution: baby on board” stickers and just had to participate. But do you realise that when I see one of these stickers I just want to be sick (on you) and that I develop a strong urge to ram your fucking vehicle as hard as I can, as near to your fucking showdogs as possible, with the intent of squashing them to red pulp? [Yes, I do know that this whole topic makes me irrational. Normal transmission will be resumed shortly.] ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/8 "2001-09-16T17:38:54Z")
I would just suggest that anyone with a bumper sticker with print of insufficient size should be allowed to display it only if they sign a waiver for damage they receive from getting rear-ended by some poor slob trying to read the damn thing. Particularly if it says “If you can read this, you’re too close.”. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/9 "2001-09-16T20:27:12Z")
Why do you have a problem with my dear relative, Mr. Sam? He’s very nice. A sweet fellow. He’s just a little cranky at times… (Sorry. I just had to exploit my username…) ---
**Author:** ![Thrasybulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Thrasybulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thrasybulus)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/10 "2001-09-16T20:48:28Z")
Sorry but there is nothing in this world more hysterical than seeing those Calvin peeing stickers. I just can’t get enough of seeing a cartoon character urinate on just about every logo known to the world. Even after the 4,217th time I have seen it? Yep, it is still damn funny! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/11 "2001-09-16T22:12:27Z")
Been to Winter Garden, Florida lately? **3** Like I said earlier – good racer, good man, but the sheer number and extravagance of the rolling memorials in that one Florida town make Philippine jeepneys and Indian transport trucks look subtle by comparison. ---
**Author:** ![AM\_PM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AM\_PM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AM_PM)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/12 "2001-09-17T04:42:28Z")
I always thought it was funny that the “Back Off” mudflaps used the doofus who always was the butt of the cartoon. It seems a lot more self-depricating than tough. The ones that make me angry are the ones with “Protected by Smith & Wesson”, etc. I figure those guys have zero sense of humor and are probably dangerous drivers. ---
**Author:** ![Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df788c/32.png) [@Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ben)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/13 "2001-09-17T05:22:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Thrasybulus \* > \*\*Sorry but there is nothing in this world more hysterical than seeing those Calvin peeing stickers. I just can’t get enough of seeing a cartoon character urinate on just about every logo known to the world. Even after the 4,217th time I have seen it? Yep, it is still damn funny! :rolleyes: \*\* I’m so sick of seeing them (and the new “Christian Calvin” ones) that some part of me wants to buy two of them, and arrange them so that they pee on each other. -Ben ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/14 "2001-09-17T05:29:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ben \* > \*\*I’m so sick of seeing them (and the new “Christian Calvin” ones) that some part of me wants to buy two of them, and arrange them so that they pee on each other. > > -Ben \*\* What is even the deal with those praying Calvin stickers? Calvin is incapable of showing reverence. The peeing Calvin stickers at least fit, even if they are obnoxious. ---
**Author:** ![speedfreak101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@speedfreak101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/speedfreak101)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/15 "2013-05-14T12:48:11Z")
the mudflaps are made just for people like u that would drive too close anyway.dont use them as an excuse for ur bad driving practices.i would really luv someone like u to sit too close to me.i’d hit the brakes and u’d be paying the repair bill.wake up to urself and grow up! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/16 "2013-05-14T12:50:58Z")
> [@speedfreak101](#): > > the mudflaps are made just for people like u that would drive too close anyway.dont use them as an excuse for ur bad driving practices.i would really luv someone like u to sit too close to me.i’d hit the brakes and u’d be paying the repair bill.wake up to urself and grow up! This was last discussed 12 years ago, so we probably can’t make any good predictions about their driving speeds lately. Did you Google about your new mudflaps and get all offended that some people over a decade ago hated them back then? ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/17 "2013-05-14T13:07:59Z")
> [@speedfreak101](#): > > the mudflaps are made just for people like u that would drive too close anyway.dont use them as an excuse for ur bad driving practices.i would really luv someone like u to sit too close to me.i’d hit the brakes and u’d be paying the repair bill.wake up to urself and grow up! You can’t fucking spell for shit or read a date AND THEY LET YOU DRIVE!?!?!?! ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/18 "2013-05-14T13:21:49Z")
I saw a good bumper sticker the other day. Looked all electiony with the flag and colors and what not. “Someone else for President” Ain’t that the truth for just about every election. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/19 "2013-05-14T13:22:44Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Did you Google… “Ah’m a-lookin’, Ah’m a-lookin’, but Ah AIN’T A-Findin’!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/20 "2013-05-14T13:24:34Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > You can’t fucking spell for shit or read a date AND THEY LET YOU DRIVE!?!?!?! You were going to take the driving advice of someone who calls themselves ‘speed freak’ anyway? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872.md?page=2)