# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/21 "2013-05-14T13:27:49Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > You can’t fucking spell for shit or read a date AND THEY LET YOU DRIVE!?!?!?! Cut him some slack. He was probably posting from his phone while driving and balancing a Big Gulp. ---
**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, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/22 "2013-05-14T13:37:41Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > You were going to take the driving advice of someone who calls themselves ‘speed freak’ anyway? Doesn’t matter. He won’t be back. He’s just another one of the one-post new posters who join the dope to resurrect a zombie thread and then disappear. I swear there must be a chat group somewhere that is holding a contest to see who can rack up the most socks in this board. There’s usually 2 or 3 each day that pull up a dead thread, make some mundane point, and then disappear. This guy is somewhat different in that he actually threw out a (weak) flame. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/23 "2013-05-14T13:46:13Z")
> [@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! Learn how to fucking type/spell/think, Jethro. Better yet, just piss off. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/24 "2013-05-14T14:00:35Z")
> [@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! Or you might find yourself slapped with [a criminal charge.](http://jimcorleylaw.wordpress.com/2012/08/03/slam-brakes-on-tailgating-criminal-charge-prevent-accident-injury-recovery/) I have no love for tail gaters, but brake-checking them to cause an accident isn’t a wise course of action and may lead you to legal consequences you apparently haven’t thought about. ---
**Author:** ![drew870mitchell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drew870mitchell/32/3946_2.png) [@drew870mitchell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drew870mitchell)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/25 "2013-05-14T14:06:39Z")
I was driving behind a truck for some battery company which had a slogan like “We produce incredibly reliable batteries!” on the back doors. At the bottom of the door in smaller font was “If you can read this you are incredibly close!” ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/26 "2013-05-14T14:20:52Z")
Yes, those make me angry. The ones with the naked lady silhouette make me horny. The ones that say “God Bless America” make me religious and patriotic. I’m very malleable. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/27 "2013-05-14T14:43:26Z")
Quick! Somebody make up a set that says “Give me all your money” and go drive around **VT** ’s neighborhood. ---
**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, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/28 "2013-05-14T14:50:08Z")
> [@drew870mitchell](#): > > I was driving behind a truck for some battery company which had a slogan like “We produce incredibly reliable batteries!” on the back doors. > > At the bottom of the door in smaller font was “If you can read this you are incredibly close!” Kinda goes with my theory that people with lots of bumper stickers deserve to get tailgated. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/29 "2013-05-14T14:55:03Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Yes, those make me angry. The ones with the naked lady silhouette make me horny. The ones that say “God Bless America” make me religious and patriotic. I’m very malleable. Oddly, the silhouette makes me patriotic and the ‘God Bless America’ ones make me horny. I blame the Yosemite Sam mudflaps. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/30 "2013-05-14T15:01:47Z")
> [@speedfreak101](#): > > wake up to urself I use to wake up to urself but it always left me feeling groggy. So I switched to meself and now I don’t even have to drink coffee to feel fully awake. > [@BubbaDog](#): > > I swear there must be a chat group somewhere that is holding a contest to see who can rack up the most socks in this board. There’s usually 2 or 3 each day that pull up a dead thread, make some mundane point, and then disappear. I know right. It almost seems like there is another message board were people brag about having socks over here. Like they make a sock here and then run back there to brag to each other. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/31 "2013-05-14T15:39:29Z")
> [@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! > [@pulykamell](#): > > Or you might find yourself slapped with [a criminal charge.](http://jimcorleylaw.wordpress.com/2012/08/03/slam-brakes-on-tailgating-criminal-charge-prevent-accident-injury-recovery/) I have no love for tail gaters, but brake-checking them to cause an accident isn’t a wise course of action and may lead you to legal consequences you apparently haven’t thought about. While I’m glad that you pinned this yutz’s ears back, I kinda wished you’d waited until 2025 to post that… ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/32 "2013-05-14T16:02:38Z")
Whenver I see someone with vanity plates it makes me want to pull up next to them and obnoxiously repeat their self imposed name to them over and over and over. “Heyyy 2FAST1! Are you really too fast? You’re the one who’s really too fast? That’s pretty cool too fast one! I’m going to tell all my friends I met the one who is too fast! That’s you, right? You’re 2FAST1? Awesome. Good seeing ya 2FAST1!” ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/33 "2013-05-14T16:03:43Z")
I opened this thread literally thinking “Jesus Christ. Back Off mudflaps? Are you also going to complain about the Garfield suction toy or or Barry Goldwater bumper stickers?” Then I saw it was from 2001. And I smiled. [True Story.](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://stickerish.com/wp-content/themes/mio/sp-framework/timthumb/timthumb.php%3Fsrc%3Dhttp://stickerish.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/TrueStoryBlackTextSS.png%26h%3D500%26w%3D500%26zc%3D2%26q%3D100%26a%3Dc%26s%3D%26f%3D%26cc%3D%26ct%3D&imgrefurl=http://stickerish.com/products-page/f7u12-decals/true-story-guy/&h=500&w=500&sz=127&tbnid=krOPfUijxU-RIM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=90&zoom=1&usg=__hAHi9FeXOuVi-Vcg202JnnQOaRI=&docid=Ju1xhRKQ3TOZyM&sa=X&ei=NGCSUe7EOOLE0gGAkIBY&ved=0CFwQ9QEwCA&dur=462) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/34 "2013-05-14T16:38:43Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Learn how to fucking type/spell/think, Jethro. Better yet, just piss off. Or back off. ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/35 "2013-05-14T16:50:31Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > Whenver I see someone with vanity plates it makes me want to pull up next to them and obnoxiously repeat their self imposed name to them over and over and over. > “Heyyy 2FAST1! Are you really too fast? You’re the one who’s really too fast? That’s pretty cool too fast one! I’m going to tell all my friends I met the one who is too fast! That’s you, right? You’re 2FAST1? Awesome. Good seeing ya 2FAST1!” At my first job out of college there was a woman who had a custom license plate: 2HOT4U . When she complained to HR about people referring to her as Too Hot, she was told to come back after she had changed her license plate. There really is, just sometimes, such a thing as asking for it. Of course that was in the late 1980’s. I’m sure she would get more sympathy these days. And yes, she was a hottie! ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/36 "2013-05-14T16:59:49Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Yes, those make me angry. The ones with the naked lady silhouette make me horny. The ones that say “God Bless America” make me religious and patriotic. I’m very malleable. Whenever I see TruckNutz I wanna catch my husband cheating. Whenever I see those stick figure families I wanna make X’s out of the dog’s eyes (or the youngest child, if no dog is available). Gas, Grass or Ass-- everybody pays makes me wanna shove a pump up the drivers bum while I stuff a lawn down his throat. I’m psycotic. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/37 "2013-05-14T17:32:27Z")
> [@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! Yup, just what I thought it was, a first time poster reviving a twelve year old zombie. What is it about newbies and zombie threads? And their creative use of punctuation and spelling? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/38 "2013-05-14T17:38:02Z")
This reminds me of a bumper sticker we saw a while ago - this car was meandering slowly through the neighbourhood, with a bumper sticker on it complaining about tailgaters. You ever think that YOU might be the one with the problem? Alternatively, some people have road rage, and some people are carriers. 🙂 ---
**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:** [May 14, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/39 "2013-05-14T18:10:09Z")
Good gravy. I think this was my very first attempt at a Pit thread. Clearly I didn’t quite have the hang of it yet… ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872/40 "2013-05-14T18:40:57Z")
Yeah, I’d totally feel ashamed if I were you. So ashamed I’d probably pit myself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yosemite-sam-back-off-mudflaps/81872.md?page=3)