Non-motoring > Bumper stickers.	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: Old Navy	Replies: 43

New Mon 6 Jan 14 16:30   Bumper stickers. - Old Navy

I saw one this afternoon and could not remember a sticker thread for a while. It made me think of Pat. "If you can see this I have lost my caravan" EDIT - Maybe this should be in Motoring, Moderators feel free to shift it. Last edited by: Uncle Albert on Mon 6 Jan 14 at 16:32 Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 6 Jan 14 17:21   Bumper stickers. - Pat

:) I like stickers which say '3 steps to heaven' on a lorry steps up into the cab. I hate 'Baby on board'....so, what do you want me to do about it, pass quietly? Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 6 Jan 14 18:35   Bumper stickers. - PhilW

"I like stickers which say '3 steps to heaven' on a lorry steps up into the cab." Just wondering what I'd be thinking if I walked past your cab and read that Pat!! You may, of course, be absolutely right! ;-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 6 Jan 14 19:17   Bumper stickers. - madf

I thought bumper stickers warned other motorists you were either a congenital idiot or a psycopath :-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 6 Jan 14 19:29   Bumper stickers. - Slidingpillar

'Baby on board' always provokes a "and it's driving" response from me. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 6 Jan 14 19:40   Bumper stickers. - No FM2R

Wasn't it originally supposed to be an aid to the emergency services? I realise its total shi'ite now. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 6 Jan 14 19:58   Bumper stickers. - MJW1994

Why is having a baby on board any more important to anything or anyone than having an elderly passenger on board? Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 6 Jan 14 20:03   Bumper stickers. - bathtub tom

>> Why is having a baby on board any more important to anything or anyone than >> having an elderly passenger on board? They're smaller and easier to miss in the jumble inside a car after an accident. Remember that shooting in the French alps? They found a traumatised child hiding under the skirts of a dead adult several hours later. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 6 Jan 14 20:06   Bumper stickers. - MJW1994

OK, but that dreadful event was fortunately extremely rare. In normal circumstances a baby would be strapped in its babychair, fairly obvious to the emergency services that a baby was on board, I would have thought. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 6 Jan 14 20:09   Bumper stickers. - Zero

>> OK, but that dreadful event was fortunately extremely rare. In normal circumstances a baby would >> be strapped in its babychair, fairly obvious to the emergency services that a baby was >> on board, I would have thought. Never seen a car with an empty baby seat then? Last edited by: Zero on Mon 6 Jan 14 at 20:10 Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 6 Jan 14 20:32   Bumper stickers. - Roger.

>> >> OK, but that dreadful event was fortunately extremely rare. In normal circumstances a baby >> would >> >> be strapped in its babychair, fairly obvious to the emergency services that a baby >> was >> >> on board, I would have thought. >> >> Never seen a car with an empty baby seat then? Yes - they are the ones, with 1 adult and no children aboard, parking in the mother & child parking slots in car parks. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 6 Jan 14 20:08   Bumper stickers. - Zero

>> Why is having a baby on board any more important to anything or anyone than >> having an elderly passenger on board? The olds tend not to get wedged under the seats or thrown out the sunroof. Babies do. Thats why the sticker was there, to search for the baby in the event of an accident. Of course no-one takes them out when there is no baby so the whole thing is devalued. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 6 Jan 14 20:33   Bumper stickers. - FocalPoint

"Why is having a baby on board any more important to anything or anyone than having an elderly passenger on board?" A baby might be said to have more of a future than an elderly person. Just sayin'! Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 6 Jan 14 21:10   Bumper stickers. - Zero

Don't let the olds travel in the car, they pee on the seats. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 6 Jan 14 21:31   Bumper stickers. - Old Navy

How long till you become incontinent, along with the other delights of ageing? Don't forget the years soon pass. Last edited by: Uncle Albert on Mon 6 Jan 14 at 21:32 Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 6 Jan 14 22:02   Bumper stickers. - Zero

>> How long till you become incontinent, along with the other delights of ageing? Don't forget >> the years soon pass. I cling on to the happy thought that it will be after you. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 6 Jan 14 22:06   Bumper stickers. - Old Navy

Only by a few years, if you are lucky, and health is a lottery. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 6 Jan 14 22:09   Bumper stickers. - Kevin

www.mitsubishi.com/Lancer/Standard/Interior/Incontinence_Features Last edited by: Kevin on Mon 6 Jan 14 at 22:11 Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 6 Jan 14 22:31   Bumper stickers. - Zero

I have the Equippe model, not the GTi (geared to incontinence) Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 7 Jan 14 08:21   Bumper stickers. - Cliff Pope

>> >> I cling on to the happy thought that it will be after you. >> Let's play word associations : nappy thought Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 7 Jan 14 08:37   Bumper stickers. - Haywain

"Why is having a baby on board any more important to anything or anyone than having an elderly passenger on board?" Neither of these are as important as having SHOW DOGS (in transit) on board. Ugh! Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 7 Jan 14 10:03   Bumper stickers. - legacylad

In the States I have seen 'Proud parent of a 2010 graduate' and 'Proud parent of a physiotherapist'. Plus others in a similar vein. Makes you want to barf. In the UK 'Baby princess on board' always makes me shake my head. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 7 Jan 14 10:15   Bumper stickers. - Cliff Pope

"Psychopath at wheel" for some of you. "Harmless mimser on board" for me. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 7 Jan 14 10:25   Bumper stickers. - Old Navy

>> In the States I have seen 'Proud parent......... Unfortunately the naff ones are spreading to the UK. There is a Lancer estate that I see occasionally which has a "Grandparents of twins" dangly yellow thing in the back window, sad people. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 7 Jan 14 10:30   Bumper stickers. - Zero

the only thing you see in the back of my lancer Estate is the dogs ass. (yes yes I know lancer estates look like a dogs ass anyway) Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 7 Jan 14 10:31   Bumper stickers. - Alanovich

>> the only thing you see in the back of my lancer Estate is the dogs >> ass. Your dog keeps a pet equine companion? Niche. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 7 Jan 14 10:36   Bumper stickers. - legacylad

My Lakeland takes umbrage at his derriere being compared to the back of a Lancer. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 7 Jan 14 11:10   Bumper stickers. - CGNorwich

and one for you. www.cafepress.com/mf/25471200/i-love-fifi_bumper-sticker?productId=216748182 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 7 Jan 14 12:19   Bumper stickers. - spamcan61

The two I want to knock up for me low rent, boy racer Astra:- This vehicle is limited to 110 mph by the laws of physics The only tool in this vehicle is driving it Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 7 Jan 14 10:44   Bumper stickers. - CGNorwich

""Grandparents of twins" dangly yellow thing in the back window, sad people." That was my immediate reaction as well to what after all, is a harmless indication of someone'a pride in their family. Perhaps we Brits should be a bit less cynical and a bit more "American" in these things. We're not good with anyone showing anything resembling emotions are we? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 7 Jan 14 10:50   Bumper stickers. - Alanovich

It's interpreted as smugness here. That's what annoys about such signage. So you're a Grandparent. Is that supposed to be some kind of achievement? Why are the rest of us supposed to care? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 7 Jan 14 10:57   Bumper stickers. - CGNorwich

>> It's interpreted as smugness here. That's what annoys about such signage. So you're a Grandparent. >> Is that supposed to be some kind of achievement? Why are the rest of us >> supposed to care? >> Yes I agree that's how most of us probably see it. Most Americans would I suspect see it as a simple statement of fact and pride. Different cultures , different attitudes. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 7 Jan 14 11:06   Bumper stickers. - CGNorwich

In case you need some Twins bumper stickers here is a good selection. :-) www.cafepress.com/+twin+bumper-stickers Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 7 Jan 14 11:55   Bumper stickers. - Cliff Pope

>> >> Most Americans would I >> suspect see it as a simple statement of fact and pride. >> But why do they need to make a public statement of private pride? Perhaps it's like personalised number plates. Look at me, I've got grandchildren AND a numberplate with my initials on. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 7 Jan 14 14:43   Bumper stickers. - Zero

>> >> It's interpreted as smugness here. That's what annoys about such signage. So you're a >> Grandparent. >> >> Is that supposed to be some kind of achievement? Well I suppose it is really, its an achievement to get kids through school without them being massacred by some NRA inspired gunmen in the Home of the Brave and the Land of the Free. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 7 Jan 14 20:46   Bumper stickers. - commerdriver

>> So you're a Grandparent.is that supposed to be some kind of achievement? Having become one for the first time yesterday morning, yes it does feel a bit of an achievement, I'm kind of pleased anyway. Won't put a sticker in the ack of the Commer though Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 7 Jan 14 11:49   Bumper stickers. - Roger.

We should not be "American" in these things. Slushy emotive carp is not needed. Stiff upper lip prevails. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 7 Jan 14 14:54   Bumper stickers. - Armel Coussine

>> Stiff upper lip prevails. Quite Rastaman, with your mother addressing you by your surname like a ferocious school matron, telling you to stop blubbing and pull yourself together... That will put iron in your soul. In place of 'American and proud of it!' bumper stickers we could try something a bit more reserved along the lines 'British actually, slightly ashamed of that but there it is...' Last edited by: Armel Coussine on Tue 7 Jan 14 at 14:58 Reply to this message | Report message       1

New Wed 8 Jan 14 14:18   Bumper stickers. - Westpig

>> In place of 'American and proud of it!' bumper stickers we could try something a >> bit more reserved along the lines 'British actually, slightly ashamed of that but there it >> is...' >> I like that idea...could we expand it a bit..how about 'My son's a thieving druggy, but I still love him'...or...'My son steals things, but he's just misunderstood'. Maybe I should put a business plan together... 'My daughter is a fat munter, but she's got a lovely personality'..or...'Grandma has a beard, but we still love her' Reply to this message | Report message       1

New Wed 8 Jan 14 14:48   Bumper stickers. - Armel Coussine

>> My daughter is a fat munter... Grandma has a beard... Steady on Wp... no need to sound boastful is there? How about this for the all-purpose bumper sticker: "Hey... don't even ask". Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 7 Jan 14 19:41   Bumper stickers. - Westpig

>> I realise its total shi'ite now. >> Is that not ridiculing someone else's culture...in a racist fashion? Personally, I have no problem with it, because I've taken it for what it is..humour...however, I'd suggest you are careful on here, because some can be quick to look down their noses at that sort of thing and see a lot more in it. Reply to this message | Report message       1

New Tue 7 Jan 14 20:02   Bumper stickers. - Roger.

A good dollop of "culture" ridiculing is perhaps well overdue! Is satire dead, or just the preserve of the self-proclaimed intelligentsia of the left? Mocking was much more cruel in days of yore! (See Georgian political cartoons, for instance). Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 7 Jan 14 20:14   Bumper stickers. - Armel Coussine

>> realise its total shi'ite now. >> It's the damn swear filter ... that one works, but there's this knock-on effect causing even worse trouble. All a cultivated person can do is snigger guiltily. >> some can be quick to look down their noses at that sort of thing and see a lot more in it. Or look down their noses without seeing anything at all in it. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 8 Jan 14 14:14   Bumper stickers. - Westpig

>> All a cultivated person can do is snigger guiltily. Your guilty snigger is noted. >> Or look down their noses without seeing anything at all in it. If there wasn't anything especially to see...you wouldn't see anything, surely? Reply to this message | Report message