I came up at lights today behind a tatty black 307 whose rear window sported all of
- Baby on board
- Help for Heroes
- A dog is for life...
How many more - and which ones - would I have needed to cry "House"?
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You might have to travel a little outside your comfort zone to find a "Princess on board" and "Mum's/Dad's taxi"
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Generally the same people who wear Disney character ties or Mr Men socks and have a "You don't have to be mad to work here but it helps" sign above their desks. Their womenfolk sometimes have cuddly toys lined up on the dash top.
I'm on the other extreme completely OCD about stickers and signs on cars. I'm not even really all that comfortable with having to have a tax disc holder on my windscreen. Spoils the symmetry.
When I first met the current Mrs D'B she had a Garfield toy with suction cup feet attached to the inside of her rear car window. I disposed of it. It was mentioned but I have steadfastly refused to discuss the matter further. There is nothing more to be said.
:-)
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Sure it wasn't a navigation aid?
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Heh heh ! No, actually she's fine going backwards. It's forwards seems to be the issue. But I'm assured it wasn't her fault, twice in a month, on the same bend, on the same road, at the same time...
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Too slow so a dupe posting zapped
Last edited by: henry k on Fri 21 Jun 13 at 18:54
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I saw one on the back of a van the other day at actually made me laugh: 'No cash left in vehicle. The ex-wife has had it all'
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>> Generally the same people who wear Disney character ties or Mr Men socks and have
>> a "You don't have to be mad to work here but it helps" sign above
>> their desks. Their womenfolk sometimes have cuddly toys lined up on the dash top.
the worse boss ever always has a "the buck stops here" sign on his desk.
It always means "I have the most slippery shoulders in the world and the sheet ends up on you"
I have "I heart dogs" on the back of the far east shooting brake, but thats all.
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A trade show I attend is run by the Fashion Footwear Association of New York and genuinely known in the trade as FFANY
I have a bumper sticker which I've agonised about displaying but just can't quite, which reads "I love FFANY"
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You chaps don't have the 'my family' stick figures?
Hideous and nasty - real tat - but very popular here.
If you haven't seen them yet, maybe I can organise a franchise?
Recall those real pie and key 'tony' and 'sharon' windscreen strips from the 80s.
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Private Eye had a good cartoon about Tony and Sharon windscreen view-obscurer notices: a car swerving drunkenly about bearing the names Brahms and Liszt.
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"Mum to be" driving must be the most pathetic. If you're that worried stay off the bleedin' road.
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I've got this memory come back to me from my childhood...driving about with my father.
You'd get marks for spotting things.
Top marks was a 'double beader, double hatter'...whereby the occupants of another car each had to have a beaded seat and both be wearing hats.
I can happily remember calling 'single beader, double hatter'..or..'double beader' etc.
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We do a version of that with ( well obviously the yellow car game doesn't everyone ) but our alternative one is "fish and a beard". You know the little fish emblem things usually found on Volvos? Well, chances are there will be someone ( either gender ) with a beard driving it.
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>> Well, chances are there will be someone (
>> either gender ) with a beard driving it.
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Chapeau Humph.
We didn't have enough imagination clearly. We never thought of having a bearded lady as our top prize.
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@ WP - This may be the equivalent of asking a member of the magic circle how to do a trick but, is there any truth in the rumour that traffic cops play "snooker" with car colours? As the driver of a black car with a wife who has a red car I'm more than a little vested in my interest !
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I share Humph's distaste for stickers - I have a BikeSafe one - that's all
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Is there a "I'd rather be on two wheels"?
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"my other bike is a scooter"?
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>> @ WP - This may be the equivalent of asking a member of the magic
>> circle how to do a trick but, is there any truth in the rumour that
>> traffic cops play "snooker" with car colours? As the driver of a black car with
>> a wife who has a red car I'm more than a little vested in my
>> interest !
No, not truthful.
I've heard of it of course and am willing to stand corrected if any of my counties colleagues state otherwise, but there'd be no real point. When you stop people, you want a 'result' and the utterly random nature of car snooker would dictate otherwise.
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>> @ WP - This may be the equivalent of asking a member of the magic
>> circle how to do a trick but, is there any truth in the rumour that
>> traffic cops play "snooker" with car colours? As the driver of a black car with
>> a wife who has a red car I'm more than a little vested in my
>> interest !
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I've played that game when pulling cars over and known others to, passes the time I suppose.
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>> You chaps don't have the 'my family' stick figures?
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>> Hideous and nasty - real tat - but very popular here.
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Sadly, we do!
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>> You chaps don't have the 'my family' stick figures?
I was reading about someone who added a 'mistress' into the family group of his neighbours car for a prank. He reckons they haven't noticed yet!
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>> I'm not even really all that comfortable with having to have a tax disc holder on my windscreen
I use a cut-out circle of clear sticky-backed plastic to hold my tax disc to the 'screen. No unwanted advertising and it makes cleaning the inside of the glass easier too.
Back on topic, the 307 should have had the "Powered by Fairydust" sticker for the full set WdB.
Personally I always chuckled at the old TOGs window sticker - "Caution - I Slow Down For No Particular Reason".
Last edited by: Dave_TiD on Fri 21 Jun 13 at 23:18
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>> Personally I always chuckled at the old TOGs window sticker - "Caution - I Slow
>> Down For No Particular Reason".
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That sounds like something AC would display.
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I saw one which said Dogs in Transit. It was actually a Volvo estate.
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>>Baby on board
It would have been more comfortable on the back seat.
Last edited by: VxFan on Sat 22 Jun 13 at 17:03
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Seen on the back of a white van the other day "No pies left in this van overnight"
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Whenever I see the sticker Baby on board I feel compelled to continue, and it's driving.
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I have a 'I support the RSPCA in Cornwall' sticker on my rear window, but I don't.
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National Trust stickers of any type !
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got a 2013 NT parking sticker in the windscreen, thats always handy.
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I have a fairly striking, white letters on black background, ' Sorry to drive so close in front of you ' for the back window. Haven't put it in yet , though.
It's for the drivers of black Audis !
I've seen ' Cage birds in transit ' ......big deal, who cares ? Looking forward to seeing same for gerbils, platipii, meerkats, etc.
Ted
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"Baby on board" was a practical solution to the risk of emergency services not finding a kid thrown out of a car after a crash. Everyone has jumped on the band-wagon now....
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Did Jeremy Forrest have that sticker?
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>> "Baby on board" was a practical solution to the risk of emergency services not finding
>> a kid thrown out of a car after a crash.
How so? surely the baby had "decamped" (to use the jargon) and was no longer "on board"
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I think it was more that the brat could have been deposited in the rear footwell and overlooked if unconscious.
Our babies were all brought home in carrycots on the back seat with no restraints...as I imagine was the case for many on here.
Ted
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Years ago I followed a car with a sticker saying 'I'm Using Unleaded Petrol For Your Sake'.
It's the only time I have ever wanted to punch another driver.
The XJS has a Country Landowners Association sticker on the windscreen that I can't get off. But, being in France, I don't find it embarrassing.
Last edited by: Mike Hannon on Sat 22 Jun 13 at 10:46
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You might if you tried scraping it but couldn't shift the whole thing.
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>> Years ago I followed a car with a sticker saying 'I'm Using Unleaded Petrol For
>> Your Sake'.
>> It's the only time I have ever wanted to punch another driver.
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>> The XJS has a Country Landowners Association sticker on the windscreen that I can't get
>> off. But, being in France, I don't find it embarrassing.
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Don't touch it!!!! It's the only thing holding the rust together
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I've never put a sticker in a back window. But I have owned several cars with dealer strips at the bottom of the rear screen. They are more or less invisible.
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Walking away from the BMW when it was parked today, and you know, glancing back to do the "cool" check I realised there was a dealer sticker on it...whoops
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I detest stickers on cars. Always ask the supplying dealer not to add their own advertising and decor. Only exception is the tax disc holder.
Mrs B and I agreed that if either of us felt the need to add a baby on board sticker then our relationship was over.
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One of the most pathetic ones I have seen is the yellow square with "Grandparents of twins" on it. I have only ever seen one, in an acquaintance's car. It could be a one off made to order one.
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I'd like one with,
"Old, stressed, worn out, put upon, married twice, mortgaged to hell, pensionless, knackered, desiccated husk of former happy confident self who just wants to get home this side of midnight on board, don't expect any favours"
;-)
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you'd need a big old barge of a wagon to fit all that on.
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>> One of the most pathetic ones I have seen is the yellow square with "Grandparents
>> of twins" on it. I have only ever seen one, in an acquaintance's car. It
>> could be a one off made to order one.
Don't be so snooty.
If I'm ever grandparent of twins I'll make sure to get one.
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>> >> One of the most pathetic ones I have seen is the yellow square with
>> "Grandparents
>> >> of twins" on it. I have only ever seen one, in an acquaintance's car.
>> It
>> >> could be a one off made to order one.
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>> Don't be so snooty.
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>> If I'm ever grandparent of twins I'll make sure to get one.
or two?
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>> Our babies were all brought home in carrycots on the back seat with no restraints...as
>> I imagine was the case for many on here.
I was taken home (to our two room caravan) in the back seat of a Bond 3-wheeler (no reverse gear), in the arms of my three year old sister. Don't think my Mum could afford a carry cot. By ecky thump.
I despise these daft stickers as much as the next man, but I did realise this weekend that it's not always the fault of the adult in the car. A friend of mine (of a similar dispoition towards such mindless self publicity) has been bought one for Father's Day this year by his 6 year old son. He now has to display it in the car to please the child. He has been thinking about changing his car soon, and this is now an urgent project as he can accidentally leave the sign in the old car when he does swap.
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Each of our two were transported home in a carry cot that was restrained on the back seat with pukka carry cot straps.
Not sure if such straps are still available and not sure how effective the arrangement would have been in an accident.
Later I also fitted four point seat belts in the rear of my car for each of them. They were such narrow straps that although the restraint bit looked effective the narrow straps might not be so clever.
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>> "Baby on board" was a practical solution to the risk of emergency services not finding
>> a kid thrown out of a car after a crash.
How much time have emergency crews wasted looking for babies that weren't on board anyway because the parent leaves the sign up all the time?
Perhaps there should be a kind of milkman dial thing, saying "Only 3 (or whatever) people on board today".
"Show dogs in transit" makes me want to put a brick through the window.
"Caged birds of prey" is unusual, as well as a warning against putting your fingers through the grill'
The courier who brought my peacocks said he delivered lots of animals, including once a crocodile in a packing case. "Caution, crocodile in transit" would keep traffic wardens a safe distance.
"Also available in white" was good, but an old one now, but
"Colour may vary from display chart" was cleverer.
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'I wish my girlfriend was as dirty as this van'.
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On the back of a bike "My other toy is a young lady of ample proportions", or words to that effect.
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Window sticker bingo - ....
