Stupid bumperstickers

[cezanne]

I seen some dandy bumperstickers and window decals but the one I saw today took the cake so far. It said something like "My kid beat up your honor roll kid at school"... sheesh. :(

[craigwatanabe]

I've been seeing this one a lot:

We don't care how it's
done on the Mainland

But I think I've come up with the best one:

Divers do it deeper but
Japanese eat it RAW!

[Glen Miyashiro]

Heh heh heh. That one's been around for a while, and it's not hard to see why. All those "Proud Parent of an Honor Student at _______ School" bumper stickers can get mighty annoying.

[craigwatanabe]

I seen some dandy bumperstickers and window decals but the one I saw today took the cake so far. It said something like "My kid beat up your honor roll kid at school"... sheesh. :(


Someone should come up with a rebuttal bumper sticker for that one that says:

But my kid will be
your kid's boss someday!

[pzarquon]

I bristle at those "Honor Student" bumper stickers, too, but those drivers got a little more empathy out of me after I had kids. Though it hasn't happened yet, I imagine those bumper stickers are like ugly ties on Father's Day. When your kid hands it to you, smiling broadly, the only right choice is to display it with pride.

"Slow Down, This Ain't The Mainland" is a favorite of mine, and one I've wished I'd had now and then when I'm tooling along at a cool 55 in the right lane, thank you, and some moron still feels like zooming up and riding my ass when there are six other perfectly servicable lanes they could be in.

If we're going to pick on bad bumper stickers, can we add magnetic ribbons, too? Talk about a relatively decent idea gone horribly, horribly wrong. I want one of those parody magnets that say, "God Bless the Magnetic Ribbon Industry."

[craigwatanabe]

You know somewhere down the line, those magnetic ribbons will need to be recycled.

I wonder how one recycles magnets like that? :rolleyes:

[Glen Miyashiro]

I don't think students automatically get those stickers if they make honor roll at their school. I suspect that parents have to actively seek those stickers out from whoever is selling them. My kids were honor roll students at their schools but they never brought home one of those stickers the whole time they were there. But I saw 'em on cars in my neighborhood for sure. So pzarquon, you won't have to grin that cheesy delighted-dad grin and stick one on your car... unless you really want to.

[craigwatanabe]

I saw a "Save the Earth" bumper sticker on an old Toyota Tercel but the soot from the exhaust pipe on that car covered the "th" so it read, "Save the Ear". Yeah do us a favor quit driving that car so you can save our senses!

[Linkmeister]

The one I had to think about the first time was "Envision Whirled Peas." The fad I'm currently seeing is the "memorials" on rear windows.

In Loving Memory of
Harvey Fershlugginer
1981 - 2003

If too-dark tint is a hazard, why isn't that?

(Yes, I'm bitter about tint. I once failed an inspection on my dad's car and spent two hours scraping factory-installed film off, and every time I see someone with film so black I can't see the driver I get furious at my wasted time and at that oh-so-fussy inspector.)

[AuntieNellieKulolo]

Someone should come up with a rebuttal bumper sticker for that one that says:

But my kid will be
your kid's boss someday!

Personally, I like the ones which say 'My cat/dog/parrot/gerbil is smarter than your honor student'. :D

[scrivener]

I don't think students automatically get those stickers if they make honor roll at their school.

Depends on the school. One school I taught at sent them home with report cards.

Cezanne, don't get upset by a silly bumpersticker. It was only meant to be funny; the best stuff is the stuff that pokes fun at cliche, and those honor-roll stickers have become ridiculously cliche. One I find especially annoying is "Every child is a winner at _________!" Please.

I'm a Christian and have had fish-stickers on cars I've owned, but I thought the Darwin fish with feet was such a clever parody I immediately wanted one. The Christian response was typically un-clever; it was of another fish, labeled "The Truth," eating the Darwin fish. So, so lame.

Another really good parody is the rear-window strip-sticker, written in fancy script, that says, "Your College Sucks."

[Miulang]

If we're going to pick on bad bumper stickers, can we add magnetic ribbons, too? Talk about a relatively decent idea gone horribly, horribly wrong. I want one of those parody magnets that say, "God Bless the Magnetic Ribbon Industry."
Alternatively, you could buy a totally biodegradable t-shirt (http://www.panzo.org/cgi-bin/Store/cpshop.cgi/4029392284) that echoes the same sentiments.

Miulang

[Glen Miyashiro]

The fad I'm currently seeing is the "memorials" on rear windows.

In Loving Memory of
Harvey Fershlugginer
1981 - 2003
At first I thought it was mainly for memorializing guys who died young (car crashes, drug ODs, fights, etc.) until I started doing the arithmetic and realized some of the dead people being memorialized were in their 50s and 60s. I wonder whether they would have wanted their names spread across Junior Boy's back windshield that way. :rolleyes:

[craigwatanabe]

Eh Miulang...don't wear that biodegradable t-shirt on a rainy day :eek:

Someone should invent bumper stickers in "trim black" and "chrome" so we can use em to cover up lame bumper stickers and bring our bumpers back to factory finish!

[Glen Miyashiro]

Eh Craig: just use one razor blade scraper and some Goo Gone, and you can get em off just fine. :D

[craigwatanabe]

At first I thought it was mainly for memorializing guys who died young (car crashes, drug ODs, fights, etc.) until I started doing the arithmetic and realized some of the dead people being memorialized were in their 50s and 60s. I wonder whether they would have wanted their names spread across Junior Boy's back windshield that way. :rolleyes:


Because Junior Boy's prize possession is his car and he wants everybody to understand that he'll put his most endearing thoughts on his most sacred asset.

At least he'll treat his rolling memorial with more respect knowing the deceased will be fuming if he ever disgraced it by speeding or using that memorial as a killing machine if he ever got into a fatal accident. Whatever works is okay with me. :)

[cezanne]

Yeah come to think of it, I guess those "My child blah blah blah" stickers are just as, if not more, annoying. lol

[jdub]

I'm particularly fond of the "Don't laugh, your daughter could be in here" sticker for band touring vans. That and "Gas, Grass or Ass, No One Rides for Free." Tasteless and unequivocally American.

[1stwahine]

I have one bumper sticker on my car, "hawaiistories.com." On the license plate, "let's talk story, hawaiithreads.com" in the back for all to see. I'm a dire hard fan of both! :D ;)

Auntie Lynn aka Auntie Pupule ;)

[Ailina]

I know the topic is "stupid bumperstickers," but I was wondering...what's the status on the Live Aloha stickers? Are they still pretty common? Are they generic? Are they in the same vein as bank calendar magnets?

I'm curious, because our family here regards our Live Aloha stickers like gold. It took me forever to finally commit to actually sticking it to something, because I didn't want to make a mistake and then regret using it.

[1stwahine]

I got that in the mail months ago. I cut out "Aloha" and put it on my driver side...ok that's 1 1/2 stickers I got. Oh, and dey not stupid ones either. ooops! :D

auntie lynn aka auntie pupule!

[memorylane]

I use to have a Take your Rod out and Play with it sticker on my back window. Bought at a hotrod show but you can pretty much guess what prudes thought it was and the resulting looks and head shaking i noticed in my rear view on occasion.
:D

[hitech redneck]

I use to have a Take your Rod out and Play with it sticker on my back window. Bought at a hotrod show but you can pretty much guess what prudes thought it was and the resulting looks and head shaking i noticed in my rear view on occasion.
:D
:D Yeah, I had a one on a supecharged Thunderbird that was "Injection is nice but I would rather be Blown" The prudes would gasp with what ever picture that it brought to mind, because it was refering to the method of fuel delivery. :D

[craigwatanabe]

http://img137.echo.cx/img137/2101/slowhondas7xy.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

I'd like this one on my BMW

http://img137.echo.cx/img137/5458/showletter2compressed8lm.th.jpg (http://img137.echo.cx/my.php?image=showletter2compressed8lm.jpg)

[pzarquon]

I know the topic is "stupid bumperstickers," but I was wondering...what's the status on the Live Aloha stickers?They're still around (http://www.hawaiian.com/sticker.html). I mailed off for mine over a year ago, but also haven't "commited" it to anything. I keep thinking I might want it around longer than whatever I stick it to. Which is silly, of course, because they're hardly rare, but... they're still special!

There aren't as many "Live Aloha" bumper stickers out there as "My Child is an Honor Student," if that gives you an idea of their prevalence. I'd imagine they're even more rare on the Mainland. So cherish yours... and mail off for a few spares, while you're at it!

[MadAzza]

A couple of years after I moved here, I asked someone what "Pu In Sai" meant because I kept seeing it on bumper stickers. After he explained it to me, I said, "Uh-huh. Why would anyone want that on a bumper sticker?"
He said, "Well, you know ... pu in sai!"
I just stared at him with one of those looks women sometimes give men.

So ... the driver of that vehicle is saying ... he is in favor of it? Is there generally some question about that? Why not just get a bumper sticker that says "I'm insecure"?

That gets my vote for No. 1 stupid bumper sticker.

Second-least favorite: Whenever I see someone with a "Live Aloha" bumper sticker either clogging up the far left lane of the freeway or making lane changes without signaling. No aloha there!

(insert emoticon as desired)

[kimo55]

Whenever I see someone with a "Live Aloha" bumper sticker either clogging up the far left lane of the freeway or making lane changes without signaling. No aloha there!


Those damn mortals! hate it when they display human tendencies, inconsistencies and frailties!

[kimo55]

pu insai is a standard kaona. Hawaiian word or phrase with hidden or double meaning. Mostly a kolohe meaning. With origins in da surfah culture.
pu insai = shoot da tube, like pray for surf and the double entendre is self evident.

[MadAzza]

pu insai is a standard kaona. Hawaiian word or phrase with hidden or double meaning. Mostly a kolohe meaning. With origins in da surfah culture.
pu insai = shoot da tube, like pray for surf and the double entendre is self evident.

Uh-huh. That's how the local boy explained it to me, but with the emphasis on the nonsurf-related meaning. He said it has become more of the second meaning, less of the original. <shrug>

As far as your comment about "mere mortals" above ... We're all mortals and make mistakes, big duh. That's different from blatant rudeness. When you see the same guy lurching from lane to lane to lane to lane all the way from Waianae to town, never using a turn signal, that's not human frailty -- it's rude and dangerous to the rest of us. Especially those of us on motorcycles. Most people who ride get pretty sensitive to that stuff because we are more vulnerable to it.

OK, sorry, got off topic there ...

[kimo55]

Especially those of us on motorcycles.


point taken; watch me froth at the mouth when I get a motorcyle again and haveta brave these hiways of death.

[lavagal]

Spread da Aloha
on a car driven by a chick.

What I don't get are the window stickers that say "MAUI BUILT" Like, is there a vehicle factory on Maui that I don't know about?

And then there's the dedications on the back of cars and trucks, on the windows. Usually of kids who died in speeding wrecks, under the influence of one thing or another. I guess, if you just don't know the deceased, you can't really appreciate what good people they were.

[kimo55]

Spread da Aloha
on a car driven by a chick.


careful there, lava!


What I don't get are the window stickers that say "MAUI BUILT" Like, is there a vehicle factory on Maui that I don't know about?



aaah c'mon! you know what that means.



I have a big ol honkin huge one (sticker i mean) that says Hawaiian Built with a profile of an Alii with a mahiole. the design is set against a big outrigger canoe paddle.


And then there's the dedications on the back of cars and trucks, on the windows. Usually of kids who died in speeding wrecks, under the influence of one thing or another.



I do despise those with a seething hate-passion usually reserved for child molesters and cat killers. IF I die in a wreck no matter the cause, PLEASE do not plaster my name and some cheap-ass sentiment and equally sappy flowery graphics on the back of yer vehicle so people on the freeway can say; "get da hell outta my lane...uh... who da phuk was kimo55!?"

oh, and that reminds me of its warped evil deformed cousin, the roadside memorial.
I have seen blacks and ku klux klan members dropping their differences to join in unison and concerted effort against these evil scenarios...
http://www.tikitv.com/wotda.jpg

.

[Menehune Man]

I saw 2 good ones on one car...
1) EVE WAS FRAMED!
2) MY GODDESS GAVE BIRTH TO YOUR GOD
Have to admit they both made me laugh!

[MadAzza]

What I don't get are the window stickers that say "MAUI BUILT" Like, is there a vehicle factory on Maui that I don't know about?

Or my favorite: "TRD" on Toyota pickups.

Do you really want to advertise that you drive a TRD? What marketing brainiac thought of this? Yeah, I know, "Toyota Racing Development," but ... it says TRD!

Haaaa!

[dick]

Kimo: Dude, that photo was off the hook. Almost spit my drink all over the monitor. The scattered beer bottles were a nice touch. I always thought it was absurd that people always bring beers to those roadside memorials where kids went up in flames because they were all liquored up and got behind the wheel.

Those "In loving memory of" window affairs are pretty lame. I'd hate to be trivialized (I mean memorialized) like that.

As for TRD, in addition to the 'trd' factor, alot of times they (whoever 'they' are) got those plastered on crap stock Corollas. Now that's a real race car there.

[craigwatanabe]

What's dangerous about these modified ricers is that they lower their cars by cutting springs and using low profile tires with a narrow footprint.

When you cut your springs you only reduce the suspension's ability to work by a factor of that much cut percentage. Cut your springs 20% of it's original height, reduce it's effectiveness by at least that much.

When you put low profile tires on narrow rims you think you got high performance. However you need a bit of sidewall flex to let you know when your tire is about to break from traction when rounding that mean left bank turn on the Airport offramp Ewa bound on the H-1 freeway. With no sidewall flexing you think your car is glued to the road when suddenly the tires break with no indication and you slam your rice cooker into the embankment at 90-mph.

Today's low profile tires on these cars are 185-mm across not like true sports cars with at least 225 or more of tread laterally across the width of the tire.

Sorry to get OT but this one really gets me when tire retailers sell low profile tires that are narrow to keep the ratios down to kids who haven't a clue as to performance and safety.

As I tell all would be Earnhardts: If you want a sports car buy one that was designed from the ground up, not some econobox all ghettoed out to look like a performance car.

[Glen Miyashiro]

Think of it as evolution in action.

[craigwatanabe]

somewhat OT but this is one off a back window

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/2167/bumperst6ew.th.jpg (http://img133.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bumperst6ew.jpg)

[Glen Miyashiro]

Now that's clever. :D

[kimo55]

I always thought it was absurd that people always bring beers to those roadside memorials where kids went up in flames because they were all liquored up and got behind the wheel.



"One fer me, and one fer mah homie."

I see them on the tv news, lamenting the death of their friend, as they forlornly sit drinking (and toasting their dearly departed) on the roadside next to a pile of cheap crap erected to memorialize a life cut short by a stupid act. Such an ironic scene.
So what do we all learn from this?
It's the new sentimental funeral ceremony; If (but most likely, when) a loved one, family member, some one who you feel sorry for, or some one you feel guilty for killing, dies beside a roadway: memorialize them by putting up some cheap plastic flowers, metal balloons, stuffed bears and toys, beer, soda, various kaukau and 2 boards nailed perpendicularly together. I will do my part by coming along and laughing at how horrible it must have been to not only die slowly on the side of the road but to have some crap thrown in a drainage ditch as an honor to their life (although, ironically, I bet that's the perfect metaphor for that life). Next, I will tromp through that beautifully tacky, ad-hoc memorial, put on a shit-eating grin and have my picture taken as I wave like a tourist on a white-trash safari.

[lavagal]

Or my favorite: "TRD" on Toyota pickups.

Do you really want to advertise that you drive a TRD? What marketing brainiac thought of this? Yeah, I know, "Toyota Racing Development," but ... it says TRD!

Haaaa!


There's a chick in our neighborhood and her plate said TRD GRL

[lavagal]

Today's sightings:

"No Panties Allowed" A red sticker on the rear window of a black Chevy pickup with heavily (illegally) tinted windows, but enough to see that it was being driven by a chick. Maybe there was also one that said "No self-esteme inside."

"Cum to your daddy" on a white F150 truck.

Maybe these people are single? These are worse than bar pick-up lines from the 80s!!

[kimo55]

ok, since whe're ranting:
was behind a convertible miata whose plate read topls42 and the plateframe read; I'd rather be topless.
ok, then Drop yer top! perfect day for it.,
Like the bumper stickers that say: I'd rather be sailing.
ok, then GO sailing. When I get da hankerin, I do it. I don't force my shopping list on the captive freeway audience.

Or how bout the bumper sticker that reads:
I love my wive.
(or - I heart my wife)
Ok, well and good. But that should be a given.
that should be the norm rather than ; "hey. looka me. I wuv my hunnybunny. isn't that spay shull?"
ok so; Does this mean, you didn't love your wive before putting that bumber sticker on yer auto?
Are you afraid of the possibility others may think you don't care about your wife?
Did your wife make you slap that on yer beater?

[Palolo Joe]

"No Panties Allowed" A red sticker on the rear window of a black Chevy pickup with heavily (illegally) tinted windows, but enough to see that it was being driven by a chick. Just remember, on trucks it is perfectly legal to black out all the windows except for those on the driver and passenger doors and the windshield. You can go as dark as you want with the extended cab and rear window.

[Miulang]

ok, since whe're ranting:
was behind a convertible miata whose plate read topls42 and the plateframe read; I'd rather be topless.
ok, then Drop yer top! perfect day for it.,

Hahahaha! Was it a wahine who was behind the wheel of that Miata? That license plate begs the following questions: 1) were there 41 other "toplsxx" license plate owners in Honolulu and 2) if that car had the only license plate like that, and if the "42" part of it was meant to indicate the owner's age, and the owner was a wahine, would she really want to be topless at 42? Unless there was some bodily enhancement, gravity usually takes care of perkiness in your 30s :p

Miulang

[kimo55]

Hahahaha! Was it a wahine who was behind the wheel of that Miata? That license plate begs the following questions: 1) were there 41 other "toplsxx" license plate owners in Honolulu and 2) if that car had the only license plate like that, and if the "42" part of it was meant to indicate the owner's age, and the owner was a wahine, would she really want to be topless at 42? Unless there was some bodily enhancement, gravity usually takes care of perkiness in your 30s :p

Miulang

there are much fewer vanity plates in Hawaii relatively speaking, than seen in califorlornia.

driver was a guy... means a convertible for two people.
his plateframe on the bottom had an expl. of his plate;
topless 4 - 2
topless is seen, of course on many convertibles' bumper stickers, plateframes...

[Miulang]

some guy. means a convertible for two people.
Heh. Let me keep fantacizing about the true meaning... :D

Miulang

[adrian]

Its not a bumpersticker per se, but there's a bashfest between some Ford, GM and Dodge truck owners. On a Ford truck, it says: "I've got your hemi right here" (referrnig to dodge trucks). On another Ford truck, it says: "only little boys wear bow ties" (referring to Chevy trucks). On a Chevy truck truck, one said "atleast they circled the problem" (referring to Fords).

[kimo55]

On a Chevy truck truck, one said "atleast they circled the problem" (referring to Fords).

hahaa. pretty good.


FORD

fix or repair daily

found on road, dead

[craigwatanabe]

CHEVY - Can Hear Every Valve Yelling

MOPAR- MOtorized Piece of Automotive Rubbish

FORD - First On Race Day (yeah I'm partial to Fords) :D

BUDWEISER - Because You Deserve What Every Individual Should Ever Receive.

[Glen Miyashiro]

Its not a bumpersticker per se, but there's a bashfest between some Ford, GM and Dodge truck owners. On a Ford truck, it says: "I've got your hemi right here" (referrnig to dodge trucks). On another Ford truck, it says: "only little boys wear bow ties" (referring to Chevy trucks). On a Chevy truck truck, one said "atleast they circled the problem" (referring to Fords).Heh. Notice that the American truck makers can't find anything to criticize about the foreign truck makers, so they have to snipe at each other instead? It's those crabs in the bucket again.

[cezanne]

BUDWEISER - Because You Deserve What Every Individual Should Ever Receive.

The first thing I ever learned in college.

[craigwatanabe]

that was my first in the Military too! The second was not to successfully pull the entire label off the bottle without ripping it. Apparently there are these stupid bar rumors floating around that if you can remove a Budweiser label without ripping it, you're gay! :eek: Oh well I keep ripping them to shreds while my drinking buddies got em stuck to their dashboards intact! Guess it shows that I like em all! And to think I'm a friggin' Republican! :D

[AuntieNellieKulolo]

CHEVY - Can Hear Every Valve Yelling

MOPAR- MOtorized Piece of Automotive Rubbish

FORD - First On Race Day (yeah I'm partial to Fords) :D

BUDWEISER - Because You Deserve What Every Individual Should Ever Receive.

PONTIAC - Poor Old (Nincompoop) Thinks It's A Cadillac (originally when I heard this it was a racial slur I'd rather not repeat...) :D

[craigwatanabe]

I've heard Lexus' being called the Japanese Buick and before that I've heard Buicks being called the Poor Man's Caddy.

[kimo55]

I've heard Lexus' being called the Japanese Buick and before that I've heard Buicks being called the Poor Man's Caddy.

Lexus is a big camry.
or
camry is a small lexus.
Couldn't believe in the mid 80's people were dropping their mercs and rollers for Lexus left and right. what a shame. It is too cushy a ride. like driving a marshmallow. i wanna feel the road. BMW style.

[craigwatanabe]

That's why I've owned six of em. Once you drive a Beemer it's hard to drive anything less, the ride is incredible!

[kimo55]

That's why I've owned six of em. Once you drive a Beemer it's hard to drive anything less, the ride is incredible!



OK, new thread.
Bimmers we've owned:

320I
blue metalic i think. that was in the late 80's.

733IL
white. a real beaut. like a land yacht.

[craigwatanabe]

86 535i great four door sedan for the 40-something BMW beginner
86 735i great for taking your golf buddies, the trunk can hold four golf bags and the cooler for the 19th!
92 525i was okay not as roomy as the 86 535i but lotsa bells and whistles
88 635i fantastic car but killed my back with the Bilstein suspension
88 735i oh the joy of a tank with sports tuned suspension and autobahn speed plus the climate control was to die for.
89 635i loved the 735i but had to buy the 6er with the 5-speed in mint condition. The glovebox has a jumbo size bottle of Advil because this too has Bilstein suspension.

My dream is to buy either an M6 E24 or an M5 E28 body style. Can't beat the classic BMW shark nose.

[craigwatanabe]

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/604/88b735i3ju.th.jpg (http://img201.imageshack.us/my.php?image=88b735i3ju.jpg)
My 88 pride and joy 735i

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/4795/gasco0520040017tb.th.jpg (http://img201.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gasco0520040017tb.jpg)
My 89 midlife crisis remedy 635i fully tuned suspension/exhaust/chipped and killer 1000-watt Q-Logic dual 10-inch band pass sub box in the trunk. Who the hell needs an Ipod!

[DaveNSoKona]

I know it's one step up from spinning rims but I always wanted one of those propellers for my trailer hitch.

[cezanne]

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/604/88b735i3ju.th.jpg (http://img201.imageshack.us/my.php?image=88b735i3ju.jpg)
My 88 pride and joy 735i

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/4795/gasco0520040017tb.th.jpg (http://img201.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gasco0520040017tb.jpg)
My 89 midlife crisis remedy 635i fully tuned suspension/exhaust/chipped and killer 1000-watt Q-Logic dual 10-inch band pass sub box in the trunk. Who the hell needs an Ipod!

Hey where's the "My Other Car Is a BMW" bumpersticker? :D

[kimo55]

PONTIAC - Poor Old (Nincompoop) Thinks It's A Cadillac (originally when I heard this it was a racial slur I'd rather not repeat...) :D


We are NOT known as "Nincompoop" any longer! the PC label we are referred to now, is: "NincompoonAmerican"

[Miulang]

We are NOT known as "Nincompoop" any longer! the PC label we are referred to now, is: "NincompoonAmerican"
Or how about "NincompouponAmerican"? :p (schmeared on pumpernickel bread)

Miulang

[kimo55]

Or how about "NincompouponAmerican"? :p (schmeared on pumpernickel bread)

Miulang


I resent the implication that we are the color gray, too!

[Miulang]

I resent the implication that we are the color gray, too!
Nah, I think a nimcompouponAmerican would be a lovely toasty tan with a few freckles interspersed for texture.

Miulang

[kimo55]

Nah, I think a nimcompouponAmerican would be a lovely toasty tan with a few freckles interspersed for texture.

Miulang


what do i know, i'm colorblind.

[memorylane]

If (but most likely, when) a loved one, family member, some one who you feel sorry for, or some one you feel guilty for killing, dies beside a roadway: memorialize them by putting up some cheap plastic flowers, metal balloons, stuffed bears and toys, beer, soda, various kaukau and 2 boards nailed perpendicularly together.

Funny.........i put one of those up for a long time friend, his brother and mom loved it, it was wiped out a week later by the same kind of accident only not fatal i guess...........put it back up, then it goes down again by the roadside mowers i think it was........etc...........we began to get the feeling that our dearly departed DID NOT want it where he died after all.
:rolleyes:

[memorylane]

I cant stand to look at the thing or i would snap a shot of it but it is intended to look like a massive set of balls hanging of the trailer hitch of a truck here in my one horse town. Its all about rodeo around here as well.

I for one wont care how many times someone asks me WTH wahine means if and when i slap that on my vans ass end, lol.

[Adri]

A friend of mine wants to know where they sell these bumperstickers "If no fit, use spit"(I can't believe that phrase is actually in an urban dictionary) and "If it starts to stick, you gotta stop and lick". She wants it as a joke gift for a friend. There's a mention of these two bumperstickers on the Honolulu Advertiser board http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=6459 but no mention of where to buy them. Anyone know?

[kimo55]

crap li'dat is too low and cheap to spend any time on. Just cus it rhymes the bumper sticker is CLEVER?!
just cuz it rhymes.
sheesh.
this is the level of entertainment people are willing to accept. and slap on their own car.
JUST cuz it rhymes.


here's another sticker they would enjoy:

"If it's lowbrow art,
I love it like a fart!"

[pzarquon]

There are lots of ways to get your own bumperstickers made, to say whatever you like. Searching online will get you dozens upon dozens of options. The ones I've used personally are Cafepress (http://www.cafepress.com) (which, if you're design minded, can help you get anything onto almost anything else) and StickerJunkie.com (http://www.stickerjunkie.com), which is very limited as to designs, but incredibly easy and cheap if you've got only a basic message to convey.

[Adri]

crap li'dat is too low and cheap to spend any time on. Just cus it rhymes the bumper sticker is CLEVER?!
just cuz it rhymes.
sheesh.
this is the level of entertainment people are willing to accept. and slap on their own car.
JUST cuz it rhymes.


here's another sticker they would enjoy:

"If it's lowbrow art,
I love it like a fart!"

Hey, I didn't say it was the bestest thing evah. I said a friend wanted to find them as part of a joke gift. I didn't ask exactly what she was going to do with it, I just agreed to inquire in this ever helpful forum (and it is under "stupid bumperstickers" *g*)

Speaking of helpful, thanks pzarquon, I'll pass that along.

[oceanpacific]

Lexus is a big camry.
or
camry is a small lexus.
Couldn't believe in the mid 80's people were dropping their mercs and rollers for Lexus left and right. what a shame. It is too cushy a ride. like driving a marshmallow. i wanna feel the road. BMW style.


Actually, it was Acura that was introduced to the USA in 1986 (Legend). Toyota and Nissan didn't get around to selling the Lexus (LS-400 and ES-250) and Infiniti (Q-45) lines until 1990.

Back to the bumper stickers: FIGHT CRIME ... SHOOT BACK. :eek:

[kimo55]

opie, what da hell archives are ya diggin thru?! what IS this with dredging up old stale posts no one remembers posting?!

[Menehune Man]

Ain't this fun?! :D

[kimo55]

gimme a few more beers, have palolojoe look away and yea. maybe.

[Fat Jeff]

My current favorite...

[blueyecicle]

My favorite stupid bumper sticker is Congratulations...You've just been passed by a girl.....in a MINIVAN!

Oh no wait....that's MY bumper sticker not my favorite stupid sticker! My bad :p

[Bard]

Like this one I saw here the other day:

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.

Touchy-feely but still a nice sentiment :)

[blueyecicle]

Like this one I saw here the other day:

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.

Touchy-feely but still a nice sentiment :)

I was going to say GOSH we see so many of those in Eugene!! But then I remembered you are in Oregon...that explains it!!

It's Hippy land here!.....

Really need to find the bumper sticker that says Shut Up Hippy! ...j/k :p

[craigwatanabe]

Not exactly a bumper sticker but:

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/8936/motivationfl9.th.jpg (http://img237.imageshack.us/my.php?image=motivationfl9.jpg)

[pzarquon]

My current favorite...Um...do you drive like a clown, Fat Jeff? I'm curious how a clown drives. (And I mean of the circus red-nose variety, not the clown/jerk/dumbass variety.)

Interestingly enough, a troupe of clowns -- literally, yes, clowns -- became our neighbors in Mililani recently. That is to say, performing as clowns appears to be their business, as each of their cars so advertise. I've really wanted to chat them up and find out more about the clown lifestyle... but for folks who make their living as clowns, they come across as pretty surly!

Oh, yes, topic. Stupid bumperstickers. How about, "My other car is also a car." No? "This is my other car." Er... Never mind.

[craigwatanabe]

Um...do you drive like a clown, Fat Jeff? I'm curious how a clown drives. (And I mean of the circus red-nose variety, not the clown/jerk/dumbass variety.)

Interestingly enough, a troupe of clowns -- literally, yes, clowns -- became our neighbors in Mililani recently. That is to say, performing as clowns appears to be their business, as each of their cars so advertise. I've really wanted to chat them up and find out more about the clown lifestyle... but for folks who make their living as clowns, they come across as pretty surly!

Oh, yes, topic. Stupid bumperstickers. How about, "My other car is also a car." No? "This is my other car." Er... Never mind.


Come on PZ...your neighbors were just...CLOWNING AROUND!!! :eek: HA HA HA HA HA HA.... :rolleyes:

[Fat Jeff]

Um...do you drive like a clown, Fat Jeff? I'm curious how a clown drives. (And I mean of the circus red-nose variety, not the clown/jerk/dumbass variety.)

Interestingly enough, a troupe of clowns -- literally, yes, clowns -- became our neighbors in Mililani recently. That is to say, performing as clowns appears to be their business, as each of their cars so advertise. I've really wanted to chat them up and find out more about the clown lifestyle... but for folks who make their living as clowns, they come across as pretty surly!

Actually my wife says I drive like a woman...whatever that means (I got my hot rodding drifting the corners & burning rubber stuff out of me years ago).

Funny about your new neighbors...especially since I most probably know them! Truth be told, I know most of the working clowns in town. In fact the one who gave me that bumper sticker is coming to my son's 1st birthday party tomorrow (at Magic Island, pray for sun).

So, what is driving like a Clown like? Just like a lot of things, you'll know it when you see it (and the cat hanging from the bumper too).

P.S. No cats were harmed in the production of said bumpersticker.

[Palolo Joe]

Not a bumper sticker, but it should be...

[Leo Lakio]

Not exactly a bumper sticker but:

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/8936/motivationfl9.th.jpg (http://img237.imageshack.us/my.php?image=motivationfl9.jpg)
I have this in a small frame at my desk.

[Erika Engle]

I guess I'll be labeled a "prude" for this, but AINOKEA.
The bumper stickers, decals, etc. that I cannot tolerate, are the ones with offensive language, either spelled accurately or spelled "on the sly" for all to see.

Some are plays on the old (failed) VW slogan "farvergnugen" (or however that was spelled). One I saw yesterday said "bacdafucup." (Kimo, did you write that one? -- j/k)

What gives somebody the right to offend my sensibilities and those of my kids -- or ANYBODY'S kids?

Oh yeah, the first amendment. Right.

Sometimes I wish I had a super-soaker full of nail polish remover to shoot at the disgraceful verbiage, to deface it and teach the vile car-pimper a lesson. That would be MY freedom of expression. Of course I'd never actually do it.

People are going to swear. Fine. Do it on this board, fine. This is, in a way, a private group, where we can communicate freely -- I CHOOSE to be in here.

When I'm on the road, it's usually out of necessity, as is looking around -- but why should I be subjected to somebody's swears IN PUBLIC?

They no mo' shame, o' what?!

Their mothers must be so proud of their little boors, now all grown up.

[Bard]

But then I remembered you are in Oregon...that explains it!!

It's Hippy land here!.....

The Willamette Valley anyway. The rest of the state is a different story. Plenty o' "shut up hippy" stickers out there ;)

[blueyecicle]

I guess I'll be labeled a "prude" for this, but AINOKEA.
The bumper stickers, decals, etc. that I cannot tolerate, are the ones with offensive language, either spelled accurately or spelled "on the sly" for all to see.

Some are plays on the old (failed) VW slogan "farvergnugen" (or however that was spelled). One I saw yesterday said "bacdafucup." (Kimo, did you write that one? -- j/k)

What gives somebody the right to offend my sensibilities and those of my kids -- or ANYBODY'S kids?

Oh yeah, the first amendment. Right.

Sometimes I wish I had a super-soaker full of nail polish remover to shoot at the disgraceful verbiage, to deface it and teach the vile car-pimper a lesson. That would be MY freedom of expression. Of course I'd never actually do it.

People are going to swear. Fine. Do it on this board, fine. This is, in a way, a private group, where we can communicate freely -- I CHOOSE to be in here.

When I'm on the road, it's usually out of necessity, as is looking around -- but why should I be subjected to somebody's swears IN PUBLIC?

They no mo' shame, o' what?!

Their mothers must be so proud of their little boors, now all grown up.

I really hate it when my 4 years old says "mommy what does F U Mean?" From a car in front of me!

Or when my 10 year old asked me what the Vagina Monologues was??? Because there was a 20 foot sign!!!

[blueyecicle]

The Willamette Valley anyway. The rest of the state is a different story. Plenty o' "shut up hippy" stickers out there ;)

It's hard for my closet conservative views here!!
A gal was asking me about my hair asking me if I went to the "Country Fairs" and what not...I told her I was a closet republican...I think she fell off her chair!!

shhhh..... :eek:

Oh and to the bumper sticker thread.....Vegetarian in Indian means Poor Hunter...I see alot of those, how offensive and stupid are those!! (offensive to the Indian I mean)... :p

[Mike_Lowery]

Seen this once, and never saw it again:

My child can kick your honor student's ass

[Palolo Joe]

What gives somebody the right to offend my sensibilities and those of my kids -- or ANYBODY'S kids?

Oh yeah, the first amendment. Right.

Next thing you know, Erika will be telling people what kind of clothes they can wear (because God forbid some punk kid has a T-shirt on with verbiage she doesn't agree with), or a bookstore what kind of books they can and cannot sell, because she won't have her kids exposed to whatever she terms offensive.

I know, I know... you wouldn't really do that, would you?

Harping on the First Amendment is a mighty slippery slope.

[blueyecicle]

Seen this once, and never saw it again:

My child can kick your honor student's ass

I must live in redneck land because I honestly see at least 5 of those per week!

[Erika Engle]

Next thing you know, Erika will be telling people what kind of clothes they can wear (because God forbid some punk kid has a T-shirt on with verbiage she doesn't agree with), or a bookstore what kind of books they can and cannot sell, because she won't have her kids exposed to whatever she terms offensive.
I know, I know... you wouldn't really do that, would you?
Harping on the First Amendment is a mighty slippery slope.

I'm not harping on the first amendment -- I'm just complaining about some people's insensitive applications of it on bumper stickers and other displays that are visible to the public.
I've seen LOTS of punk kids with T-shirts I find offensive. I can't stand it, but I don't yell at them or scowl at them or anything.
I know full well that those people, punk kids, punk grownups, whoever, have a right to express whatever objectionable thing they want.
I don't have the right to control other people's freedom of expression -- but I DO have the SAME RIGHT to say that I don't like it. I can even express that I think it's shameful and reflects badly on them.
Rights often come with responsibilities -- and I think the First Amendment is a prime example.

[Palolo Joe]

I don't have the right to control other people's freedom of expression -- but I DO have the SAME RIGHT to say that I don't like it. I can even express that I think it's shameful and reflects badly on them.
Absolutely. That's why I've always admired you Erika... not only are you a pretty lady, but you're an incredibly intelligent and eloquent woman as well. :cool:

[Erika Engle]

Whew!

Thanks for the tone of your reply.

I was a'feared I was gonna hafta open uppa canna whup--- on ya.

:D

j/k -- have a great weekend!

[Whitepoint3rchum]

Personally I find it offensive that language is offensive. And the same with sex, a natural act. Just sayin' perhaps we all need to lighten up...

Of course at the time of my authoring this I'm a young guy and my tune may very well change when I have kids of my own, hehe. :)

[cezanne]

Saw a plate frame today: My other car Is UGLIER than this one.

[Erika Engle]

Saw a plate frame today: My other car Is UGLIER than this one.
Now THAT'S funny!

[Leo Lakio]

Of course at the time of my authoring this I'm a young guy and my tune may very well change when I have kids of my own, hehe. :)If and when it does, you can laugh about the statements you made when you were younger, and it will help you to be more tolerant of the next generation. It'll make you a fun ol' fut.

[timkona]

Peace Needs War

[idvfilms]

I saw one today that cracked me up~

North Shore
Hoale Wood

[timkona]

My place in South Kona I call "Haole Would Farm"

[Leo Lakio]

My place in South Kona I call "Haole Would Farm"
That is funny, on multiple levels - thanks for sharing.

[craigwatanabe]

I'd still like to see one that says: Divers do it Deeper but Japanese eat it Raw!

[WindwardOahuRN]

I'd still like to see one that says: Divers do it Deeper but Japanese eat it Raw!

Would ya, really? LOL.... :D

[WindwardOahuRN]

I saw one today that cracked me up~

North Shore
Hoale Wood

Duh. I have often seen references to Kailua, Oahu, as "HaoleWood."

Yuk yuk...@@...

[GeckoGeek]

The bumper stickers, decals, etc. that I cannot tolerate, are the ones with offensive language, either spelled accurately or spelled "on the sly" for all to see.
How about the Jeep that parks just down the road from me with the license plate STFU?

I guess the folks down at DMV hadn't heard of that one when he applied for it.

[timkona]

I Brake For Tailgaters

[Erika Engle]

How about the Jeep that parks just down the road from me with the license plate STFU?
I guess the folks down at DMV hadn't heard of that one when he applied for it.

What, did they think it was St. Louis Federal (Credit) Union?

Did the rocket-scientist behind the counter not realize - or fail to FULLY realize -- that STFU was/is patently offensive -- or did the applicant have initials in their name to back up such plates -- or did the county employee/software just not know/care?

So many questions, so little civility/propriety left in this world ...

[GeckoGeek]

What, did they think it was St. Louis Federal (Credit) Union?

No idea. You probably know more about the DMV then I do. I doubt if they require everyone to explain the meaning of their license plate application. As long as they don't recognize it as something offensive, it passes.

The real question is, if this is brought to their attention, what will they do? Can/will they recall it?

[cezanne]

"YES,this a new truck. NO, I won't help you move."

[craigwatanabe]

When I was in the military (did I mention this before?) this guy had a plate that said, "FTAF". Our squadron commander made him remove it from his vehicle because he thought it said, "Fuck The Air Force".

The Airman told the Major, "Sir it means: Fly The American Flag". He got to keep it on his car.

[Erika Engle]

Plausible deniability/plausible alternative. You gotta love it.

[Pua'i Mana'o]

this one makes me howl:

[adrian]

I saw this phrase on a few cars:

"if you're going to ride my *ss, at least pull my hair"

[GeckoGeek]

"I'm not tailgating, I'm drafting"

[infinitypro]

The ones that have been surfacing about panties, or pantehs...quite annoying and a reflection of insecurities.

But, OFF TOPIC a bit...has anyone seen the "bull's balls" hanging beneath the trucks? I haven't seen it here on Oahu, but I did while I lived on the Big Island.