The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #30760   Message #396722
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
12-Feb-01 - 07:24 PM
Thread Name: BS: American Bumper Stickers
Subject: RE: BS: American Bumper Stickers
Do bumper stickers go on bumpers? Not much room I'd have thought, and don't they get covered in mud?

It's common enough putting stickers on the back window of cars in England - "Baby on Board" is one of the most common, and for some reason it annoys a lot of people. I can't see why - I see it as reminding me and my fellow motorists that these are lethal vehicles we're driving, and we're in a very hazardous situation while we're on the road. And reminding us of that seems a good idea to me..

And that's how I'd react to that "My Son was killed by a drunk driver" - a raw and jagged reminder of reality.

The silliest and most dangerous is where people have a sticker in small print saying "If you can read this, you're too close." Which just encourages people to drive too close in order to make out what it says - it'd maybe make sense if it was printed in great big letters that you could read at a really safe distance.

(How did that "supposedly greatest guitarist" get into this thread?)