Once every twenty year bumper sticker
About an hour ago I was driving home from the library. I had raced there after work as I had a book soon to be overdue, and did not want to have the library police banging on my door over the weekend to attempt their various literary torture devices on me to entice my revelation of the locale of said contraband. Upon my successful adventure to the local branch I found myself in the presence of greatness during my return journey. Thinking back, it was in 1988 that this event last occurred in my life, thus I felt it very important to write about it while it was still freshly bouncing around in my cranal cavity.
Yes, for the first time since the Reagan presidency I saw a bumper sticker that made me laugh out loud. Just for reference, I am not a sheltered person who thinks President Bush is a hedge on the east side of the White House, however it has been far and few between moments I have seen an adage on the back of a vehicle that struck me as just plain funny.
The last time I saw one was on the Long Beach freeway approaching Long Beach, CA. while going to perform an audit for my employer at the time. Traffic was extremely heavy as it was around 9:00 am, well heck, doesn't matter what time it is in southern California.. traffic is always heavy. While negoiating my way toward my destination I spotted a large Ford Bronco baring down from behind me. Unlike O.J.'s Bronco, this one was painted in a "camo" pattern and the driver was large, with no discernible neck and a shiny bald head (not that common in 1989.) As he cut off a car to my right and swung past my miniscule Toyota Tercel I noticed his license plate cover had a simple saying listed across it.
"WOMEN DRIVERS : NO SURVIVORS"
As he faded from my view blasting through traffic ahead of me I was left with a laugh and a visual that has stuck with me to this day.
And today I saw another "Kodak" moment saying attached to a car. This time in a long line of traffic returning home from the library. I was about to pull faces at the older model white Jeep Cherokee ahead of me as it was testings the limits of first gear. The driver had that John Kerry "save the Whales" look about him, and I never really got a good look at his co-pilot. But attached to the tailgate of his aged vehicle was a very small white bumper sticker with black lettering stating:
"I poke badgers with spoons"
Yes, for the first time since the Reagan presidency I saw a bumper sticker that made me laugh out loud. Just for reference, I am not a sheltered person who thinks President Bush is a hedge on the east side of the White House, however it has been far and few between moments I have seen an adage on the back of a vehicle that struck me as just plain funny.
The last time I saw one was on the Long Beach freeway approaching Long Beach, CA. while going to perform an audit for my employer at the time. Traffic was extremely heavy as it was around 9:00 am, well heck, doesn't matter what time it is in southern California.. traffic is always heavy. While negoiating my way toward my destination I spotted a large Ford Bronco baring down from behind me. Unlike O.J.'s Bronco, this one was painted in a "camo" pattern and the driver was large, with no discernible neck and a shiny bald head (not that common in 1989.) As he cut off a car to my right and swung past my miniscule Toyota Tercel I noticed his license plate cover had a simple saying listed across it.
"WOMEN DRIVERS : NO SURVIVORS"
As he faded from my view blasting through traffic ahead of me I was left with a laugh and a visual that has stuck with me to this day.
And today I saw another "Kodak" moment saying attached to a car. This time in a long line of traffic returning home from the library. I was about to pull faces at the older model white Jeep Cherokee ahead of me as it was testings the limits of first gear. The driver had that John Kerry "save the Whales" look about him, and I never really got a good look at his co-pilot. But attached to the tailgate of his aged vehicle was a very small white bumper sticker with black lettering stating:
"I poke badgers with spoons"
posted by Rich in Cincy | 6:04 PM
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