So I see this car...

[Wheetsin 714]

...and it has one of those "It's a child, not a choice" stickers on it. And inside I see a male driving, and a female holding a baby on her lap. Now this is going down the Interstate, 70 mph speed limit, I'm going 75 and they're passing me pretty quickly. And I see four children in the backseat. I can't tell if any are sealbelted, but I know at least two were not because they had climbed up onto the back dash (you know, the flat space reserved for tissues and other things we lose that meets up with the back window) and are making faces at all of the cars they go by. And I'm thinking yeah, you made the right choice...

And then I get closer to home and stop at the gas station. A not very nice truck. That happens to have confederate flags on the back windows, and a "NO FAT CHICKS" bumper sticker on the back. The door opens and this man gets out who has at least 200 lbs on me. His sweatpants are filthy and, well - let's just say he needed to say no to crack. Grizzly beard, greasy hair, and flip flops (it's like 7 degrees out here). And let's just say he'd probably never seen a pedicure. He closes his door and proceeds to "hock a lugey" onto the side of the gas pump, laugh, and have a conversation with himself. And this guy is going to tell me "NO FAT CHICKS"? Why, because they turn you down too? (BTW, he also had one that said "TO ALL YOU VIRGINS - THANKS FOR NOTHING")

And I started wondering - what do you think the deal is with bumper stickers? Do you think people really feel this way? Do you think they're so hungry for attention that they do it just for the reaction? Do you think they bought the car from someone else, and "inherited" the political placards? Have you ever seen an absolutely ironic political statement, and wondered - wtf?!

My car has no stickers. I used to have a Darnwin fish, but someone stole it off my car. I was told that one of the resident church-goers relieved me of my ownership. And I remember thinking, how ironic...

[susannah 2]

Hey Wheetsin, I personally detest car bumper stickers myself. As for the whole ''No fat chicks" thing, I have personally been abused by some males twice my size. It seems it is ok for a male to be obese, but if a women is obese they have committed a crime against society.

Susannah

[2bthinagn 3]

It almost makes me sick to my stomach to see cars with kids not in a car seat!

[Boo Boo Kitty 3]

I agree that kids should always be in car seats. I remember that when I was young that we didn't wear seatbelts or car seats...what dummies are parents were! lol...

I think you are spot on about bumper stickers being political placecards. I do not have any other than a sticker I made myself...

I had the VW logo with "Anything boys can do girls can do better" in chrome. It was to keep my hubby away from my new car. It didn't work, someone (he still says it wasn't him) stole all the words off it and left just the VW logo. But after I thought about it, I did ask for it!! NOW no more bumberstickers, just my personalized plate...lol...but it says "Luv VW" as my plate number. I do love my car....

[Wheetsin 714]

Hubby has a "I ♥ MY WIFE" sticker. THAT started as a joke - I gave it to him along with a t-shirt that said, "Yes dear..." on it for a sort of white elephant anniversary present, and he liked it and put it on his truck.

Now on the rare occasion that I drive his truck - wow, do I get some weird looks.

I agree about the fat men/women thing. And it's also a little different (or so it seems) for short women. E.g. a short "petite" woman who looks, say, 60 lbs overweight seems to be more "ok" than a 5'10 women who looks 60 lbs overweight. I'm an Amazon woman, and I used to really and truly believe that if I'd been bortn shorter, it would have been ok weight-wise, because then I would be "cute". lol

Boo Boo, do you have one of the new model bugs, or the classic?

And yes, I remember going around without a seatbelt, and in the front seat. One time dad got cut off, had to brake suddenly, and my face went right into the dash. Fortunately it was relatively low speed, but I had a tooth (that was loose anyway, thankfully) get knocked out and pushed up into the soft palette, bloody lip, etc. What were they thinking, indeed. I think they just didn't "get" the importance of it back then.

[Elisabethsew 50]

Trust me, at 5' 2" with a small bone structure, fat is fat. Short or tall those extra pounds show. I have a girlfriend who says women become invisible to men as a love interest once they cross over the 200 pound mark.

As for bumper stickers, I don't have any on my vehicle and don't always agree with what some say but it's America and I respect their right to freedom of expression... even if the sticker is hurtful.

[Wheetsin 714]

No one is advocating for people to not have stickers. They're just so gosh darned ironic sometimes.

[lianna 3]

I have no stickers on my car. One of our friends has a beautiful black Escalade and has a Harley Davidson sticker, a mandela sticker, and an American chopper sticker on the back window, and a rattlesnake rattler and chicken (?) claw hanging from his rearview mirror. For some reason that cracks me up. Kind of like putting the old recliners on the front porch of a $300,000 house, lol. My husband (firefighter) has the firefighter logo, the red thing with the crossed firepicks, on his truck window. Suprisingly it has gotten us out of 3 tickets...I guess there is a feeling of brotherhood among police officers and firefighters. NOT why he has it on his window though, lol.

[maudeispam 2]

I dont have bumper stickers but I do have two magnets. One says "I love my Basset Hound." And the other says "Some A$$hole stole my support ribbon". At one point in time I did have the yellow support ribbon magnet, till someone stole it.

[anonemouse 1]

I have a girlfriend who says women become invisible to men as a love interest once they cross over the 200 pound mark.

I would have to agree with her. Although, I think taller women carry their weight better. A 200-pound woman that's 6 feet tall looks a lot thinner than a 200-pound woman that's 5 feet tall.

[green 6]

People up here in Canada don't usually put bumper stickers on their cars. I think that we are afraid that we will get rust build-up around them. I guess the only one I have seen is the breast cancer ribbon.

[o2bthin 0]

OMG too funny! Literal coffee spew on the fat guy!

[Boo Boo Kitty 3]

Boo Boo, do you have one of the new model bugs, or the classic? quote]

I have a VW Jetta TDI, which means I get 600 miles on a 13 gallon tank of diesel gas. I drive about 600 miles a week, so literally I just LOVE my car!

BUT we are looking for an old VW van to fix up!

[paladin 0]

Do you think they're so hungry for attention that they do it just for the reaction? Do you think they bought the car from someone else, and "inherited" the political placards? Have you ever seen an absolutely ironic political statement, and wondered - wtf?!

Yes, actually I've wondered the same thing. It reminds of virtual bumper stickers too. You know, the ones people put under their user names and then wonder why they get questioned about it. Some people even get a little testy b/c it's been "discussed into the ground". If you choose to display your views, expect to get responses and/or questions. How ironic indeed!

[piercedqt78 658]

My hubby and I both have a sitcker on both of our cars, that says "They use us and abuse us" with all the railroad logos on it. My hubby is a railroader and they are working them to death without a current union contract. He also has several overtime claims that are due to him for over 6 months that we are still waiting to recieve. Once they get a contract signed the stickers will come off. I also have an I heart my Bostons sticker (decal) in my back window. ~Mandy