With so many nut cases out there today the last thing I'm going to do is put a sticker on my car and risk getting shot.
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With so many nut cases out there today the last thing I'm going to do is put a sticker on my car and risk getting shot.
and no political signs in the yard either. I have a neighbor who puts up signs and I fear that some people don't aim all that well.
Someone made a study some years ago and determined that _any_ bumper sticker or the like increased one's chances of being stopped by cops. Even 'God loves you' or 'I heart Jones Elementary'.
No explanation that I recall, just hard data.
was one I saw _once_ back in the '70s. I always looked for it in shops as I thought it was hilarious and worth getting for posterity but have yet to see one for sale anywhere.
I used to have fave band stickers on my pickup truck, like Sleater-Kinney and The Who, Cabaret Voltaire, Eno and some others, but apart from that don't really like to advertise my tastes to other drivers -mostly for the reasons given here!
Rick
....bullet hole decals? Those caught a few cops' attention for awhile.
keep up with pop culture.
Fictional guy(s). Got it.
Dysfunctional society. Got it. (And haven't we all got it.)
Can't read the middle line on my smartphone. Is it Dwayne's other names?
Remember "Don't blame me. I voted for Helen Gahagan Douglas"? Ours could be "Don't blame me. I'm JW". ![]()
King of the Hill was some of the best adult comedy going. By adult I mean the attitude and experience, not the language.
I'm with ya, Mr. P. - I got so many laughs and chuckles out of that show ( and still do when I think of some of the lines! ). It encapsulates the rural American "experience" in a unique way - satirical yet kind-hearted.
In my previous job I had many road trips to small Texas towns and got to see the regional variations in folk and culture. One of the funniest was to Anahuac which is east of Houston and has stayed very much as it was, say, circa 1950. ( This particular trip was in the mid '80s - perhaps the town has 'modernized' somewhat since then, but somehow I doubt it! ). I had a meeting with the Sheriff of the county to discuss the keying requirements of their upgraded locks on the old courthouse/police building. The place was originally built around the turn of the century, like 1897 or something and had been spruced up in maybe 1948 or so. Beautiful doors and hinges, locks and door closers, etc. - it was a shame to me that some of it had to be replaced, as modern hardware just doesn't look as good, no matter what the price-point. Anyway, the Sheriff showed me around his part of the building and I noticed a display case on the wall that had bulletins regarding "Satanic influences" parents should "be on the lookout for" re: their children. This was a quite serious list which included such "red flags" as Rock and especially Heavy Metal music, "inappropriate dancing" ( I guess anything other than square dancing, country-music 'close' dancing and waltzing, etc.) and even interest in science fiction and fantasy literature. Horror novels got particular mention as "introductions to Satanism". I almost burst out laughing but caught myself, luckily, as I noticed the Sheriff was eyeing me rather closely - almost suspiciously. The meeting went off without a hitch and I drove back to the shop mentally reminding myself to _not_ visit that particular part of Texas again, if I could help it. :^)
Rick
Some worecballcaps and T-shirts with the word or a picture, "daemon" as they passed through. A perfectly legit use of an old word for a modern piece of programming. Couldn't make the locals believe they were about the least likely folks to have a serious religion of any kind.
On the other hand ...
What we've noticed is creeping permissiveness. What your Texas folks looked on with horror is now PG mainstream. Language, themes, relationships, [un]dress and so on.
In that sense, then they (and we) are right to be concerned.
We don't burn books, and we stay away from demonstrations at school board meetings on the latest Catcher in the Rye flap. instead we look at what our kids are getting each year, and talk to the school about alternatives. If push comes to shove, we have our kids take an incomplete for the class. Happens less often than you might think. Many teachers are also unhappy that 'the Harry Potter books got children reading'. Our kids are usually among the better readers at every grade level, with a different Book.
A King line I recall is when he came into his son's room to find him wearing a female cheerleader's costume. Logical reason for it, but not immediately evident.
Hank chose what he considered the lesser of two evils. "You'd better have a naked cheerleader under the bed!"