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The Gay Savior/Queer Messiah

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Seen on the pickup truck in front of me, it went
something like this:

Combat inbreeding. Ban country music.

John

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G. Wolfe Woodbury

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I *still* like the bumper snicker that says "Run Jesse Run"
on the front bumper of a North Carolina vehicle.


The Gay Savior/Queer Messiah <jt...@netway.com> shaped electrons to say:


>
>Seen on the pickup truck in front of me, it went
>something like this:
>
> Combat inbreeding. Ban country music.
>
> John

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elawrence

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On Tue, 01 Feb 2000 04:09:01 GMT jt...@netway.com (The Gay Savior/Queer
Messiah) wrote:
>
>
> Seen on the pickup truck in front of me, it went
> something like this:
>
> Combat inbreeding. Ban country music.

Surely that's not a common bumper sticker. I'd imagine
you're more likely to see things on the order of "If it
ain't Country, it ain't music" or "If you don't like Country
music, you can kiss my ass."

Edgar
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elawrence

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Peter Hartikka

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My favo(u)rite was spotted on a van belonging to a floor-refinishing
company:

Just Say No to Rugs


Eric Holeman

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In article <389740A3...@mindspring.com>,
Peter Hartikka <hart...@mindspring.com> wrote:

I usually say that under my breath when I see a bad toupee.


--
Eric Holeman Chicago, Illinois USA
"Unmarked obstacles exist."--ski area disclaimer

Cornelia Wyngaarden

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Eric Holeman <eh...@enteract.com> wrote:
: In article <389740A3...@mindspring.com>,
: Peter Hartikka <hart...@mindspring.com> wrote:

:>My favo(u)rite was spotted on a van belonging to a floor-refinishing
:>company:
:>
:>Just Say No to Rugs

: I usually say that under my breath when I see a bad toupee.

I have never seen a good one and the question always is {{why}}??

corry
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Cornelia Wyngaarden
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Brian M. Kochera

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In article <877hb9$4gi$1...@eve.enteract.com>, eh...@enteract.com (Eric Holeman)
writes:

> Peter Hartikka <hart...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>>My favo(u)rite was spotted on a van belonging to a floor-refinishing
>>company:
>>
>>Just Say No to Rugs
>
>I usually say that under my breath when I see a bad toupee.
>

Given out at a travel agency: "Fly to Hawaii the good lei state".

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Cornelia Wyngaarden

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Leith Chu <Isla...@pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:

: Cornelia Wyngaarden wrote:
:> Eric Holeman <eh...@enteract.com> wrote:
:> : Peter Hartikka <hart...@mindspring.com> wrote:
:> :>Just Say No to Rugs


:> : I usually say that under my breath when I see a bad toupee.

:> I have never seen a good one and the question always is {{why}}??

: I think the theory is that if it's a good one you won't realize it's a
: toupee.

Ack I was afraid of that response...but I think that I can always tell

corry
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Cornelia Wyngaarden
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Mike McManus

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JTEM wrote:
>
> "elawrence" <elaw...@nospam.com> wrote:
[re: "Combat inbreeding. Ban country music."]

>
> > Surely that's not a common bumper sticker. I'd imagine
> >you're more likely to see things on the order of "If it
> >ain't Country, it ain't music" or "If you don't like Country
> >music, you can kiss my ass."
>
> Coming off of 128 outside of Boston? I don't think so.
>
> Now "Mean People Suck," on the other hand, is a common bumper
> sticker.

A couple of good ones I've seen:

"This vehicle insured by Smith & Wesson."
"My two best friends are Charlie and Jack Daniels."

Of course there's also the interesting things people do with bumper
stickers not affixed to a bumper. In my college dorm some guys put
one on their door which read "I Never Unbuckled A Dead Person",
illustrated with a state trooper holding a seat-belt buckle. The
commentary beneath it read: "I let the paramedics do that stuff.
Ooh. Icky. Totally gross." ;-)

--
Mike McManus <mmcm...@frontiernet.net> Rochester, NY

"I want you to have zero tolerance for intolerance."
-- Archbishop Desmond Tutu, in a television ad for the
Alliance For Full Acceptance, in SC <http://www.affa-sc.org/>

Leith Chu

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Cornelia Wyngaarden wrote:
> Eric Holeman <eh...@enteract.com> wrote:
> : Peter Hartikka <hart...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> :>Just Say No to Rugs
> : I usually say that under my breath when I see a bad toupee.
> I have never seen a good one and the question always is {{why}}??

I think the theory is that if it's a good one you won't realize it's a
toupee.

Leith

JTEM

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"elawrence" <elaw...@nospam.com> wrote:

> Surely that's not a common bumper sticker. I'd imagine
>you're more likely to see things on the order of "If it
>ain't Country, it ain't music" or "If you don't like Country
>music, you can kiss my ass."

Coming off of 128 outside of Boston? I don't think so.

Now "Mean People Suck," on the other hand, is a common bumper
sticker.

John

W. Donald Cotter

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Cornelia Wyngaarden (co...@oswald.eciad.bc.ca) wrote:
> Leith Chu <Isla...@pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> : I think the theory is that if it's a good one you won't realize it's a
> : toupee.
>
> Ack I was afraid of that response...but I think that I can always tell

Well! Now you have something in common with John McCain!


elawrence

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On Wed, 02 Feb 2000 01:59:24 GMT jt...@netway.com (JTEM) wrote:
> "elawrence" <elaw...@nospam.com> wrote:
>
> > Surely that's not a common bumper sticker. I'd imagine
> >you're more likely to see things on the order of "If it
> >ain't Country, it ain't music" or "If you don't like Country
> >music, you can kiss my ass."
>
> Coming off of 128 outside of Boston? I don't think so.

Okay, not common in that particular locale. I was
thinking of The Big Picture, though. Perhaps I should have
made it more clear that I meant the impersonal "you".

> Now "Mean People Suck," on the other hand, is a common bumper
> sticker.

Oh, yes, *that* one. I see it a lot here, too.

Robert S. Coren

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In article <3897A4B...@frontiernet.net>,

Mike McManus <mmcm...@frontiernet.net> wrote:
>
>Of course there's also the interesting things people do with bumper
>stickers not affixed to a bumper. In my college dorm some guys put
>one on their door which read "I Never Unbuckled A Dead Person",
>illustrated with a state trooper holding a seat-belt buckle. The
>commentary beneath it read: "I let the paramedics do that stuff.
>Ooh. Icky. Totally gross." ;-)

Reminds me of the time (back in the late 70s or early 80s) when a
cow-orker put a "Free Afghanistan" bumper sticker on his office door,
to which another cow-orker appended a note reading "with every purchase
over $10". The person whose door it was was not amused.
--
-------Robert Coren (co...@spdcc.com)-------------------------
"The 'Ring' can be read as the story of an aristocrat who grows bored
in a loveless marriage and builds a palace he cannot afford. He cuts
corners, and the world ends." -- Alex Ross in _The New Yorker_ of 8/10/98

Clay Colwell

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Bob Boutwell <bout...@shore.nospam.net> wrote:
> In article <38978f19...@news.netway.com>,

> JTEM <str8...@mondo.het.com> wrote:
>>
>>Coming off of 128 outside of Boston? I don't think so.
>>
>>Now "Mean People Suck," on the other hand, is a common bumper
>>sticker.

> I really like a bumper sticker that I see in the parking lot at work:

> Visualize Using Your
> Turn Signals

I like it too. Austinites, for the most part, seem to suffer
from a delusion that a Law of Conservation of Turn Signals
exists, thus that, if they use 'em now, they won't be able
to use them later when they *really* *need* to.

-- Clay

elawrence

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On 1 Feb 2000 13:39:09 -0800 Cornelia Wyngaarden

<co...@oswald.eciad.bc.ca> wrote:
> Eric Holeman <eh...@enteract.com> wrote:
> : In article <389740A3...@mindspring.com>,

> : Peter Hartikka <hart...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> :>My favo(u)rite was spotted on a van belonging to a floor-refinishing
> :>company:
> :>

> :>Just Say No to Rugs
>
> : I usually say that under my breath when I see a bad toupee.
>
> I have never seen a good one and the question always is {{why}}??

Because it's *not* there.

Peter Hartikka

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"Brian M. Kochera" wrote:

> Given out at a travel agency: "Fly to Hawaii the good lei state".

In the same vein: I saw a bus ad for Snickers bars this morning that read:
"Why other candy bars suffer from peanut envy."


elawrence

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On 1 Feb 2000 18:01:20 -0800 Cornelia Wyngaarden

<co...@oswald.eciad.bc.ca> wrote:
> Leith Chu <Isla...@pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> : Cornelia Wyngaarden wrote:
> :> Eric Holeman <eh...@enteract.com> wrote:
> :> : Peter Hartikka <hart...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> :> :>Just Say No to Rugs
> :> : I usually say that under my breath when I see a bad toupee.
> :> I have never seen a good one and the question always is {{why}}??
>
> : I think the theory is that if it's a good one you won't realize it's a
> : toupee.
>
> Ack I was afraid of that response...but I think that I can always tell

Toupeedar?

Cornelia Wyngaarden

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W. Donald Cotter <wdco...@mtholyoke.edu> wrote:

: Cornelia Wyngaarden (co...@oswald.eciad.bc.ca) wrote:
:> Leith Chu <Isla...@pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:
:>
:> : I think the theory is that if it's a good one you won't realize it's a

:> : toupee.
:>
:> Ack I was afraid of that response...but I think that I can always tell

: Well! Now you have something in common with John McCain!

come again? [serious doubt] eh?

W. Donald Cotter

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Cornelia Wyngaarden (co...@oswald.eciad.bc.ca) wrote:
> W. Donald Cotter <wdco...@mtholyoke.edu> wrote:
> : Cornelia Wyngaarden (co...@oswald.eciad.bc.ca) wrote:
> :> Leith Chu <Isla...@pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> :>
> :> : I think the theory is that if it's a good one you won't realize it's a
> :> : toupee.
> :>
> :> Ack I was afraid of that response...but I think that I can always tell
>
> : Well! Now you have something in common with John McCain!
>
> come again? [serious doubt] eh?

Just a silly remark. Your comment reminded me of the recently reported
story of McCain's "gaydar"--supposedly, he could tell who was gay in
the military and who wasn't. Thus, Edgar's "Toupeedar" response.


elawrence

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I can just imagine parents of certain religious persuasions
being asked "Mommy/Daddy, what does that mean?" Heh heh.

Cornelia Wyngaarden

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W. Donald Cotter <wdco...@mtholyoke.edu> wrote:
: Cornelia Wyngaarden (co...@oswald.eciad.bc.ca) wrote:

Liveless hair is a dead givaway.

elawrence

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On 2 Feb 2000 16:49:21 GMT Clay Colwell <er...@io.com> wrote:

[snip]

> Austinites, for the most part, seem to suffer
> from a delusion that a Law of Conservation of Turn Signals
> exists, thus that, if they use 'em now, they won't be able
> to use them later when they *really* *need* to.

Does the phenomenon of treating a left turn line (of
cars) like a conga line, which must *never* be broken occur
in Austin. That's the latest rage here, along with sneaking
through a changing light later and later.

Michael Thomas

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co...@spdcc.com (Robert S. Coren) writes:
> Reminds me of the time (back in the late 70s or early 80s) when a
> cow-orker put a "Free Afghanistan" bumper sticker on his office door,
> to which another cow-orker appended a note reading "with every purchase
> over $10". The person whose door it was was not amused.

So, like, was the Three Mumia bit -- done up as three
Warholh'ed Marilyns -- a local SF phenom?
--
Michael Thomas (mi...@mtcc.com http://www.mtcc.com/~mike/)
"I dunno, that's an awful lot of money."
Beavis


elawrence

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On Wed, 02 Feb 2000 22:43:00 -0600 Kerry Ginn
<KerryGin...@aol.com> wrote:
> In article <879n6g$md3$1...@hiram.io.com>, Clay Colwell <er...@io.com>
> wrote:

[snip]

> > I like it too. Austinites, for the most part, seem to suffer


> > from a delusion that a Law of Conservation of Turn Signals
> > exists, thus that, if they use 'em now, they won't be able
> > to use them later when they *really* *need* to.
>

> Hey! It's really tough to signal while you're dialing. :-(

Or lighting a cigarette, or drinking a be..., um, beverage.
I haven't noticed that anyone has mentioned a bumper sticker
which seems to be fairly popular around here: "Brakes are for
pussies". Now, *there's* a "statment"!

cor...@frogger.telerama.com

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In article <8ECEC7662df...@news1.bway.net>, David W. Fenton wrote:
>Who the hell started a "bumper stickers" thread?

"ROAD RAGE Next 10 Miles"

>Isn't that what passes for discourse in completely dull and
>uninteresting groups like misc.writing?

The HRC just gave SPARC (statewide PA rights LGBT group) several thousand
dollars for our rally in Harrisburg at the capitol in April.

--
Scott

Hey Hey I saved the world today
Everybody's happy now
The bad thing's gone away
And everybody's happy now
The good thing's here to stay
Please let it stay
Eurythmics, Peace

Clay Colwell

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elawrence <elaw...@nospam.com> wrote:

> On 2 Feb 2000 16:49:21 GMT Clay Colwell <er...@io.com> wrote:

> [snip]

>> Austinites, for the most part, seem to suffer


>> from a delusion that a Law of Conservation of Turn Signals
>> exists, thus that, if they use 'em now, they won't be able
>> to use them later when they *really* *need* to.

> Does the phenomenon of treating a left turn line (of


> cars) like a conga line, which must *never* be broken occur
> in Austin. That's the latest rage here, along with sneaking
> through a changing light later and later.

In combination: as left-turners see a light turning yellow,
they staple their front bumper to the car in front of them,
as if they can claim that they didn't see it change as they
enter the intersection because their view was blocked (we
have more than our fair share of SUVs/minivans/Tall-AssVehicles,
it seems).

Clay Colwell

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Kerry Ginn <KerryGin...@aol.com> wrote:
> In article <879n6g$md3$1...@hiram.io.com>, Clay Colwell <er...@io.com>
> wrote:

>> Bob Boutwell <bout...@shore.nospam.net> wrote:
>> > Visualize Using Your
>> > Turn Signals
>>

>> I like it too. Austinites, for the most part, seem to suffer


>> from a delusion that a Law of Conservation of Turn Signals
>> exists, thus that, if they use 'em now, they won't be able
>> to use them later when they *really* *need* to.

> Hey! It's really tough to signal while you're dialing. :-(

Davexed, your sharpshooting skills are needed, pronto!

elawrence

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On Thu, 03 Feb 2000 15:21:07 GMT cor...@frogger.telerama.com () wrote:
> In article <8ECEC7662df...@news1.bway.net>, David W. Fenton wrote:
> >Who the hell started a "bumper stickers" thread?
>
> "ROAD RAGE Next 10 Miles"

"Antelope Freeway 1/64th Mile"

Edgar
I know, I know, it's not a bumper sticker

Ann Burlingham

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"David W. Fenton" wrote:
>
> Who the hell started a "bumper stickers" thread?
>

> Isn't that what passes for discourse in completely dull and
> uninteresting groups like misc.writing?

Say, David, why don't you start an interesting thread?

Tony Pelliccio

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In article <020220002243002443%KerryGin...@aol.com>, KerryGinn-
Ser...@aol.com says...

> In article <879n6g$md3$1...@hiram.io.com>, Clay Colwell <er...@io.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Bob Boutwell <bout...@shore.nospam.net> wrote:
> > > Visualize Using Your
> > > Turn Signals
> >
> > I like it too. Austinites, for the most part, seem to suffer
> > from a delusion that a Law of Conservation of Turn Signals
> > exists, thus that, if they use 'em now, they won't be able
> > to use them later when they *really* *need* to.
>
> Hey! It's really tough to signal while you're dialing. :-(

Hence the "Hang up and drive." bumper stickers.

What's really ironic is when you see one of those on a car and the driver
is doing what? Talking on a cellular phone. The gall.

Tony

--
== Tony Pelliccio, KD1S formerly KD1NR
== Trustee WE1RD

Tony Pelliccio

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In article <lDgm4.3697$OA2.2...@c01read04.service.talkway.com>,
elaw...@nospam.com says...

> Or lighting a cigarette, or drinking a be..., um, beverage.
> I haven't noticed that anyone has mentioned a bumper sticker
> which seems to be fairly popular around here: "Brakes are for
> pussies". Now, *there's* a "statment"!

I don't remember where I'd read or heard it, but women actually go
through brakes faster than men.

FJ!!

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In article <020220002243002443%KerryGin...@aol.com>,

Kerry Ginn <KerryGin...@aol.com> wrote:
>Hey! It's really tough to signal while you're dialing. :-(

Voice-activated dialing. Coming soon to a phone near you.

FJ!!

"Protesteren moet je leren" - Marije Schadee in _Trouw_

Brian M. Kochera

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In article <8789ub$1...@northshore.shore.net>, Bob Boutwell
<bout...@shore.NOSPAM.net> writes:

>It's a great one for someone like me from JP, where I frequently see
>"Visualize World Peace".

Visualize Whirlled Peas...


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elawrence

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On 04 Feb 2000 02:44:17 GMT brian...@aol.comNOSPAM (Brian M. Kochera)
wrote:

> In article <8789ub$1...@northshore.shore.net>, Bob Boutwell
> <bout...@shore.NOSPAM.net> writes:
>
> >It's a great one for someone like me from JP, where I frequently see
> >"Visualize World Peace".
>
> Visualize Whirlled Peas...

Gosh, is this an ontological thingamajig?

Edgar
visualizing a raisin revolving within a raisin, which means
that it must exist.

elawrence

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On 4 Feb 2000 12:15:19 -0500 lrud...@panix.com (Lee Rudolph) wrote:

> "elawrence" <elaw...@nospam.com> writes:
>
> >Edgar
> >visualizing a raisin revolving within a raisin, which means
> >that it must exist.
>
> Ah, yes, the famous raisin d'etre.

I see you're familiar with the products of the Dogfish
Head brewery in Lewes, DE. I'm not sure that their beer is
actually famous, but it has been recommended.

Edgar

Brian M. Kochera

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In article <lLDm4.40954$Mg.6...@c01read03-admin.service.talkway.com>,
"elawrence" <elaw...@nospam.com> writes:

> In article <8789ub$1...@northshore.shore.net>, Bob Boutwell
>> <bout...@shore.NOSPAM.net> writes:
>>
>> >It's a great one for someone like me from JP, where I frequently see
>> >"Visualize World Peace".
>>

>> Visualize Whirlled Peas... << Greatful Dead version.


>
> Gosh, is this an ontological thingamajig?
>

Brian - Brian...@aol.com

Lee Rudolph

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"elawrence" <elaw...@nospam.com> writes:

>Edgar
>visualizing a raisin revolving within a raisin, which means
>that it must exist.

Ah, yes, the famous raisin d'etre.

Lee Rudolph

Christian Hansen

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On Fri, 04 Feb 2000 01:34:15 GMT, f...@spdcc.com (FJ!!) wrotc:

>In article <020220002243002443%KerryGin...@aol.com>,
>Kerry Ginn <KerryGin...@aol.com> wrote:
>>Hey! It's really tough to signal while you're dialing. :-(
>
>Voice-activated dialing. Coming soon to a phone near you.

People often talk about the danger to drivers and pedestrians when the driver
talks on a mobile phone. But what about the danger to the party on the other
end of the line?

I found out a piece of information from my workplace (I'm a consultant and
working at a client site at the moment...) which might have been valuable to
us in the future, so I called my boss's mobile phone and left a message
telling him the information and saying that he should not act on it
immediately but wait for further developments.

Unfortunately, he listened to the message in his car while driving home from a
meeting. He was too busy driving and not busy enough listening, as he
immediately acted on it (made a phone call to our client) rather than keeping
it under his hat and preparing to use it later.

It made my life at the workplace very itchy indeed, and I bawled him out
immediately when he told me about it.

Chris "Mobile phones are fine, but, like a car, it's not the phone itself but
the nut behind the phone who causes trouble..." Hansen
--
Chris Hansen | chris at hansenhome dot demon dot co dot uk
"God shouldn't be kicking people in the ass."
James Doemer

John F. Eldredge

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On Tue, 01 Feb 2000 22:30:03 -0500, Mike McManus
<mmcm...@frontiernet.net> wrote:

>Of course there's also the interesting things people do with bumper
>stickers not affixed to a bumper. In my college dorm some guys put
>one on their door which read "I Never Unbuckled A Dead Person",
>illustrated with a state trooper holding a seat-belt buckle. The
>commentary beneath it read: "I let the paramedics do that stuff.
>Ooh. Icky. Totally gross." ;-)

Back when Ronald Reagan was president, he used to claim that he didn't
dye his hair, despite not showing any gray at his age. My father's
comment on this was, "I guess that he has his barber dye it for him!"

When I was an undergraduate (in the late 1970's), one of my fellow
college students drove an old hearse, repainted Day-Glo purple. It
had a sign mounted on the dashboard, and presumably originating on a
gas station restroom door, reading "Locked for your protection".
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John F. Eldredge

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On Wed, 02 Feb 2000 20:49:50 GMT, "elawrence" <elaw...@nospam.com>
wrote:

>On 2 Feb 2000 16:49:21 GMT Clay Colwell <er...@io.com> wrote:
>
>[snip]
>

>> Austinites, for the most part, seem to suffer
>> from a delusion that a Law of Conservation of Turn Signals
>> exists, thus that, if they use 'em now, they won't be able
>> to use them later when they *really* *need* to.
>

> Does the phenomenon of treating a left turn line (of
>cars) like a conga line, which must *never* be broken occur
>in Austin. That's the latest rage here, along with sneaking
>through a changing light later and later.

A variation that I have seen here in Nashville, Tennessee is setting
your left turn signal to match that of the car ahead of you, even
though you don't intend to make a left turn yourself. Apparently, the
logic is "The people behind me need to know that someone ahead of them
plans to make a left turn."

I don't know if Nashville still has the (dubious) honor, but as of a
few years ago, we had the highest per-capita traffic accident rate of
any city in the USA. This is partly due to having severe congestion
at rush hour, partly due to having a lot of aggressive drivers, and
partly due to bad street designs. As an example of the latter, most
of the major surface roads have a single left-turn lane in the center,
which has to be used by vehicles going in either direction. While, in
theory, you are supposed to slow to 15 miles per hour before entering
the turn lane, in practice most people enter the turn lane at full
speed and then decelerate. This means that you sometimes have to
dodge someone else coming the other way who tries to enter the turn
lane at the same time that you do. These shared turn lanes are
nicknamed "suicide lanes".

John F. Eldredge

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On 1 Feb 2000 05:53:15 GMT, g...@wolves.adsl.duke.edu (G. Wolfe
Woodbury) wrote:

>I *still* like the bumper snicker that says "Run Jesse Run"
>on the front bumper of a North Carolina vehicle.
>
>
>The Gay Savior/Queer Messiah <jt...@netway.com> shaped electrons to say:
>>
>>Seen on the pickup truck in front of me, it went
>>something like this:
>>
>> Combat inbreeding. Ban country music.
>>
>> John

I used to work at an office which was very conservative politically,
with numerous Rush Limbaugh fans. I finally bought an bumper sticker
(still on my car) which read, "I think, and therefore I don't listen
to Rush Limbaugh". A couple of days later, one of the most outspoken
Rush fans in the office said that he had noticed my bumper sticker,
and congratulated me on having become a Rush Limbaugh fan!

sev...@worldnet.att.net

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John F. Eldredge wrote:
>
> On Tue, 01 Feb 2000 22:30:03 -0500, Mike McManus
> <mmcm...@frontiernet.net> wrote:
> >
> Back when Ronald Reagan was president, he used to claim that he didn't
> dye his hair, despite not showing any gray at his age. My father's
> comment on this was, "I guess that he has his barber dye it for him!"

I seem to recall that Johnny Carson used to make references to
Reagan dying his hair, as part of his monologues, until he received
a personal complaint from Nancy Reagan. Carson then explained that
Reagan did NOT dye his hair; in point of fact, he bleached his face...

What a wacky guy...

Frank

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Frank G. Neves, R.Hy "Credo Quia Absurdum"
Discl: No wife, no horse, no moustache Immanetize the Eschaton
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elawrence

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On Tue, 08 Feb 2000 03:37:24 GMT John F. Eldredge
<eldr...@poboxes.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Feb 2000 20:49:50 GMT, "elawrence" <elaw...@nospam.com>
> wrote:

[snip]

> > Does the phenomenon of treating a left turn line (of
> >cars) like a conga line, which must *never* be broken occur
> >in Austin. That's the latest rage here, along with sneaking
> >through a changing light later and later.
>
> A variation that I have seen here in Nashville, Tennessee is setting
> your left turn signal to match that of the car ahead of you, even
> though you don't intend to make a left turn yourself. Apparently, the
> logic is "The people behind me need to know that someone ahead of them
> plans to make a left turn."

It must not occur to these people that drivers coming
from the opposite direction might be confused.

> I don't know if Nashville still has the (dubious) honor, but as of a
> few years ago, we had the highest per-capita traffic accident rate of
> any city in the USA. This is partly due to having severe congestion
> at rush hour, partly due to having a lot of aggressive drivers, and
> partly due to bad street designs. As an example of the latter, most
> of the major surface roads have a single left-turn lane in the center,
> which has to be used by vehicles going in either direction.

We have those in this area.

> While, in theory, you are supposed to slow to 15 miles per
> hour before entering the turn lane, in practice most people enter the turn lane at full speed and then decelerate.

We frequently have the opposite problem around here.
Some people almost come to a complete stop *before* entering
the 2-way turn lane.

> This means that you sometimes have to dodge someone else
> coming the other way who tries to enter the turn lane at
> the same time that you do.

Despite the phenomenon I described above, this also,
occurs. I myself have had to play "dodge-em". Then, one
occasionally encounters a driver who ignores the 2-way
turn lane and turns left from the through lane.

> These shared turn lanes are nicknamed "suicide lanes".

There are plenty of local complaints about drivers
and driving conditions, but for some reason these lanes
haven't caused complaints around here, at least not that
I've seen.

Clay Colwell

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John F. Eldredge <eldr...@poboxes.com> wrote:

> When I was an undergraduate (in the late 1970's), one of my fellow
> college students drove an old hearse, repainted Day-Glo purple. It
> had a sign mounted on the dashboard, and presumably originating on a
> gas station restroom door, reading "Locked for your protection".

Well, it stands to reason -- can't have any of those
pesky undead wandering around disrupting traffic,
can we?

Kathryn Burlingham

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John F. Eldredge wrote in message ...

>Back when Ronald Reagan was president, he used to claim that he didn't
>dye his hair, despite not showing any gray at his age. My father's
>comment on this was, "I guess that he has his barber dye it for him!"


My aunt, at the age of 76 (nearly 77) has maybe three grey hairs on her
head.

--Kathryn

MeanMary

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Jack Hamilton (j...@acm.org) wrote:
:
: So the people behind you won't try to pass. Kentucky has (or had) the
: same custom. Overall, I'd say Kentucky has better drivers than northern
: California.

Secondarly blinkage is still common in Kentucky and I see it
sometimes in NC.

MeanMary
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// ball...@am.appstate.edu -
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In karate, it's not the shoes. me.

Lee Rudolph

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"Kathryn Burlingham" <pi...@pacifier.com> writes:

What a coincidence! Reagan has maybe three grey cells *in* his head!

Lee Rudolph

elawrence

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On Tue, 08 Feb 2000 22:06:57 -0800 Jack Hamilton <j...@acm.org> wrote:
> "elawrence" <elaw...@nospam.com> wrote:

[snip]

> People here almost come to a complete stop before making right turns
> (unless, of course, there's a red light, in which case they don't
> slow down).

People here do that too, especially when turning into
a parking lot, some sort of business, etc.

Ann Burlingham

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Kathryn Burlingham wrote:
> John F. Eldredge wrote in message ...
> >Back when Ronald Reagan was president, he used to claim that he didn't
> >dye his hair, despite not showing any gray at his age. My father's
> >comment on this was, "I guess that he has his barber dye it for him!"
>
> My aunt, at the age of 76 (nearly 77) has maybe three grey hairs on her
> head.

Mine too!

Kathryn Burlingham

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Ann Burlingham wrote in message <38A1C9B2...@concentric.net>...

>Kathryn Burlingham wrote:
>>
>> My aunt, at the age of 76 (nearly 77) has maybe three grey hairs on her
>> head.
>Mine too!

What are the odds of *that*!?

Brian M. Kochera

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In article <38a0e...@news.pacifier.com>, "Kathryn Burlingham"
<pi...@pacifier.com> writes:

>
>John F. Eldredge wrote in message ...
>>Back when Ronald Reagan was president, he used to claim that he didn't
>>dye his hair, despite not showing any gray at his age. My father's
>>comment on this was, "I guess that he has his barber dye it for him!"
>
>

>My aunt, at the age of 76 (nearly 77) has maybe three grey hairs on her
>head.
>

Send that woman to the Hair Club for Men, pronto! With only 3 grey hairs on her
head this woman needs hair intervention for sure. (Sorry, but I just couldn't
resist that one.)

Tony Pelliccio

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In article <38a0e...@news.pacifier.com>, pi...@pacifier.com says...

> John F. Eldredge wrote in message ...
> >Back when Ronald Reagan was president, he used to claim that he didn't
> >dye his hair, despite not showing any gray at his age. My father's
> >comment on this was, "I guess that he has his barber dye it for him!"
>
>
> My aunt, at the age of 76 (nearly 77) has maybe three grey hairs on her
> head.

My 81 year old grandmother is still sporting red hair.

Brian M. Kochera

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In article <100220000602001642%KerryGin...@aol.com>, Kerry Ginn
<KerryGin...@aol.com> writes:

>To restore hormone-y in the group, I say that it's a tie. Let both
>Anderson and Kochera claim their bald aunt trophies, if they wish. :-)
>

I think I'll call mine Sinnead.

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