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Michael Reilly

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Nov 4, 1994, 12:50:49 PM11/4/94
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Written or read any outstanding bumper stickers lately? Please share.

All replies: DAWN c/o mre...@nets.com

Greg-man

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Nov 5, 1994, 9:43:42 PM11/5/94
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In article <39ds9p$9...@newshost.lanl.gov>,

Michael Reilly <mre...@nets.com> wrote:
>Written or read any outstanding bumper stickers lately? Please share.
>
>All replies: DAWN c/o mre...@nets.com

My two favorites that I've seen:

I KNOW JACK SHIT
(btw--to pre-empt comments, that's got nothing to do with knowing
Jack Mingo)

JESUS SAVES... GRETSKY STEALS... HE SCORES!!!

I also like the applique of the fish that Christians put on their cars,
but instead it has feet on it and says "DARWIN" inside.

As well, some company sells stickers with a screw or the club from a deck
of cards on them so you can put them over the hearts on other people's
stickers.

Turn "I [heart] MY GERMAN SHEPHERD" into "I [screw] MY GERMAN SHEPHERD"
or "I [heart] MY KIDS" becomes "I [club] MY KIDS"
That's funny in a perverse way.


Greg (I [spade] MY DOG) man

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kEN Colburn

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Nov 6, 1994, 4:48:44 AM11/6/94
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THE NET IS FOR PEOPLE
THAT DON'T LIKE REALITY

SEX IS EVEN BETTER
WITH TWO PEOPLE

CA sticker:
THE WEATHER IS HERE
WISH YOU WERE BEAUTIFUL

--
******************************************************************
The views expressed here are in 3D. ezwr...@netcom.com

William T Quick

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Nov 6, 1994, 5:08:47 AM11/6/94
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Michael Reilly (mre...@nets.com) wrote:

: Written or read any outstanding bumper stickers lately? Please share.

: All replies: DAWN c/o mre...@nets.com

More fun would be: Has anybody *made up* any good bumper stickers
lately. Okay, I'll start.

"If life is ironic, then God is an iron."

(With apologies to Spider Robinson...)

Best,

The Judge

Derek G Bacon

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Nov 6, 1994, 8:42:16 AM11/6/94
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In article <39i9vf$i...@crl4.crl.com>, William T Quick <ice...@crl.com> wrote:

>Michael Reilly (mre...@nets.com) wrote:
>
>More fun would be: Has anybody *made up* any good bumper stickers
>lately. Okay, I'll start.

A friend of mine wants to make bumper stickers in a really fancy Old
English font (the same font that AA uses for the Easy Does It, etc...
bumper stickers) that says:

"I could really go for a drink."

-lightnin

Naomi Bull

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Nov 6, 1994, 9:07:38 AM11/6/94
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>Michael Reilly (mre...@nets.com) wrote:

>Best,

>The Judge

Judge? Does this mean you're not allowed to compete..? :)

"Happiness can't buy money."

"Violence is the lowest form of wit."

"I'm getting married in two weeks.
I still have a good chance of finding a groom."

"I don't like men who come, and go."


<<< NoemZ

Rivka Buchanan

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Nov 6, 1994, 5:36:07 PM11/6/94
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"The third world war has begun
Humans versus the earth"
seen as graffiti beside the road.

John Camp

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Nov 7, 1994, 4:02:24 AM11/7/94
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BE ALERT
America Needs More Lerts

Visualize Whirled Peas

AGAINST ABORTION?
Don't have one

My wife, yes; My dog, maybe; My gun, never.

This is your brain [Ford Logo]
This is your brain on drugs [Chevrolet Logo]

Joe Chamberlain

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Nov 7, 1994, 7:25:49 AM11/7/94
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I tried playing my shoehorn, but got only footnotes


Warren Overton

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Nov 7, 1994, 5:26:08 PM11/7/94
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"I don't want the world - I just want your half"

(actually a line from "Ana Ng" by They Might Be Giants).

KenM720512

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Nov 8, 1994, 1:30:11 PM11/8/94
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In article <39kqf0$c...@cedar.mr.net>, jc...@mr.net (John Camp) writes:

>This is your brain [Ford Logo]<
>This is your brain on drugs [Chevrolet Logo]<

I saw this on the bumper of a dilapidated, rust-heap of a '72 Ford truck
with primer-red doors.

--Thanks Dean Whitter

Terence Wright

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Nov 8, 1994, 4:37:43 PM11/8/94
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In article <ezwriter...@netcom.com>, kEN Colburn (ezwr...@netcom.com) writes:
> THE NET IS FOR PEOPLE
> THAT DON'T LIKE REALITY
>
> SEX IS EVEN BETTER
> WITH TWO PEOPLE
>
> CA sticker:
> THE WEATHER IS HERE
> WISH YOU WERE BEAUTIFUL
>

UK Sticker:
Sex Appeal - please give generously!

Terence Wright
Pas d'elle yeux Rhone que nous! ;-)


Artemis (Morrigan)

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Nov 8, 1994, 9:15:27 PM11/8/94
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One I liked a lot was:

"I swerve and hit people at random".

Also:

"Childhood ends -- but you can be immature forever".

-Artemis.


--
"Are you reading fortunes,
Or just reading Nietzche?
Find another teacher --
He ain't worth an apple." -- All About Eve.

Steve James

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Nov 9, 1994, 6:51:32 PM11/9/94
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>
> Written or read any outstanding bumper stickers lately? Please share.
>
> All replies: DAWN c/o mre...@nets.com

After seeing George W. Bush win the Governorship of Texas, much
to my chagrin, I thought this an appropriate bumper sticker:

BUSH HAPPENS!

Steve (not fond of Bush's...George type, that is.) James

rw...@nwcl.nwcl.net

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Nov 10, 1994, 5:28:01 PM11/10/94
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Steve James (snj...@bga.com) wrote:

: BUSH HAPPENS!

Along similar lines, on a gardener's car: COMPOST HAPPENS!

Seen by a friend:
EARTH FIRST. (WE'LL LOG THE OTHER PLANETS LATER.)

In a Seattle paper years ago, after a contentious election, seen on a car
heading north on the freeway: AMERICA, LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT
Canadian plates, and g'bye.

JESUS, SAVE ME FROM YOUR FOLLOWERS

Rita (Looking for a tree to hide behind) Winn
***Deep in the North Cascades***

Mark Danielson

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Nov 10, 1994, 8:07:26 PM11/10/94
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> > Written or read any outstanding bumper stickers lately? Please share.
> >
> > All replies: DAWN c/o mre...@nets.com

A few of my favorites:

If you don't like my driving GET OFF THE SIDEWALK!

As a matter of fact I do own the road.

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.

And a license plate frame I saw on a porsche:
My other car is a Yugo.

-----------------------------------------------------------------
Mark A. Danielson
(the MADman)

email: dani...@colorado.edu

kEN Colburn

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Nov 11, 1994, 4:12:48 AM11/11/94
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It's not funny but i have a BS w/ my emale add on it. i think this should
be a law. send me $20 to get this law on record. thank u.

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i miss those old days before TV,sitting around on Grandpa's lap
listening to old radio shows on the CD player...Grandma was
drunk, Grandpa was naked... ezwr...@netcom.com

Annabel Smyth

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Nov 11, 1994, 12:41:39 PM11/11/94
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In article <39kqf0$c...@cedar.mr.net> jc...@mr.net "John Camp" writes:

>BE ALERT
>America Needs More Lerts
>

No, no, you have it wrong. That one, as anyone who has ever travelled
on the London underground knows, goes:

BE ALERT
England needs lerts
--
Annabel Smyth Ann...@amsmyth.demon.co.uk
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
"Only when the caterpillar has consented to . . . total
annihilation can the butterfly be constructed." (Sara Maitland)

Gregg Morris

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Nov 11, 1994, 11:22:06 AM11/11/94
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> Written or read any outstanding bumper stickers lately? Please share.

All this talk about bumper stickers makes me wonder...

If you were dropped on a street somewhere, could you determine your
location simply by the bumper stickers you see on passing cars?

For example, I could always tell when I was in L.A. by the "In and
Out _urge_" and the "Keeping Honking while I Reload" stickers.

When I lived in Santa Cruz, I enjoyed such classics as "Friends
Don't Let Friends Eat Meat" and "Buy a Waterphone. Call your own
Whale."

Now that I live in rural Maryland, most of the bumper stickers
discuss the calibre of the weapon protecting that particular truck
or make Clinton digs (e.g., "Hilary: Shut Up and Redecorate").

Has anyone else noticed a regional aspect to bumper stickers?

Betsy
gemo...@digex.net

JMingo

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Nov 12, 1994, 10:25:18 AM11/12/94
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In article <mike.368...@cais.com>, mi...@cais.com (Michael D.
Bartman) writes:

>And a license plate frame I saw on a porsche:
> My other car is a Yugo.

I've always wanted one--for truth, ecology and reverse snobbism--that
says:

MY OTHER CAR IS A SCWHINN.

Jack (My other computer is a Cray) Mingo

Rheal Nadeau

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Nov 12, 1994, 3:32:56 PM11/12/94
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In article <3a2mou$i...@newsbf01.news.aol.com>, JMingo <jmi...@aol.com> wrote:
]In article <mike.368...@cais.com>, mi...@cais.com (Michael D.

]Bartman) writes:
]
]>And a license plate frame I saw on a porsche:
]> My other car is a Yugo.
]
]I've always wanted one--for truth, ecology and reverse snobbism--that
]says:
]
]MY OTHER CAR IS A SCWHINN.

I'd like one for my bike that says

MY OTHER CAR IS A BUS

The (car-free and care-free) Rhealist

Michael D. Bartman

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Nov 11, 1994, 8:30:17 PM11/11/94
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In article <Danielma-101...@chem8.colorado.edu> Dani...@Colorado.edu (Mark Danielson) writes:

>And a license plate frame I saw on a porsche:
> My other car is a Yugo.

Have you seen the "My other car is a Rolls" ones? I saw one the other
day...on a Rolls....

-- Mike "some people have no couth" Bartman --

Serena Burgess

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Nov 13, 1994, 5:17:26 AM11/13/94
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Seen in the rear window of a Rolls Royce
"My other car's a Rolls Royce"

Serena Burgess
Ser...@Motiv.demon.co.uk

Kathryn Roth-Whitworth

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Nov 15, 1994, 12:42:06 AM11/15/94
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For small cars only:

When I grow up, I want to be an 18-wheeler.

One of my faves:

I'm only driving this because my starship is in the shop.

Best,
Kat

Kathryn Roth-Whitworth *** Chicagoland *** whit...@gagme.wwa.com

D. Citron

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Nov 17, 1994, 1:13:10 AM11/17/94
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Serena Burgess (Ser...@motiv.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: Seen in the rear window of a Rolls Royce

: "My other car's a Rolls Royce"

MY OTHER CAR IS MY FEET

D. Citron

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Nov 17, 1994, 1:19:15 AM11/17/94
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Gregg Morris (gemo...@access3.digex.net) wrote:
: > Written or read any outstanding bumper stickers lately? Please share.

: All this talk about bumper stickers makes me wonder...
: Has anyone else noticed a regional aspect to bumper stickers?

Radio station and sports stickers and most political stickers are regional.

Many years ago, you used to see this sticker in south Florida: "Will the
last American to leave Miami please take the flag?" I haven't seen one in
years. But maybe I just avoid the redneck areas where such stickers are
seen.

Ooops, should I apologize for saying redneck? Naah, the PC police don't
mind if you insult them! But that's another thread, and I must get to bed...

D. Citron

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Nov 17, 1994, 1:25:34 AM11/17/94
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rw...@nwcl.nwcl.net wrote:

: Steve James (snj...@bga.com) wrote:
: : BUSH HAPPENS!

I like these:

CLINTON/GORE - GONE IN FOUR IS YOUR CHURCH ATF APPROVED?

DON'T BLAME ME - I VOTED FOR BUSH ABORT HILLARY'S HEALTH PLAN

THE TITANIC/THE HINDENBURG/THE CLINTONS

IF CLINTON'S THE ANSWER -- IT MUST REALLY BE A STUPID QUESTION

POLITICALLY INCORRECT AND PROUD OF IT

ANNOY A LIBERAL -- WORK HARD AND GET RICH

K. Paul Johnson

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Nov 16, 1994, 4:25:50 PM11/16/94
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Seen during the recent senatorial election:
OLLIE DOES IS LIE

Richard Stille

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Nov 16, 1994, 7:18:46 PM11/16/94
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Keywords:

IN reply to Serena's story about the rolls royce - in 1970
I saw a rolls royce parked in front of the Palmer House hotel
in the loop in downtown Chicago with a card in the window
that read "Police Vehicle".

Dick Stille

Warren Harris

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Nov 18, 1994, 11:07:43 AM11/18/94
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Still one of my favorites:

Procrastinators Unite!
...Tomorrow...
--
======================================
"It's turtles all the way down!" (:)<
======================================

James Gaskin

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Nov 19, 1994, 6:29:08 AM11/19/94
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Seen on a pickup in Texas:

"How many workers has your lawyer unemployed today?"

James (Is there an award for the bitterest bumper sticker?) Gaskin

Benvonk

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Nov 19, 1994, 9:15:10 AM11/19/94
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In article <3aijgf$f...@ixnews1.ix.netcom.com>, WHa...@ix.netcom.com
(Warren Harris) writes:

>Procrastinators Unite!
> ...Tomorrow...

This reminds me of my all-time favorite graffito, seen in a public parking
garage
in Ann Arbor, Michigan:

DYSLEXICS
UNTIE!

--Ben

Michael D. Bartman

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Nov 21, 1994, 2:39:10 AM11/21/94
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In article <3aesl3$n...@tequesta.gate.net> dci...@gate.net (D. Citron) writes:

>Gregg Morris (gemo...@access3.digex.net) wrote:
>: > Written or read any outstanding bumper stickers lately? Please share.
>: All this talk about bumper stickers makes me wonder...
>: Has anyone else noticed a regional aspect to bumper stickers?

>Radio station and sports stickers and most political stickers are regional.

So are some business stickers. There was a company in the southern Virginia
area that made warehouse equipment, and had a bumpersticker that showed a
little picture of a forklift, and the words: If you can't lift it, fork it.

-- Mike "or the computer store with the 'Byte my ASCII' stickers" Bartman --

Annabel Smyth

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Nov 21, 1994, 5:16:18 AM11/21/94
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Behind every successful man there is a surprised woman.

Behind every successful woman there is a rather intelligent cat.

Only dead fish swim with the stream.

We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.

It would be nice if hospitals and schools had all the money they needed -
and the army had to hold jumble sales to buy guns.

Kathy Vincent

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Nov 21, 1994, 8:28:06 AM11/21/94
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Annabel Smyth (Ann...@amsmyth.demon.co.uk) wrote:

: We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.


You must have a VERY long bumper!

But I like the choice anyway. One of my favorites, that.
Oscar Wilde is good for a lot of bumper stickers, isn't he?
Another of my long-time favorites is:

I can resist everything except temptation.


And, as long as I'm double-checking the precise wording of that one:

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book.
Books are well-written, or badly written.


And finally -- the mind boggles!!!

Anybody can be good in the country.


Kathy Vincent, in the country ...


kEN Colburn

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Nov 21, 1994, 8:39:38 AM11/21/94
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My BS says

.sigs are the bumper stickers of fthe 90s

Stanley J Shursky

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Nov 21, 1994, 12:15:38 PM11/21/94
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Haven't seen this one yet but I am looking for it here in MA.

NO NEWTS IS GOOD NEWTS

May be I should print my own. Think there's a market?

Stan (This sig protected by Smith & Wesson) Shursky

Andrew Arensburger

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Nov 21, 1994, 11:15:18 PM11/21/94
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I want one that says

Grey Mousergnuegen

--
Andrew Arensburger, Systems guy Center for Automation Research
University of Maryland
are...@cfar.umd.edu

Joe Chamberlain

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Nov 22, 1994, 7:40:08 AM11/22/94
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> NO NEWTS IS GOOD NEWTS
>
>May be I should print my own. Think there's a market?

COLD BLOODED NEWT


Karen Sanchez

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Nov 17, 1994, 12:46:55 PM11/17/94
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In article <3aes9m$n...@tequesta.gate.net> dci...@gate.net (D. Citron) writes:
>From: dci...@gate.net (D. Citron)
>Subject: Re: Bumper Stickers?
>Date: 17 Nov 1994 06:13:10 GMT


Which model? Chevrolegs or Toyotoes?


M Barnard

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Nov 21, 1994, 5:42:24 PM11/21/94
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My personal favourite for irony is any environmental bumper sticker on a car.

M (walker/biker/busser (buser?)/subway rider) Barnard
--
bar...@grin.io.org ...........................................................
Stonehenge is the interrupted dance of obelisks/moving too slowly for the
eyes of man to register/like the birth of mountains/like the death of stars.

Allan S. Izen

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Nov 25, 1994, 7:21:45 PM11/25/94
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Kathy Vincent (vinc...@wfu.edu) wrote:
: Annabel Smyth (Ann...@amsmyth.demon.co.uk) wrote:

Not to mention grandma's favorite aphorism: "The water knows not how
many hands were on the pump handle."

Allan Izen, from our southernmost AND westernmost state


: Kathy Vincent, in the country ...


Allan S. Izen

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Nov 25, 1994, 7:12:25 PM11/25/94
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Annabel Smyth (Ann...@amsmyth.demon.co.uk) wrote:

How about: "Don't honk if you love Jesus"? Or, "Honk if you favor noise
control"?

"That which appears to be coming at you is coming from you." J. Flanders.

Dave Gardner

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Nov 28, 1994, 4:11:45 PM11/28/94
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To add to all this bumper fun, I recall seeing a sticker on Guam that
all of us at the University wanted to snag,

From a local meat and dairy product distributor:

"You can whip our cream, but you can't beat our meat."

Strange, but fun.


In New Mexico, I saw "Visualize Whirled Peas" on a Volkswagen bus...

Hmmmm


QMS Account

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Dec 1, 1994, 3:54:50 PM12/1/94
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I've met a lot of people by displaying this bumper sticker:

I'm in the Write Business

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