Naked Bumpers

[susandennis]

It's very sad about car bumpers these days. At least in Seattle, bumper stickers are amazingly rare. An recent email conversation led to my asking the folks at buzznet.com (where my phone photos live) to create a bumper sticker community which they did. And then I started looking for bumper stickers to photograph and that's when I made my depressing discovery.

I know they are not appropriate for new cars or nice cars or fancy cars, but heck, what happened to the old trailer trash beaters held together by the darned things??? I passed a car today that was trashed inside and out. This sucker was a mess. But totally naked. Not a sticker anywhere. And there were places where the paint could have used some help staying on.

How do you know who's a member of the NRA these days? Or wondering what Jesus would do? It's not fair. Even the rainbow "I'm gay" stickers are tiny and unobtrusive and, frankly, sometimes hard to even find.

Is this everywhere or is Seattle just being punished?