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?

Comments

[katbyte.livejournal.com]

A whole pop culture is in danger of extinction. Very sad. Maybe we can revive some of them. (I am sure it is going the same place as the Burma Shave signs.

"Yes, this is my truck. No, I won't help you move"

God is back and boy is he mad!!

Upity women, UNITE!!! (My personal favorite)

(Angels who guard you when you drive, always retire at 65, Burma Shave)

thanks susan for bringing back these memories!

[pinkrose70.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen many bumper stickers either. I've seen lots of car dealer names around tags more than anything else. In recent years, only "My kid made the Honor Roll at (such and such middle school)

Thinking back:

Lets not forget the political and religious ones!

America Love it or Leave It

Honk if You Love Jesus

One Day at a Time

and:

If this camper shells a rockin, don't come a knockin'

My other car is a Broom




*****wasn't one also saying God is Back and Boy is SHE Mad?

Save the Whales

Boycott Grapes

My neighbor here had one about 10 years ago on her car that said:

If You're a PhD from MIT, I'm SINGLE !



For some new ones to order, I found this:

https://www.bumpertalk.com/~bumper/cgi-bin/cart.cgi/index.html


(for the record, I DO have a bumper sticker on my car. It's a 5 inch square that simply says KFI....it's the radio station I listen to.

[pinkfish.livejournal.com]

... and don't forget all those fish! Some with legs!


There is still a highly adorned car that parks in front of my house, reminding me that children are people too, and passively bestowing a blessing with "Blessed be".

bitty had a run-in with her out-laws over bumper stickers on the car they co-own. They were in a race to see who could put the most liberal message on the car. I think one of them covered up "Imagine" with "NO! to War in Iraq!"

[minimac.livejournal.com]

I saw one the other day and thought of you and wished I had a camera (or at least a camera/phone) with me:

"If I want to hear the pitter patter of little feet,
I'll buy shoes for my dog"

[katbyte.livejournal.com]

Here is an old joke that sort of fits into this bumper sticker thing. We will see who is old enough for this:

Definition of a three time loser:

A pregnant whore, driving an Edsel with a Nixon/Lodge bumper sticker!!

[kyrielle]

I don't see as many as I used to, but there are still definitely a fair number of bumper stickers noticeable around here. Strange the cars that do and don't have them, though.