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Title:The Joy of Lex
Notice:A Notes File even your grammar could love
Moderator:THEBAY::SYSTEM
Created:Fri Feb 28 1986
Last Modified:Mon Jun 02 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1192
Total number of notes:42769

677.0. "I Saw It On A Bumper Sticker" by WR1FOR::ADELMAN_AA (The KJV Bible is the Word of God) Wed May 31 1989 02:21

    
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677.1A couple of my favorites...GRNDAD::STONERoyWed May 31 1989 21:479
    HAPPINESS IS SEEING YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW'S 
    PICTURE ON THE SIDE OF A MILK CARTON
    
    
    An old one...
    
    
    THREE MILE ISLAND - 0
    CHAPPAQUIDIC - 1
677.2streakersCOMICS::DEMORGANRichard De Morgan, UK CSC/CSThu Jun 01 1989 15:572
    I once had one that read "take a streaker to lunch". Which reminds
    me - there was a lady streaker at a recent cricket match in England.
677.3My recent favoriteWLDWST::SUREThu Jun 01 1989 22:258
    Remember when....
    
                      Air was clean 
              
                                     and
     
                                             Sex was dirty !!??            
     
677.4Stop Continental DriftEAGLE1::EGGERSAnybody can fly with an engine.Fri Jun 02 1989 06:550
677.5Reunite GondwanalandREGENT::BROOMHEADI'll pick a white rose with Plantagenet.Sat Jun 03 1989 00:100
677.6CURRNT::PREECEWhose garden was this ?Mon Jun 05 1989 18:297
    
    On my local vicar's car....
    
    Carpenter from Nazareth seeks joiners.  (May not be funny outside
    the UK ?)
    
    IP
677.7a US perspectiveEAGLE1::EGGERSAnybody can fly with an engine.Tue Jun 06 1989 07:305
    Re: .6
    
    The biblical and carpentry double meaning for "joiners" is clear
    enough.  Is there something else?  Why might it not be funny outside
    the UK?
677.8I stand abashed...CURRNT::PREECEWhose garden was this ?Tue Jun 06 1989 13:385
    
    OK, I thought that "joiners", in the woodworking sense, might be
    a curiously English usage.  You never know !
    
    IP
677.9TY1ONSKIVT::ROGERSDamnadorum Multitudo.Wed Jun 07 1989 19:502
...seen outside a fairly low looking gin mill in Vergennes, Vt.
677.10from down hereLAMHRA::WHORLOW1:25000 - a magic numberFri Jun 09 1989 10:0124
    G'day
    
    'Chicken Little was Right'      
    
    
    A blank sticker is available, for those who do not want to get
    involved.
    
    
    Let's not meet by accident.
    
    
    Insanity is hereditary.... you get it from your kids.
    
    I aim to be around long enough to be a nuisance to my kids...
    
    Grow your own dope, plant a POM
    
    Save Mice, eat a pussy
    
    
    
    derek
    
677.11Not from my side of the family!!!GRNDAD::STONERoyFri Jun 09 1989 20:442
    Heredity makes parents 
    wonder about each other.
677.12runaway homes!COOKIE::DEVINEBob Devine, CXNTue Jun 13 1989 00:197
    Tourist season has started here in Colorado Springs.  That
    means there are *lots* of RVs (aka Winnebozos) zipping
    down the freeway and even attempting to drive to the top
    of Pikes Peak..
    
    One popular bumber sticker on RVs is:
         "I'm spending my children's inheritance".
677.13Sweet revenge.AYOV18::BRIGHTTHOMASFri Jun 16 1989 21:347
    
    My all-time fave;
    
    " Ex-husband's lover locked in boot."
    
    PBT.
    
677.14My other car is also not a PorscheBYENGF::GTURNBULLPrecipiteVolissimeVolmenteThu Jun 22 1989 17:452
Oldie but goodie.
Greg.
677.15My other car is up my noseDDIF::CANTORThe answer is -- a daily double.Fri Jun 23 1989 07:013
Seen yesterday in a Digital parking lot.

Dave C.
677.16Wind the windows down...BYENG0::GTURNBULLPrecipiteVolissimeVolmenteTue Jun 27 1989 13:217
677.17If you think I drive bad you should see me playing tennisMUDIS3::JONESMitch Jones, SWAS, Munich, W.GermanyWed Jun 28 1989 19:351
    
677.18AKOV13::MCGARGHANLove Others; Value EverythingWed Jun 28 1989 21:184
    Hate the way I drive?  You should see me putt!
    (then the name of the NH golf course)
    
    
677.19WHEEL::DONHAMI'll see it when I believe it.Fri Jun 30 1989 01:432
I Brake for the Heck of It
677.20LESCOM::KALLISAnger's no replacement for reason.Fri Jun 30 1989 01:555
    Re .19:
    
    I saw one similar:
    
                         I BRAKE FOR HALLUCINATIONS
677.21KAOFS::S_BROOKHere today and here again tomorrowTue Jul 04 1989 19:584
    Somebody gave me ...
    
                        I BRAKE FOR NO REASON AT ALL
    
677.22AKOV13::MCGARGHANLove Others; Value EverythingWed Jul 05 1989 21:556
    (On a personal name, not a sticker... but I'm going to get it made
    into one if it kills me):
    
    I Brake For Tailgaters
    
    
677.23I Break Once a WeekCNTROL::MENTALWake up slimy fish!Wed Jul 05 1989 22:592
    

677.24On the back of a semi WMOIS::M_KOWALEWICZToday's special! (tomorrow is too)Mon Jul 10 1989 18:212
	I don't brake for a$$holes
677.25It's all in your point of view!GRNDAD::STONERoyMon Jul 10 1989 19:346
    I saw a bumper sticker the other night which left me wondering about
    the owners domestic tranquility.
    
    
                            51% SWEETHEART
                              49% BITCH
677.26California ParanoiaDICKNS::BENNETTThu Jul 13 1989 21:363
    On a parked car in Sacramento a few years ago:
    
    		WATCH OUT FOR EVERYONE
677.27"I BREAK FOR A BEER"LEROUF::BALLADELLISurfing with the AlienMon Jul 17 1989 16:440
677.28HSSWS1::DUANESend lawyers, guns & moneyWed Jul 19 1989 00:026
    So many pedestrians, so little time...
    
    
    On Robin Williams' sailboat trailer:
    
    	I'd rather be working.
677.29MDVAX3::SPERANDIOFri Jul 21 1989 03:582
               Women Make Great Leaders
                 You're Following One
677.30:)RIGAZI::SPERANDIOTue Jul 25 1989 01:044


                 HONK! IF YOU LOVE CHEESES.
677.31CURRNT::PREECEAre You Now, Or Have you Ever ?Tue Jul 25 1989 14:093
    
    		WINEMAKERS DO IT ON THE KITCHEN TABLE.
    
677.32building stickersCHEFS::BUXTONWed Jul 26 1989 18:5815
    Seen on the window of a Reading UK outdoor/camping equipment shop
    several years ago:
    
    Now is the Winter of Our Discount Tent.
    
    Also some graffito on the walls of the Gladstone Club Reading:
    
    There are bones buried under the junction!
                                              
    (It helps to realise that the Gladstone Club is close to Cemetery
    Junction a well known land mark so named because of the cemetery
    close by)
    
    Bucko...
                                     
677.33How Could These have been Overlooked?DRUMS::FEHSKENSTue Aug 29 1989 00:2417
    Many many years ago WCRB was (and perhaps still is) a source of
    the bumper stickers
    
    	ESCHEW OBFUSCATION
    
    and
    
    	REPEAL OHM'S LAW
    
    which have entered the realm of classics.
    
    I'm also whimsically fond of the all purpose
    
    	NUKE THE WHALES
                      
    len.
    
677.34instead of I (heart) my dogCAM::MILLERRun my pony through the sandTue Aug 29 1989 01:281
    I (spade) my dog.
677.35SSDEVO::EGGERSAnybody can fly with an engine.Tue Aug 29 1989 03:253
    Unfortunately,
    
    		I (club) my wife
677.36three, no trumpLESCOM::KALLISTime takes things.Tue Aug 29 1989 18:137
    Re .35:
    
              >I (club) my wife
                
    Makes her join all those Bridge groups, eh?
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.
677.37guaranteed offensiveCURIE::GCOOKTue Aug 29 1989 18:466
    re: .33
    
    Another verson of NUKE THE WHALES, guaranteed to offend everyone:
    
    NUKE THE GAY WHALES FOR JESUS
    
677.38Juggler's stickerBINKLY::LEVITINIn swap space no one can hear you screamTue Aug 29 1989 21:326
	Seen on a bumper at the Mill:

	I (heart) my (clubs), 
	and other juggling bumper stickers

	Sam
677.39HONK IF YOU ARE JESUSRTOISB::TINIUSI dont drink water, fish swim in itThu Aug 31 1989 01:470
677.40HSSWS1::DUANESend lawyers, guns & moneyFri Sep 15 1989 23:1513
    There is the classic:

            QUESTION AUTHORITY

    Which is taken a step further with:

            IGNORE AUTHORITY


    Another unrelated one:

            WE DON'T CARE     ( Bell/ATT ( at the time )
            WE DON'T HAVE TO     LOGO )
677.41Disgruntled OwnerSEEK::HUGHESThus thru Windows call on us(Donne)Tue Sep 19 1989 00:034
    Saw this one driving to work this morning:
    
    	SPEED KILLS!   DRIVE A
    	PEUGEOT & LIVE FOREVER
677.42I saw it on a busWELMT2::HILLTechnology is my Vorpal swordWed Sep 20 1989 22:387
    ROUGHLEY VIA EARDLEY
    
    I read the first word and ignored the E, so wondered how much worse
    the road surface was about to get, or how one could get a bus route
    which was only defined at run-time.
    
    ;-)
677.43So many....CAM::MILLERRun my pony through the sandFri Sep 29 1989 23:022
    So many men
    So few with brains
677.44It's a matter of setting priorities.GRNDAD::STONE>>>--He-went-that-a-way-->Thu Oct 26 1989 21:165
    
    
                      My wife told me that if I go 
                      fishing once more she'll leave me.
                        God, I'm going to miss her!
677.45Ironist?SKIVT::ROGERSDamnadorum MultitudoThu Oct 26 1989 22:139

	"Out of work?
	 Hungry?
	 Eat your Japanese Car"

This was on a beat-up *TOYOTA*!

Larry
677.46Coincidence? Can't spell?REGENT::BROOMHEADDon't panic -- yet.Thu Oct 26 1989 22:558
    This was not on the bumper; it was painted on the front of the
    truck:
    
    			MACK
    
    		       PLANK
    
    							Ann B.
677.47A Cure???WR1FOR::ADELMAN_AAAaron Adelman @WRO DTN 521-0200Tue Nov 07 1989 05:075
    
    Cancer Cures Smoking
    
    Aaron
    
677.48SSDEVO::EGGERSAnybody can fly with an engine.Tue Nov 07 1989 05:324
    Life is a Terminal Disease
    
    This was back when the game of LIFE was taking untold computer hours at
    MIT.  With that explanation, the double meaning becomes obvious.
677.49a filmer bumperCLARID::SLOMANthe abominableWed Jan 10 1990 19:145
    Saw in an American movie:
    
       If you don't like the way I drive
       Get off the sidewalk
    
677.50WELMTS::HILLTechnology is my Vorpal swordTue Jan 16 1990 13:153
    Go to church now, beat the Christmas rush
    
    					16 January 1990
677.51Or is it FOR technical animals?CASP::SEIDMANAaron SeidmanWed Jan 17 1990 23:5021
    Not on a bumper sticker, but painted on the back of a large tank truck
    that I saw on my way to work:


                                TECHNICAL
                                 ANIMAL
                                  FAT


    and below that:

                               Not intended
                              for human food


    I spent the rest of the drive wondering if this was perhaps the melted
    down remnants of engineers (technical animals?) that were no longer
    needed... 

    and what would happen if, despite the intentions of the trucking
    company, it did end up in human food..
677.52Contains 100% Petroleum Products!CTOAVX::OAKESIts Deja Vu all over again...Thu Jan 18 1990 03:318
    
    Re: -1
    
    If it did, it probably would wind up in the vending machines here.
    
    ;^)
    
    Kevin
677.53on a bumper this morningLEDS::HAMBLENQUALITY doesn't cost. It PAYS!Fri Jan 19 1990 21:083
	NUCLEAR WEAPONS- MAY THEY _RUST IN PEACE_

Dave
677.54Oh, and I haven't had breakfast yet!!!WHEEL::SWINIARSKINANcy--*NANSKI*--SwiniarSKISat Jan 20 1990 00:095
    "If you tailgate me, I'll flick a booger in your windshield."
    
    I thought....what kind of man would put something that disgusting 
    on the paint job of a nice truck?? Although, I suppose his threat 
    could be dangerous if one was to be driving a convertable. (-:
677.55Not seen but wantedCSG001::MILLERVox clamantis in deserto.Tue Jan 23 1990 00:296
    My favorite....Never have seen it, but would LOVE to get it for
    my car:
    
    		"I HEART MY PICTURE OF A DOG"

			                 -=-=-=-=-=-=g=-=-=-=-=-=-
677.56Truly weirdSSGBPM::BPM5::KENAHThe stars of SagittariusTue Jan 30 1990 01:087
    re -1:
    
    I've actually seen a bumper sticker that says;
    
    		"I heart my cat head"
    
    					andrew
677.57For my car ...RINGMY::bellDavid Bell, ASD Program Office, VBOTue Feb 06 1990 20:264
	A colleauge kindly presented me with :

		My other car is also a heap of crap.
677.58Another car...PNEUMA::WILSONMon Feb 12 1990 18:192
    			THIS IS IT
    		    I have no other car.
677.59&FUGUEGLIVET::RECKARDJon Reckard, 381-0878, ZKO3-2/T63Mon Feb 12 1990 20:316
... seen in ZKO3's parking lot on a certain model of Honda.




Honda Prelude, that is.
677.60JGO::FIELDMy cat: Felix SchroedingeriensisWed May 02 1990 20:1117
    In the vein of .41 (on the back of a rusty Peugeot 104)
    
                          0 TO 9.8
                          IN 100 SEC
    
    and on a Suzuki Alto
             
                         JAPANESE CADILLAC
    
    That one also had another sticker
    
                 THIS IS MY OTHER CAR
                 I GAVE THE JAG TO THE GARDENER
    
    
    
                                                      - Rik -
677.61On an aging RenaultJGO::FIELDMy cat: Felix SchroedingeriensisWed Jul 11 1990 13:191
    TESTAROSTA
677.62COOKIE::DEVINEBob Devine, CXNFri Jul 27 1990 02:252
    In the same vein as identifying a dirty car as being covered
    with "test dirt", perhaps a rusty Fiat could have "testarusta".
677.63ROULET::RUDMANAlways the Black Knight.Mon Aug 20 1990 23:335
    On a vehicle driven by a Native American:
    
               "Custer had it coming!"
    
    						Don
677.64From the other end:SEAPEN::PHIPPSDTN 225.4959Tue Sep 11 1990 02:404
     The other day I passed a pickup truck with a blue plastic bug shield
     mounted across the hood that simply said:

                                  WRONG WAY
677.65Contents of *my* rear bumperNEMAIL::KALIKOWDa.k.a. 'Golden Spike' LANcasterThu Oct 25 1990 23:4221
    (where the * character symbolizes the multicolored Apple Computer logo
    and the # character a red "heart" symbol; on the right side of the
    bumper, I've pasted a * over the # in the standard-issue "I # DIGITAL"
    bumper sticker)
    
    
    +-------------+ +-----------------------------------+  +-------------+
    | I # Digital | | I'd rather be driving a Macintosh |  | I * DIGITAL |
    +-------------+ +-----------------------------------+  +-------------+
    
    I've been thinking that for more clarity I should add a semicolon
    between the first two and a mathematical "therefore"
     .
    . .
    between the latter two...  :-)
    
    Dan Kalikow
    (Formerly of the Apple/Digital Joint Development Team, now pushing the
    "Alliance Product" in the PC Integration Field Resource Center,
    OFO-Burlington MA)
    
677.66TKOV51::DIAMONDThis note is illegal tender.Fri Oct 26 1990 04:471
    Yes, the "therefore" would tell readers what you're talking about.
677.67TROA09::SKEOCHDyxlesics Untie!Fri Oct 26 1990 19:489
	"Save the whales, collect the whole set"

	and, just after LA's freeway shootings made the headlines...

	"Cover me, I'm pulling out to pass"



Ian S.
677.68George CarlinPSYLO::WILSONI Am the AudienceThu Jan 03 1991 23:402
    Honk If Your Horn's Broken
    
677.69PERFCT::WOOLNERPhotographer is fuzzy, underdeveloped and denseFri May 17 1991 23:547
                     RECYCLED MERCEDES
    
                   on a Honda Civic
    
    
          J  U  S  T     S  A  Y     N   O             [nitrous oxide]
                                       2
677.70I loved this one!POBOX::CROWEI led the pigeons to the flag..Tue Jul 09 1991 20:465
    
    	Eat dessert first,
    	Life is so uncertain.
    
    
677.71Put some REAL signs to good useBIGUN::HOLLOWAYStainless Steel Rats Don't RustThu Jul 11 1991 11:0225
    When I was in the U.S. I was passed by a Semi-trailer going up 495
    North, and he had two identical stickers under his headlights (one on
    each side):
    
    
    
    		+----------------------------+
    		| A V O I D  E X P O S U R E |
    		|  |			     |
    		\ -*------------------------ /
    		 \ |  LASER radiation is    /
    		  \  emmitted from apeture /
    		   \                      /
    		    +--------------------+
    
    But my favourite was given to me by a medical student friend who's been
    playing around with CAT scanners and such, and it's going on my next
    car...
    
    It has a trefoil on the left and the legend:
    
    			CAUTION: HIGH ENERGY RADIATION AREA
    
    I think it'd look good on the back of the car...	:-)
          
677.72XANADU::RECKARDJon Reckard, 381-0878, ZKO3-2/T63Fri Jul 12 1991 20:235
    Seen on a bumper here at ZKO, which is near a New Hampshire town which
    goes by the name of Derry,


    Love that Derry air!
677.73TELGAR::WAKEMANLAA Renaissance ManThu Jul 18 1991 01:425
Seen recently in California

"I break for coffee"

Larry
677.74SSDEVO::EGGERSAnybody can fly with an engine.Thu Jul 18 1991 01:597
    	in Colorado Springs:
    
    "My kid is a <name of high school> honor student"
    
    	and
    
    "My kid beat up your honor student"		:-(
677.75TROU24::YUENOXYdized MORONWed Oct 09 1991 08:523
   Recently seen in Toronto:

   "I get paid weekly, very WEAKLY."
677.76Well, OBVIOUSLY!! (but I did check their inter-car distance)DRDAN::KALIKOWDIGITAL=DEC: ReClaim TheName&amp;Glory!Wed Sep 20 1995 11:209
                                  SHOW DOGS
                               Do Not Tailgate
    
    I also surmise that during the actual shows, they are heavily trained
    NOT to engage in the kind of olfactory tailgating that could (heaven
    forfend!!) result in untoward displays of K-Y^H9 sexuality.
    
    Anyhow, this one gave me paws.
    
677.77AUSSIE::WHORLOWMy Cow is dead!Thu Sep 21 1995 19:268
    G'day,
    
     Actually, it is a statement of fact, as showdogs are _far_ too snooty
    to consider such action... besides bitches in season get disqualified
    for cheating (they put the boy dogs into a state of mesmerism that
    precludes heeling for anyone!)
    
    djw
677.78DRDAN::KALIKOWDIGITAL=DEC: ReClaim TheName&amp;Glory!Mon Sep 25 1995 09:3410
    My wife & I went through a litter of alternative hypotheses... 
    Including one, as exhortation to hang your feet outside the window
    (American slang for feet := "dogs").  In such a posture, it is
    well-nigh impossible to drive, let alone tailgate...
    
    And another, simpler exhortation, that we set a good example for the
    dogs by refraining.
    
    That's why we get along so well.. :-)