Frankly, I'd always suspected as much.

whosasailorthen wrote:

I don't have a single bumper sticker on my car, and I can road-rage with the best of 'em.

But you're not supposed to pee on the tires before you leave each day.

When I was younger, I used to wish I could have one of those scrolling LED banner displays in my back window, that I could just program from the dash with whatever I wanted it to say (in, say, the time it takes to zip in front of someone who's been going the exact speed limit or five below). Nowadays, I'd just get a citation for "texting." I could think of a few pre-programmed comments that would spare me the distraction.

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whosasailorthen wrote:

Also available as a license plate frame at $33.

Ooh, me likey. You know if you wish hard enough for something, the universe will sometimes crap it out for you (or some other kinda 'Secret'-y BS).

Dirckman wrote:

I've noticed a popular new bumper sticker around here that is plastered all over the bumpers of middle aged women.....  It's in a stop sign shape and reads "Slow Down, We call in speeders"......  That bumper sticker always has the opposite of the desired affect with me....

Yeah, but if you scare'em badly enough, they'll get too flustered to grab your plate # and make the call. 

Particularly if you run'em off the road into a ditch.

Trust me on that.

Last edited by whosasailorthen (2008-06-24 09:10:09)

I just love to cruise up on drivers sitting at an intersection cluelessly talking on their cell phone while holding up traffic.  I just lean on the horn for a 30 second blast followed by a finger wave.  In California, horn honking is generally reserved for close calls and true emergencies, so it usually has the desired effect.  Next month everyone is going hands free in CA.  Now we won't be able to tell the difference between the phone chatters and the schizophrenics.

George Orr wrote:

*Can anyone explain why, given the excellent quality of wireless connections, most of these guys seem to think it is necessary to bellow to be heard on the other end?

Due to the diminished ability for them to hear others properly in an open, windy, or otherwise noisier space (noisier than, I suppose, the privacy of their own cars or homes), they shout in what they believe is compensation. Or they're just half deaf from the sound of their own voices. Some people still shout into handsets too, y'kno (they're also daft, or ninety).

Dirckman wrote:

I've noticed a popular new bumper sticker around here...

I've seen one ever since I moved to Phoenix, which I've not noticed elsewhere. I've tried to find it online, but none of the search terms I use seem to turn it up (I suspect it to be some Christian motif). It's usually a transparent sticker on the inside of windows, rather than on bumpers. It has three white, curvy figures composed of only a stroke or two each, and they look like they're 'dancing.' Like the ichthus, I think this is some kind of stylization for the Trinity, but no one has ever been sure. I also don't talk to those people, if I can help it. Any ideas?

pALEPHx wrote:

I've seen one ever since I moved to Phoenix, which I've not noticed elsewhere. I've tried to find it online, but none of the search terms I use seem to turn it up (I suspect it to be some Christian motif). It's usually a transparent sticker on the inside of windows, rather than on bumpers. It has three white, curvy figures composed of only a stroke or two each, and they look like they're 'dancing.' Like the ichthus, I think this is some kind of stylization for the Trinity, but no one has ever been sure. I also don't talk to those people, if I can help it. Any ideas?

Go here:
http://www.venganza.org/
You'll find suggestions for talking to those people.

It's not technically a bumper sticker, but the people that are the most fun to go road rage on are the ones with the little Jesus fishy stick ons......

pALEPHx wrote:

I also don't talk to those people, if I can help it. Any ideas?

pALEPHx wrote:

You incorrectly presume that I somehow suffer from a lack of dialogue with these individuals.

I thought you might want a source of fun ideas for talking to them.  My presumption was you don't discuss belief systems with them, I try not to also.  My boss has no sense of humor when it comes to her Catholicism.  Luckily she's picking up the kid's toys, not reading over my shoulder.

Dirckman wrote:

It's not technically a bumper sticker, but the people that are the most fun to go road rage on are the ones with the little Jesus fishy stick ons......

Like this:

pALEPHx wrote:

hedgewizard wrote:

I thought you might want a source of fun ideas for talking to them.

Well, if you have a source of these ideas, then by all means, please link me. Otherwise, I'm just peachy when it comes to conversing with cows and sheep. Professionally, I don't deal with true zealots, but I have to keep an open mind, to be helpful. Not so, on HS.

I actually did go out to the market shortly after I wrote. I checked all the vehicles on the way in and out, and didn't see the decal. I will keep my eyes open. I'm pretty sure it is what I think it is, but I want some independent verification, as it were.

Are you talking about the NOTW decals?  The ones with all the letters squished together like they're fornicating?  That stands for "Not of This World."  It's to remind themselves (and everyone else) of their humility, because their treasure is stored in heaven.  I always try to hocker on them when I see the sticker on a goddamned Escalade or a Hummer.

Looks like the sort of logo Klingons United In Christ® might use.

opsec wrote:

I've always felt the same way about the narcissistic Bluetooth set, but now I find myself requiring one...The better sets (like the Jawbone II) allow you to talk while driving with the windows down or even on a motorcycle...

That's goddamned amazing.

My boss, and several other people I worked with, were really freed up by the headsets--my boss spent at least 60% of an average day on the phone which, without a headset, meant he was chained to his desk.  Lower-echelone employees, who did virtually all their work on the phone, were also given headsets and it was a great benefit for them (my former employer is very, very good to its people).  It is a mild irritation to others, in that when you want to talk to someone, you can't always tell right away if they're already involved in another conversation.  We need some new rules of etiquette for approaching a person wearing a headset.

Of course, my boss used his in the office (and in his car)--not in restaurants or other public settings--and I don't imagine I'd see you annoying strangers by showing off your Borg implant in public either.

opsec wrote:

When in public I'll be wearing the Bluetooth Sony Stereo headset and singing at the top of my lungs.

I look forward to seeing you the next time I go to the movies.

opsec wrote:

George Orr wrote:

I don't imagine I'd see you annoying strangers by showing off your Borg implant in public either.

Absolutely not.  When in public I'll be wearing the Bluetooth Sony Stereo headset and singing at the top of my lungs.

I just got my toys.



The Jawbone 2 is everything it's cracked up to be, excellent fit and noise reduction.  I no longer have to yell at my boss (a loss on the face of it I suppose), and I could have a conversation on a motorcycle at highway speeds.  If I had a motorcycle.  And if we didn't have a cursed helmet law.

I especially liked the fact that is was black, not bling-silver.  Much to my consternation I find that it blinks a very bright little LED light every 5 seconds whenever it's connected.  Not on a call... fucking CONNECTED.  And not at me, but at everyone else.  As I have no use for a Ghetto Borg Attention Beacon, I am researching opaque strategies that may or may not void warranty.



These are like a pair of Dahlquists in my ears.  Now I never have to listen to anyone. Ever. Again.

This siren device may prove my downfall.