Thursday, February 27, 2003

Just Rollin' Down The Highway Of Life Driving down the interstate to work this morning I happened upon a car with a load of bumper stickers plastered all of the back. The more interesting ones included:   Hang Up And Drive Bipartisan: I’ll Hug Your Elephant If You Kiss My Ass Tired of Driving In Traffic? You Are Traffic A Mind Is Like A Parachute – It Only Works When It’s Open   It also had the obligatory “Darwin Fish”.   Notably missing from this collection were the following “usual suspects” that I’ve seen:   Go Vegan Your Silence Will Not Protect You You Should Be Ashamed to Wear Fur Ban The New Jersey Bear Hunt   Now before you think I’m anti-liberal, I used to drive around with a bumper sticker with the outline of Massachusetts on it that read “Don’t Blame Me, I Voted For McGovern.”   Anyway, the one that really intrigued me was the first one that obviously referred to cell phone use. It got me to wonder how many people on the road were distracted by all of the bumper stickers on this guy’s car.   Yesterday, on the way into work, I drove behind a pickup truck with an enclosed cargo bed. It had prominently displayed on the back “Working Border Collies.” Now, being a dog person and having once owned a Border Collie, I had no problem with that. But on the way home I had a truck towing a trailer that read “Caution – Show Horses On Board.” Like, are they entitled to some kind of special treatment from me? If they were only broken down old nags it would be alright to drive carelessly? And hey, what if that other truck had a sign that read “Lazy Hound Dogs On Board?” Then would it be alright to plow into it at the next intersection?   I resisted the urge to hit the horn as I passed the horses. 9:16:56 PM    Go Ahead, make my day  []