Hot day, no A/C, pavement shimmering in the heat, and I'm driving to Walmart to buy earthworms and nail polish remover (you know - the usual). The car in front of me has the standard assortment of liberal bullshit bumperstickers. Bob Marley and a tricolor pot leaf, the blue and yellow equal sign, Hopenchange, coexist...the works. Then I noticed one I'd never seen before. In bold black and white typography, it instructed me to:
"RIDE A BIKE."
Just like the limousine liberals that fly to exotic locations to talk about how to force you to cut your carbon footprint.
ReplyDeleteSee Al Gore
DeleteI'd LOVE to see you on a great big cruiser. Maybe a 40s vintange Indian Chief bike.
ReplyDeleteI had a run with a similar one last night....
ReplyDeleteI'd ride a rocket propelled, flying bike that burned a TON of fossil fuels, just to piss em' off!
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, typical. Rules are for other people. It's a shame there are people in this world who want nothing more than to control everything those around them can do. I just want em' to fuck off, leave me alone.....oh, and get me a damn beer! :P
Gotta love the hippies... As they drive their Volvos around protesting energy and everything else...
ReplyDeleteI live in south Texas; the thermometer here read 106 when ingot off work last night. Bring the hippie here that I might bathe in his blood to cool off; it is most certainly cooler than the ambient temperature.
ReplyDeleteME too, Ken. Ran out of beer and smokes midafternoon. Heat index 1115. actual temp about 106. The beer was warm by the time I got home and took it of carrier rack on the back of my bicycle.
DeleteTrue story.
Reading your blog in Southern Oregon, I've seen a new twist on the "Coexist" sticker. One that enjoins the reader to "Coexists NOW".
ReplyDeleteThe imperative kind of rubs the warm and fuzzies off.
I prefer this Coexist sticker. But I'm a geek like that.
ReplyDeleteI'm torn on the HRC stickers (the blue & yellow equal sign). I like and support the intended meaning, but I can't stand the organization and their blatant liberal/Democrat bias - it's like someone at the top decided that since Democrats and liberals are (ostensibly) for gay equality, that the organization must support every other Democrat and liberal cause in return. Bugger that!
I'd bet there was no bike in a bike rack on his car either.
ReplyDeleteA good comeback sticker for the one telling you to RIDE A BIKE:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cafepress.com/+agree_with_al_gore_bicycle_bumper_sticker,402631793
I like this one:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.everydaynodaysoff.com/2010/04/15/coexist-in-firearm-manufacturer-logos/
Hot day, no A/C,..."RIDE A BIKE."
ReplyDeleteWhat is it they say? Oh, yeah: "Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet."
Sounds like one of my friends from when I lived in TN. We are now FB friends and they are always talking about how everyone should ride a bike to work as they take photos of themselves in their car on their way to work. Always gives me a giggle except that one day where I said something or as my best friend likes to call it "The best day ever" I said to them "So, everyone should ride a bike except you?" That was 6 months ago and the war continues.
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