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#131720 08/19/04 02:07 AM
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I believe we've had threads before about bumper stickers, but not lately. I saw a good one today dealing with abortion. While I favor the pro-choice side of this issue, I had to admire the cleverness and friendly tenor of this sticker.

It showed on the left side a sketch of a newborn baby. The rest was taken up with two lines:
CHOOSE LIFE!
YOUR MOM DID.

Anybody else got a good bumper sticker to report?


#131721 08/19/04 11:18 AM
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did she? my mom had no choice..

and she didn't have too many choices for effective birth control either..

enough.. choice vs No choice is very volitale subject.


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Again, not wanting to stir any political arguments, just from a semiotic viewpoint:


BUSH

LLIT


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better i think if:
BUSH
LLIT

only cause it would 'scan quicker' --
maybe i'll make a t-shirt like that to wear in midtown next week.



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How nice for you, of troy!

I tend to hate bumper stickers, especially those that bash individuals or groups instead of promoting an idea/cause/indiv/group. They usually just make people look stupid, in my opinion.

I did think it was funny that a co-worker of mine had a Dean bumpersticker on his car for approximately one week.


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Once during the previous Bush's administration I saw a woman carrying a sign that said "BUSH -- stay out of mine."

Probably the funniest bumper sticker I ever saw, one that made me laugh out loud, was a variation on the "my other car is a porsche" bumper stickers that one oftens sees on junker cars. It read "my other car is a piece of shit too." It caught me off guard, and I think that's what made it so funny.


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The delayed reaction in understanding is what I liked most about the bumpersticker. In the original it was black letters on a white background for the BUSH and white letters on black background for the LLIT.


#131727 08/19/04 11:17 PM
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Here's a cute one...

JOHN KERRY

And oh yeah, I just love anagrams..

JOHN KERRY
HORNY JERK


Ain't this fun?


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especially those that bash individuals or groups

It's just that it's so hard to find anything to be *for these days.


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SAVE THE CHOCOLATE MOUSSE


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