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AIBU?

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to want to sneak out in the night and burn this car to the ground...

30 replies

Southwestwhippet · 13/09/2010 20:47

Picture the scene...VW Camper parked in the street next to mine.

Painted purple and decorated with little flowers all over it

Has a [boak] dreamcatcher hanging from the rear view mirror

Carries the following (vomit-inducing) car stickers

"powered by fairy dust"
"my other car's a broomstick"
"you can pass me, but you won't outlast me"
"it's a witch thing, you wouldn't understand".

I have to walk/drive past this monstrosity every time I leave my house... so, AIBU?

OP posts:
weegiemum · 13/09/2010 20:49

Its mine! Lay off!!

cheesesarnie · 13/09/2010 20:49

walk/drive a different way.
maybe they boak/vomit etc at your car.(btw its not mine!i have a morris 1000,no stickersGrin)

hobnobsaremyfavourite · 13/09/2010 20:50
CerealOffender · 13/09/2010 20:53

i think you need to talk to someone about anger management

cheesesarnie · 13/09/2010 20:55
Grin
conkie · 13/09/2010 20:55

yes you are being unreasonable. They obviously don't take life too seriously and I love seeing cars and vans done up like that. It puts a smile on my face.

fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 13/09/2010 20:55

I feel like that about a van we used to pass EVERY day on the way to nursery, it had the "C U Next Tuesday tour" on it with the capitals hugely enlarged, I just thought it was so offensive next to a school and nursery.

The car invoking your ire doesn't sound quite as bad, tbh.

Southwestwhippet · 13/09/2010 20:56

can't drive a different way Sad My car is a spectacularly boring and personality-free peugeout 206 so, unless you are particularly offended by a 'Slow down for Horses' sticker, is unlikely to induce much intense emotion of any sort, good or bad.

I am usually a pretty tollerant person, but this van upsets me on a very deep level that can't quite understand. ??? Confused

OP posts:
thumbwitch · 13/09/2010 20:57

Has it got a "Little princess on board" thingy hanging in the rear window? If not, then YABU. If it has (or anything similar) then go for it.

SlobbyBOB · 13/09/2010 20:58

Probably has an anti-fire hex on it.

Have you checked the tax disk. Grin

CerealOffender · 13/09/2010 20:58

'I am usually a pretty tollerant person, but this van upsets me on a very deep level that can't quite understand.'

it is not your cup of tea. get over it. jeez.

LucyGoose · 13/09/2010 21:00

Southwest Whippet did you have a bad experience with hippies or wiccans in your childhood? Wink

Vans like that make me giggle.

Tippychoocks · 13/09/2010 21:00

I had a VW bus that I painted with daisies in my younger days (staggers off crone-like). I loved her.

But "powered by fairy dust" is strictly for numpties. It's just twee lying really, isn't it?

lamplighter · 13/09/2010 21:09

Put a spell on it Grin

Hulababy · 13/09/2010 21:12

Well, I am not keen on the stickers myself.... but the rest of the an sounds fab. I'd love a VW van DD wants one that is purple with pink flowers on, with matching curtains and crockery, etc. inside it.

cheesesarnie · 13/09/2010 21:16

forgot to say we had one when i was younger,someone set fire to it.was it you op?Hmm

PortBlacksand · 13/09/2010 21:19

Awwwww i had a psychadelic painted mini in my youth....and the inside of my current car has plain buttons in it (meant for posher models) which i have decorated with tippex to mean ejector seat and booster bomb the slow car in front....

That sounds fab - a bit like the Jesus bus from convoy ...

piratecat · 13/09/2010 21:25

yes, you are, why does it bother you so very much?

chill man!

prozacfairy · 13/09/2010 21:28

I want one! Grin

BrightLightBrightLight · 13/09/2010 22:49

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Southwestwhippet · 13/09/2010 22:50

I have to be honest, I can live with the purple and the flowers. Not my taste but if that's what floats your boat then so be it but... ugh, the stickers LOL [theatrical shudder]

Phew well BU or NBU, I feel better for getting that loathing off my chest, I'm off to bed. Grin

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MyCatIsABiggerBastardThanYours · 13/09/2010 22:56

umm, Brightlight, where does it say it's got a fish on it? Looks like a witchy type thing to me (dream catchers, spells, etc) so very unlikely to have a Christian symbol on it.

Back to the OP - nah, sounds like someone enjoying expressing themselves. And you are being V unreasonable, VW campers aren't just any old vehicle you know.. They have SOUL!

MyCatIsABiggerBastardThanYours · 13/09/2010 22:57

meant to add Grin

BrightLightBrightLight · 13/09/2010 22:58

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bruxeur · 13/09/2010 22:58

Cleanse it with fire.