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Just............why?

93 replies

Marshy · 05/06/2011 14:19

Seen in the back of a car whilst I was out driving yesterday - "our grandson child's name on board"

Was IBU not to ram the car?

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Orbinator · 06/06/2011 00:34

Chavtastic. I'd possibly only consider buying one if it was more realistic - "Pooping, peeing mini-person on board - I'm on my last thread of sanity. Come hither if you dare..."

fuzzpigFriday · 06/06/2011 00:37

I saw a 'powered by fairydust' car at the station the other day. Ugh. It even had little pink silhouettes which looked vaguely pornographic Hmm

SingingSands · 06/06/2011 00:42

I was behind a massive people carrier last week with a "perfect family on board" sign on the back window. It gave me the RAGE.

And yesterday, I was really distracted by an "On board" sign that had not only the child's name, but his gurning photo on it. Chavtastic!

TalcAndTurnips · 06/06/2011 00:46

I'd like one that said 'Cheese on Board'

TheSecondComing · 06/06/2011 00:50

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PigletJohn · 06/06/2011 00:51

what is this fairydust that some mums have?

Is it like pubic dandruff?

thefirstMrsDeVere · 06/06/2011 10:49

My car is covered in pink butterflies.

Ner

Grin
katvond · 06/06/2011 10:55

I'd like one that says hairy cunt on board
They can decide if it's me or DH

Hate the signs that say my other cars a Ferrari. Fuck off you twats. Your driving a clapped out banger and you've got a Ferrari.

RevoltingPeasant · 06/06/2011 10:57

kat Saw one this weekend which said My other car's a broom with a witchy silhouette. Loved it!

I'd like a bumper sticker which reads Driving two feet behind me will not make me break 70, yes that means you in the black Audi with the daytime running lights and the receding hairline, you twat

... But I think it might be too wordy....

Madwelshwoman · 06/06/2011 11:00

I always think that advertising your child's name on your car could potentially be asking for trouble, you can imagine the conversation between small child and gurning mac wearer 'I'm not a stranger, see I know your name, (insert chav name of choice here)

katvond · 06/06/2011 11:01

Love it revolting I want that one.
I do like it though when you see a dirty White van and someone as scrawled on the grime " I wish my wife was this dirty"
Makes me laugh

katvond · 06/06/2011 11:02

Madwelsh you mean our britney and Whitney brigade ?

newportstateofmind · 06/06/2011 11:03

The best one I saw was a personalised "Little Princes's Boy'sName1 and Boy'sName2" on board!

So not only the apostrophe but the extra s as well??? Brilliant!!

AmazingBouncingFerret · 06/06/2011 11:04

I want one saying Baby, I'm Bored. Sums it bout up..

worldgonecrazy · 06/06/2011 11:05

In one of my previous jobs a pregnant coworker was involved in a very nasty car accident. She remembers only one thing about the accident and that was fighting to stay conscious long enough to let the emergency services know that she was 9 weeks pregnant. Luckily she survived with just a couple of broken limbs and some serious bruising and her baby was born healthy a few months later.

So I don't think a 'Mum to Be' on board sticker is at all chavvy, rather I think it very sensible in the event of being involved in an accident.

And I would say, read the full Snopes report. It says the story of why the stickers were first manufactured is a myth, but it doesn't say where the original idea came from, just that a friend had seen similar stickers in Europe.

Madwelshwoman · 06/06/2011 11:10

Indeed, I see so many of those with such god awful names on them usually suitably chavvy or even worse normal (ish) names which are spelled completely different for no other reason that the parents probably think it's 'clever'. I'd be bloody ashamed to advertise I'd named my child something like that.

Best thing I saw was a white van pulling out of a car park and someone had scrawled on it 'nice parking you twat' in the dirt. It was rather badly parked I admit.

Thingumy · 06/06/2011 11:12

always makes me grin

maighdlin · 06/06/2011 11:13

i hate the X on board signs. i can see the point for an emergency to have some sign that there could be a small baby or child in the car but they have become so tacky.

however i smile every time i'm at my friends house who has a welcome mat saying "fuck the dog beware of the children" i shouldn't but i just can't help it.

kreecherlivesupstairs · 06/06/2011 11:16

DD was desperate for me to get a sticker for our car with her name on it and a stick figure. I told her we couldn't because we'd have to sell it on to someone who had a DD called her name.

MapofTassie · 06/06/2011 11:30

Walked past a white transit van yesterday with a sign that said:
"Live venomous snakes often on board"
Bet that van doesn't get broken into of a night...Grin

skeletonbones · 06/06/2011 11:33

singing sands I have seen the 'perfect family' one too and it made me boak. Another favourive was a mum as school had 'my mum's better than yours' URGH, better at what? just superior in a general way, or better at an actual skill... syncronised swimming? plasma spectrometry? purchasing shit signs?

SeymoreButts · 06/06/2011 11:43

On my Dad's emergency rotation as a house officer he was present at an accident where only the baby survived, because it was unconscious they weren't immediately aware it was there. But it has definitely gone to far, advertising your child's name (and school!!) together with your licence plate seems a bit too much info. Why not add your address and date of birth too?

kreecherlivesupstairs · 06/06/2011 11:45

The best one I've seen was on a Ferrari. It said, my other car's a Ferrari.

RevoltingPeasant · 06/06/2011 11:46

Seymore, that poor baby :(

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