Monday, November 07, 2005
In Loving Memory
In loving memory of.....In recent years I have noticed a LOT of stickers and slogans pasted on the back windshields of cars. As a teenager, I myself was part of that practice, having multiple stickers plastered all over the back of my silver Ford Probe: Depeche Mode, Social Distortion, the Specials, and KROQ stickers alike. Now that I am older and more “mature” I just don’t see the point in putting a white sticker of Calvin relieving himself onto the symbol of anything I detest. And having Calvin kneeling in front of a cross praying does nothing to stir a religious beat in my heart. Yes, I know God is Awesome. I know that if life is short and we ought to pray hard. I know that real men love Jesus, but can fake men really love anything? It almost negates the theory… But despite all this, the one thing that truly perplexes me is why people feel the need to dedicate their cars in loving memory of some dearly departed soul. You know what I am talking about, don’t you? For example, today at the freeway off ramp waiting for a green light this morning I noticed the Toyota Highlander in front of me had it written all over their back windshield: In Loving Memory of Johnny 1974-2004. Now, I don’t know about you but when I pass on I’d hate to think that my legacy left on earth exists in the form of a gas guzzling, taupe SUV. If I die sometime soon, will the life insurance money currently bequeathed to my parents go to purchase the Ford F350 diesel engine truck my dad is salivating over? If so, would he feel honor bound to make sure the driving world at large knew this big-a truck is in loving memory of his dead daughter? I somehow doubt that he’d be driving that thing around the mountains thinking of it as a tribute to me anyway. I see this all the time and it makes me crazy. I’m not a callous and uncharitable person, I think, but I really don’t give a crap that you’ve dedicated your vehicle to someone six feet under. Whatever happened to dedicating benches in lovely parks and museums to our beloved deceased? How have we moved from dedicating scholarships and hospital wings to motor vehicles? It’s a modern travesty, in my opinion. And don’t get me started on a laser cut sticker of the Virgin Mary guarding over your trunk and bumper…
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I figured it was probably a retarded California thing. Why are wqe such freaks sometimes???
this is hilarious! i haven't seen the "in memory" stickers on cars. pathetic. i also haven't seen calvin kneeling in front a cross praying! that is the funniest thing ever! ha! you have begun your downward spiral into the world of blogging. ooo-a-ah!
Care, this is great. Cynthia obviously doesn't drive around enough to see the "in loving memory stuff". You have to be up in SLC in the "hood"--West Valley City.
I don't know why Patty hasn't seen them living in Taylorsvill and all.
OK, some blog etiquette. You need to include some paragraphs. Don't you remember freshman english--all essays must include 5 paragraphs.
Whirled Peas (World Peace) has always been a personal favorite along with the fish with legs that says "Darwin" instead of "JESUS".
I will have to write a sequel about the RULDS2? sticker. Can they get lamer especially here in Utah?
RULDS2! Ha! I hadn't thought of that in a long time, Paul! Carolyn, Cynthia's friend Allison here. I also have not seen the in loving memory thing going on and frankly it disturbs me. In loving memorya s I feel my leather upholstery? In loving memory as I sort through my 100 disk CD player? In loving memory as I pop another DVD in the plyer for the kids to watch on their 17 inch hdtv screens? Yeah, in loving memory doesn't seem to fit on the back of a luxury vehicle really...
um...aslo, I'm a vrey bad typer...
RULDS2 - Yes, I shun it. I shun them all - white oval CTR stickers and all their lot. I've never understood people's need to advertise their religion on their vehicle. Unless you drive a chariot (a Godly vehicle indeed) then leave it undecorated, OK people?
Allison - I am honored that you read my blog. All valid points you have made. I feel an instant kinship. HA! :)
My other favorite sticker is "This is what a goddess looks like". Now that's GOOD.
I guess the "Goddess" is better than the license plate rim on a BMW in my building's parking lot that simply says "Pornstar". I walk by it far too often and wonder what kind of idiot put that on their car.
I wonder is it a man or a woman? I am not sure which would be worse.
I will stick with my In-N-Out Burger license plate rim and the constant mental note that my license plate ___ HWB stands for "Hey, White Boy". Cynthia you haunt me with your clever catch phrases. 11 years after the joke and I still can't walk past my car without thinking about it!!
Paul - Pornstar is the name of a band. You're scaring me because you sound like my Dad. Every time he sees Pornstar on someone's car, he gets apoplectic.
PS - I failed to mention how SICK I am of seeing the stick figure families with everyone's name's printed under the stick figure - including Sally, the family dog. I don't care!! Besides, doesn't publishing your kids' names on your vehicle make it that much easier for kidnappers?
Who ARE the ad wizards???
I am so embarrassed about the whole "Pornstar" comment. Obviously not my taste in music. This must be a R&B/Rap or Pop band that I would shun like the plague.
This is your dad speaking: Ya' know when we went to see your grandmother the other day and you drove us over in your car? Well, after I saw the way you were driving, I was envisioning those exact words on the rear of my (new) pickup truck.
Now, how did you know that??
I was doing a search online, curious to see if anyone every took credit for those RULDS2? bumper stickers, and stumbled across your blog. I like it!
My wife is taking over the family blog and better at posting regularly, so I started my own.
- Fellow Office Fan
does that mean you arent a fan of the elephant peeing on obama on my trucks back window?
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