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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Driving / January 2007Found elsewhere - Baby on Board
I'm making my way through my hour commute home from work and the gym Thursday night when I suddenly look around and realize I've been surrounded by mini-vans. I must say it was quite an unsettling realization. To begin with, mini-van sales have dipped way down ever since the arrival of the SUV and the consequent arrival of the 'soft' SUV. (The tough enough for a man, made for a woman attitude in the commercials for these things STILL makes me want to find an automobile CEO and mark him with my scent.) But, even though there's no law against rambling ranting... I digress. So... finding yourself in a sea of mini-vans can be very weird. It's like parking at the mall and looking up to realize that every other car AT the mall is a station wagon. Which reminds me: When's the last time you saw a television commercial for a station wagon? The Dodge Magnum doesn't count because it's a single guy, no kids, a guitar, surfboard and 2X4's in the back and the thing is clean. Clearly over the top in the realm of fantasy land, kids. So there I am making my way through minivandom when I see it. The bane of my existance. Dangling there in front of me, mocking me, laughing to itself I'm sure. Swinging from the rear window of the mini-van in front of me was this jewel of modern wisdom: BABY ON BOARD Fortunately, for some of us, this spoof of a yellow road hazzard sign was soon spoofed itself with things like "Mother-In-Law In Trunk", "Your Sister In Backseat" and "Miscellaneous Parts In Glove Box" and provided us with a little relief from the quizzical BABY ON BOARD To be quite frank, it's more than a little arrogant. Suddenly all my driving knowledge, experience, awareness and culbability are supposed to be centered around the fact that you didn't use birth control? Tailgating is no longer illegal, it's just more dangerous to do because your sperm and egg were well matched? f.ck the semi that's weaving in the left lane, the black ice on the pavement or the chance of rocks on the roadway in this particular mountain pass... Noooo! I have to focus all my attention on you because that stupid little placard in your window indicates you finally one day no longer had to hit the snooze alarm on your biological clock! Get over it. Ladies and Gentlemen (and I use those words loosely), Eeyore said in rec.autos.driving: > Fortunately, for some of us, this spoof of a yellow road hazzard sign was soon > spoofed itself with things like "Mother-In-Law In Trunk", "Your Sister In [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > ON > BOARD IIRC, those things went out with the '80's here in the US.  Signature"Who the hell you calling crazy? You wouldn't know what crazy was If Charles Manson was eating Froot Loops on your front porch...." --Suicidal Tendencies > Ladies and Gentlemen (and I use those words loosely), Eeyore said in > rec.autos.driving: [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > IIRC, those things went out with the '80's here in the US. Really ? Graham Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> said in rec.autos.driving: >> > Fortunately, for some of us, this spoof of a yellow road hazzard sign was soon >> > spoofed itself with things like "Mother-In-Law In Trunk", "Your Sister In [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Really ? Every trend starts on the west coast of the US and slowly drifts eastward. In a year or two it reaches the midwestern United States. Looks like it takes about 15 - 20 years to hit the UK. :) SignatureI hate speediots - especially Carl Troller. Scott en Aztl?n wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> said in > rec.autos.driving: [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > -- > I hate speediots - especially Carl Troller. I think the trend in the US ended with a Gallagher (he of the watermelon-smashing sledgehammer) routine: he had a doll nailed to a 1x12 and called it his "Baby on Board." Scott en Aztl?n wrote: > Every trend starts on the west coast of the US and slowly drifts > eastward. In a year or two it reaches the midwestern United States. > Looks like it takes about 15 - 20 years to hit the UK. :) Except for that "settle the west" thing that started a few hundred years ago on the east coast, moved to the west, and when it ran out of room started inbreeding, which resulted in "California" Ted Kennedy - President of DDDAMM (Drunk Driving Divers Against Mad Mothers) - 17 Jan 2007 01:14 GMT >I'm making my way through my hour commute home from work and the gym Thursday >night when I suddenly look around and realize I've been surrounded by mini-vans. [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > >Get over it. I saw one of those yellow signs today that read (in small print) "SC" then in larger print below it "Drivers Ahead." I've got to get one of those. Signaturegpstard (gpsman@driversmail.com) demonstrates his inability to comprehend the simple differences of the definitions of the monosyllabic words "time" and "chance:" (Message-ID: <1167151218.287827.24230@73g2000cwn.googlegroups.com>) Why don't you argue that the faster one drives the less time spent driving and available to be involved in an accident? "Laura Bush Murdered Her Boyfriend" brags of it's homosexuallity: the guys at the bath-house stopped laughing at my 3 inch weenie. : http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.autos.driving/msg/168e8e621dd649fb?hl=en "Laura Bush Murdered Her Boyfriend" brags of it's ability to operate a vehicle: I must be doing something right to go 3 1/2 years without a fatal crash. : http://groups.google.com/group/misc.transport.road/msg/a376114ee8a61824?hl=en Joshua Calvert <joshua_l_calvert@hotmail.com> demonstrates his lack of understanding of the terms "sarcasm", "irony", and "hypocrisy": Poor rightard, forced to whine about an 40 year old event. Message-ID: <Xns970A68202F1C5joshualcalverthotmai@68.6.19.6> |
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