Greetings, my fellow port swillers!
Ol’ Robbo found himself behind a car this evening that had a sticker on the back window which read, “Loved Baby On Board”.
Of course, “Baby On Board” has been with us for a long while now, but I don’t think I’ve ever noticed such a sticker with “Loved” added, and frankly found it a bit odd. I mean, “Loved” as opposed to what? “Unwanted Baby on Board”? “‘Mistakes Were Made’ on Board”? “‘Baby I Don’t Really Give Much of a Damn About One Way Or The Other’ on Board”?
And is the implication that without specifying that the baby is loved, other drivers should feel free to go to ramming speed?
Feh.
I had a friend in college who had a bumper sticker on the back of his car that read, “Baby In Trunk”. I still think of this every time I see one of these stickers, and admit that I also still chuckle about it.
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July 28, 2018 at 8:13 am
sleepybeth
Feels like the “Loved Baby on Board” sticker is a precursor to the “My kid is an honor roll student at Blah Blah Elementary” sticker. Because the level of kid bragging feels about the same. Folks who don’t need to have the “Loved” bit on their BoB stickers probably just end up with the “My student succeeds at Blah Blah Elementary” stickers. You know, the ones they hand out to everyone so nobody feels bad.
July 28, 2018 at 1:21 pm
Robbo
Yup. BTB, I’ve been trying to comment at your place but Blogsplat has been acting up – the “I’m Not A Robot” thingy won’t engage.
And as for your “spot the quote”? Inconceivable!
July 28, 2018 at 8:26 pm
sleepybeth
Hmm. I poked about again to see if I could tweak it any to make comments take place. So maybe now it’ll work? Appreciate you letting me know.
And of course you’re right with the spot the quote.
July 30, 2018 at 8:41 am
the gripping hand
Maybe they were professing their love for the Simpsons episode about the Be Sharps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pURFU3pL93o
July 30, 2018 at 2:05 pm
nightfly
As I recall, beth, the “My kid’s an honor student” stickers were followed in short order by “My kid beat up your honor student” stickers.
July 30, 2018 at 4:39 pm
sleepybeth
Ah yes, I’d forgotten those.
July 30, 2018 at 8:15 pm
Robbo
My favorite snarky Catholic apologist, John Zmirak, takes Psalm 137:8-9 (“Fair Babylon, you destroyer, happy those who pay you back the evil you have done us! Happy those who seize your children and smash them against a rock!”) and turns it into an apropos minivan bumpersticker: “My Psalmist Smashes Your Honor Student Against A Rock”