There seem to be only three reasons for bumper stickers. Either they're calls to action ("Kill Pedro!"), niche group pride ("What Would Galactus Do?"), or advertisements ("Ask Me About My Sticky Buns!").
I neglect to include the "Pithy Sayings" category, because I firmly believe that it doesn't exist. Even one I might initially like ("Amish Time Traveler On Board") only works once. Now that I've read it, I hate it. I'm tired of it. Take it off your car, please. And the vast majority aren't even funny/interesting/relevant the first time. So I hold that these things are actually (whether on purpose or not) showing niche group pride. The group, in this case, are people who choose to live intelligence-free lifestyles.
I bring all this up because of a car in the parking lot that has a "National Association of Gifted Children" bumper sticker. In principle, I don't really have a problem with this. It shows that someone is proud of their smarty-pants kid. That's okay. But the thing is, this person parks like a retard. Our parking lot is organized in the standard two rows of cars facing each other, aisle, two more rows of cars, and so on. This person opts to park well over the dividing line between the two rows. So if another car tries to park in the opposite slot, they either have to leave their car's butt sticking several feet out into traffic or force the NAGC car into appropriate position with repeated rammings.
I don't get it. It isn't a nice car. It's not like those mid-life crisis trophy cars that get parked in such a way as to avoid accidental contamination by the plebes. This is just someone being stupid. Well, more stupid. And yet...National Association of Gifted Children. I don't know. Maybe it skips a generation. Or maybe the kid drives to work. And she's like 3 years old or something. That would be okay. I can't really be upset with poor parking-lot etiquette from a toddler. Even one with a freaky big forehead and bulging red eyes that know too much. Cute little things.
Very good blog! Excellent!
(Do you feel selectively reinforced?)
Posted by: anonymous | May 17, 2006 at 08:48 AM
Your mother told me being gifted does skip a generation. And I know your son is brilliant, so.........
Posted by: stubby larue | May 25, 2006 at 08:00 AM
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By the way, that check for the National Association of Gifted Children you sent last week bounced.
Posted by: brent | May 31, 2006 at 03:21 PM