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The 4x4 bumper sticker that got me pulled over in Austin
I had one of those 'Honk if you love freedom' stickers on my truck for years, no problem. Last Tuesday I slap a new one next to it that says 'My other ride is your mom's house' thinking it's funny. Cop pulls me over on I-35, says the combo reads like a threat and makes me peel both off on the spot. Lesson learned: bumper stickers aren't just words, they're statements that get read together in traffic. Anyone else had a sticker combination backfire like that?
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drewsullivan2mo ago
Man, that cop totally saw the whole thing as a setup for a punchline he wasn't ready for. I once had a 'Jesus is my co-pilot' sticker next to one that said 'I brake for no one' and let me tell you, the looks I got in the church parking lot were worse than any ticket. My buddy even asked if I was trying to start a holy war with my own bumper. I think the real lesson is that stickers are like a two-part joke where the punchline is always your insurance rate going up. These days I just stick to 'My kid is an honor roll student' and even that feels risky when I'm tailgating someone slow.
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the_margaret2mo ago
Yeah, I used to just slap whatever stickers made me laugh without thinking about how they'd read together, but after seeing a neighbor's "Come and take it" right above a gun rack decal get a whole different reaction, I get it now. Honestly, you're lucky the cop just made you peel 'em instead of writing something worse.
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