Young guy in F-150 pickup gave me the finger today.

[MineralMan]

He had a NoBama bumper sticker on his rear window. He had just passed my 1991 Volvo station wagon, which sports an Veteran for Obama sticker above a Franken sticker, above a Wellstone! sticker that dates back many years. I guess he found some umbrage to take from that.

He was looking in the mirror to see my reaction, so I waved at him and smiled. That didn't appeal, apparently, since he stomped the accelerator and almost hit the car in front of him.

I guess I'm going to have to get a "Ha-ha! We Won" sticker for my Volvo, eh?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. You win.

He's driving an F-150.

[davepc]

5. Fuck that guy and his American truck built in Kanas City.

[AndyTiedye]

20. I'm Sure It's a Very Nice Truck

Ford builds good trucks. Too bad so many of them are wasted hauling assholes like him around.

[Kalyke]

37. I'd rather have the Ford.

More reliable.

[tularetom]

2. When he loses his job and the bank takes back his big pick em up

You can wave at him as he stands on the side of the road holding his will work for food sign.

[MineralMan]

3. Maybe I'll give him a "bailout" buck.

[tridim]

4. Ironically the only "nobama" sticker I've seen is also on an F-150

The dude parks it in my office parking lot so that everyone who drives by sees it. :mad:

[MineralMan]

6. Yah...they're popular on those, it seems...

even in Minnesota. Oh, well...

[Maine-ah]

22. not up here.

most of the republican stickers I see are on smaller vehicles, I do see them on large vehicles too. My hubbies F-150 sports no stickers, but he voted for Obama. My Xterra has an Obama sticker on it. :hi: Just stickin' up for those of us that drive them out of necessity. We buy used and not new.:hi:

[graywarrior]

8. Same here

Some morAn from Rochester NH

[MineralMan]

11. And old Volvo station wagons

piss them off from the get-go, for some reason, anyhow. Life's good!

[graywarrior]

21. And 95 Toyota Camry's with two crazy looking old hippies in the front seat

[MineralMan]

24. I hear that! I'm a gray-haired old hippy myself.

[graywarrior]

28. We upset the young freepers with our oldness

[MineralMan]

31. Indeed we do...especially when we get old enough

to draw Social Security. Then, the Freepers go all nutsy with hatred and envy. They consider us old folks to be a "waste of oxygen."

[graywarrior]

33. Being old is not for wimps.

[Maine-ah]

23. they only piss me off because they usually smell like french fries

and then I get hungry. :hide:

[MineralMan]

26. Old Volvos? French Fries?

Hmm...not mine. Mine smells like sushi.

[Maine-ah]

27. veg oil

restaurant grease


Vegetable oil can power a diesel engine without any need for modifications on the design of the engine. The main problem of this fuel is that it freezes above the freezing point of water which means that certain chemicals needs to added to it to keep it from freezing and blocking fuel lines.


http://www.streetdirectory.com/travel_guide/54078/mileage_and_fuel/vegetable_oil_as_substitute_for_diesel.html

[MineralMan]

30. Oh. My Volvo has a gasoline engine. I don't see any 1991 diesel

Volvos anywhere. Did they even make them back then?

[Bluerthanblue]

29. I've noticed that too- maybe it's because we get to keep driving

our cars long after theirs have gone to scrap.

My 'new' Volvo is 21yrs. old- with 287,000+ mi. Got it free from a really nice guy that was going to junk it 3 yrs. ago.
:hi:

[MineralMan]

32. I've had two Volvos that went past 300,000 miles before I sold them.

As far as I know, they're still on the road.

[smoogatz]

7. More unfocused wingnut rage.

They're losing their jobs and they blame the guy who just came into office and is actually trying to fix the problem.

[polichick]

9. I like your response - very effective!

[MineralMan]

10. It's always good to wave and smile in such cases.

The idiot flipping you the bird can't understand your reaction and becomes befuddled. Befuddling unwary morans is always worth doing. :bounce:

[polichick]

12. Maybe I'll even blow a kiss next time it happens to me!

[MineralMan]

16. That'll work!

[old mark]

13. I am looking for Tee shirts and buttons that GOPs would consider insulting.

I am still wearing the vote Obama 08 button I got from MoveOn.org on the old green hunting vest I usually wear in spring and fall. It has loops for shotgun shells on it, and between that tnd the Obama pin, people get very confused. I want something with a more clear message, maybe not GOP's SUCK!, but close enough to wear to the mall.
I need to save my Obama pins to wear to the gun shop.
mark

[Mad_Dem_X]

14. Perfect response

Don't lower yourself to their level. A smile is the best response to such assholish behavior.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

15. Ehhhhh, No Biggie.

I still cut-off or give the finger to people with bush/cheney bumpersticker, though in recent years there's been far less of them.

[MineralMan]

18. I don't know. I see no point in doing stuff like that.

It accomplishes nothing, in my opinion, and merely lowers you to their level.

[Cant trust em]

17. Great response.

These people really want you to be as irrationally angry as they are. I love not giving them that satisfaction.

[burythehatchet]

19. I woulda shot him

an angry look

[MineralMan]

25. But that's what he expects. The unexpected always works

better.

[LiberalFighter]

34. Too bad when they give you the finger you don't get to keep the finger for a souvenier.

[Vickers]

35. "my 1991 Volvo station wagon"

You goddam librul elitist.

:grr:

[Canuckistanian]

38. Prolly has latte cup-holders

And an extra-big glove compartment for spare Birkenstocks.

[Sheltiemama]

36. Last fall:

While driving home from work, I was behind a Mercedes that sported a bumper sticker that read: "Hitler gave great speeches, too." Let me repeat: It was on a Mercedes. A car made in Germany. Right beside the Mercedes logo. I think the irony was lost on the driver, but it made me laugh.

[LanternWaste]

39. People advertise their dignity and class in many ways, I suppose...

People advertise their dignity and class in many ways, I suppose.

He advertised his by giving you the finger, while you advertised your own class with a cheerful wave and a smile. :)



(Nut honestly-- that someone gets so upset as to be so rude and vulgar simply because of a bumper sticker that illustrates a different political philosophy really seems to be an illustration of a craven and ineffectual person. Good on you for taking the high road!!)

[carlyhippy]

40. Why must people be pricks?

What in the world was flipping off someone because of their bumper stickers and political views going to do in the grand scheme of things?! If he has that short of a fuse, he probably has a violent temper, he sounded like someone in need of some serious help.