Comments on: Trickin’ Out the Ride http://blogfreespringfield.com/trickin-out-the-ride Con maldad hacias sombreros rojo. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:49:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://blogfreespringfield.com/trickin-out-the-ride/comment-page-1#comment-286 Anonymous Sun, 08 Jan 2006 04:09:00 +0000 http://blogfreespringfield.com/trickin-out-the-ride#comment-286 A marginaly related addendum:<br/><br/>I have watched the following with some humor. In Europe, the license plates essentialy look the same from one country to the next (no invitations to "Show Me" or declarations that "Oklahoma is OK."). Anyhow, many are fond of placing an oval sticker on their car indicating their home country.<br/><br/>These have been seen here by expats and InsertCounrtyofOrigin-Americans here (I've seen Ireland, Italy, Romania, Great Britain and Germany, among others).<br/><br/>And then, the oval shape became popular here. "The Black Dog" in Martha's Vineyard was probably the first I'd seen. LaSalle Bank, sponsor of the Chicago Marathon, offers a self-congratulatory 26.2 sticker.<br/><br/>But my favorite phenomenon is the very haters of Europe themselves, the GOP, taking this on. The first, the oval "W" with traces of the American flag. More recently, GOP congressional hopeful Peter Roskam joined the fun. <br/><br/>Apparently, imitation is now the sincerest form of contempt. A marginaly related addendum:

I have watched the following with some humor. In Europe, the license plates essentialy look the same from one country to the next (no invitations to “Show Me” or declarations that “Oklahoma is OK.”). Anyhow, many are fond of placing an oval sticker on their car indicating their home country.

These have been seen here by expats and InsertCounrtyofOrigin-Americans here (I’ve seen Ireland, Italy, Romania, Great Britain and Germany, among others).

And then, the oval shape became popular here. “The Black Dog” in Martha’s Vineyard was probably the first I’d seen. LaSalle Bank, sponsor of the Chicago Marathon, offers a self-congratulatory 26.2 sticker.

But my favorite phenomenon is the very haters of Europe themselves, the GOP, taking this on. The first, the oval “W” with traces of the American flag. More recently, GOP congressional hopeful Peter Roskam joined the fun.

Apparently, imitation is now the sincerest form of contempt.

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]]> By: Monkey Boy http://blogfreespringfield.com/trickin-out-the-ride/comment-page-1#comment-284 Monkey Boy Sat, 31 Dec 2005 21:45:00 +0000 http://blogfreespringfield.com/trickin-out-the-ride#comment-284 I have no solid proof but it seems that you are imagining the 42-year-old married white male cruising Springfield with porn blaring for all to see.<br/><br/>It is my experience that what you should be imagining is the "thug" type of individual who has spent all the money that should go to his 2 illegitimate children on "tricking out" his early 90's Caprice. If that is the case "outing" them to the general public is a waste. It is hard to make dirtbags care about not being dirtbags. I have no solid proof but it seems that you are imagining the 42-year-old married white male cruising Springfield with porn blaring for all to see.

It is my experience that what you should be imagining is the “thug” type of individual who has spent all the money that should go to his 2 illegitimate children on “tricking out” his early 90’s Caprice. If that is the case “outing” them to the general public is a waste. It is hard to make dirtbags care about not being dirtbags.

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