BS

No, It's not what you think it is going to be about. One of my first business ventures was selling bumper stickers. They were quite simple. Black with bold white lettering that plainly stated "Illinois Sucks". Which with exception of the blues, it pretty much does. Come on, Chicago named one of its teams the Cubs! A cute, harmless animal. They are also known as the lovable losers, and even worse, their most ardent fans refer to them as the cubbies. What a vicious opponent.

Needless to say I have come up with many others since then, most of which I have forgotten. (Did I just hear a global sigh of relief?) I'll never forget the day I found out about the meaning of those rainbow stickers. I was in NH at the intersection of Elm and Bridge streets. I was riding with Chris Charuck talking about heading back west. We were stopped at a stop lite when he noticed a car in front of us with a CA plate and said "I'm sure he'd be willing to give you a ride."
"What makes you say that?"
"The rainbow sticker."
"What?"
"Yeah, its a gay symbol."
Well I find rainbows to be a fascinating natural phenomenon and felt a little violated. Maybe that was their intent. In short, I came up with my retort "It takes a bent person to straighten a rainbow". No, not very PC, but since when have I been concerned about that.

We have all seen the "I don't get mad I get even" sticker. My response is "I don't get even I get odd". For the last several years I have been waiting for an oddball super star third baseman to arrive so I can put out my "I'm not out in left field I just play a deep third" sticker. Maybe I could follow Jesse Jacksons lead and come out with an "Uncle Barak Otoma" sticker.

I do like the one The Great Instigator told me about, paraphrasing here, "with the exception of slavery, fascism, and communism, what has war ever solved".

There are lots of them out there, sadly the good ones are forgotten and all we can remember is "honk if you're horny" and "if you get any closer I'll flick a booger on your windshield". Isn't it time we bring back "save gas, fart in a jar"?