if any of my readers ever wants to make me deliriously happy, all you need to do is find, and buy, a bumper sticker that reads this:
let me show you
how we do it in the trailer park
how we do it in the trailer park
i had one on my car that met a tragic demise, and it now resides on my wall of shame (don’t ask) inside my tv armoire; i should very much like another. my mailing address will go to anyone who finds one and wants to send it. i’ve never seen it anywhere since, and it’s been three+ years. and if anyone can show ya how they do it in the t-park, baby… ;)
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Hey stranger. I’ve been reading you since you posted on CL a while back. You’re such an amazing writer and I’m sure I’ll be here daily.
Your wit and intelligence has me most intrigued.
Steff…trailer trash???
C’mon….that is deleriously funny…yes I grew up as the broke joke but still…
A lifetime of “remebering” where I came from does not make me want to return to the life I grew up living…isn’t life about evoloution and not about “class”…
But trust me…I’m laughing at the thought of that sticker on a 68 Oldsmobile station wagon … :)
joe — hey, thanks man. visit often. :) always nice to have new folk about.
roscoe — lol, i’ve only ever BEEN to two trailer parks, and both were Canadian, and more like retirement communities, but i’ve never set foot inside a trailer, funnily. i just loved it the first time i saw that sticker. i have this courier bag with this yellow trailer on it and it says in large letters “CRACKER.” i love wearing that on my scooter, heh, and always get thumbs up when drivers pass me and stuff. (it’s a courier bag from a gig i went to, the band Cracker, comprised of the folk from Camper van Beethoven)
i had the sticker on a Hyundai Excel, if that does anything for your imagery. “dude, i didn’t know they drove korean!”
and yeah, life is entirely about evolution. yes.
(my other all-time fave sticker i’ve owned was vandalized by a born-again christian that used to be a customer in a store i worked in. saw the dude doing it, too, and man, did i wanna see blood. grr. never found the sticker since: “LOOK BUSY — JESUS IS COMING.” heh heh heh. oh, and i had one that said, “yes, but not with you.”)
You can design your custom stickers at cafepress.com.
My favourite bumper sticker read “Flatties try harder.”
They do. God love ‘em, they do.
Justin — LOL.
THE QUEST FOR THE BUMPER STICKERS IS COMPLETE!
A dear reader in Germany has MADE them for me. Broad Abroad rocks. It’s quite cool, not only will I have the stickers I’ve long wanted, but they will have been custom made by a reader. Very fucking cool.