The disturbing bumper sticker

[elSicomoro]

I like bumper stickers as a whole...my cars previous to the current one have been slathered in them: usually I have a few funny ones along with my favorite music groups. Rho likes them too...the back end of Putt-putt is smothered in them. I've had people pull up beside me while driving her car to tell me how funny and/or great some of them are.

Bumper stickers can also reveal a bit about a person--be it their humor or their beliefs or whatever. But I saw one Wednesday while driving home from work that threw me for a loop...

Have you ever seen the one that says "My Boss is a Jewish carpenter?" For those not in the know, it's a reference to Jesus. I've seen them around for about 10 years now.

The one I saw Wednesday read "My boss is an Austrian painter." I had to think about it for a minute, but then it hit me...it's a reference to Adolf Hitler.

I really REALLY want to believe that this person has a twisted sense of humor. After all, the presentation is brilliant...I didn't catch it right away, and I imagine it might stump the average person. And I have a pretty bizarre sense of humor myself.

But I only show off my bizarre sense of humor in certain situations...and I wouldn't show off anything extreme like that on my car. If someone with less tolerance than myself were to see that sticker and get the meaning, the owner of said sticker could find himself replacing that back window. Not to mention, there are quite a few Nazi sympathizers and anti-Semites out there.

I guess I shouldn't be so surprised. After all, look at the number of folks with Confederate flags on their cars/trucks. But that sort of thing is pretty overt to me. This seemed much more covert and sinister...