Because you're a rolling advertisement!

[EvilEmpryss]

I was behind this woman at a gas station, and her car had no fewer than six different stickers advertising what I think was some sort of a local band. There might have been more, but some of the stickers were scratched and faded.

One of the gas station attendants was emptying garbage cans. When he saw the stickers on her car he came around and asks "Who are the 'Band of Brothers'?" (made up name)

Pissy Bitch: "How the hell should I know? Why do you people keep asking me that?!?!"

Uhm, maybe 'cuz you're driving a pretty nice car that's plastered over with their concert stickers? If the car's yours and you don't like the band, why don't you take the stickers off? Seriously. Especially if you're tired of having people ask you about it.

[Tithera]

Funny explanation to that could be that she seriously doesn't know they are there and she didn't put them there herself. Local bands like to plaster their stickers EVERYWHERE. There is a stop sign in my hometown that has four of those on there, most of those having broken up years ago. Some people are just not that observant and can have stuff on their cars for weeks without noticing until someone points them out.

[blas]

Not to mention you can be paid to advertise.

You can buy a car from the local Kia dealership here, and if you deck out your new car in all their advertising decals or whatever, you get $100 or something off of your monthly payments for a year or two.

[Sheldonrs]

"Pissy Bitch: "How the hell should I know? Why do you people keep asking me that?!?!"

So we can assume your son/daughter is NOT an honor student either?

[infinitemonkies]

A few months ago there was an American guest at the hotel who's car was covered in bumper-stickers, all far-right-leaning, ranging from staunchly republican to fanatically conservative. And right in the middle was a rainbow M4M sticker.

That's odd, I thought at first, an openly-gay right-winger who's proud of both?
Then I realized it's far more likely someone put it there as a joke, and the owner had never noticed,

[EvilEmpryss]

I've seen that trick with bands posting stickers everywhere, but it's simply not possible for her not to have known about these: One was under her hand as she leaned on the car to pump gas. They were all very neatly arranged across the back and rear panels of the car and mixed in with various other band stickers. It was just that this band's stickers were more numerous than the others. They were also of various states of fading, so they weren't all put on at the same time.

Still, she didn't say it wasn't her car, she didn't say she didn't put the stickers there, she didn't say that it was a used car she bought with the stickers on it, she just got pissed that people were (apparently) repeatedly asking her about the stickers. And *all* the stickers on her car were music-related. Not an honor student or political sticker in sight. If people don't want to be asked about their opinions or tastes in music, politics, sex, or religion, they shouldn't be proclaiming them so publicly.

And with some Goo-Gone and a razor blade and they won't have to "put up with" people's questions anymore, either.

[Ironclad Alibi]

Then I realized it's far more likely someone put it there as a joke, and the owner had never noticed,

Much like the situation in this Frazz comic.

[LillFilly]

We had spree of some asswipe putting stickers advertising a local business on cars in our lots. It obviously wasn't for promotion by employees, because they were STICKING them on; not leaving them under a wiper or something. Some genius actually called the company to complain and demanded the cost to repair the vehicle because he had scratched the paint off trying to remove the sticker! Yeaaaah, a local business is really going to go around vandalizing your car in hopes that you'll become a customer...

[Geek King]

AThat's odd, I thought at first, an openly-gay right-winger who's proud of both?
Then I realized it's far more likely someone put it there as a joke, and the owner had never noticed,

Um, there are some gay conservatives and gay republicans. Neither one of those tags actually makes you a bigoted nutjob.

[Sheldonrs]

Um, there are some gay conservatives and gay republicans. Neither one of those tags actually makes you a bigoted nutjob.

To quote from Paula Poundstone:

"Gay republicans?! How does THAT work? "Oh we disapprove of our OWN lifestyle!".

“I don't even know what a gay Republican is.” Said Poundstone” Does that mean they beat themselves up in parking lots?"

[protege]

Uh guys? Let's keep the politics over on Fratching, OK?

Somewhat on topic, I'd be careful using a razor blade to remove a bumper sticker. You can easily scratch the paint, or if it's on a plastic panel...leave gouges in the surface! You can sometimes get lucky with a heat gun, or even a blow dryer--the sticker should peel right off.

On topic now Years ago, when my grandfather was still alive, some idiot was going around town slapping stickers on cars. Apparently, the guy was trying to advertise for his business (I forget which one now), but didn't want to pay for radio time. Of course, my grandpa was furious that someone had just defaced his new car!

He decided to get even--he used his political connections, and got the guy into trouble. The idiot got brought up on vandalism, criminal mischief, and not having a merchant's license for his 'business.'

[LillFilly]

Peeling off as much sticker as you can, then using 'Goo Gone' followed-up by a soft scrubbing with a toothbrush, and some soap and water, gets the job done just fine.

The business we had that people were complaining about stickers was a HUGE ONE; definetly not the type to deface people's cars!

[Kogarashi]

And if you don't have Goo Gone, vegetable oil often does in a pinch. Rub it on with a cotton swab, let it sit for fifteen minutes, then gently rub with a warm, wet cloth.

[Estil]

A few months ago there was an American guest at the hotel who's car was covered in bumper-stickers, all far-right-leaning, ranging from staunchly republican to fanatically conservative. And right in the middle was a rainbow M4M sticker.

That's odd, I thought at first, an openly-gay right-winger who's proud of both?
Then I realized it's far more likely someone put it there as a joke, and the owner had never noticed,

Not really, I'm a big-time conservative/liberartian/Republican/pro-lifer yet I'm a male with long hair and full beard/glasses (which by appearance alone you'd think I'm some hippie tree hugging liberal). I think they call those reverse stereotypes?

My mother-in-law is also a good example of a reverse stereotype. The stereotype of a man's mother-in-law is like Fred Flintstone's mother-in-law, but yet my own is as sweet and kind as can be, and often treats me better than even my own mother did!

[draftermatt]

Then I realized it's far more likely someone put it there as a joke, and the owner had never noticed,

Colleague of mine is a big supporter of American Political Party A.

Stickers on his truck, in his office, moved from a 25 minute commute to a 2 hour 25 minute commute so he could be near people like him, etc.

In 2008 he was quite miffed to find someone had slapped a bumper sticker for Candidate of American Political Party B on his truck.

Took pics and sent an e-mail out to everyone he knew saying what he'd do if he found out who did it, said he was going to have finger prints done, etc.

Most of us assumed he was joking (myself included) but we're not really sure