I’m sure you’ve all seen the stickers appearing on the back of various vehicles in the past few years. You know, the stickers by which the vehicle’s occupant advertises the DEATH of a loved one? This morning, I have witnessed a new low in such redneckery. Not only did it have the DEAD person’s name, their birth/DEATH dates, and just how very much they were loved…it also had the apparent location in which they DIED.Yes, readers numbering five, not only are we forced to share in this total stranger’s alleged sorrow, but we also need to know precisely where their stickerly-mourned loved one bought the farm. So that the next time we drive down that road, we can weep a little tear of sadness? Or so that we can have the creeping heebie jeebies, and potentially crash up ourselves looking for gouge marks and bloodstains?
Or, maybe…zombies back from the dead looking for vengeance on fuckers who embarrass them with stupid RIP stickers.
In other news, last night Zoe brought me a AA rechargable battery. Why?
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on Oct 22nd, 2007 at 10:55 am
This public grief stuff is everywhere.
I remember years back there used to be whole web communities of people who lost children. They traded graphics of flying angels, shared saccharine midis and viciously fought for hits.
Recently, my sons school banned the wearing of memorial shirts. The kids would Magic Marker t-shirts to commemorate the deaths of people they knew. Unfortunately, in my kids school, these deaths tend to be gang related and the shirts became magnets for more violence.
on Oct 23rd, 2007 at 6:01 pm
I saw a car the other day where the back window had been etched with a memorial. It had flowers, birds, the deceased’s name, date of birth, date of death, nickname and some sort of poem underneath it all. It made my stomach turn. I hate that as much as I hate the roadside memorials, which have become larger and grander and more morbid over the years. I actually saw one the other day that a huge poster of the person who was killed at the spot. Yea, thanks for putting up this distraction on the side of the road ,moron.
on Oct 24th, 2007 at 1:33 am
See if you can build something out of all the parts your cat brings you. Better yet, let the kiddies try.
Maybe Zoe has an idea.
Have you kept track? There’s been a battery, a pen, what else?
on Oct 24th, 2007 at 7:15 am
It has already given me an idea for a childrens book, if nothing else.
So far it’s been a battery, a pen, several cardboard tissue tubes, and innumerable fuzzy toy mice.