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  1. Newsgroups: alt.peeves
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!metro!usage!earth.gas.unsw.OZ.AU.gas.unsw.OZ.AU!allane
  3. From: allane@earth.gas.unsw.OZ.AU.gas.unsw.OZ.AU (Allan Evans)
  4. Subject: Re: BDI On Board
  5. Message-ID: <1992Jul24.050058.7625@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU>
  6. Summary: warning... warning...
  7. Sender: news@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU
  8. Nntp-Posting-Host: earth.gas.unsw.oz.au
  9. Organization: University of New South Wales
  10. References: <39563@skye.dcs.ed.ac.uk>
  11. Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 05:00:58 GMT
  12. Lines: 36
  13.  
  14. In article Not_Al_Crawford@ed.ac.uk (Not Al Crawford) writes:
  15. > Hmmm, suspiciously familiar looking subject line, am I recycling?
  16. >
  17. >[summary of small stick-on triangles that are stuck to vehicle windows] 
  18. > 
  19. > Today I saw a new twist - a car with a "Dog On Board" sticker in the back
  20. > window. Leaving aside the fact that it was a sticker (meaning it's always
  21. > there, even if there isn't a dog in the car) I fail to see the reasoning
  22. > behind this idea.
  23. > 
  24. > I mean, what's the point? 
  25.  
  26. The small yellow stickers/suction things are not so that YOU can be more
  27. careful to protect whatever is supposed to be in the vehicle with the
  28. sign. The sign is to *WARN* you... so that you can get the fuck away from
  29. the SOB.
  30.  
  31. For those of you that have large calibre weapons stored in gun-racks behind
  32. your head... the signs also are good for target practice. If you're lucky,
  33. you may also splatter the kid/dog/etc's little excuse for a brain all over
  34. the windshield. 
  35.                                             
  36.            ____                           ________
  37.            |   \ -----BOOM!--->          / /  |( )\SPLAT!
  38. __________ |___/---                 ____/ /_O_|____\_____
  39. |   ___   ||   ___ |                |   ___         ___  \
  40. |__( 0 )__||__( o )|                |__( o )_______( o )_|
  41.     ---        ---                      ---         ---
  42.              ^                              ^   ^
  43.              Large calibre weapon      target   mummy getting splattered.
  44.              firing at target.
  45.  
  46. Al
  47. _______________________________________________________________________________
  48. | Allan H. Evans * School of Geography * UNSW * PO Box 1 Kensington 2033 Aust.|
  49. | allane@earth.gas.unsw.OZ.AU  Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Systems |
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