Is it a lone prankster? A disgruntled group of grumps? A Freedom Movement, here in our li’l patch of historically preserved suburbs?
I’m talking here of the micro-vandalism witnessed on my mother’s car. Well, to be more accurate, the vandalism perpetrated on her magnetic Choose Civility bumper sticker, which happens to be on her car. I got blamed for this act, which I took in good spirit. See, someone has produced a syllabic switch-out; they’ve created mini-stickers to slap on and over the forest green “Choose Civility in Howard County” bumper stickers. My mother’s sticker now says “Choose Senility.”
What do you think? Is this a mild-mannered petty vandal? A no-two-ways-about-it criminal who wrongfully has damaged personal property? Have you seen evidence that this is a multi-messaged campaign with a barrage of new stickers popping up? Speak up, dear citizens. Speak up.
5 Comments
July 4, 2008 at 6:31 pm
I did NOT do this. But I do admit, I laughed out loud.
July 4, 2008 at 10:02 pm
That is pretty funny. It’s a matter of time before someone makes a similar sticker to replace the “Cho” with an “L”.
July 5, 2008 at 2:47 pm
I did see someone tape over the word “Choose” with “Screw”, but that was just with white tape and a black magic marker.
This almost looks professional, with the green tape and letters using the same font as the original magnet – looks like it might be part of a larger conspiracy….
July 6, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Not me either, although it is something I would do. My own mod is up on my site now.
July 14, 2008 at 9:51 pm
That is an inspired work of culture jamming.