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Encyclopedia > Bumper stickers

A bumper sticker is, usually, an adhesive label or sticker with message attached to, or designed to be attached to, the bumper of a vehicle (almost invariably an automobile, van, pickup truck, minivan or the like), for the purpose of being read by the driver and/or passengers in following vehicles. They can be political, humorous, or in support of a sports team. They may promote or attack a particular stand on any issue. Most bumper stickers are about 3 inches by 12 inches and are often made of vinyl. Due to the movements/wind of a moving vehicle, they have to stick very well. However, there are some "easy to remove" bumper stickers and magnetic bumper stickers, occasionally made to be used as pranks by putting them on someone else's bumper. One way to remove a sticker is with WD-40. A label is any kind of tag attached with adhesive to something so as to identify the object or its contents. ... A bumper is a part of a car designed to allow one vehicle to push another and to withstand the impact from collisions. ... Vehicles are non-living means of transport. ... A small variety of cars, the most popular kind of automobile. ... Van can mean: van (road vehicle) van (rail vehicle), also called a boxcar Turkish Van cat shortened form of vanguard the VAN method for earthquake prediction Van is also the name of several places: In Turkey: Van, town Van, province Lake Van In the United Kingdom: Van, Caerphilly In the... Pickup truck with extended cabin and homebuilt lumber rack. ... A newer minivan (a Plymouth Grand Voyager) A minivan is a type of vehicle developed independently by Matra/Renault and the Chrysler Corporation. ... Politics is the process and method of decision-making for groups of human beings. ... This article discusses humour in terms of comedy and laughter. ... A vinyl is an organic molecule containing a vinyl group: H R / C = C / H H where R represents a functional group such as a hydrocarbon or halogen. ... In physics, magnetism is a phenomenon by which materials exert an attractive or repulsive force on other materials. ... WD-40 is the trademark of a widely-used penetrating oil (cleaner, lubricant and anti-corrosive solution) developed in 1953 by Norm Larsen, then working for the Rocket Chemical Company. ...


External links

  • The Bumper Sticker Compendium (http://www.maxmatic.com/bumpstik/bumpstik_index.htm)
  • Bumper Stickers, Quotes, Slogans and Humor (http://humor.dmfitzgerald.com/macrohard.php)

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Crazy Bumper Stickers (272 words)
Bumper stickers do not predate the introduction of the automobile bumper; the Ford Model T lacked bumpers to which bumper stickers could be attached, but the Ford Model A, introduced in 1927, had them.
A bumper sticker is an adhesive label or sticker with a message, meant to be attached to the bumper of an automobile for the purpose of being read by the driver or passengers in other vehicles.
Bumper stickers are a very popular way of showing support for a political candidate or party and have become prevalent during election years.
How Bumper Stickers Matter (1360 words)
Bumper stickers, on the other hand, may require the viewer to make an active, re-creative interpretation of an entire argument.
Bumper stickers are a short form, poetry (good or bad) in the pursuit of persuasion (for good or bad).
If a sticker is on your car not only for the right cause but also in the service of a sound strategy, it is no more to be ashamed of than a painting or a haiku.
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