<p>Jack:
In our area the “Terrific Kid” is an award given by the Kiwanis Club for good citizenship.
Just a few kids from each school get the award. They have to be good students academically, too. I’m not sure if this is a national/international program–but if you see a “Terrific Kid” sticker, you shouldn’t automatically think “not good at academics.”</p>
<p>BTW I didn’t know what “Terrific Kid” was until my D got this award. And I didn’t put the sticker on because I always had a vaguely similar thought when I saw “Terrific Kid” (Nice kid, but not on the honor roll. . .)</p>
<p>In my experience of being involved with the summer swim teams for over a decade, the words are not distracting to the drivers of either the decorated vehicle nor to other drivers who happen to be on the same road as the decorated vehicle.</p>
<p>Actually CGM,
I’m more worried about the mattress that goes flying off the truck in front of me, or the rocks that get kicked off by the bleeping truckers and break my windshield, scaring the bejeezus out of me and almost making me wreck!</p>
<p>How about that armadillo that ran out in front of me on I95 and got caught under my drive train, ripping out the back spoiler and leaving it on the road for the next driver to avoid? THAT was fun.</p>
<p>CGM – probably you’re right about the paint blocking visibility to some extent, guess it would depend on how carried away people get – I’m one of the party poopers, so haven’t ever actually painted our windows – we just drive along with the rest.</p>
<p>barrons, I’m going to get that for my husband TODAY.</p>
<p>That’s hilarious.</p>
<p>I went shopping today, and I’m on a roll. Bought two six packs of beer for hubby. One was called “Phuket” beer and one was called “Jack Whackers” beer. This sticker is going to make the package complete!!!</p>
<p>Too funny atlmom, I live in the north ATL burbs myself, and i see it all the time too, however in your title, you said “elite swimmers”, and rest assured it is not kids from swim atlanta, dynamo etc. that write “eat my bubbles”. It is every neighborhood summer leaguer, I think they leave some of the writing on permantly and just substitute “t-ball”, “soocer”, “pop warner” or whatever the sport de jour is for their over scheduled kids. But, by far… the worst is the baseball of football that looks like it has cracked the window and is stuck half way in/out, …oh well, big sigh…</p>
<p>atomom: Regarding your post 41, my comment was in jest–based on our neighbor’s insensitivity to her own kids. I think all the bumper stickers are ridiculous, but my post was just a joke. ;)</p>
<p>This must be from the same school of signage that prompts people to put large wooden cut out storks on their front lawn announcing “It’s a boy (or girl)!”. Leaves me shaken as I drive down the street, craning neck to figure out what it is, while I try to avoid hitting the poor woman with the baby stroller. </p>
<p>Window writing is very big in our area … baseball, football, cheerleading, swimming, love notes, birthday wishes, etc. Two friends and I just returned from Memphis where our hotel garage was full of vans and SUVs with windows covered in well-wishes and cheers for gymnasts who were competing there. Here in my town, parents of children at one of the private schools decorate their cars (window painting, ribbons, balloons, etc.) when school dismisses for summer. Quite honestly, I don’t want to wash my car any more than necessary … pure laziness on my part. On the other hand, I do place team magnets on my car during the fall months and we do fly window flags on our way to games.</p>
<p>Saw the greatest brag sticker in the Lincoln TUnnel last night: “My child is a mensch.”</p>
<p>Those big storks annoy me, too! How about just putting a few pink or blue balloons on the lamp post so those who know you get the heads up about the baby’s arrival.</p>
<p>I just send H the “Move Over” window sticker site. This could be a bad idea, 'cause he just might order it.</p>
<p>Same here (west) - both stickers and window writing are huge. I do not own a sticker, but my kids cross country team is planning a fundriser for next fall - they will be selling vinyl stickers. Tachy, but I will probably buy one since it will help the team register for some events instead of me giving them yet another $10.
When my kids used to go to a private, somehow elite school in the area, the school was selling window stickers for quite a few bucks. Nothing else but show off. My daughter wanted one, so I purchased and she put it on her bedroom window. This way she could adore it and keep the spirit without bragging that her parents are wealthy enough to be able to put her through this school.</p>
<p>I’ve seen a little bit of window writing around big games and so forth as well. It’s usually on just for a day or so and I don’t see any of the kids driving around with this as a regular thing. Anyway, talking about window writing, here’s a story - I had to take the car that my daughter drives in to a place that also does body shop work ( not for anything she did, but to repair something with the door lock) . Anyway, this place writes the name of the owner and the type of repair on the window of the car. My HS aged D went up and down the rows of all the dented and smashed up cars saying - oh I know this person… and that one… and another one over here, oh and here’s this guy’s car, too! It would have been funny if it wasn’t so scary! :eek:</p>
<p>Putting stickers on any window in a car, in a position where they can interfere with a driver’s view, either when looking directly through the window or when looking through the interior mirror, is thoughtless and – frankly – stupid. It is in the same category as dangling anything from the interior mirror.</p>
<p>There is no good excuse for doing these things and good safety reasons not to do them.</p>
<p>To counter the inevitable criticism of our opinion we will ask a question. We wonder (for example) how many motorcyclists have died around the world because a sticker or something hanging from an interior mirror have momentarily veiled their presence when a driver briefly glanced for a view? – If anyone even remotely thinks the answer might be “none” then sadly you are very much mistaken.</p>
<p>Doubleplay. Yes. I believe they are actually considered more valuable if there is a verifiable stain on the cloth, although that is not the point of collecting them. They are exquisitely beautiful and hauntingly evocative of a culture very different from our own. The pieces are so heavily embroidered that one would have to search very closely to find said stain. </p>
<p>Well I did see a sticker the other day that said “my kid beat up your honor student”. It’s all just another form of trash talking which has become derigueur
these days.</p>
