Hotband is driving me to work this morning.
As usual, I am craning my neck around, looking at the back of cars.
"You just love looking at bumper stickers, don't you, Babe," he says.
"I just feel like you learn a lot about people by the bumper stickers on their cars. For example, this truck in front of us. I can tell they are a football fan, by the Bucs mudflaps. They obviously have a teenager because they have that bumpersticker that says 'Hire a Teenager While They Still Know Everything". I would be inclined to say that their teenager plays sports, because of the #73 with a high school logo on their back windshield. And see? They have a 'Rams' high school insignia too, which tells me that their teenager more than likely plays football for the Ridgewood Rams."
"And we need to know this, why exactly?"
"Well, for identification purposes."
"Um, why would you need to identify them?"
"Let's say that this person suddenly smashed into a person as they were crossing the street. All of a sudden, WHOOOOOOOOOSH...they take off! The person is left in the road, dying, bleeding to death! I would have to get out and help them! I have no knowledge of cars at all, but I would be able to tell police that it is a brown and grey Dodge truck. An old one. And I could tell them that the people have a teenage kid. And I can tell them that they probably are Buc fans! And, I could also tell the police that they have a teenage son, #73, on the Ridgewood Rams football team! With all that information, they'd be able to pick up the driver of the truck in no time and the case would be solved!"
I am absolutely beaming, having a very well thought out answer that I believed to be extremely impressive. My husband appeared to be amazed as well. He was completely silent, obviously in awe of his brilliant and observant wife. It as a few moments before he actually spoke again. I waited with bated breath for him to praise me for my astute observations.
"Babe?"
"Yeah, honey?"
"I think you've been watching too much CSI lately."
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
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There is no thing as too much CSI - sorry, but the hotband is wrong.
With the exception of CSI Miami - that should have never started.
I agree w/ Fantastagirl. David Caruso is the Debil. And he TOTALLY studied at the William Shatner School Of Acting. ("Iam....theHOTTEST..actor...ever. BowDown...before....myRedheaded....coolness.") He gives us redheads everywhere a bad name.
But, back to your post. Your Hotband is just jealous he didn't come to that forensic conclusion.
Oh I agree to!!! Jumping up and down type of agreeing! That David Caruso drives me insane.
Poor Hotband though ... he just hasn't realized yet that all us females are very superior to the poor males. LOL.
As if I spelled 'too' wrong. Duh.
I think hotband is just in awe of your brilliance, so he's just trying to cover his wounded pride with his defeatist comments. Too much CSI.pfffft! Simply not possible!
um, while i might agree with your husband's view with regard to your justification for why you would look at all those items...
i will agree that looking for various identifying marks and "spoor" on people and their property to learn about who they are is fun
There is no such thing as too much CSI, Miami or otherwise. Hell, I'd probably even watch CSI: Topeka. LOL!
"CSI:Topeka":
The CSI investigators struggle to solve a difficult case of a rampant Cow Tipper. Also, a case of a young man being violated by corn.
Wed, 9pm CBS
I hate it when people slather their vehicles in Bumper stickers..... stupid! I especially hate it when it's a brand new vehicle and they've got 20 on the bumper, window, tailgate...etc.
LMAO! That's so true. Plus, um, CSI is a really good show and I don't think there is such a thing as too much of it!
BTW: Adena-LOL!
No such thing as too much CSI! ;-)
But I agree on the CSI~Miami/David Caruso thing.....I don't watch it b/c of him!
i thought that was very clever of you....lol...hotband should be pround of his hotmama....hehehehe
Um...you know...you COULD just get the license plate number. That's kinda what they're there for, Columbo.
Those are some pretty good CSI skills. With those skills, you could have a hit and run case cracked in less than an hour.
Now try and use those skills to crack the Da Vinci Code for us all.
Adena: Actually, I'm pretty sure that every victim will have died of boredom!
At least you aren't watching those stupid Judge shows like my hubs while he's laid up.
And your detective skills? Right on track...I thought I was the only one who did shit like that :-)
"Too much CSI" does not compute.
Besides, I'll sit still for anything involving Gary Sinese. Rowr.
CP, you can never watch too much CSI.
I do the same thing. I love the ones that bash Bush. I always know I have a kindred spirit in that car. Then I see the ones that say "W, The President" and I want to vomit and ask that person why they can't get a brain and think for themselves.
See I always thought that David Caruso reminded me of a slightly more serious Ace Ventura. It's the poses I think... and the way he never looks anyone in the eye.. he kinda comes at them sideways with his head ducked under... like a pissed off cat.
And... he looks like the winged monkeys from the Wizard of Oz which is my most hated movie of ALL TIME infinity the end!
anyway... CSI rocks!
I SO love these comments! CSI: Miami needs to go AWAY! No wait, I would start watching it if that red-headed debil from William Shatner's School of Acting were replaced. David Caruso needs to go AWAY!
In other news, I'd love to put a few tasteful rainbow stickers on my car. Unfortunately my car has to stay in the closet due to my honey's family. :P
But what if the van was stolen?
Bumper stickers suck! Not one has ever touched a car I owned!
Okay, but he should at least realize that you are learning.
(giggle)
I have the ichthus on the back of my car---known as the "Jesus fish" to some. I'm sure you've seen them. Do you know how many people ask me why I have a symbol of the fish on the back of my vehicle? It's kinda funny. I just tell them my love for fish. I really don't want to dabble into religion with these people.
Then someone called me a Jesus freak once. This wasn't too long ago.
A few of my friends have these 'rainbow' bumperstickers letting everyone and their mutha know that they're lesbians. Why the hell do you want some angry road ragin' lunatic knowing your sexual preference? It's so 'in your face' kinda thing, ya know? I asked her, "Wouldn't it be nice if heterosexuals had a bumper sticker in the back of their cars saying, "PROUD TO BE STRAIGHT!???"
That would be funny. Just sayin.
i watch the original CSI....you can never have too much knowledge.....hahahaha....
i think that was pretty observant of you CP!
My bumper sticker says:
"I like to watch people trip"
It's Happy Bunny! YAY!
I like Deb's comment, I have often wondered the same thing. With all of the narrow minded people in the world, why would you want to put yourself out there like that? I don't get it. It's a hate crime waiting to happen. Which is a really sad comment, but true I am afraid.
let's start a petition with CBS to get that bad bad Shatner actor, Cruso, off of CSI Miami. I don't watch it either because he drives me CRAZY. Crazy I tell you.
See, I do something similar. If I pass someone on the street and I fantasize about them being a criminal, I wonder to myself how much of their physical person I'd be able to identify...
Too much Law & Order is my excuse:)
I guess you put a rainbow sticker on your car for the same reason you put a fish on there--because it represents something that's important to your sense of self.
I mean, I get what you're saying, but it's pretty "blame the victim"-ish. "Her car never would've been keyed if she'd agreed to stay closeted" isn't a very compelling argument for me, and I'm not even a lesbian.
Then again, I don't put stickers of any kind on my car because I don't like the way they look.
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