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| State moves to ban fake testicles on vehicles |
| 2008-04-28 |
| Senate lawmakers in Florida have voted to ban the fake bull testicles that dangle from the trailer hitches of many trucks and cars throughout the state. Republican Sen. Cary Baker, a gun shop owner from Eustis, Florida, called the adornments offensive and proposed the ban. Motorists would be fined $60 for displaying the novelty items, which are known by brand names like "Truck Nutz" and resemble the south end of a bull moving north. The Florida Senate voted last week to add the measure to a broader transportation bill, but it is not included in the House version. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #28 Brad Paisley(sic?) has a C & W song on the charts that speaks to this issue. I think our boy snm is the object of the last stanza. |
| Posted by: USN,Ret. 2008-04-28 22:43 |
| #27 they're bull testicles, supposedly. Reading anything else into it is sick fantasy, and racist if that's what you're projecting. Sometimes the mask slips a bit, other times - like today, it slips a LOT |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-04-28 21:36 |
| #26 Darrell, neither was I, but if Frank G is a born American with roots back into American history, then like I, it's his past. I have traced my family's history back to 1792 on my mother's line, and 1850 on my father's; and what's happening in Florida has moreso than not been influenced by that past! |
| Posted by: smn 2008-04-28 21:32 |
| #25 Don't deny your past! Whatever the case with the past, it is even more important to not deny the present. |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-04-28 21:03 |
| #24 "Don't deny your past!" Frank wasn't even born then, smn. It's not his past. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2008-04-28 20:52 |
| #23 Frank you are soooo lucky.. I thinkum "IT" likes youse!! >:) |
| Posted by: RD 2008-04-28 20:39 |
| #22 Frank G, what does 'Truck Nutz' have to do with American slavery?? I was pained to lower my IQ just to answer OldSpook's disconnect! |
| Posted by: smn 2008-04-28 20:30 |
| #21 As before, do your research OldSpook; I have. This isn't the first time for such a controversy, it has happened with certain female sex toys which were innocuous when they were clear, pink, silver and gold! Shortly after they were ordered in brown and black in Alabama and Georgia back in the 80's, those state legislatures moved to prohibit those items when their 'Southern Belles' were caught with possession. This 'thing' goes back to the slavery days when blacks couldn't look whites in the eye, and it was ok for a white man to be an adulterer with a black woman or rape that same woman married or single, while a death offense for a black man to 'have' a white woman! Don't deny your past! |
| Posted by: smn 2008-04-28 20:26 |
| #20 another important piece of legislation certainly... |
| Posted by: Snash Oppressor of the Mohammatans aka Broadhead6 2008-04-28 20:01 |
| #19 I saw a pair of those yesterday, they were Blue. Did'nt connect until I saw the tag was Minnesota. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-04-28 16:59 |
| #18 No, officer, they're not testicles. They're tennis balls and my tennis racquet. What on earth were you thinking? I'm offended by your implication. Want a bite of my root-beer popsicle? |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-04-28 16:31 |
| #17 smn is too stupid to live. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-04-28 16:15 |
| #16 They should look to their election laws and worry about chads HANGING...... |
| Posted by: USN,Ret. 2008-04-28 14:18 |
| #15 What about real testicles?... |
| Posted by: mojo 2008-04-28 12:14 |
| #14 I understand Heather Mills has Sir Paul's dangling from the rear view mirror of her ride. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-04-28 09:09 |
| #13 I'm glad the Repubs are working so hard to shake off the "Old Stick in the Mud" image they have. WTF? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-04-28 08:48 |
| #12 They were alright until some idiot got the idea of selling them in brown and black! That caught the attention of inquiring 'southern belles'! Posted by smn 2008-04-28 01:02 WTF? Projection? I see you're as open-minded as the empty suit on race. I find these unattractive, juvenile, and sending a message of inadequacy, but I never thought about race. Again, WTF? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-04-28 08:29 |
| #11 They are tacky and kinda funny, in a kindergarten sense of humor way. However, I feel they are free speech and should not be legislated against. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-04-28 07:55 |
| #10 " It's all right, officer. They're only Neuticles." |
| Posted by: Grunter 2008-04-28 06:49 |
| #9 Legislating taste has been ever ineffective. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-04-28 05:08 |
| #8 Next, will they ban the Calvin decals? |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2008-04-28 04:46 |
| #7 Offensive? In rural Wyoming they sell them as: Prairie Oysters. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2008-04-28 04:13 |
| #6 For years we've seen a Red Caddy here in Pacifica with two tennis balls in a plastic sack hanging down from up under the Caddy's back bumper. Real authentic like with the left one hanging a bit lower. Gina gets a hoot and a giggle from watching 'em sway when the old Red Caddy takes a corner. The alky driving it is a local who only drives his Caddy from his house to 2 different local bars both not very far from his house. By 7am he's already stiff leaving bar #1 and stoically heading to bar #2 looking straight ahead. The newcomers here are astonished because the police never pull him over, not knowing he's been grandfathered in. FYI: Our alky with the Red Cadillac has a prominent Obama for Prez. bumper sticker just above the plastic sack and tennis balls. ~:) |
| Posted by: RD 2008-04-28 01:40 |
| #5 HB 1452 – "Prohibits display on or equipping of any motor vehicle with any object that depicts, represents, or resembles human genitalia." HB 1452 was left in the Transportation Committee, GK. Of course, the sponsor or someone else could try to revive it next year (if they're willing to face more public ridicule like they got this year). BTW, Spruill (sponsor of the bill) is a Democrat. As N guard says.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-04-28 01:13 |
| #4 If this bill passes, Floridians will have to dangle real testicles from their trailer hitches. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2008-04-28 01:04 |
| #3 They were alright until some idiot got the idea of selling them in brown and black! That caught the attention of inquiring 'southern belles'! |
| Posted by: smn 2008-04-28 01:02 |
| #2 Closer to home, Fred. Virginia hopes to do the same thing: HB1452 -- Bans the display of trailer-hitch ornaments that resemble bull testicles. Get out the pop corn as this becomes a First Amendment issue. |
| Posted by: GK 2008-04-28 01:00 |
| #1 The comments, they are so obvious, they write themselves. /insert snark about the testicular status of the elected officials, and or truck owners here/ |
| Posted by: N guard 2008-04-28 00:51 |