If you had told me 10 years ago that one day I would own a big ol’ SUV I would have laughed right in your face. Gone are the days of the Wanker Sticker Idea* Adam and I had back in 2003. I present to you my new old car:
a 1999 Jeep. When i cut my dreadlocks off 5 years ago someone accused me of having changed. I still think that changing my hair was only a growing up process. This car however means that something has changed. I was quite proud of not owning a car for four years in Germany and now I own a big gas guzzler; the kind I used to really hate.
* Adam thought it would be cool to get a bunch of stickers printed out that read “Wanker” and then go around and stick them on the back of SUVs parked in our area. It sounded like fun, but quickly the idea mutated into something that we probably would have been arrested for, but that’s not for the telling.
Comments (5)
I think as long as you don’t fit DVD players to the headrests for the kids in the back, and so long as you don’t move back to Stanmore and send your kids to Newington College, the “Wanker” tag won’t stick.
Maybe you’ve just morphed into ‘practical Steve’ or ’sensible Steve’. That’s not so bad right?
My brother-in-law recently accused me of being a ‘Wanker’ for having a ‘baby-on-board’ sticker on our car. I just figured it was safer. There’s an awful lot of SUV’s roaring up and down our street.
Adam M (not the Wanker Sticker Idea* Adam).
Comment by Adam M (not the Wanker Sticker Idea* Adam) — February 7, 2010 @ 6:36 pm
I think I will get a “baby on board” sticker as well and one that says, “Caution, vehicle frequently sideways.”
Comment by Zombie Master — February 7, 2010 @ 7:14 pm
If you live in a snowy area then 4 x 4 is a must. Driving a big SUV around the North Shore however, is a joke.
P.S. Steve at least you can touch park this beast all day
Comment by Dennis — February 7, 2010 @ 7:27 pm
Question:- Do you remove the ‘baby on board’ sticker when the baby is NOT on board or are you in the wanker classification???
Comment by Pop — February 8, 2010 @ 4:42 am
My Dad would have had a red one going cheap for you. Oh but it would have been in France.
I think you lost your alternative cred now….. no dreads and an SUV…. ;-> As long as you don’t get Hello Kitty sunshades you might be alright though
Comment by Yvee — February 10, 2010 @ 1:17 am