elfs | Just who are you addressing with that bumper sticker, sir?

There are several different classes of bumper sticker. There is, of course, the allegiance-to-a-cause bumper sticker, epitomized by the various political and religious bumper stickers. Subclasses include the more threatening evangelical ones like, "If you're living as if there is no God, you'd better be right!" and the positioning oneself as a do-gooder "There's no excuse for domestic violence" variety. Both of these still advertise the user's allegiance to a cause, and that's still their main function.

Then, of course, there are the humor and philosophy category. "What if the hokey-pokey really is what it's all about?" and "I love cats. Wanna trade recipes?" fall into this category. The idea is that the sticker brought a smile to the reader's face, and he hopes it will to yours as well.

But then, today, I saw this sticker: "It's time for you to pull over and change the air in your head." That's neither funny nor philosophical. To whom is it addressed? To every driver except the man behind the wheel?

At best, it proclaims allegiance to the subcommunity best known as "dickheads."