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Americans' right to hang fake balls on trucks left dangling
Americans on the horns of a constitutional dilemma over their right to hang simulated, over-sized testicles from the back of their pickups will have to wait even longer for the issue to be decided. Truck nuts Virginia Tice, of Bonneau, South Carolina, was hit with a $445 ticket back in July for hanging a pair of the "truck …
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Thursday 3rd November 2011 13:19 GMT Inachu
At first I did not know what they were.
At first I did not know what they were and then thought yeah they could be nuts but also seems to be a lazy mans way to hang in such a manner that the eye hook that it hangs from cleans away any rust that might be on the hook that it is hanging from.
Might be a worthy tool for lazy people for polishing their trailer hitch balls.
Just hang larger ones below it and let the inside of the hook be sandpaper or an SOS pad.
Btu of course that would be silly to do even though that is a good idea to market.
PATENT PENDING! lol yeah riiiiight.
People in chat forums refuse to think that I was the guy who thought up the TV show DEXTER.
Just someone stole the idea from me. Oh well. win some lose some.
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Thursday 3rd November 2011 14:07 GMT Anonymous Coward
Sigh...
I've seen these in the UK, the only word that I thought was "Classy".
I mean, seriously, what is the thought process? "you know what'll make me look really cool and let everyone else know that I'm the king of the road? Bumper Bollocks!"
I'm torn between thinking it's a freedom of expression thing and that they should have their driver's license taken away for the good of the rest of us. (I'd also extend this to everyone who owns a BMW M3 that has a numberplate containing "M3")
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Thursday 3rd November 2011 14:56 GMT jake
What a load of cobblers ...
Whilst I personally wouldn't adorn my pickup with this kind of "art", last time I looked we do still have freedom of expression here in the USofA.
Besides, things like this, along with welded chain license plate frames, a gazillion bumper stickers, and the like, help the sane amongst us steer clear of society's nutters.
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Friday 4th November 2011 10:02 GMT LateNightLarry
What a load of cobblers...
We may still have freedom of expression in the USA, but we also have some blue-nosed plods who think their badge entitles them to write brand new laws about things like truck nuts, simply because THEY are personally offended.
Have to settle for a beer because El Reg doesn't have a wine goblet available. Actually, I'll need several to forget this
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Thursday 3rd November 2011 14:56 GMT Atonnis
And...
...what is the statement that these people are trying to make?
Personally, I think you should be able to put up what you want in/on your vehicle. It's a real world out there and people shouldn't all have to change their personalities or their ways just because someone gets a bit snorty.
As long as it's not actually harming anyone, why shouldn't you be able to do what you want?
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Thursday 3rd November 2011 16:42 GMT sisk
No more offensive than a zoo
Seriously, if you're going to call these offensive you need to put pants on the zoo animals. Besides, these folks have a right to their bad taste. Personally I don't get the point behind the things (or any of the other various crap people put on their cars for that matter) but they certainly shouldn't be illegal.
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Thursday 3rd November 2011 16:51 GMT Armando 123
Meh
I once owned a pickup truck -- useful if you go hunting and fishing, which I no longer do, or if you own a house, which I do. However, I never put fake plums on it.
Personally, I think these people are idiots but I'd prefer to see them with these things if they desire to have them. I makes it easier for us to spot the kind of drivers who would do this, just like a Korean car makes it easier to spot the kind of driver who knows nothing about driving.
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Thursday 3rd November 2011 22:09 GMT Paul RND*1000
Permit them, please!
There'd be general uproar and malcontent if the government tried to force all selfish idiots to display a tag on their vehicles which stated, in bold red text on a yellow background "I AM A SELFISH IDIOT".
Allowing them to hang these things from their overly large trucks (which they generally never use for any purpose a small car backed up by an occasional rental from U-Haul couldn't fulfill) means they're doing the exact same thing, voluntarily.
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Thursday 3rd November 2011 22:38 GMT Anonymous Coward
Most people don't have the balls to go through with this!
Sorry
For those people think he should be fined - I find all anti abortion, religious, kids on board and "if you can read this ...." offensive. first offense - off with their heads. Repeat offenders are treated much more harshley
(If we are going to have a "good taste god" it may as well be me!)
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