[Publib] Re: The Wyoming Mudflap Girl Flap

[Robert L. Balliot]

http://mudflaplibrarian.blogspot.com/

 

 

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Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 3:54 PM
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Subject: Re: [Publib] Re: The Wyoming Mudflap Girl Flap

 

This also came up on the ALA Council listserv.  I copied them some other
mudflaps--one of a slim guy and a sort of fat-redneck-stereotype.  There are
many others, including same/opposite sex partnerings.  You haven't seen
offensive yet.

 

The point of these mudflaps is to toss a minor vulgarity into the face of
the vehicle behind, and of course, at society in general.  Back in the old
days, tattoos served the same function before they became Art.  I liked them
before they became pretentious, when they were simply frightening,
offensive, vulgar or just plain stupid.  There's something to be said for a
personal message that essentially tells the world, "Ha ha ha.  Now go to
hell."  

 

The back of my truck is a sort of mudflap.  I spray painted the gate with
blackboard paint so I could offer unsolicited messages to the public.  Many
of them are political.  I try to offend all parts of the social spectrum.
Today it reads, "That's okay--nobody admits voting for Nixon, either."  I'm
not good at drawing or I might try to put on a mudflap librarian, complete
with bun and glasses.  Holding a book in one hand and a pistol in the other.
Darn, maybe I'll get that as a tattoo.

 

M. McGrorty





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