well.

huh.

What in interesting guy, and what a great car!

What Would Sulu Do **snort**

"an" interesting guy, that would be.

But, isn't that Chekov?

Oh my God!! That's hysterical!! I have to go and check out his website. I have never seen anything like that in my life. I love that guy! (was he single?) (not for me, of course) (but then again perhaps he's a touch too eccentric for you) (and I promise I'll stop now) (okay, NOW!)
;o)

squealing is good!!!

I do it to alert the children that mom has spotted: yarn, yarn equipment, Hello Kitty, squirrels, dogs, kitties, the Yarn Harlot, Crazy Aunt Purl, something to eat.......

wait. Perhaps I squeal too much and should be intervened on........

And yes, that's Chekov. I know because I'm a Star Trek widow. It's still funny, though, espcially for non-Trekkies.

Do you think his car is like the bible in that you could find something to support ANY side of the argument on it??

love it

Oh, thank goodness I'm not going crazy (yet)...I kept staring at that one sticker and thinking, "But that's Chekov! But it says Sulu! Help!!" Okay. I'm fine now.

I think my favorite is "Cover me - I'm changing lanes!"

driving me crazy that i can't figure out his license plate!

COOL car!

I have a friend who is a professional storyteller, and she loves it! She is very talented, and really knows how to engage her audience. Wish I could do something like that - -

You need to post more pictures of the bumper stickers, so I can read more of them! :-)

Maybe Sulu would say "Hey, that's Chekov!" LOL!

Yes, I am corny.

A Griot is a West African poet or Bard for full details see this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griot

I loves the Wikepedia!

What a great philosophy. We do need more pictures!

Am I the only one who noticed the irony of the "Simplify" sticker on the back near the trunk lock?

Maybe Chekov is asking the question- because he has no idea what to do.

Dante didn't specify a circle for spammers, did he? Little did he know.

Great car! And I thought we had a lot of stickers.

Wouldn't it be AFGE, then?

Or is O for opportunity?

OMG Laurie!!!! Your eyes must have been big as saucers when you spotted that car! Knowing how much you love bumper stickers, you must have spent an hour standing there reading them! Too cute!

Michael D. McCarty is one of the most wonderful people on earth. Not only is he a great teller, has the most contagious laugh, funny as all get out, but he's a good friend.

I read you everyday and at the first picture today, I said I wonder if the owner knows Michael. That is so great! And what a treat to finally get to see his car. He had told me about it.

I'm looking forward to seeing him in October here at the National Storytelling Festival http://www.storytellingcenter.com/festival/festival.htm. Ya'll come too.

I think my favorite is "Simplify"... talk about irony...

i finally got a minute to check out his website.

what a cool guy!

Thanks for pointing to it, Laurie.

Ok.. I totally need the My Mind Wandered one!! Too cool.. what will you do now?

i'm with betty. the "simplify" sticker just reeks of irony.

I *love* that car!! I have an old car that we will drive into the ground, and I would seriously consider covering it with bumper stickers. Reading + talking + laughing = definitely need more of that. Thanks to Faith for letting you borrow her phone to take pics, and thanks to you for sharing the pics. I would squeal with delight too, if I saw it in person.

Oh, how happy that you got to meet him. I love all the messages he's sharing. I'll have to check out his website.

I bet he never loses his car in a parking lot!

I love the car! It really stands out - can you imagine if anyone tried to steal it? At one time I had a classic VW with about 6 or 7 different colors on the various replaced body parts - I never worried that it would come up missing because it would be so easy to spot. {g}

You know, the Griot is the storyteller and keeper of the facts in West Africa. I've heard this term used in New Orleans alot.

Our newspaper ran an article the other day about a study that linked a high number of bumper stickers to aggressive drivers. I figured a high number of stickers = old car = doesn't give a shit if their car gets dented. Anyway, this guy would probably mess up their data!

I think Joyce at 12:18 is right...Chekov is SO thinking in his confused state, what the h*** would Sulu do in this situation?

And about the "growth" opportunities, there is a saying "be careful what you pray for" as in asking "Lord give me strengh"...you'd better hide (or duck!)

This made my day!! Thanks for sharing.

The license plate - Griot4U = griot for you. A griot is a poet or bard...or, in this case, I guess, a storyteller.

And they're all nice stickers, too. I bet the study Jenny wrote of, linking number of stickers and aggressive driving, refers to aggressive stickers, which most of the ones I see are.

Way cool! Now I have to go check out his website.

"AFGO"--my husband told me that one--he picked it up when he was fairly heavily involved with Outward Bound and now it's one of my favorites, too.

This is crazy - I read your blog from Texas, where I live (obviously). My parents live in Los Angeles... And my dad knows Michael. I just IM'd him and was like, "What's the name of that professional storyteller you know?" Dad's like, "Michael, why?"

Weird coincidence, at least on my end. ;-)

I refer to it as "JAFLE" (as in Just Another... )

HOORAY! I'm dashing over to his website too; I'm a storyteller, but not "professional", so's you'd notice. (Helps a lot, working at the Museum). Wonder if he ever solicits bumper stickers! I LOVE "I Support the Right to Arm Bears", which shows a polar bear with a shotgun. What fun for you - and thanks, for sharing, so it's also fun for US!

I hope I haven't posted this already... Douglas Adams, my favorite author, said (I am paraphrasing here) a learning experience is one that says, "You know that thing you just did? Don't do that again."

That is one sweet car!

Did you get his number? ;-)

Seriously?

I mean, your Jeep would totally kiss his car!

Thanks for brightening up my day!

That looks like Chekov to me. Great post!

Best sticker, at least from this librarian's point of view - I heart my library!

I used to get a catalog that had loads of stickers available, and some of his look familiar - as in from that catalog--

My other fave - Wage Peace!

Oh, man. He must be a fab guy. I see he's got my old favourite - "never too late to have a happy childhood"!

That's an awesome car! I really love the Simplify sticker. Very suitable.

How I wish that blogs had (love) buttons to click! SQUEEE!

That 'coexist' sticker really gets me. *brushes away tear*

oooh ... that reminds me of .... crap. i forgot.
hmmm ......
okay! it reminds me of that movie with chevy chase ( ___ farm ? funny farm ?) ... and the movers are bringing his stuff to the new farmhouse. and they get to a wood covered bridge. and they take one look and say, "that's not a bridge, it's a bunch of termites holding hands" ....
anyhoo, i have been away, and i am back, reading with great gusto :)

Holy smokes, that's awesome! I especially like the I heart my library sticker!

Whoa! I actually HAVE that sulu sticker!
It's from the goats comic strip guys, and it's also available on a tshirt ( http://www.goats.com/store/sulu.html )

Sweeeeeeet!

Woweee!

I just wanted to share that my favorite bumper sticker ever of all time reads as follows:

Jesus loves you, everyone else thinks you're an a**hole.