Bumper stickers

A month or so ago, I was in rural NSW, and saw a bumper sticker on an enormous Ute. It had a picture of Australia, followed simply by the words "Fuck off, we're full." Personally, I objected to this on several levels. One, a semicolon would have been more suitable than the comma. Two, Australia is not full. If you want to write "Fuck off, we're racists" on your car, that's your call, but to claim that a country the size of most of Europe, inhabited by 20 million people, is full is simply inaccurate. Three, the more obvious objection that it's not a nice thing to say. I also have this theory that it's the stupid people who have this attitude to immigration, as it's their jobs that are most likely to be taken by people unable to speak fluently the language of their new country. Good.

In defense of my adopted nation, Australians are not a bunch of racists. This was in rural NSW, and country folk all over the world excel themselves in being racists. Australia's population is, I would guess, about 95% urban, so the moron in the ute is in the minority. Doubtless people in Sydney would be perfectly entitled to tell him to fuck off, on account of them being full. Anyway, this isn't the point of this post.



Another popular bumper sticker I've seen is that "Shit happens" thing. It's wonderful that people are able to use two words to do so many things. One, to put a rude word on their car, cleverly disguised as part of a cunning slogan. Two, to demonstrate the limits of their sense of humour. Three, to demonstrate the broad apathy that led them to be driving such a shitheap in the first place.



A third bumper sticker I saw today is below.

I think this is a lot more subtle. I am still trying to establish whether it means 'It could save your life' in the context of 'Brake for concrete walls: It could save your life" or in the sense of "Break for medical researchers: It could save your life". Perhaps the moose produces some sort of chemical that has medical applications?