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Remember when the Tea Party members called themselves “Tea baggers?”

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  1. jjgator55

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    Shades of Truck Nutz.
     
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  3. mrhansduck

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    Couple clicks later and I ran into this info which I'd missed, lol.

    Truck nuts - Wikipedia

    In 2007, Maryland legislator LeRoy E. Myers Jr. proposed prohibiting motorists from "displaying anything resembling or depicting 'anatomically correct' or 'less than completely and opaquely covered' human or animal genitals, human buttocks or female breasts".[1] He said fake testicles were "vulgar and immoral", and said his proposal had been requested by an offended resident.[1] In Virginia in 2008, Delegate Lionell Spruill proposed Bill HB 1452 to prohibit truck owners from displaying or otherwise equipping their vehicles with devices resembling human genitalia.[3][4] In April 2008, the Florida Senate voted for a $60 fine for displaying truck nuts, but it did not pass the House.[5]

    In 2011, a 65-year-old South Carolina woman was ticketed by the town's police chief for obscenity displaying truck nuts on her pickup.[6][7][8][9] The case, originating in Bonneau, South Carolina (population approximately 480), was pending jury trial on her $445 traffic ticket. The case was continued three times and no new trial date was set.[10] According to the Above the Law legal analysis blog, the ban was discussed in the ABA Journal and presents constitutional freedom of speech questions.[11]

    The stated position of the Honolulu Police Department on obscene decor on vehicles, such as "exaggerated male genitals hung from rear bumpers", as stated in 2013 by their city corporation counsel's office, is that "[it] may be tasteless but it's protected as free speech."[12]
     
  4. duggers_dad

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    Liberals revere the original Tea Partiers.

    The destructive ones.
     
  5. sierragator

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    One of the stupidest automotive " accessories" ever invented. :rolleyes:
     
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    Florida tried to ban them in 2008. It made it through the Senate, but not the House.

    State moves to ban fake testicles on vehicles
     
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    I agree.

    Signed,
    The Guy With Silhouettes of Nude Women on His Mud Flaps.
     
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    But what if an innocent child sees them? Imagine the horror and confusion of their sexuality
     
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    There will be no doubt regarding the true gender of that enormous truck Bocephus is driving, dammit.
     
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    I think both of these accessories provide a public service. I know if I was a straight woman or gay man, I'd like to know who has baby dicks.
     
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    Well they aren’t the most attractive and appealing appendage in the world and it may be that young girls saw those and it has caused a spike in lesbianism.

    Somewhat off topic I just recalled having an argument with another employee on the company mainframe email 30 years ago about whether testacles were considered an appendage. My stand was they were.
     
  13. sierragator

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    a non prehensile appendage? :eek:
     
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    They're tacky, but I'm not sure that an outright ban is needed or permissible. Perhaps an Insecurity Tax could support funding towards testicle tanning services.
     
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    A old buddy of mine bought a septic tank pump truck and opened a business. His motto was “Satisfaction guaranteed or double your sh!t back”. A FHP officer pulled him over and said he can’t have vulgarity painted or posted on his vehicle. He removed the saying.

    When I was working as an on duty fire investigator I worked 24 on and 48 off. I bought a used single axle dump truck from DesChamps trucking. My uncle was into land development and a couple buddies hauled dirt for him so I decided to get into the business. DesChamps business motto is/was “Let us fill your hole”. When I picked up the truck their business name was removed but the motto was still on the tailgate. I got thumbs up from guys and dirty looks from women. Never got stopped by an officer.

    In before Cool story bro. :)
     
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    Speaking of insecurity, years ago I had a guy who was on felony probation. Everyone in Florida on felony probation is subject to random urine screens per Florida statutes. My guy thought he would avoid the trouble of abstaining from drug use by utilizing a Whizzinator, a prosthetic penis that allowed fluid from a reservoir to exit the "business end" by opening a squeeze clamp. The website even offered powdered urine you reconstituted with water in case you didn't know anyone you could get a clean sample from.

    Back then the device was available in a myriad of skin tones and sizes, and my guy apparently opted to purchase the Caucasion XL version. The probation officer, who had been administering urine tests to my client for over a year, noticed a sudden and dramatic increase in the size of his "unit." When confronted, my guy gave up the device and admitted what he had attempted to do.

    I was able to keep him out of prison, but EVERY time we were in court, the judge made it a point to revisit the specific allegations in court. I almost think my client would have opted for jail just to avoid the repeated humiliations.

    The device was off the market as they were indicted in federal court in 2008, but the website is up and running again, but only with color and not size options.
    Urine Trouble -- Whizzinator Makers Plead Guilty
     
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