Moo! The Musings of a Plaid Cow

I was listening to a radio program the other night which was discussing the Whites Only scholarship offered by the College Republicans at Roger Williams College in Rhode Island. I have never heard more offensive racist comments in 30 minutes than I did on this single broadcast. The one I remember the most though was from a person calling in.

The host asked that since she decried this scholarship if she would support seeing the United Negro College Fund phased out in the next 10 years. Her reply was “No. I might have fallen for that utopian view when I was 18, but not now.” I think what she was really saying that black students are incapable of competing on an even playing field.

I am surprised that the license plate “DIZNEE” hasn’t been confiscated yet. They are obvious playing on Disney’s good will to some nefarious end.

I am attributing this to one of Billy Graham’s grandchildren, because I think that is what the radio report said. But I don’t remember a name, so I could be completely wrong.

During the interview, he was asked if he would take his children to see Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ (since it is rated R). He compared it to Schindlers List, which was also a violent R-Rated movie, but one with an important message. He wouldn’t take his 7 year old daughter to this one, but would take his older children and sit down with them afterwards and TALK ABOUT IT.

What a sad state of affairs that we live in when a parent on the radio stands up and says that they are going to act like a parent. Why is this newsworthy?

At the Chili Cookoff we attended this past weekend was a license plate reading “TEN54″. He said that he used to be a hearse driver and found the joke entertaining. (To get the joke, you of course must realize that a ten fifty-four is police CB lingo for an untimely death. Yeah, I thought it was funny too.)

My wife saw “SPLDR10″ on a car the other day. Perhaps her parents let her watch to much “CYNDRLA” when she was younger. And doesn’t it makes sense that the car with the license plate “ZOM ZOM” would stop in the middle of the road (without reason). A Ford Explorer SportTrac did that to me today. At least it wasn’t one of those cars advertised in the commercials with the little kid. You know which ones I’m talking about. I just wish I could remember the make of the car. I don’t guess they worked real well.

I think there are some advertisements I don’t understand because the people making them up just didn’t put enough thought into them, or they just weren’t meant for me. Woburn Toyota was advertising Presidential Day savings this past Monday. I think I understand what they meant, but why not just say it in the first place?

I really like the service at Town Fair Tire. Free rotation. Free flat repair. The best part being: it doesn’t matter whether or not you buy tires there–they still provide the free services. That being said, I found the following phrases on placards next to various rims on the wheel display at the front of the store: “Bling Bling Homies!”, “Off Da Heezy!!”, and “Dubs What!”. I think I know what the first one means, but as for the rest, I have no clue. If there had been any homies waiting for their free service, I would have asked them, but there weren’t any folks down wit that.

As with my work about once a year, I have realigned some of the categories since I realized that everything was ending up in “Random Thoughts.” I guess I should have made the unsorted bin the default for where everything went. And since I reorganized stuff, I probably broke some link that you had made. (If I actually broke links, please let me know. I can’t imagine that anyone is linking to my page.)

“Random Thoughts” is now just “My Life,” which should include only personal stuff.” On the Road” will contain all of the wonderful thoughts I have while driving around this country, but mainly about the license plates that people put on their cars. “Rants” is mainly about stupid people, “Well Said” about smart people. Not many things there yet.

As I was driving to work the other morning there were interesting license plates a-plenty. Like the lady with “MOODSWG” on the back of her SUV. Perhaps “PMSING” was already taken. “NYLEFTY” reminded me of the Elbonians currently engaged in a brutal civil war–right against left. And perhaps I have reading too much Slashdot recently, because I dropped one of the R’s when reading the license plate “PRO-RN” and certainly didn’t think of nurses in a hospital setting.

Also while driving to work (on the main thoroughfare through Burlington, MA) I realized why driving in Massachusetts can be so confusing: at one point the road is known as Interstate-95 South, State Road 128 South, and US Route 3 North. If following one road will take me both North and South at the same time, I think I need to go back to geography.

It should also be noted that if you are driving to work and the road ends with men in uniform holding automatic weapons, it is a good idea to turn around before you get too close. (And hope that they think you were just lost and don’t decide to start shooting.)

On way to the outlet mall in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire this past Saturday there was a truck with the license plate “BIG HPS”. I hope he was talking about the dualie he was driving and not his wife.

A commercial on the radio today was advertising Chamony Wrinkle Cream (call 1-800-SKIN-509 for more information) as the perfect Valentines day gift for your loved one. I think they miss the point (or have very thick skin).

Mayor Tom Menino of Boston, it was reported on the radio this morning, said that no portable toilets were to be provided for the 1 million plus fans coming downtown today to welcome home the victorious Patriots. Homeland security (which apparently involves pissing in the streets) was cited as the reason.