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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Watch what you put on trailer hitches
2008-01-16
RICHMOND, Va. - It's one thing to dangle fuzzy dice from a rear view mirror, but decorating a trailer hitch with a large pair of rubber testicles might be a bit much in Virginia.
Who knew?!
State Del. Lionel Spruill introduced a bill Tuesday to ban displaying replicas of human genitalia on vehicles, calling it a safety issue because it could distract other drivers.
Not me. I'd never look. Really. Certainly not.
Under his measure, displaying the ornamentation on a motor vehicle would be a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum fine of $250.

He said the idea came from a constituent whose young daughter spotted an example of the trail hitch adornment and asked her father to explain it. "'I didn't know what to tell her,'" Spruill said the constituent told him before Spruill vowed to stop such displays.
Suggested reply: "Well honey, there's bulls and there's cows ..."
"I said, 'Sir, I'm going to be a laughingstock, but I'm going to do it,'" he said.
And we're going to laugh ...
The Virginia General Assembly has some experience with offbeat bills. Three years ago, it drew widespread attention with an unsuccessful effort to outlaw baggy pants worn so low they expose underwear.

Spruill, 61, said the indignity of the "droopy drawers" debate wouldn't deter him. He said he won't hesitate to bring a set of $24.95 trailer testicles with him for a legislative show-and-tell. "I'm going to do it," Spruill told a handful of reporters after Tuesday's House session adjourned. "I'm going to bring them out here and show them to you till they tell me to stop."
Posted by:anonymous5089

#9  Ah, yes....

Hold onto your wallets and your sanity - the Legislature is in Session.

But at least in Virginia the time they have to do damage is limited (60 days for long session - this year; 30 days for short session - last year/next year).

Doesn't stop them from trying, though.... :-(
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2008-01-16 22:15  

#8  "Baggy pants worn so long they expose underwear" > Wel-l-l, various Netters this week have complained about AMY WINEHOUSE + COURTNEY LOVE being too thin to wear same, or anything else for that matter.

*FARK.com CATS > WHAT HAS BEEN SEEN CANNOT BE UNSEEN!
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2008-01-16 19:02  

#7  Hell, in the 1950s, Cadillac made cars with teats on the grill.
People would look and shake their heads. 'Isn't she beautiful' they would say.
Posted by: wxjames   2008-01-16 15:40  

#6  displaying replicas of human genitalia on vehicles,

Who says these are "Human", they're way too big to be "Human".
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2008-01-16 15:34  

#5  Usualy I see these plastic "Balls" on huge six wheel Diesel Pickups, it definately says "Male Truck". (Big Bull)
I think they're appropiate, they say "No girly truck here".
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2008-01-16 15:32  

#4  Talkin' to Erk here we decided the next time we're driving up 81 into Vaginia we would wrap our balls in a Big Orange Jockstrap so as not to offend.
Posted by: BrerRabbit   2008-01-16 12:32  

#3  I've seem um' 'round here. I thought they were funny. These prudes need to get a life.
Posted by: BrerRabbit   2008-01-16 12:19  

#2  Tacky and stupid looking - I agree. Worth the taxpayer's $$$ to legislate? - methinks not. Do they have the no talking on cell phones while driving law in VA? If not, then they need to start there before this.
Posted by: Broadhead6   2008-01-16 12:17  

#1  Ah wants wun fer mah mersaydees!
Posted by: Britnay   2008-01-16 11:17  

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