State moves to ban fake testicles on vehicles

[Cobra]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080425/od_nm/testicles_dc;_ylt=Ah7qb5pEvzjR55x9jVIkCF8DW7oF

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Senate lawmakers in Florida have voted to ban the fake bull testicles that dangle from the trailer hitches of many trucks and cars throughout the state.

Republican Sen. Cary Baker, a gun shop owner from Eustis, Florida, called the adornments offensive and proposed the ban. Motorists would be fined $60 for displaying the novelty items, which are known by brand names like "Truck Nutz" and resemble the south end of a bull moving north.

The Florida Senate voted last week to add the measure to a broader transportation bill, but it is not included in the House version.

In a spirited debate laced with double entendre, Senate lawmakers questioned whether the state should curtail freedom of expression in vehicle accessories.

Critics of the ban included the Senate Rules Chairman, Sen. Jim King, a Jacksonville Republican whose truck sported a pair until his wife protested.

The bill's sponsor doubted it would succeed.

"It's probably not going to make it through the process," Baker said on Thursday. "It won't be much of story in a few days."

[Troubadour]

Glad to see the wing-nuts are hard at work solving Florida's most urgent problem - bull balls.

[ViolaLee]

LOL!!!! My friend has those on his truck. Hilarious.

That's right wing fascism, defined.

[jafar00]

Well it does at least give credence to the concept that big cars are just a penis extension by adding big, dangly bull's nuts.

[Pookie]

Don't they have other issues to worry about?
Holy crap. What a waste of time.

Pookie

[PostmodernProphet]

if we all still lived on farms we wouldn't have to worry about explaining to a little kid when he says "Daddy, what's that hanging on the back of that truck?"......

[preservanation]

Every time you wax your truck, it loses a quart of oil.

[micfranklin]

Is the title of this thread spelled right or are my eyes getting bad?

[Cobra]

Yahoo news spelled it wrong when I c&p'ed then cuz I copied that title direct. Not mispelled far as I can see tho. Whicha talkin about.

[micfranklin]

I thought New Jersey had shitty priorities with banning Red Bull, this is just retarded.

[Elrathin]

Wow, just wow. So this is what lawmakers are concerning themselves with?

Is it just me or have politicians in general (all sides) taken a bunch of stupid pills lately.

[micfranklin]

If so they need to overdose quickly and stop screwing up the human genome.

[Buck Laser]

I've only seen one truck with testicles hanging from the rear axle, and I thought it was funny as hell. But introducing legislation to ban them is also entertaining.

Frankly, both sides of this little dustup kinda make me shake my head about the future of humanity. Testicles hanging from rear axles seems like a tacit admission that the driver is a little insecure in his sexuality. And the proposed legislation suggests that the legislator is ashamed of his sexuality. So it's kind of a lose-lose proposition, isn't it?

[micfranklin]

A whole bunch of things to ban and you choose bull testis?

[Truth_and_Power]

Cut Education!
Increase police budgets and outlaw plastic testicles!

[PostmodernProphet]

Is the title of this thread spelled right or are my eyes getting bad?

that's the way I have always spelled s-t-a-t-e.........

[Buck Laser]

I thought New Jersey had shitty priorities with banning Red Bull, this is just retarded.

Actually, it's prolly better that they do something like this than turning 'em loose on some REAL issues. Just sayin...

[apdst]

It appears that someone has way too much time on their hands.

[micfranklin]

Oh yeah, WAY too much time.

[Scribbler1]

I'm sure it was some group of "concerned parents" expressing their outrage over something they might have to explain to their kids. Not realizing, of course, that making a big stink about it will make the kids notice them more than before.

I wonder if this kind of thing makes me prefer British Television over American TV shows.

[Trish]

Wonder if Texas is going to follow suit and ban those decals you see on trucks of that little boy peeing on things?

[PatrickHenry]

OK. Let's assault the liberty of offensive apparel, too.

No more politically charged Tees.

Gotta be consistent in the coming police state or somebody might begin to ask about the man behind the curtain.

[potter]

Every time you wax your truck, it loses a quart of oil.


:madlaugh:

Wax on...wax off.......

[Buck Laser]

I keep wondering why the testicles are chrome plated.

[AlanC]

I keep wondering why the testicles are chrome plated.

Because no one wants their balls to get rusty? :innocent: