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| John Husvar 2005-10-27, 6:44 pm |
| In article <Wsa8f.28855$fE5.4327@fed1read06>, Fred <none@none.none>
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> http://tinyurl.com/bcjcr
I still get a chuckle remembering my father-in-law's little cards he'd
put on illegally parked cars in designated spaces.
On the front in blue they read: "Hope you're having a good day and I'm
sure you're very busy and hurried, but I just wanted to give you a small
piece of information." On the back in red large type they read: "Being a
complete XXXXXXX is NOT a qualifying handicap!"
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| John Husvar <jhusvar@sbcglobal.net> wrote in news:jhusvar-
9B2D9E.16292227102005@newsclstr01.news.prodigy.com:
> In article <Wsa8f.28855$fE5.4327@fed1read06>, Fred <none@none.none>
> wrote:
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> I still get a chuckle remembering my father-in-law's little cards he'd
> put on illegally parked cars in designated spaces.
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> On the front in blue they read: "Hope you're having a good day and I'm
> sure you're very busy and hurried, but I just wanted to give you a small
> piece of information." On the back in red large type they read: "Being a
> complete XXXXXXX is NOT a qualifying handicap!"
I may print out copies of this strip and use them to put under the
windshield wiper of cars without permits. Before I had my permit on my
plate I would occasionally forget to hang up my permit. I would not like to
be accused of parking in a place that a disabled person needed and being
called a complete XXXXXXX when I just forgot to display my permit. A strip
like the WoI says that the parker should identify with someone that needs
to park there. If they actually need to park there then they already do.
Fred.
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| John Husvar 2005-10-29, 11:38 am |
| In article <0sb8f.28858$fE5.16484@fed1read06>, Fred <none@none.none>
wrote:
> John Husvar <jhusvar@sbcglobal.net> wrote in news:jhusvar-
> 9B2D9E.16292227102005@newsclstr01.news.prodigy.com:
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> I may print out copies of this strip and use them to put under the
> windshield wiper of cars without permits. Before I had my permit on my
> plate I would occasionally forget to hang up my permit. I would not like to
> be accused of parking in a place that a disabled person needed and being
> called a complete XXXXXXX when I just forgot to display my permit. A strip
> like the WoI says that the parker should identify with someone that needs
> to park there. If they actually need to park there then they already do.
>
> Fred.
Well, I agree. Your way is the gentler and more to be preferred way.
Heavy, on the other hand, took being a curmudgeon to high art. 
Maybe, if you asked, Parker would give permission to use this strip that
way. It does make the point.
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| WOI is one of my favourite comic strips. that's a particularly good one
john.
one day, many years ago (before the MonSter bit me!), i parked, legally,
in a spot for disabled drivers.
my son was about 4 or 5 years old and he has a prosthetic leg. HE
qualified for the sticker.
someone left an abusive note on my car without bothering or caring to
see if i had a qualifying sticker in the window!
even now that he's a young man (or because he is!) he still regularly
receives abuse from other drivers when he parks legitimately in disabled
spaces.
he does, however, derive some warped pleasure from abusing them back ...
it's just a thought, but i always look to see if a car in a disabled
spot has a qualifying sticker in the window (before i consider abusing
the driver, that is), and i don't judge by what i see - it's too easy to
assume there's no disability just by watching someone walk!
John Husvar wrote:
> In article <Wsa8f.28855$fE5.4327@fed1read06>, Fred <none@none.none>
> wrote:
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> I still get a chuckle remembering my father-in-law's little cards he'd
> put on illegally parked cars in designated spaces.
>
> On the front in blue they read: "Hope you're having a good day and I'm
> sure you're very busy and hurried, but I just wanted to give you a small
> piece of information." On the back in red large type they read: "Being a
> complete XXXXXXX is NOT a qualifying handicap!"
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