Fake Private Parts Are No Joke, Myers Says (Ban On Plastic Truck/SUV Jewels)

Washington Post ^ | 2/24/2007 | Lisa Rein

[Dallas59]

Maryland Del. LeRoy E. Myers Jr. to truckers: If you've got 'em, you don't need to flaunt 'em.

As the General Assembly debates global warming and the death penalty, Myers (R-Washington) has something else on his mind: the outsized plastic testicles that truckers dangle from the trailer hitches of their pickups.

To some truckers, they are manly expressions of rural chic. But Myers, who says his Western Maryland district is brimming with giant fakes on the roadways, calls them vulgar and immoral -- and filed legislation this week to outlaw them.

"People are making a joke out of it," Myers said yesterday. "But I think it's a pretty serious problem. You have body parts hanging from the hitches of cars.

[Dallas59]

As compared too....

[randog]

It's a wonder how these got past the good senator for so long:

[Slings and Arrows]

Nutz to that!

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Leroy, you should look at this from another direction.

Maybe, the danglies hanging from the hitches are the drivers way of telling you you're missing something.

On the other hand, that could explain why your panties are in a bunch.

[shempy]

Sad to say, but as a Republican politician, he is no condition to complain about this. I mean, displaying fake testicles is pretty much the standard Republican election tactic. But they are quick to tuck them safely in their purses once elected, so maybe that is the distinction that makes the difference.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

For a guy whose party has no testicles, he has no business complaining about those who do...

[fish hawk]

What's the chances that this idiot thinks it is all right to kill babies in the womb but no balls on your truck, that is disgusting.

[Brad from Tennessee]

When this issue came up in Arizona the other day, which was about naked women on mud flaps, my first thought was that the Teamsters were using the legislature to harass independents. Truck drivers and their rigs are the lifeblood of our economy. I can put up with their raunchiness as long as they keep delivering my groceries and gasoline.

[jordan8]

the outsized plastic testicles that truckers dangle from the trailer hitches of their pickups.

Just when you think society has hit the bottom of the crassness barrel you can always count on some group to scrape up an extra scoop of stupid.

[ARE SOLE]

Some people have no class.

Regards

[Zeon Cowboy]

WTF. I've never seen these before...

[CaliGirl-R]

I'm wondering if they swing back and forth, LOL.

[miliantnutcase]

Yeah, some of them do. My wife spotted one on a truck a few weeks ago and asked WTF that was (obviously couldn't be what she thought they were!).

[panaxanax]

"Some people have no class."

Isn't that the truth! Where can I buy a pair?

[ARE SOLE]

I'm wondering if they swing back and forth, LOL.

Like I said, some people have no class.

[Redcloak]

It figures that a Republican would get bent at the sight of a large pair of 'nads. The guy must have nightmares about Hillary's lockbox.

[bad company]

As compared too...

I'm lost on your comparison. What is it about those cars that I'm supposed to find crude or offensive?

[HiTech RedNeck]

They're all redneck, of course.

[HiTech RedNeck]

At some point, I fear, there will be phalluses too. Oh wait, I thought that is what the trucks themselves were for.

[panaxanax]

LOL.

It is a true and natural fact that aggressive women drivers have been quoted that they "felt like their car was a large penis" and that "they had total control over it". One woman was even quoted to say how she felt like "ramming other cars with it"!! sarc/off?