It finally happened.

[Bertha Venation]

Someone FINALLY asked me, "What's that supposed to mean?!" in re my new bumper sticker that reads, "It takes more than a chrome fish, pal."

I asked him -- 60ish, stocky, angry -- "What does it mean to you, sir?"

He said (best I can recall) "That you godless liberals think you're better than everyone else!" and started walking away. Chicken.

I was surprised to get this -- the most vehement and most brainless reaction I could imagine -- in a hotel parking garage in Georgetown/Embassy Row/Hoity Toity Law Firm Central. Sounds more like what I'd hear in a Wal-Mart lot (if I shopped at Wal-Mart, which I don't).

I don't handle angry confrontation well, but I'd envisioned something coming from that bumper sticker, so I was kinda ready, even though I was shaking. I started talking and stood my ground, to make him stop walking away if he wanted to hear me.

I said, "That's not what I intend it to mean, not at all." Unfortunately, I expected to hear a sarcastic, "What DO you 'intend,' then?" That's not what I got. He said, "Intent is nothing, lady. The road to hell is paved with good intentions." :wtf: I debated with myself for a few seconds: should I introduce this guy to the concept of the non sequitur? I decided not to try to teach a pig to sing.

I just said, "You're free to think what you want. All I mean is it takes more than a little fish on your car to show you're a follower of Christ."

That shut him up, but I think it was only because he was trying to figure out what I was saying -- as if it struck some memory in him (like maybe the image of a Pharisee praying loudly on a streetcorner) and he couldn't quite pull it up.

Sigh.

[southpaw]

1. Fundies ask questions...

but they don't really want answers.

Great bumper sticker, by the way. A worthy addition to your collection!

on edit: I don't know that the guy was a fundie... probably more of a back-pew Christian who uses church as a networking hub.

[Bertha Venation]

3. ty, southpaw

and ty for the reminder: gotta change that page on my web site. :hi:

(BTW -- Mrs. V. and I are southpaws too -- keep forgetting to tell you that.)

[southpaw]

6. You're welcome, BV...

By the way, thanks in large part to the advice I received in my "What is a Redneck" thread, me and my 'redneck' girlfriend are working on repairing our relationship. Thanks so much for the perspective you provided.

Hugs to you and Kathy. :hug:

BTW: I'm not left-handed... I chose 'southpaw' as shorthand for 'lefty'. My left hand is actually quite useless.

[Bertha Venation]

5. or who uses church as a way to justify his opinions

very dangerous, those types.

[bloodyjack]

2. shouldn't that be "the road to HELL is blahblahblah"?

this guy must not know his Bible cliches.

[Bertha Venation]

4. of course!

Duh! :eyes: at self

thanks

no, it was just me, misinterprerememberunderestimating the remembory.