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I can smell the Pronto Pups already

August 23, 2007

I can smell the Pronto Pups already

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Jennifer R. was close in her guess. I will mount this on the inside of the Honda Civic's dashboard window as I drive the gauntlet that is my neighborhood during these last two weeks of summer, and that oughta ward off those pesky "PARK HERE! $10!!!!!", over-exclamating, little fiends.

I think the flowers soften the message a bit, and really do prove my soul isn't completely black. Like I'm saying, "Out of my way, you heartless, money-grubbing bastards that have NOTHING better to do…love, Cathy."

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  1. Jennie says

    August 23, 2007 at 9:05 am

    LOL – very funny, and please if you can, a picture of the sign actually in your car?

    I would so love that.

    ps-the flowers TOTALLY soften the statement. Especially since their pink!

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  2. Jennie says

    August 23, 2007 at 9:06 am

    whoopsie-“they’re” instead of “their”, please.

    Must.Get.More.Coffee.

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  3. Becky says

    August 23, 2007 at 9:18 am

    ROFL! That is awesome!

    These might also prove useful!

    http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=6834576

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  4. Kim Chalfen says

    August 23, 2007 at 9:54 am

    I live here also but in Brooklyn Park and the word fits oerfectly for those who park at the fair. DUMBASSES. Maybe I will do the same in the lot when we go sat. It is exactly the word to fit.

    Kim

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  5. Randi says

    August 23, 2007 at 9:54 am

    Thank you for a good laugh; great way to start the morning! I think it’s great! The flowers do add an extra special something

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  6. donnadowney says

    August 23, 2007 at 9:56 am

    this is why i love you!

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  7. Jessica Hood says

    August 23, 2007 at 9:58 am

    omg…that is TOO fabulous! what a hoot!

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  8. Kelli Kemmerer says

    August 23, 2007 at 10:19 am

    GOD you are so FUNNY!!! This is why I love reading your blog every day!!!! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!! Thanks!!!:)

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  9. Emma says

    August 23, 2007 at 10:36 am

    Ah, I remembered the opposite! Darn πŸ™‚ Well that sign would make me giggle to see it in a car window, hope your neighbors get a kick out of it.

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  10. #1 Buckeye Fan says

    August 23, 2007 at 10:39 am

    LOVE that sign!

    We have some major road construction in NW Ohio and the speed is reduced to 45 mph. I would love to see what you could come up with for a bumper sticker I could put on my car, for all those stupid people driving 60 in the construction zone, then riding my ass. πŸ˜€

    Steph:)

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  11. Alicia says

    August 23, 2007 at 10:41 am

    LOVE IT!

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  12. Henriettae says

    August 23, 2007 at 10:42 am

    Simply splendid.

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  13. Christine C says

    August 23, 2007 at 10:47 am

    YA. – what Donna said. πŸ™‚

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  14. Nichole Black says

    August 23, 2007 at 10:49 am

    BWAAAAAA HA HA!!!! You’ve got to post pictures of your neighbors’ faces as they read your sign!

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  15. Kristina says

    August 23, 2007 at 11:02 am

    I LOVE IT! I’m so doing that next year when I have to drive through the fairgrounds neighborhood here in Des Moines to get home…but I think mine will say “I’m just trying to get home, dumbasses”

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  16. Heather H. says

    August 23, 2007 at 11:15 am

    Yes, the flowers do add a certain pleasant happiness to the gesture! We take the bus when we go. Which I would imagine is equally annoying for those who live around the fair grounds!

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  17. Emily says

    August 23, 2007 at 11:37 am

    I am so making one of these. I can see the potential for other cards: I could make one for all of the various times I need to ward off idiots! and the flowers do make a nice touch.

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  18. Kris with a K says

    August 23, 2007 at 11:52 am

    OH, how I miss the fair! Please eat some mini donuts and some cheese curds for me!

    And take a little ride on the “Old Mill” ride with Dan. tee hee!

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  19. amanda says

    August 23, 2007 at 12:08 pm

    And that, made me smile.

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  20. JenniB says

    August 23, 2007 at 12:30 pm

    Love the “gentleness” those flowers bring to the message. LOL!

    I, too, would like to see a pic of this in the car.

    Cheers!
    JenniB

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  21. Nicky H says

    August 23, 2007 at 12:39 pm

    Although my first instinct as a parent of a 7 year old is I don’t like cuss words in public, I have to say I love the flowers! πŸ˜‰

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  22. carolyn says

    August 23, 2007 at 12:50 pm

    and makes such wonderful use of scrapbooking product…bonus!

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  23. tara says

    August 23, 2007 at 1:07 pm

    oh my gosh.
    you always know how to just perfectly place a perfect little swear word.

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  24. Carol Anne says

    August 23, 2007 at 1:31 pm

    I’ll watch for your car & sign as we head to The Fair tomorrow.

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  25. Rhonda says

    August 23, 2007 at 1:56 pm

    haha! Priceless!

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  26. melissa deakin says

    August 23, 2007 at 2:05 pm

    you are hilarious!
    love the sign…and
    the flowers totally soften
    it! LOL!

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  27. Michelle says

    August 23, 2007 at 2:36 pm

    HAAAAAAAAAAAAAHhahahaaa
    JUST THE LAUGH I NEEDED TODAY. and no I’m not yelling. Well I kinda am but I didn’t mean to yell at you. I have the capslock on for work and was just too damn lazy to backspace the first half of the sentence. although, clearly I’ve spent more time justifying the caps than I would have if I just fixed it. But then, it wouldn’t be a post from Michelle πŸ™‚

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  28. Nicola says

    August 23, 2007 at 2:57 pm

    nice.

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  29. TracieClaiborne says

    August 23, 2007 at 3:15 pm

    ha!
    I too, want to see that inside your car.
    Picture please!

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  30. Beth says

    August 23, 2007 at 3:55 pm

    You are just too funny! Way to tell them where to go! I always hated that part about the MN State Fair. Miss the fair. :>( I can never seem to get back to MN in time for it. Boo hoo. Please share stories about all the fried crap on a stick. :>)

    Have fun!

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  31. valerie says

    August 23, 2007 at 5:39 pm

    seriously. best.laugh.ever.
    and especially the best laugh today.

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  32. Loni says

    August 23, 2007 at 5:50 pm

    lol

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  33. Shelly in the NW says

    August 23, 2007 at 6:00 pm

    I think I’ll make that on vinyl cling with my new Silhouette and put it on my car! πŸ™‚

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  34. Joanne says

    August 23, 2007 at 6:24 pm

    snort! That is so funny!

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  35. tracy says

    August 23, 2007 at 6:30 pm

    Good sign. “I have my own damn driveway to park in. Thanks.” would have been good, too. Just having been to the Iowa State Fair, I have to know if the shuttle buses in MN drive 90 mph on the shuttle route down 25mph residential streets as well?

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  36. Peggy Lucas says

    August 23, 2007 at 6:55 pm

    I love the “Love, Cathy” part. So aprapos.

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  37. Nicole says

    August 23, 2007 at 7:11 pm

    *LMAO!!!!* THAT, my dear is hi-larious!!! The only way it could be better would be:

    1. it had a big smiley face on it to punctuate the dumbasses part

    or

    2. it had one of those ‘pissing Calvins’ near the flowers

    πŸ˜‰

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  38. Kim Arnold says

    August 23, 2007 at 7:26 pm

    and a nice font treatment too! ;o)

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  39. Kim Arnold says

    August 23, 2007 at 7:26 pm

    and a nice font treatment too! ;o)

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  40. Kim Arnold says

    August 23, 2007 at 7:26 pm

    and a nice font treatment too! ;o)

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  41. Janie says

    August 23, 2007 at 7:29 pm

    LOL!!! LOVE IT! Can I lift the idea and use it for cards to leave on the dumbasses cars, the people that continually think it’s okay to take my parking spot? (People here seem to think that Private Parking is an oxymoron.) oooops – thanks for letting me venbt in your comments!

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  42. Kat (Lovebug Kat - the chatty one) says

    August 23, 2007 at 8:18 pm

    You are the best Cathy! You never fail to bring a smile to my face with your zaniness!
    Can’t wait to see the picture of the sign in the car window.
    Good luck with the Gauntlet Run LOL

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  43. Ngaire Bartlam says

    August 23, 2007 at 8:49 pm

    noze znort.

    funny girl.
    πŸ™‚
    Ngaire
    x

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  44. Susan D. says

    August 23, 2007 at 9:11 pm

    too funny as i choke on my prenatal vitamin…i totally remember reading about that now…i must agree, a pic with it in your car and maybe a pic as you drive by them=0)

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  45. ashley says

    August 23, 2007 at 9:30 pm

    That just made me make a very unladylike snort noise.

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  46. Sherri says

    August 23, 2007 at 10:05 pm

    LOL! I so need one of those signs for inside my car! We live in a resort town and summer time is crazy!

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  47. Penny says

    August 24, 2007 at 9:01 am

    Ummm, I’m thinking you’ll get two tickets now, instead of one. LOL.

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  48. Merideth says

    August 24, 2007 at 9:44 am

    i’ve often said i need to invent a cartop sign that could flip between several messages (“cruise control can be your friend,” “slower traffic to the right,” “your model came without blinkers?” etc.). yours is now added to my list!

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  49. Sinead says

    August 24, 2007 at 10:25 am

    Hilarious!
    I may need to re-interpret that for my drives past Michigan Stadium. (Go BLUE!!!)

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  50. Katrina says

    August 24, 2007 at 11:36 am

    LMAO!

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  51. Maria says

    August 24, 2007 at 2:18 pm

    Just too funny~ and cute.

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  52. april says

    August 24, 2007 at 2:25 pm

    Thanks, Cath. I just snorted lemonade out my nose! πŸ˜›

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  53. Ady Abreu says

    August 24, 2007 at 6:35 pm

    I wish you were my neighbor so we can hang out and talk smack about the neighbors… Wouldn’t mind srapbooking with you either… have a good weekend…

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  54. Sarah says

    August 25, 2007 at 8:17 am

    ah…
    beware those who irk a crafty woman with a good printer.

    What a satisfying way to handle a stressful, ongoing situation.

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  55. Kris says

    August 25, 2007 at 11:48 am

    Ahhh, takes me back to the days of my youth and the “Welcome to Maine…now go home!” signs. Love it…

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  56. Tanja says

    August 25, 2007 at 9:59 pm

    I think I just pee’d my pants. Stacy J would be glad you used your “Happy” Colors.

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  57. Debbie Cook says

    August 26, 2007 at 11:58 am

    omg!!! it never fails. YOU. CRACK. ME. UP. πŸ˜€
    i love it! i love you! you never fail to make me laugh! man, i wish i knew you irl!
    :)debbie

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  58. JudyH says

    August 26, 2007 at 6:30 pm

    Funny… but what caught my eye was PRONTO PUPS!! I thought only those of us from the south called them that! … and it makes me kinda want to make some….

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  59. JudyH says

    August 26, 2007 at 6:31 pm

    Funny… but what caught my eye was PRONTO PUPS!! I thought only those of us from the south called them that! … and it makes me kinda want to make some….

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  60. erika h. says

    August 27, 2007 at 9:31 am

    I love it! I went to the MN State Fair for the first time on Sat. Tell us how the sign worked for you. I would love to see the look on their faces!

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