Monday, September 18, 2006
Portrait of a Bumper Sticker
Today, I drove Bob in to Kailua-Kona for various errands. The drive into Kailua is about 50 miles, and averages about an hour five, to fifteen; although traffic can make it take MUCH longer, you don't want to do it much faster because there are lots of curves. It is a beautiful drive, with plenty of flora and ocean views along the way.
On the way back home, for a short distance, we were behind a Range Rover SUV (a monsterous thing with a "replacement" bumper, and dirty windows) on the back of which was a bumper sticker. The bumper sticker had faded so that even though I could tell that it was a flag of the United States, all that was visible was the field of blue and the stars. Next to that, in blue letters, was written "These colors don't run!" I couldn't help myself but to think in response "but they do fade, don't they?"
I wondered if there was significance to that it was the red of the bumper sticker that was completely faded away, and not the blue.
While looking for the graphic I used with the post, I found another blog entry almost exactly like mine: http://personaltao.blogspot.com/2006/06/these-colors-dont-run-but-they-sure-do.html I wonder if they saw the same bumper sticker... link | posted by Reese at 4:48 PM
