What is TACKY???

[dianeschlicht]

Cute thread!
My biggest tacky pet peeve is the "girls" or at least females of all ages who wear low riders and belly shirts when they have "overhang"! EEEEWWW... What makes them think this looks at all sexy??!!??

The other thing I saw a couple of weeks ago at the baseball game was a young lady with very low (read crack showing) pants and belly shirt and a tatoo on her abdomen! My only thought was how gross is THAT going to look if she ever has a baby, and what will the streach marks do to it!!

 

[aahmom1]

I totally agree about the shorts with the words across the butt. There is no way in hell I would let my daughter out of the house wearing those. Just what I want, a bunch of weird men having a reason to look at your daughter's butt. And it's bad enough that teenagers wear them, now little girls (7 and 8 ) are wearing them. What the heck are those parents thinking?!!

 

[Porter]

1) The comb over
2) Cars which have fluorescent under lighting
3) Coworkers who wear the same clothes 3 out of 5 days. I know that people are on budgets but you could at least mix up the pants and the shirts.
4) Tattoos that can not be hidden
5) 400 religious artifacts on someone’s front lawn
6) Astro-turf on somone’s veranda
7) Someone who invites you out for lunch and informs you that they have no money when the bill comes.

 

[RickinNYC]

I don't mind religious artifacts on one's front lawn as long as there are only one or two, perhaps a few. In fact, I kind of like them when they're subtle. But I've seen lawns with dozens!!!! Yeesh!

One too many "Marys-on-a-half-shell."

 

[Pat_Elliott]

I thought of this just now: Car fish (e.g. Darwin Fish, Jesus Fish). It's like the new millenium version of the "Baby On Board" signs.

 

[CourtasanSatine]

pushy phone salesmen

 

[alabamaalan]

Car fish are nothing new, and while I do not own one, I think they are actually a subtle way of displaying one's faith.

The parody fish, however (Darwin, Satan, etc.) are tacky!

Any window sticker with Calvin on it is tacky!

 

[goofygirl]

It's like the new millenium version of the "Baby On Board" signs.

Speaking of which- I hate those "My child is an honor student at ______ School" bumper stickers. Like I care that your child is an honor student!

 

[snoopy]

Uh, GG, those of us who sport the "my child is an honor student" bumper stickers don't care if you care. We care, and we're proud of our children's accomplishments.

I know a lot of parents had some trepidation about putting the stickers on their cars when our school started handing them out to honor students - perhaps worried what others would think. I had no such thoughts though. I'm proud of my kid, he worked hard for it, and I have no problem shouting it from my car, even at the risk of being "tacky" in some people's minds.

 

[Pat_Elliott]

Originally posted by snoopy
We care, and we're proud of our children's accomplishments.

To each his own, but I'd have to put that in the "not tacky" department. Baby-on-board = fad. The Bumper stickers can't be bought at Walmart, they have to be earned!

This being the danger of a post where one's trash is another's treasure. I request pardons from those with Jesus Fish on their cars and many Christmas lights in their front yards. But I have to tow the line on 8 foot half-inflated santas....

 

[snoopy]

Don't feel bad, Pat Elliott, my tackiness batting average is not good according to the thoughts expressed on this thread. I wear hoop earings, I drive an SUV (with the dreaded, tacky honor role student bumper sticker on the back), and I ocassionally ask people where they bought something - just nosy, I guess!

 

[alabamaalan]

Actually, I have never placed Christmas decorations in my yard, but we just moved into a new neighborhood and my oldest daughter will be 6 at Christmas - and she wants lights.

I thought I could freak my neighbors out with strings of blinking colored lights that are not in synch.

Everytime an inflatable decoration is mentioned I think of the snowmen in "Skipping Christmas" by John Grisham. Anyone read it?

 

[CookieGVB]

I thought of "Skipping Christmas", too. Hilarious book.

Me, personally, if I had young girls, I wouldn't display a bumper sticker announcing which school they attended. Maybe I'm overcautious, but the less information strangers know about my children, the happier I am.

They're not tacky, though. The cars with 800 other bumper stickers plastered on the back are, however. Makes you wonder if that's the only thing holding the car together.

 

[goofygirl]

Uh, GG, those of us who sport the "my child is an honor student" bumper stickers don't care if you care. We care, and we're proud of our children's accomplishments.

Can't you be proud without rubbing it in everyone's face? I think the stickers are too "show-off-ish".


I like the paradies of the "My kid is an honor student.." stickers:

"My dog is smarter than you honor student"

"My kid beat up the honor student at his school"

"Your kid may be an honor student but you still drive like an idiot"

 

[snoopy]

"My kid beat up the honor student at his school"

This, imo, is the height of tackiness.

And yes, I can be proud of my child without having to "rubbing it in everyone's face". I don't see it that way, rather, I see it as way to encourage my child to continue doing his best.

 

[Deb in IA]

Thanks for the reminder.

I've got to put on the "My child is a D.A.R.E student" and "My child is a _________ School Honor student" bumper stickers that we got last semester.

Goofygirl, unless you are a masochist, just don't read these stickers that obviously make you sooooooooooo mad . . .

 

[Rajah]

Let's see...

That glue that you get at craft shops? Tacky!
Paint that hasn't finished drying...
Those puddy things you use to stick posters to walls without leaving holes...
Wet hard candy...

 

[CookieGVB]

Originally posted by goofygirl
Can't you be proud without rubbing it in everyone's face? I think the stickers are too "show-off-ish".

Since you obviously don't have non-honor roll children, I don't understand the problem here.

I have no notions that either of my children will EVER make the honor roll (and I'm fine with that, and don't begrudge those who do make it), so I'll have to stay show-off-ish with my "Been there, done that, going back" WDW "sticker" If they ever did make the honor roll, I'd be proud, and might only hold back for the reason I already listed. Tackiness be damned - my kids come first!!

 

[CourtasanSatine]

My bumper sticker is "Have Stake Will Slay" (A Buffy sticker)

 

[perdidobay]

Gee, should I start apologizing for how I live MY life???
Yes, I drive an SUV. Think it's tacky? tough! You have no idea how I use it.
Think a Darwin fish is tacky? Tough, I think I have as much right as you to display my beliefs on my own car.
Think "My child is an honor student" bumper sticker is tacky?
Tough, I am proud my child worked hard and is a good kid. The school honored her with it, why should throw it away?


I think people with no manners are tacky, myself.