I’m of the opinion
that people who have a sticker in their car’s rear window that says ‘Powered by
Fairy Dust’, shouldn’t be allowed to join the AA.
This isn’t my
only caveat. My ruling also applies if you display it in any other window, or
anywhere else on the bodywork. It’s also not just the AA that you should be
banned from, but the RAC, Green Flag or any other company that supplies car
insurance.
Basically, you
shouldn’t be allowed on the road.
I understand that people sometimes want their vehicles to reflect a little of their personality.
They’d like their Astra, Micra, Corsa or Polo to stand out from the rest. They
also want to show their fellow road users that they have a sense of humour;
that they’re ‘crazy’, ‘quirky’ and ‘FUN’.
By displaying the
words ‘Powered by Fairy Dust’, or some other inane slogan, you only end up
achieving the opposite. It’s like writing an email in comic sans or wearing a
novelty tie; it’s almost never funny and just smacks of desperation.
It’s also
suggests that you have no sense of humour of your own – and can only express
yourself by latching onto somebody else’s half-baked joke. You might as well
have just scrawled the words ‘NO PERSONALITY’ across your face with a permanent
marker.
(It's probably best that you don't do this.)
The day that fairy
dust becomes a genuinely viable alternative to fossil fuel, is the day that I'll
revise my opinion.
Also, don’t get
me started on ‘Baby on Board'.