# I saw a rather pointless bumper sticker today **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [December 27, 2015, 2:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-saw-a-rather-pointless-bumper-sticker-today/92059 "2015-12-27T02:52:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 9:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-saw-a-rather-pointless-bumper-sticker-today/92059/41 "2015-12-28T09:37:47Z")
Hi. Could you please bring this a bit closer to cars? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Frugal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@Ed\_Frugal](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Ed_Frugal)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-saw-a-rather-pointless-bumper-sticker-today/92059/42 "2015-12-29T00:17:38Z")
DRAT! I missed out on the fun again. :neutral: (Why don’t we have a frowny face emoticon?) If the number was really 666-66-6666 I would have guessed “W” or Dick Cheney, but I suppose those two draft dodgers wouldn’t be in a military database in the first place. . . Sorry, I couldn’t resist the chance for a quick laugh. . . ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 12:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-saw-a-rather-pointless-bumper-sticker-today/92059/43 "2015-12-29T00:20:20Z")
@“Ed Frugal” We do have a frown face emoticon ☹ Press and hold the shift key, then semicolon. Then release them and press the f key Let’s see you do it . . . 😌 ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Frugal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@Ed\_Frugal](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Ed_Frugal)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 1:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-saw-a-rather-pointless-bumper-sticker-today/92059/44 "2015-12-29T01:28:55Z")
Emoticon. 😳 Whoa! You just blew my mind! Let’s see, using my. . . brain. . . if I shift, semicolon, a, b, c, most letters of the whole alphabet give me different faces I can make, right in front of my face and I never knew it. Thanks @db4690 . Apologies to @cdaquila , I realize its not car-related, but I learned something here today. . . 😲 :bawling: 😖 😯 😌 ☹ 😕 😡 :naughty: 😇 🕶 💫 ❔ 👅 😤 😅 :mrgreen: :love: 😏 😮 😮 :trollface: 😌 😚 😲 Man, it goes on and on, now I know what “Weird Al” meant in that lyric, ". . .think you should only, write in emoji. . . " ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-saw-a-rather-pointless-bumper-sticker-today/92059/45 "2015-12-29T02:35:08Z")
@“Ed Frugal” Glad to see you figured it out You’ve earned a gold star ⭐ ---
**Author:** ![insightful](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/insightful/32/2732_2.png) [@insightful](https://community.cartalk.com/u/insightful)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-saw-a-rather-pointless-bumper-sticker-today/92059/46 "2015-12-29T03:25:29Z")
The correct term is “emoji”: > **[Emoji](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoji)** > > Emoji (Japanese: 絵文字（えもじ）, English: /ɪˈmoʊdʒi/; Japanese: \[emodʑi\]; singular emoji, plural emoji or emojis) are ideograms and smileys used in electronic messages and web pages. Emoji exist in various genres, including facial expressions, common objects, places and types of weather, and animals. They are much like emoticons, but emoji are actual pictures instead of typographics. Originally meaning pictograph, the word emoji comes from Japanese e (絵, "picture") + moji (文字, "character"). The r Origi... > **[Emoticon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticon)** > > An emoticon (/ɪˈmoʊtɪkɒn/, i-MOHT-i-kon, rarely pronounced /ɪˈmɒtɪkɒn/) is a pictorial representation of a facial expression using ASCII characters, usually punctuation marks, numbers and letters, to express a person's feelings or mood. The first ASCII emoticons, :-) and :-(, were written by Scott Fahlman in 1982, but emoticons actually originated on the PLATO IV computer system in 1972. In Western countries, emoticons are usually written at a right angle to the direction of the text. Users from ... ;-] ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 3:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-saw-a-rather-pointless-bumper-sticker-today/92059/47 "2015-12-29T03:42:08Z")
@insightful Thanks for that information I’m going to be a rebel and continue to call them “emoticon” 🍪 ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 3:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-saw-a-rather-pointless-bumper-sticker-today/92059/48 "2015-12-29T03:58:21Z")
I remember our 54 Ford. V8, straight stick, Mainline, Shy haze blue. Incidentally this matches the two center digits of my social security number which is 54, which is the year it was issued. ---
**Author:** ![B.L.E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@B.L.E](https://community.cartalk.com/u/B.L.E)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 6:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-saw-a-rather-pointless-bumper-sticker-today/92059/49 "2015-12-29T06:36:35Z")
> I would have guessed "W" or Dick Cheney, but I suppose those two draft dodgers wouldn't be in a military database in the first place. . . So they have a lot more in common with Bill Clinton and Obama than I thought. Of our 43 presidents, 32 had military experience. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 6:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-saw-a-rather-pointless-bumper-sticker-today/92059/50 "2015-12-29T06:41:28Z")
@B.L.E. I thought W did a stint in the Air National Guard But I also remember hearing that he didn’t actually complete his obligation 😉 Do you feel that military service should be a requirement for applicants? ---
**Author:** ![B.L.E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@B.L.E](https://community.cartalk.com/u/B.L.E)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 6:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-saw-a-rather-pointless-bumper-sticker-today/92059/51 "2015-12-29T06:54:49Z")
One of our worst presidents was a brilliant general in the Union Army. Ulysses Grant. So no, I don’t feel that military service should be a requirement. Jimmy Carter also retired from the Navy with the rank of lieutenant but he was also a dud as a president. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-saw-a-rather-pointless-bumper-sticker-today/92059.md?page=2)