Cheating bastard

[snopes]

Spotted in Didsbury, Manchester

Hello, how many of us have wanted to do this to someone?

[me, no really]

Originally Posted by snopes

Hello, how many of us have wanted to do this to someone?

Not me, sorry

me

The lettering looks a little too clean to be a real scratch-up job. I vote fake.

[tribrats]

Didn't look too close yet but on a quick zoom you can see that the "i" is partially floating over the crack of the door. Part of where the "i" breaks is actually touching the back side and the edges of the two pieces of it are crisp. The lettering at the front is a little harder to see but appears to be doing the same on the front door crack and gas cap.

Also, what is a Bastar? Are they supposed to be giving the impression they got chased off before finishing?

[callee]

I vote real because:

a) there are breaks in the letters at the handle and door, and a good number of fakers probably wouldn't think of that.

b) they ran out of room and had to steadily bend the word "bastard" upward to avoid the front tire, and even run out of room on the side for the "d," presumably putting it on the hood. My bet is that a faker would have just formated their entire message to fit onto the side.


mrs. callee is listening a lot lately to a country song about a woman who keys her man's vehicle because he cheated. I don't get it: the guy is unfaithful to you, he breaks a committment that he made to you and in doing so he has hurt your feelings greatly. Ok, that is grounds for a reaction from you. But he didn't do anything illegal, and for all the hurt he has caused you, he didn't cost you any money either. so how is it fair for you to cause thousands of dollars of damage in return? Are you really so self-centered that you think your feelings are worth that much? Not to mention, since when does someone hurting your feelings justify you breaking the law? When you combine the monetary cost with the crime element, which one of you has really committed the greater offense? Possibly you, and if not, yours is close, and in either case by doing it you remove most of the ground you had for condemning his offense! Bottom line, the idea of keying someone's car in response to infidelity is just the stupidest thing I've heard of, it surprises me it gets dismissed so often as a light joke, or is fodder for country music songs.

[Kallah]

mrs. callee is listening a lot lately to a country song about a woman who keys her man's vehicle because he cheated.

It makes me really sad to know that the song - Before He Cheats - is still in the Top 40 country songs. It has been around at almost a year - I remember hearing it back before I moved. Amazingly (or perhaps not-so-amazingly) the song is performed by Carrie Underwood, the same woman who sings the most glurge-laden song I have ever heard, Jesus Take the Wheel (lyrics). That woman is just full of fantastic car-related advice.

[geminilee]

Originally Posted by callee

mrs. callee is listening a lot lately to a country song about a woman who keys her man's vehicle because he cheated.

Actually, if you listen to the words, she just suspects him of cheating. Throughout the whole song she says "probably", even whether he is with a girl at all is speculation. But then, that song is just disturbing on several levels.

Originally Posted by callee

mrs. callee is listening a lot lately to a country song about a woman who keys her man's vehicle because he cheated. I don't get it: the guy is unfaithful to you, he breaks a committment that he made to you and in doing so he has hurt your feelings greatly. Ok, that is grounds for a reaction from you. But he didn't do anything illegal, and for all the hurt he has caused you, he didn't cost you any money either. so how is it fair for you to cause thousands of dollars of damage in return? Are you really so self-centered that you think your feelings are worth that much? Not to mention, since when does someone hurting your feelings justify you breaking the law? When you combine the monetary cost with the crime element, which one of you has really committed the greater offense? Possibly you, and if not, yours is close, and in either case by doing it you remove most of the ground you had for condemning his offense! Bottom line, the idea of keying someone's car in response to infidelity is just the stupidest thing I've heard of, it surprises me it gets dismissed so often as a light joke, or is fodder for country music songs.

I think the answer here is quite simple--when someone is acting out of sheer emotion then they won't stop to ask themselves all the questions you just listed.

[callee]

Originally Posted by Kallah

It makes me really sad to know that the song - Before He Cheats - is still in the Top 40 country songs. It has been around at almost a year - I remember hearing it back before I moved. Amazingly (or perhaps not-so-amazingly) the song is performed by Carrie Underwood, the same woman who sings the most glurge-laden song I have ever heard, Jesus Take the Wheel (lyrics). That woman is just full of fantastic car-related advice.

yikes! It's by the jesus take the wheel girl! She keeps saying she likes that song too! (though I've never heard it, or maybe I have but didn't realise I was hearing it - possible) I hope this isn't leading up to a purchase of the whole cd!!

[Troberg]

The lettering looks a little too clean to be a real scratch-up job. I vote fake.

Unless it's done with a wire brush on a Dremel.

(No, I've not carved messages into people's vehicles with a Dremel with a wire brush, but it's an excellent tool to remove paint before welding.)

[callee]

Originally Posted by Troberg

Unless it's done with a wire brush on a Dremel.

(No, I've not carved messages into people's vehicles with a Dremel with a wire brush, but it's an excellent tool to remove paint before welding.)

I thought the same thing. Every year when I clean the rust off my car and touch-up paint, I use an angle grinder with wirebrush attachment, cordless drill with a smaller wire brush, and a rotary tool (a different brand than dremel) with a small wire brush depending on the part of the car and size of the job. Bottom line, the results look similar.

I think I saw this somewhere else and it turned out to be a promotional gimmick. It's some kind of decal like the cars that have ads on them, IIRC.

[TuFurg]

Originally Posted by tribrats

Didn't look too close yet but on a quick zoom you can see that the "i" is partially floating over the crack of the door. Part of where the "i" breaks is actually touching the back side and the edges of the two pieces of it are crisp. The lettering at the front is a little harder to see but appears to be doing the same on the front door crack and gas cap.

Also, what is a Bastar? Are they supposed to be giving the impression they got chased off before finishing?

Thought the same thing. Also I'd think a scratcher would have just put the N all the way to the right of the handle instead of through it while a 'Shopper might have done it over the handle for effect as we see. Anyway, here's the door crack for further scrutiny...

[rhiandmoi]

I have not keyed a car, but I keep on my list of possible reactions to cheating. I do think that my damaged feelings would be worth thousands of dollars and I would not care about the possibility of criminal charges. The point (like any revenge) is to strike them where it would hurt them as much or more as you were hurt, not to give back what they gave, because cheating back probably won't hurt them as much. Keying might be to flashy for me, though. I am more of the sneaky silent revenge type, so I might let the air out of all his tires and sprinkle birdseed around his car while it was parked at work.

[RichardM]

Originally Posted by rhiandmoi

and sprinkle birdseed around his car while it was parked at work.

I like this one.

I also like the personalized license plate on a similar car that reads:
WAS HIS

[Lainie]

Originally Posted by callee

Bottom line, the idea of keying someone's car in response to infidelity is just the stupidest thing I've heard of, it surprises me it gets dismissed so often as a light joke, or is fodder for country music songs.

I can understand why it would bother you, but I'm not sure why it surprises you. Much worse things than keying cars have been fodder for jokes and songs for many years.

[Eddylizard]

Originally Posted by rhiandmoi

I am more of the sneaky silent revenge type, so I might let the air out of all his tires and sprinkle birdseed around his car while it was parked at work.

If you can gain access to the vehicle, put a small prawn (shrimp in US?) or two in each air vent, and using a knitting needle, stiff wire or similar push them as far down as you can without leaving any marks on the vent exterior.

Works best of course in the winter when the heater is running.

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"You are the world's most vindictive man!" (My former boss.)

[tribrats]

Originally Posted by TuFurg

Thought the same thing. Also I'd think a scratcher would have just put the N all the way to the right of the handle instead of through it while a 'Shopper might have done it over the handle for effect as we see. Anyway, here's the door crack for further scrutiny...

Yes, that's what I was talking about. Thanks! (Didn't occur to me to post it)

That was the big red flag for me.

[TwoGuyswithaHat]

A couple of the places on the letters look smudged, particularly in the middle of the H and the E in Cheating that almost makes it look like it was done in chalk.

[James G]

Possibly an advert for a divorce lawyer:
http://thenonbillablehour.typepad.co...divorce_c.html

Although this car isn't in the UK, unlike the OP.
Plus I can see no obvious phone number or web address on the car in the OP.