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found this article if you have not seen it yet..

 

Read it and Weep..

 

Wicked Campers Busted..

 

Juergen

 



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OMG

Instantly feeling serially offended, traumatised, violated....a ticket for the Wa-Wa Wambulance and a HURT form please. Now where do I claim that compo, payment or benefit? ......Hot damn, realised that as an old 'white' bloke I am by definition excluded from feeling, and that means I can't feel offended or discriminated against either.

Any wonder that Australia's politically correct moral outrage delivers free international advertising for Wicked and for Australia.

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they have been talking about this a lot on 5AAradio in Adelaide.

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I think some people are becoming a little too precious.



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It's on and in every news item lately. Me, I just think it's wicked how they get away with it blankstare

Anything for a smile on the dial I reckon.

SOME of the occupants, well that's a different subject all together and I'm not going off topic.



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Dougwe wrote:

It's on and in every news item lately. Me, I just think it's wicked how they get away with it blankstare

Anything for a smile on the dial I reckon.

SOME of the occupants, well that's a different subject all together and I'm not going off topic.

 why not, you always go off topic biggrin

I think the sign is XXXX



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It's about time the "clever people" who write this rubbish on these wizz-bang vans were shown up for what they are, namely unamusing fools who can't get a laugh unless they shock us. Get a bit more inventive with your attempts at humour or better still get these bombs off the road altogether. Could you actually imagine hiring one of these things after a bunch of back packers had done a big trip in one. YUCK!!!

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SnowT wrote:

found this article if you have not seen it yet..

 

Read it and Weep..

 

Wicked Campers Busted..

 

Juergen

 

If that's the worst thing she has got to complain about, she is doing alright. She needs to be thankful she and her children are not starving or being bombed or living in a land that has been forever poisoned.  because they are REAL issues. 



-- Edited by the rocket on Thursday 17th of July 2014 11:42:30 AM

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Well it does not offend me but then I am fairly open minded.  I even like Wombats! wink smile

But is it something that young kids should be exposed to in public?   Are you happy for your grandkids to read it? (if you have them). confuse

There are lots of other clever sayings that could be used on the van that are not offensive to some.

  

 



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Vic41 wrote:

Well it does not offend me but then I am fairly open minded.  I even like Wombats! wink smile

But is it something that young kids should be exposed to in public?   Are you happy for your grandkids to read it? (if you have them). confuse

There are lots of other clever sayings that could be used on the van that are not offensive to some.

  

 

 They do not offend me either but some of the slogans on Wicked Campers are a bit raw and I would not want my grandchildren reading them.



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I agree with Vic41 and JRH - I don't find it offensive but I've got a few years on the clock which have broadened my education. I wouldn't want my grandkids (and great grandkids) reading the rubbish.

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so what do you guys do when you are walking down the street and a wicked camper drives by, do you hold your hands over the grand kids face?

I must be from another generation cos I'm only 44 



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A couple of days ago there was the funeral of a B-I-L. At the wake after, an early primary schooler asked in one of those very clear 'like-a-bell' voices that little girls have, why her great grandmother is living longer than the B-I-L.

If we can handle curiosity like that I reckon a wicked van - if a child was ever interested and very, very few might be - would be a breeze.

Wicked offends, but then youth do generally.  I reckon those funeral ads on The Box are worse. While I am on the subject, advertisers need not treat women as dumb as they do with those tampon and other sanitary product advertisements, again on The Box. Which also reminds me of the dumb-assed, incompetent stereotype of men on The Box and in the media.

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I reckon the worst thing about the dreaded "Wickeds" is their roadworthiness. We spoke with a young man who had hired one "because it was cheaper" who said the tyres were bald. He wondered if they were the original tyres, it had done over 300,000 k's and had a few other ussues he didn't list.

No the slogans on them don't particularly shock us, but I would prefer a bit of actual wit instead of the stuff they have now.

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My daughter was telling me about spotting one of the wicked's with a a particularly witty but crude slogan and having a wry chuckle appreciating the wit when miss 7 wants to know what it means. She was a bit shocked because she was forced to have a birds and bees discussion not of her own timing. Worse was having to tippy toe around the crudity of it without raising more questions. As an Adult she loved it but as a mother she was pretty angry



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_wombat_ wrote:

so what do you guys do when you are walking down the street and a wicked camper drives by, do you hold your hands over the grand kids face?

I must be from another generation cos I'm only 44 

Well, if they were banned from putting these "adult" slogans on their vans, then you wouldn't have to put your hands over their eyes!

44......You lie like a Wombat in Poo wink biggrin 

Agree about the roadworthiness Gerty, they've been fined a number of times and had vehicles put off the road also.  



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I met some travelers who took photo's of their slogans, I enjoyed reading them. 

One went something like this:  If size doesn't matter, then why don't you see small dildo's!!!

Well, I laughed, even if others didn't biggrinbiggrinbiggrin  biggrin

I came across a caravan park that had one bad wicked experience, and banned them all!!

 



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One woman got her revenge.....
http://www.couriermail.com.au/business/companies/artist-stef-burgon-takes-on-wicked-campers-paints-her-own-slogan/story-fnkjkme6-1226992370035



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as a woman, I find some of the slogans  simply in bad taste, however the new generation of slogans I find are demeaning and degrading to women and I am surprised people find them funny.   I guess each to their own. I am one of the signatories to  the change.com  petition.



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Shut the front gate!!

Just a small thought, we, including me have just given Wicked the best advertising available.

 

FREE

News about the situation is everywhere.

 

Their business is more than likely booming as we speak and all vans booked out and on the road for us all to see.



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I signed the petition as well - they don't greatly offend me, just that they are in bad taste if you like and are the sort of thing you'd find written on railway station toilet walls.... I can understand how others especially women could be offended. We are civilised aren't we?


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I also signed. I think they are just plain grubby.  Do love the Dougwe one.....

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www.stromer.com/jokes/185jokes.html

I wonder if some of these where posted on the Van would offend People....

LOL

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I didn't know your cared Doug! wink biggrin biggrin biggrin

Dam Wombat!! We'll plan our revenge ! furious furious furious 



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barina wrote:

I also signed. I think they are just plain grubby.  Do love the Dougwe one.....

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 I think he love's Vic biggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrin



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barina wrote:

I also signed. I think they are just plain grubby.  Do love the Dougwe one.....

biggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrin

 I think he love's Vic biggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrin

No, Vic loves Dougs twins... aww 



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You can see some great quotes on sandwich boards outside cafes. Why don't the Wicked vans do something similar rather than the really offensive sayings?

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Happywanderer wrote:

You can see some great quotes on sandwich boards outside cafes. Why don't the Wicked vans do something similar rather than the really offensive sayings?

 how ya going HW, I prefer the wicked ones. biggrin



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Maybe some action against the Wicked company at last.

Good to know I'm not the only person who finds their form of advertising offensive.furious

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/wicked-slogans-labelled-violent-sexist/story-fn3dxiwe-1227299810688



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