Irony Supplement, Part 11
Uncle Andrew
Unfortunately I do not have a photo to go with this installment of Irony Supplement; I was not sufficiently swift with my cell phone camera when the opportunity presented itself this morning.
I was on the road just south of downtown Seattle when I spied a purple 2000-something Honda Civic with a bumper sticker that read,
“DON’T LET THE CAR FOOL YOU:
THE KEY TO MY TREASURE IS IN HEAVEN.”
Uh-huh.
This sort of smarmy slogan is just the kind of thing that gets under my skin. Like that other, more common deity-oriented bumper sticker, “CHRISTIANS AREN’T PERFECT….JUST FORGIVEN,” the text above positively drips with a particularly rank sort of irony. The irony that comes from someone choosing to use their bumper to broadcast a deep-seated sense of their own superiority, poorly masked as humility. Sort of a “Hey, I’m WAAAYYYY more modest than YOOOOU” kinda thing. Seems to me to be a particularly un-Christ-like sentiment, canyoudigit.
For some reason, I found the bumper sticker I spotted today to be even more ironic–and annoying–than its more popular cousin. There was something extra-super-mondo-king-size stupid about the concept behind this particular proclamation, considering that:
- The idea of attempting to draw attention to one’s vehicle as an object of opulence and source of envy is a highly materialistic and not very spiritual attitude to take, and
- As objects of opulence and sources of envy go, her car was neither.
Not helping to reduce the overall irony quotient was the fact that she drove like a total asshole. Made me wish I was sporting a bumper sticker reading, “JESUS HATES THE WAY YOU DRIVE.” 😉
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February 1st, 2007 at 4:12 am
I know I’ve shared this with you, but its worth repeating. My favorite (and probably one of the least observed) passages from The Bible – Matthew 6:1 – 5
“‘Beware of practicing your piety before men in order to be seen by them; for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. Thus when you give alms, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by men, Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your alms may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you'”
February 1st, 2007 at 8:46 am
Indeedily doodily I remember it; I’ve even made mention of it a time or two. 😉
February 1st, 2007 at 10:58 am
Ah, but thank you for the full passage. I have not yet had the patience to read the Bible myself and I always appreciate the ability to have that passage available when needed.