“Watch out for the idiot behind me” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many bumper stickers. “WATCH OUT FOR THE IDIOT BEHIND ME” was printed in the Toronto (ON) Star on October 23, 1989.
23 October 1989, Toronto (ON) Star, “This bumper crop will stick it to you” by George Gamester, pg. A4:
WATCH OUT FOR THE IDIOT BEHIND ME.
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Watch out for the idiot behind me !!!
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Some of my favorite bumper sticker humor
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Watch out for the idiot BEHIND me.
Google Books
Watch Out for the Idiot Behind Me: The Ultimate Bumper Sticker Book
Cider Mill Press
Cider Mill Press, Sep 1, 2007 - Humor - 96 pages
Stick it to ‘em! There’s so much in this world to aggravate us, and this book of bumper stickers—one per page, to peel off—is the perfect way to talk back
Google Books
The Laughing Clowns:
A Tale of Finding Love Again by Going Home
By William McInnes
Sydney, Australia: Hachette Australia
2012
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These days, car stickers are usually trying to be humorous: ‘Watch out for the idiot behind me!’
Daily Mail (London, UK)
I have opinions about things! Drivers poke fun at each other and the world with hilarious bumper stickers
By KELLY MCLAUGHLIN FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 05:01 EDT, 9 November 2017 | UPDATED: 11:23 EDT, 9 November 2017
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A bumper sticker reading ‘Watch out for the idiot behind me’ makes a fool of the reader, since the reader is likely the ‘idiot’ behind the vehicle.
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“watch out for the idiot behind me” is actually a pretty good bumper sticker
5:58 PM - 7 Sep 2018 from Toronto, Ontario
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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