Odessa

I'm not talking about horsepower. I've seen them. Maybe you've seen them - the rubber testicles that some people think are amusing to attach to the back underside of their vehicle, typically to a trailer hitch. Funny? Maybe. Tasteless? Sure, but then again there is a bunch of other stuff that is tasteless wandering around the world (Paris, as in Hilton; any number of sports superstars, etc.). I deal with it the way I deal with most other tasteless stuff - laugh if its funny, shrug my shoulders if it ain't. Personally, I think that anyone (insert "man") that finds the need to attach rubber testicles to their vehicle, frequently a big ass truck or SUV, is having a variant of the same identity issues that middle aged men have when they buy a Corvette.

Now a Virginia legislator wants to ban the display of these vehicle balls. Why? Because one of his constituent's young daughters asked her Daddy what they were. Again and again some parent gets asked the same types of questions that their own parents squirmed answering when they themselves asked as wee lads and lassies. Instead of using it as a learning tool (like a good Mommy or Daddy) - the bonehead calls their favorite local politician and whines 'cause we gotta protect the children!

It could have just as easily been a huge male dog with all his parts that would have likely prompted the same "What are those silly things hanging down there Daddy??!!!" While I would love the removal of testicles from any number of things - most dogs and cats (shelters are full enough), the Neanderthal with the lame ass pick-up line - legislation of their removal are patently uncalled for. Likewise is this piece of legislation for the neutering of motor vehicles.

Virginia has also agonized over whether to ban the droopy draws with which we have all become familiar. Seeing some dude's boxers is annoying to me too, but come on. I'm sure Virginia needs some real problems solved.