the shrewdness of apes

the standard response to a dirty car or truck is usually to scratch "Wash Me!" into the dirt, thereby creating a hilarious juxtaposition where it looks like the vehicle is aware of its plight and is begging passersby to have some compassion and run and get a sponge for godsakes. recently, the wife (squared) and i have seen a couple of cases where someone was feeling more creative resulting in the following messages on vehicles we've encountered:

* "I wish my sex life was this dirty"

* "Member of the He-Man Woman Haters club"

while the first is simple and ribald, the second one confused me until the wife (squared) informed me that it came from a Little Rascals episode. now that's a vandal with some chops! we then got into a conversation about the possibility that Bill Cosby had bought the rights to the "Our Gang" series in order to keep them off the air due to their racially biased portrayal of blacks, specifically Buckwheat. it seemed plausible considering i hadn't seen any episodes on TV in quite a few years. i even went so far as to proclaim this as fact to a few people at the wedding last weekend. should have known better, of course. that rumor is completely false as the good folks at Snopes are more than happy to point out. t.s.o.a. regrets the error.