Virginia trying to ban Truck Nuts
We've all seen them, those, ahem, rubber naughty bits that hang from trailer hitches. They're tasteless, crude and the absolute funniest thing you've ever seen while driving. According to Virginia State Delegate Lionel Spruill, they may also be dangerous. Though sold under many names, Truck Nuts is what we know them as, and some are claiming they cause potentially dangerous distractions on the road. (We've blurred the above image of Truck Nuts so you don't get distracted and bang your head on the keyboard while web surfing.) We've also heard the argument that they create long, awkward moments between parents and children when little Susie asks, "What's that, Daddy?" Soon they'll be causing long, awkward moments among Viriginia's lawmakers when Spruill submits a bill to ban Truck Nuts in Virginia. The state of Maryland also tried to ban the balls around this time last year, although we never found out if lawmakers there were successful. If any Marylanders out there know, let us know in the comments.
We're of the mind that Truck Nuts cause as much of a distraction to motorists as their own cell phones and steaming cups of Vente coffee do. To target this novelty item because it may offend would open the door to banning all sorts of auto accessories, particularly any bumper sticker that rubs somebody the wrong way. And as for what to say to your kids who they notice the Dodge Ram up ahead going commando, just make something up like that's where you refill the truck's blinker fluid when it gets low. They're kids, what do they know?
[Source: WCAV via Jalopnik]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 14)
O Bad Bo 5:08PM (1/25/2008)
One of my co-workers was castrated just yesterday for displaying his nuts in the parking lot. He's been displaying them since they became popular. I just finished my 4x rebuild and I've been looking around for a nice mocha pair of big boy balls. Freedom of speech this week is what I call it. I guess little Calvin better pull up his pants and stop pissing before someone notices him, after all these years.
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Mister Cojones 9:24PM (2/20/2008)
Folks.... Stand Up For Your Rights!
Regardless of what you feel about our products, each of you should stand up for your rights. The biggest complaint I have heard from the legislators who want to ban these products (in Virginia and in Maryland) are that mom's and dad's don't want to have to explain to the kids "what those things are hanging from the back of that truck". The problem isn't what the kids are seeing, the real problem is this new era of parents who think they have to shelter their kids from everything, primarily because they are too damned lazy to be REAL PARENTS and explain to their children exactly what those things are. If you dont like them, then explain to your children that mom and dad dont necessarily agree with what that person is doing but this is AMERICA and they have their right to do it.
And to the parents who dont want to be real parents, then keep watching your Dr. Phil and Oprah shows and continue to blame everyone else for your lack of parenting skills!
www.mistercojones.com
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Kevin 11:26AM (3/28/2008)
stupid hick a-holes
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Thecookie 12:22PM (4/18/2008)
Dang it all! What's next? Mudflap girls?!?
http://lifeisacookie.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/this-is-nuts/
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Mark 8:13PM (12/21/2008)
I just put together a music video that really pays homage to this American invention:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs8FywCj4Wc
"Truck Nuts"
Enjoy.
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Dave 11:06AM (1/16/2008)
They were funny the first time I saw them.
They are getting old.
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TwinTurbo3000GT 1:24PM (1/16/2008)
if they do actually succeed with the ban, i'm gonna mount a dildo
there instead.
It's too much of a gray area for any ban to be passed. They would
have to specify how realistic they have to be to be banned. What
about the chrome ones? What about 2 golf balls in a tan marble pouch?
What about other realistic and not so realistic body parts?
Anatomically correct dildos? non-anatomically correct dildos? Other sex toys?Banning
them will cause more problems than it solves.
Cornholio 1:33PM (1/16/2008)
Agree.
When I see them, it doesn't do much for my opinion of the nutsack behind the wheel, either.
I don't think they should be banned just so daddy doesn't have to explain it to his daughter, but it would be nice if the morons out there didn't feel compelled to prove their trucks are "manly" by hanging a latex ballsack from their bumper. It says quite the opposite, actually.
PapaWhiskey 1:51PM (1/16/2008)
You will find very few women who approve, or are even indifferent about this.
It isn't funny, it's offensive, and only impresses feeble minded men with the cerebral capacity of those balls.
This is a sad reminder of the direction society is headed.
Oh, one more thing... Lying to you kids is good?
Derek 6:38PM (1/16/2008)
I don't think you'll find many woman who would care one way or the other if a guy hangs testicles from his truck.
Now, as for women who would date a guy who hangs testicles from his truck... Better grab the blue paint, buddy!
EJ25RUN 11:35PM (1/16/2008)
i think Virginia needs to be seceded from the USA cause i hate that state and so does everyone i know... i heard south dakota is more pleasent!!!!
deke 1:37AM (1/17/2008)
Last time I checked, we still have a Constitution in the United States of America. Free Speech or Die!
goober 1:45AM (1/17/2008)
So now it's not OK to hang a piece of plastic on your car?
Umm, but it's OK for US Congressional Republicans to talk about Presidential oral sex, oral-anal contact, touching breasts and other various body parts for years? Look it up, it's all in the Congressional Record. Forever, by the way.
What a $#@%ed up country.
JMAN 8:25PM (1/21/2008)
I totally agree. They are pretty pathetic now. They WERE funny. Now if you sport these you are just another idiot going along with the crowed. BORING!!!!!!!!!
Roxie 9:18PM (1/21/2008)
Old nuts are no fun LOL
Happy2bTink 11:19PM (1/21/2008)
Well, LAUGH PEOPLE!! Have you forgotten how? God, it feels good to laugh. LOL They're supposed to be FUNNY... LOL
Kat 1:13AM (1/22/2008)
Why are these raising eyebrows when those chrome seductively posed silhouettes of neked women with huge boobs have been around for ages without anyone making a stink???
daddzgrl02 1:45AM (1/22/2008)
I think this is crude and unnecessary. It is not something that children need to see as we are driving them around town. This world has enough perversion on TV, the news, in music without adding this kind of stuff to our public roads where we have no way of censoring it for our children.
Babe 2:47AM (1/22/2008)
well this strikes me funny. I am all woman and I drive a truck and guess what I have balls hanging off my tow hitch.. I like them there and I realy dont care what anyone thinks or says its my truck I pay the insurance on it and ECT... so there for I will do as I please with it. If someone is offended by it I'm sorry they can turn their heads and forget they seen it. I refuse to change something I like just cuz some one dont like it..
Katie 5:18AM (1/22/2008)
EJ25RUN
HEY IDIOT!!! VIRGINIA IS NOT A STATE TO BEGIN WITH, IT'S A COMMONWEALTH. WHAT'S WRONG, DIDN'T YOU FIT IN WITH THE EDUCATED POPULATION? LET ME GUESS, YOU HAVE THESE NUTS HANGING FROM THE BACK OF YOUR TRANS AM!!!
VIRGINIA IS FOR LOVERS, NOT HATERS!!! hehehe