As media outlets across the state are reporting this evening, Del. Lionell Spruill (D-Chesapeake) has introduced a bill that prohibits the display of “objects or devices representing or resembling genitalia on motor vehicles.” A Wikipedia entry for just such an object explains precisely what Del. Spruill has in mind:
Truck balls, also known as Truck nuts, are accessories for pickup trucks and other vehicles. Capitalizing upon the association of trucks with machismo, truck balls resemble oversized human testicles inside scrota of various colors. This trend began in the United States in 1998 and first sold on the internet in 1999.
It was during the 2005 General Assembly session that the House made international news for passing a bill that would ban low-slung pants, in what became known as “the droopy drawers bill.” That bill was introduced by Del. Algie Howell (D-Norfolk). It failed in the Senate, preventing it from becoming law. Ironically, Del. Spruill derided that bill, and was widely quoted describing it as “foolish” and asking his fellow legislators to “let these kids express themselves.”
January 16th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Yeah. Fun bill. FunNY bill. I addressed it here.
December 27th, 2008 at 12:06 am
[...] the legislature’s time, the sort of thing that one would expect from far-left Democrats (i.e., “truck nuts,” “droopy drawers”), not a far-right Republican like [...]