Humor is a superpower. If you’re genuinely able to make others laugh, smile, and giggle till there are tears in their eyes, it’s a gift that keeps on giving. However, you don’t need to be good at traditional comedy like doing skits or stand-up to brighten up people’s day. All you really need is a dash of creativity, a bit of bravery, and a car.

Our laughter-loving team here at Bored Panda has collected some of the funniest, wittiest, and silliest photos or real-life bumper stickers from all around the net. And they’re an unexpected delight! Scroll down for a good dose of humor, upvote your fave signs, and feel free to send the most hilarious ones to your friends. Who knows, you might just inspire them to slap something similar on their vehicle.

Meanwhile, check out Bored Panda’s interview about good and clear design with a representative of StickerShop.co.uk, a UK-based digital print store that specializes in labels and stickers.

#1 Someone Has To Drive The Babies

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#2 Pspspsps

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#3 This Sticker On The Back Of This School Bus I Saw Today

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Bored Panda wanted to learn more about the key things to keep in mind when designing stickers for clarity, as well as what can help the designs stand out from the crowd. A member of the UK-based StickerShop.co.uk team, Callum, was kind enough to shed some light on this.

“When you are designing a sticker with the intention of it to stand out above all other stickers we would always recommend using bold, bright contrasting colors!” he told us.

“We print artwork on a huge range of fluorescent and metallic self-adhesive vinyls. When the customer’s artwork has colors that contrast these materials they really pop and draw attention,” the representative said via email.

“Fonts and font size is a huge factor to consider when creating your artwork. Depending if your sticker is intended to be read from a distance, or from up close you want your audience to be able to read what is on your sticker with ease.”

#4 This Woman’s Bumper Sticker At Walmart, Had Me Laughing Into The Store

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#5 Made This For The People On The Highway Who Won’t Let Me Merge To Exit

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#6 All Important Concerns

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Meanwhile, we were curious about how the materials and adhesives differ when creating bumper stickers, compared to more ‘regular’ ones that you might stick on surfaces at home.

“When creating a bumper sticker, we always opt for a waterproof vinyl material with a permanent adhesive to ensure the bumper sticker stays stuck to the car and doesn’t come off easily,” the StickerShop.co.uk representative told Bored Panda.

“We have a range of other materials that we can print on, some of which wouldn’t be suitable for bumpers as they are made from paper materials which eventually disintegrate as they get damaged by water.”

#7 Love Is Love

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#8 Saw This Sticker On The Back Of A Car While Working, Definitely Had A Good Laugh

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#9 Someone Carries These Stickers Around Just For This

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Car bumper stickers—like any other signs—have just a split second to make an impact on the person looking at them. So technical things like the format, the kerning (that’s the spacing between letters), the color, and the background all matter. As does the length of the text and any images you use!

And that’s on top of the actual joke—ideally, you want to cram something so witty in there that’s going to get others chuckling even when their mood is very low (and it’ll get more people admiring your sticker, too). So sticker designers have a ton of things to think about.

#10 This Passive-Aggressive Car Sticker

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#11 This Bumper Sticker On My Campus

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#12 Saw This Sticker On A Car A While Ago

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Not only that, designers have to keep in mind that bumper stickers aren’t just digital designs: you have to think about the practical side of things. Including what adhesive you use, what material the actual sticker is going to be made of, and how all of these are going to be affected by changes in temperature, excessive sunlight, rain, and snow.

To oversimplify things, you want to make a sticker that, well, sticks without damaging the underlying material and keeps its message legible as time passes. Of course, no sticker is going to be immune to entropy! But it makes a huge difference whether you have to change one witty bumper sticker for another after just a few weeks or a few years. 

#13 Can You Read?

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#14 Found This Bumper Sticker The Other Day

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#15 Honest Bumper Sticker

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The joke and/or message itself should be very brief and clear. Both of these things lie at the core of comedy, impactful signs, and even witty internet posts. To put it simply, with so much information and entertainment surrounding us in the world (from real-life ads to the veritable bombardment of news and memes and video clips on social media), our attention spans have been becoming shorter and shorter.

CNN reports that the average attention span used to be around 2.5 minutes in 2004. This then fell to 75 seconds a few years later, and now, people can pay an average of barely 47 seconds on one screen. Not only that, research has shown that it takes over 25 minutes to refocus on what we were originally doing if our attention gets diverted. With this context in mind, it makes sense for content—including bumper sticker quips—to be as to the point as possible. Otherwise, people might just skip over the message, not wanting to bother reading something that’s overly long or wordy. 

#16 I Made A Bumper Sticker

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#17 In Case You Need To Connect While On The Road

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#18 A Bumper Sticker I Saw In My Travels Today

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It really helps to ask someone for their thoughts before rushing off to print your newest sticker design. Everyone, no matter how great of a designer they are, needs a second opinion and a fresh set of eyes. Show your design to a few friends, relatives, or colleagues. They might surprise you with their insights and even offer some thoughts on making the joke even better.

#19 I Made Myself A Sticker

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#20 A Bumper Sticker That I Saw Today

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#21 Virginia Is For Lovers Of Aging & Dying

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For example, they might spot a silly typo your brain just skipped over; or reveal that the font and color combo you chose is really hard on the eyes. Who knows, they might even chuckle at how the spacing of the letters creates an entirely different set of words than you intended. The word ‘click’ can take on an entirely different meaning if your kerning is off and the ‘c’ ends up combining with the ‘l.’ Keep that in mind no matter what logo or sign you’re designing!

#22 A Punny Bumper Sticker

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#23 This Bumper Sticker

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#24 Stupid Bumper Sticker

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The point is that you shouldn’t be afraid of listening to some gentle criticism about your designs. One sign of a pro is that they don’t take these things personally. Instead, they objectively consider the advice they got and apply what’s useful while discarding the rest. It also helps to realize that nobody’s perfect and nobody can be truly competent at a dozen different things.

#25 Epic Driver

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#26 I Saw This Car Today

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#27 Made Me Smile

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For instance, you might genuinely need the services of a proofreader because typos are something you’re awful at finding, no matter how much you try. It’s better to seek their services instead of ending up embarrassed and worrying about your wallet, with hundreds of stickers you need to redesign and then reprint. Or you might be a wiz at cooking up witty one-liners but may need a digital designer’s services to make them stand out from the crowd. Know your limits—don’t be scared of collaboration.

#28 I Fixed The Car, Babe

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#29 Just Had To Share This Gem

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#30 This Made My Day

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We’d love to hear which of these sticker designs made you laugh the hardest, dear Pandas. Were there any that you’d love to slap onto your own car bumper? What kind of stickers do you currently have on your vehicles? Share your thoughts in the comments. Meanwhile, for some more witty and silly bumper stickers, check out Bored Panda’s previous feature right over here.

#31 This Is Hilarious

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#32 Best Bumper Sticker Troll

#33 Saw This Sticker Behind A Car In Mumbai Traffic

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#34 The Only Bumper Sticker I’ll Ever Believe

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#35 Quite Possibly My Favorite Bumper Sticker

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#36 Saw This Bumper Sticker During My Drive Around Town The Other Day

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#37 I’m Going Through A Crisis

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#38 Best Bumper Sticker/Placement I’ve Seen On A Car In A While

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#39 You Got It, Boss

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#40 Saw This Sticker Today

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#41 So What Happens If You Find Someone Else With The Same Car And Bumper Sticker?

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#42 A Bumper Sticker I Saw In A Parking Lot

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#43 New Favorite Bumper Sticker

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#44 A Candidate I Can Get Behind

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#45 Of All The Wise Bumper Stickers Out There

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#46 Bumper Sticker On A Minivan At Costco

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#47 This Bumper Sticker

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#48 This Is A Message I Can Get Behind

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#49 My Brother’s Best Friend Bryce Has This Bumper Sticker

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#50 I Got A Chuckle Out Of This Bumper Sticker

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#51 The Only Bumper Sticker I Approve Of

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#52 The Sticker Rules, But Combined With The License Plate, It Is Even Better

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#53 Bumper Sticker Spotted This Morning In NY

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#54 Beware Of Alien Abduction

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#55 The Most American Bumper Sticker Ever

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#56 Saw This Bumper Sticker On My Way To Class Last Week

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#57 As A Parent Pushing 40, I’ve Never Related To A Bumper Sticker More

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#58 Egyptian Bumper Wisdom

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#59 This Is Absolutely Adorable

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#60 What Would Jesus Do? Probably My Favorite Bumper Sticker I’ve Seen (Virginia, USA)

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#61 Perfect Bumper Sticker

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#62 This Bumper Sticker

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#63 Best. Bumper Sticker. Ever

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#64 Some People’s Bumper Stickers Cross The Line

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#65 This Bumper Sticker

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#66 My Friend Got Into An Accident. At Least Her Bumper Sticker Made It

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#67 Pick Your “Poison”

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#68 Saw This Bumper Sticker On A Car That Was Driving Slow

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#69 Possibly The Strangest Bumper Sticker I’ve Ever Seen

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#70 Best Bumper Sticker Ever

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#71 Finally, Put On My New Bumper Sticker

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#72 Calming Bumper Sticker

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#73 Perfect Body

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#74 And I Thought Self-Deprecation Does Not Exist In Bumper Sticker Humor. Seen In Midtown Atlanta

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#75 My Favorite Bumper Sticker Ever

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#76 Yes, That’s An Actual Bumper Sticker

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#77 What Did I Just See?

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#78 Bumper Sticker Of The Day

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#79 How To: Earn Free Bumper Stickers

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#80 Now Here’s A Bumper Sticker I Actually Agree With

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#81 No Kids

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#82 Bumper Stickers Are Becoming More And More Questionable

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#83 Question Everything

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#84 My Hubs Surprised Me With The Best Bumper Sticker

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#85 Decided To Represent My Favorite 5k With A Bumper Sticker

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#86 Bumper Sticker My Friend Got Me For My Birthday, If Only I Had This In High School

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#87 Bumper Sticker By Durex

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#88 This Sticker On A Minivan. Even More Perfect

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#89 Most Amusing Family Stickers I’ve Seen

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#90 Car Sticker

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#91 Best Teacher Bumper Sticker

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#92 I Normally Hate These Stickers, This One Was An Exception

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#93 And The Award For The Most Specific Bumper Sticker

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#94 The Perfect Bumper Sticker

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#95 This Bumper Sticker In Front Of Me Right Now In Traffic (I Know, I Know Phone Driving Bad)

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#96 Damn Straight. Best Bumper Sticker Ever

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#97 So My Buddy Went To A Convention And Got A Bumper Sticker. I Made It A Little Bit More Accurate

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#98 Saw This Bumper Sticker Tonight

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#99 This Car Is Full Of Bumper Stickers That Say Bumper Sticker

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