The Big Apple: “Huge financial burden on board” (bumper sticker)

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Entry from August 10, 2019

“Huge financial burden on board” (bumper sticker)

"Huge financial burden on board” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many bumper stickers. The bumper sticker is a joke on the “Baby On Board” bumper stickers.

“Huge financial burden on board. - RealFunny (link: http://realfunny.net/picture-6306-huge-financial-burden-on-board-.html#.WOEtFhcYmx0.twitter) realfunny.net/picture-6306-h… #babyonboard” was posted on Twitter by Real Funny on April 2, 2017.

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Huge financial burden on board. - RealFunny (link: http://realfunny.net/picture-6306-huge-financial-burden-on-board-.html#.WOEtFhcYmx0.twitter) realfunny.net/picture-6306-h… #babyonboard
12:55 PM · Apr 2, 2017·Twitter Web Client

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Huge financial burden on board. (link: http://ift.tt/2oqfAcG) ift.tt/2oqfAcG #DisFunOrUDie
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12:57 PM · Apr 2, 2017·IFTTT

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Huge Financial Burden On Board #Images (link: http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2017/04/06/huge-financial-burden-on-board/) myconfinedspace.com/2017/04/06/hug…
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6:57 AM · Apr 6, 2017·IFTTT

Daily Mail (London, UK)
I have opinions about things! Drivers poke fun at each other and the world with hilarious bumper stickers
By KELLY MCLAUGHLIN FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 05:01 EDT, 9 November 2017 | UPDATED: 11:23 EDT, 9 November 2017
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One driver joked about the common ‘baby on board’ bumper sticker with one that said ‘HUGE financial burden on board’ with an image of an infant wearing sunglasses

HotCars
28 License Plates And Bumper Stickers That Are Just...So Embarrassing
BY CORY BARCLAY – ON DEC 27, 2018 IN CAR ENTERTAINMENT
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HUGE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON BOARD
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This bumper sticker is pretty funny, because it really sticks it to the pretentious people who have the “baby on board” stickers. Okay, maybe that’s a bit harsh. “Baby on board” could be useful—it’s telling others not to drive wildly around you, but it usually has the opposite effect. I’ve heard of people wanting to ram into a car simply because they have that sticker. So this one makes fun of those people in a tongue in cheek way, but it also has the same effect that says, “drive carefully.” Brilliant.

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Lo
@lgstrick
Replying to @FrHarrison
@shannon_last and @jdflynn
At our kids’ swim lessons today we saw a vehicle that had a sticker saying “huge financial burden on board.” What a way to look at your family 😥
9:43 PM · Jun 15, 2019·Twitter for Android

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megatron
@meaganaversa
just saw a sticker on a car that said “huge financial burden on board” please stop reproducing
1:13 PM · Jun 17, 2019·Twitter for iPhone

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Carol Beck
@carolbmore
“Huge financial burden on board” if you think this is funny enough to put on your car, why did you have a kid, New Yorker?
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10:23 AM · Jun 29, 2019·Twitter for iPhone

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