Fish thing on back of cars

PaulKK

Hey guys did a quick search and didn't find anything.
Does anyone know what that fish thing on the back of some cars is?
I've seen loads of them around, but i've no idea what it stands for.

It looks like this:

homah_7ft

I think it's symbolic of Jesus.

Malafus

'Tis a symbol of christianity. Trying to convert tailgaters.

PaulKK

Thanks guys, that was quick!!

homah_7ft

No probs. Nice drawing

mike65

Stewth! I have'nt knowingly spotted one, now they'll be all over the place!

Mike.

Litcagral

What about the silhouette of a Spanish type bull which I see on an increasing number of vehicles especially 4x4s? A colleague at work told me that they give them out when you bring your vehicle to Catalonia. Any ideas?

stevenmu

Yep Jesus symbol alright, they're very popular in the states but I've only seen them here the last month or so.

junkyard

From what I've seen its the remains of the two-sided glue attaching a badge to the back of the car, if you look closely you can see a rough edge on the remains of the tape which I would think would prove that the badge was prised off the car. I might be wrong.

G Luxel

Yes Ive seen loads of those bull symbols

but Ive also spotted these symbols

One has BZH? what does that stand for?
The other is a large C on a yellow background with about 6 red lines I think
over the C.

Interceptor

G Luxel wrote:

BZH? what does that stand for?

Cars from Brittany in France have this (its a bit like the old CONNamara stickers they used have in Galway)

As for the weird 'C' I have no idea but I've seen them about.

The silly fish thingy is a Christianity symbol and comes in various styles but means that the driver of the car loves his neighbour but nails his heroes to a cross.

'cptr

case_sensitive

It's called the Jesusfish, and often has WWKD next to it/inside it (what would Jesus do), my brother has both of these on his car..

A funny/sacriliregious take on the Jesusfish

69 mustang

PaulKK wrote:

Hey guys did a quick search and didn't find anything.
Does anyone know what that fish thing on the back of some cars is?
I've seen loads of them around, but i've no idea what it stands for.

It looks like this:

Does that not belong to one of those makey up religions from Utah Mormons or Jesus an his scientist friends or born agains.The ones that bang on your door on a Saturday morning.

69 mustang

Litcagral wrote:

What about the silhouette of a Spanish type bull which I see on an increasing number of vehicles especially 4x4s? A colleague at work told me that they give them out when you bring your vehicle to Catalonia. Any ideas?

Ive seen them too thought it was a dealership thing I know someone with one I'll ask if knowone here knows.

pickarooney

BZH = Breizh, the Breton for Brittany/Bretagne.
The C on the yellow/red striped background is for Catalunya.

John R

case_sensitive wrote:

It's called the Jesusfish, and often has WWKD next to it/inside it (what would Jesus do), my brother has both of these on his car..

WWKD???
What would Kevin do?

case_sensitive

Ah, the Typo Troll

Yeah, J not K.

Stephen

The jesus fish thing seems most popular with born again christians. There's a few families of them around here, and every one of them has one on their cars.

rabbitinlights

Litcagral wrote:

What about the silhouette of a Spanish type bull which I see on an increasing number of vehicles especially 4x4s? A colleague at work told me that they give them out when you bring your vehicle to Catalonia. Any ideas?

Anti Bullfighting symbol. Big devide in the population in Catalonia. 63% want it banned.

case_sensitive

Ok, my brother the M.Div says it's officially called the Ichtus Fish (which is pretty much 'Christ Fish').
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_symb.htm
Was wondering about that bull thing, has thought it was endorsing bullfighting. Pretty messed up that europeans still do that in the 21st century.

G Luxel

on the topic of stickers, I used to remember seeing a lot of IRL stickers with
a green E after it. Where could i obtain one of them?

In France, there is a map of france sticker with F written on it? Was there ever an Irish version with the Map of ireland printed on it?

mackerski

Malafus wrote:

'Tis a symbol of christianity. Trying to convert tailgaters.

That only works if the tailgaters know what the fish means.

Dermot