What is the stuffed animal hanging from the rear bumper?

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There are a few sick looking 240sx, 350z, wrx sti, supras, etc. I see around my town that have stuffed animals hanging from their rear bumper... What the heck?

 

I think it's like how the bell is hung from a Harley. Keeps the trolls from making the bike crash.

 

The first one his name is Domo.. Japanese character.

 

Oh well heck. The answer is right there in the article you posted. I was close!!

“It’s Thai belief that hanging a stuffed toy from your bumper or tow loop is like paying some sort of honor or last respect to the spirits of people who died on the roads as a result of car accidents… The understanding is that the spirit is amused by the object (stuffed animal or other) and therefore doesn’t cause mischief to drivers. Nice right?. Think of it as a sort of good luck charm. ” From Fuzzpaw.

 

And you know this how?

 

All the cool kids doing this?

 

I have a panda hanging from my rear axle:

 

Domo:

This

 

Domo is an angry fried tofu. He's Japanese.

Edible version of Domo:

 

was planning to hang a cop toy but i changed my mind..

 

Nice! I was thinking about getting one of the angry birds and hanging it from my rear bumper, but I thought it was a car thing...

 

I'm HUGE into anime. Have tons of DOMO stuff at my house.

 

What kind of anime do you like?

EDIT: Are you turning Japanese?

 

Had a skeleton "doll" hanging from my recovery point. He got ripped off while I was playing, gotta replace him.

 

well whatdayaknow.

 

No I'm not turning Japanese. I've been watching Japanese anime since I was bout 6-7 years old.

I watch pretty much all the anime I can find. I have over 1tb stored on my PC and at least 300 dvd's.

 

The only anime I watched as a kid was Zoids, Dragon's Ball Z, and Pokemon. lol

 

Which none of that is really good anime. Zoids is american as well if I'm thinking the CGI show.

Start with a classic. Akira. If you like it, move on.. IF not, don't bother with Anime.

Cowboy Bebop is good to start with, as well as Trigun.

 

I don't even know what the heck you are talking about... LOL

The last Japanese anime movies I saw was Totora or whatever its called...

 

i was watching a street racing documentary on discovery and they said that if you hang something on your tow hook you are down to street race