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Honda Revolutionizes Pickup, Urinating Calvin Decal
By Jorge Barnes | Dealer staff writer    Wed, Feb 23, 2005
 
For over 50 years, Honda has revolutionized the automobile industry, with its world-class motorcycle, sports car, and SUV offerings. Just 2 markets have eluded Honda thus far: pickup trucks and urinating Calvin decals. Until now.

The Ridgeline, Honda's entry into the pickup market, is expected to shake up the industry when it hits local dealerships next month. With it, the Ridgeline brings a new design to the stagnating urinating Calvin decal market.

"This is long overdue," said Jeb Malloy, owner of Auto Decal Designs in Colerain. "We haven't had a new Calvin urinating decal in ages. Sure, there was a flurry of Calvin urinating on Saddam and Bin Laden decals after 9/11 and around the start of Operation: Iraqi Freedom. But those died out rather quickly. Nothing can quite motivate a pickup owner to go out and spend 5 bucks on a car decal like multi-generational brand loyalty."

In fact, Tri-state truck owners spent over $2 million last year on urinating Calvin decals.

But besides contributing to an already-booming industry, the Honda Ridgeline has also caught the eye of modern art enthusiasts.

Katie Taft, Public Relations Manager for The Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) released this statement:

"The Honda Ridgeline's arrival at local dealers couldn't arrive at a better time. Next month we unveil the Urinating Calvin Decal exhibit, and I guarantee you the hottest piece will be the Calvin Urinating on Honda Logo."

The new decal is also true to the spirit of the now-defunct Calvin and Hobbes comic strip, according to its creator, Bill Watterson.

"This is exactly what I had in mind when I drew Calvin and Hobbes," said Watterson.

"Write a few thousand strips about an imaginative young boy and his stuffed tiger, retire, then sit back and watch my creation be distastefully used as a tool of brand warfare without seeing a single penny."

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