Virginia Tice Fights Obscenity Charges After Dangling Fake Testicles From Truck Bumper

A woman with a fake set of testicles on her truck's bumper is fighting the hefty ticket she got in South Carolina for allegedly violating an obscene bumper sticker law.

Police in Bonneau ticketed Virginia Tice, 65, at a gas station in early July after they saw a big, red plastic scrotum hung from the trailer hitch, The Charleston Post & Courier reported.

The case will go before a jury, according to Reuters.

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The $445 penalty outraged other Palmetto State residents who've decorated their vehicles with novelty male genitalia.

"To me it's just a personal expression," John Caddell told WCSC "My truck's got power."

A number of brands compete in the market and go by names like Truck Nutz and Bulls Balls. Similar items are available for bicycles.

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[mad world]

09:00 AM on 08/07/2011

I just have so many more things to spend my outrage on. Decorative ball sacks on vehicles just don't register for me.

[Dylan Green]

01:01 PM on 08/01/2011

The same people who hang testicles from their trailer hitches are the same ones who want to outlaw pornography. It's wild.

[CD Colburn]

08:19 AM on 08/01/2011

This question can't be answered as a "yes" or "no" anecdote, Firstly, I think it up to the state to decide (predicated on the Fed constitution) what their laws are but I also think that this is "Freedom of speech" issue. I also think that if one can legally buy a bumper sticker or fake testicles within that state, displaying it in public shouldn't be prosecutable. No more than one can be prosecuted for buying stolen merchandise from a pawn shop even if to later discover that the items were stolen or illegal to posses.

[Maverick Jester]

07:57 AM on 08/01/2011

I don't belive that the fake testicles are obscene but I do think that they are a sign of immaturity. One thing that I don't understand is why the photo was blurred.

[PDXTransplant]

09:44 PM on 07/31/2011

Men have been hanging those things from their trucks for 20 years and now they want to fine a woman for doing the same thing? Are you kidding me? And why on earth did they have to blur what they are? Look out into a pasture and you can see the same thing hanging on any bu||. Good lawd.

[Roadrun]

07:55 PM on 07/31/2011

Sure I see these things and I mostly think nothing of it, not that I'm gonna hang 'em on my truck.

But what I find absolutely astounding is that some very repressed nanny fuzzed up an image of something anybody can see by driving by a bull. I sure hope there isn't a story concerning bulls because they will feel compelled to fuzz out the "private parts" of the animal in the picture.

Someone needs to get a grip, try google shopping, it can't cost very much online.

[ellwood145]

07:55 PM on 07/31/2011

If they would have been hanging from a Ford and not a chevy, he may not of gotten a ticket.

[famer22104]

07:34 PM on 07/31/2011

I've seen a lot of them and they are obsence, but to be fined it's a bit much.

[tracerhaha1]

06:19 PM on 07/31/2011

Her first argument should be that it is not a sticker.

[heskett1974]

05:58 PM on 07/31/2011

oh please I see these everywhere! immature ~ yes, obscene ~ no LOL

[maxout22]

04:26 PM on 07/31/2011

When you see a set of balls hanging from a bumper you can bet there's a D--k at the wheel.

[MrsOrtiz]

10:13 PM on 07/31/2011

Yes! They're doing a public service!

[BuckyJamesDio]

04:08 PM on 07/31/2011

Obscene or not, I use them as an indicator of the mentality of the driver and often appreciate the heads-up to keep a safe distance.

[KidShalleen]

01:17 PM on 07/31/2011

The contest winner between South Carolina and Florida, as to which State is the biggest joke on a number of levels, just keeps getting more and more difficult. Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas are also in the race, but S.C.and Fla seem to be capable of coming up with surprising outside the box insanity's.

Long term, I think Florida will come out the winner,
but not without a game fight from the Gamecock's State.

[IfIonlyknew]

12:24 PM on 07/31/2011

That is pretty sad when they feel like they must pixelate a phallic image.

[Elyriaohio]

08:21 AM on 07/31/2011

I figure the guys with these on their trucks are advertising for a new boyfriend.