There's not a motorist in the country that hasn't once had a chuckle to themselves about a slogan scrawled hastily in the dirt on the back of a van. Whether it's some football-related slander or a comment about the bedroom habits of the driver's missus, we've all had a giggle.
Every fume-filled, petrol-polluting traffic jam is guaranteed to produce a new witty comment, but now a car insurance firm has gone as far as to carry out a poll to discover the British drivers' top ten favourite white van scribblings.
Asda Motor Insurance surveyed drivers all across the country, questioning them about the slogans which have become almost as much as a national institution as cups of tea and fish and chips. Not surprisingly, coming out on top as the clear winner was the eternal, "If only my wife was this dirty". In second place was that old favourite, "Also available in white", but astonishingly there was no room in the top ten for the simple but genius, "Clean me".
A spokesman from Hoot Car Insurance Services, the young driver car insurance experts, commented, "Van slogans range from the hilarious to the crude to the ridiculous, but they all provide some sort of welcome amusement when we're sat behind the wheel."
The complete list of top ten favourites is as follows: