Suggestions for a trucker-themed party, please.
June 9, 2010 11:05 AM

Suggestions for a trucker-themed party, please.
posted by Astro Zombie to Grab Bag (35 answers total) 2 users marked this as a favorite
CB handles for everyone to use as their nom-de-party.
posted by Babblesort at 11:06 AM on June 9, 2010


Hand out party customized trucker hats. Also hand out empty gatorade bottles for the guys to piss in.
posted by JohnnyGunn at 11:10 AM on June 9, 2010


Pound Red Bulls, litter the floor with snack wrappers and peanut shells, and serve lots of deliciously greasy diner/truck stop food. Play Merle Haggard. Have the girls dress like lot lizards.
posted by Juicy Avenger at 11:13 AM on June 9, 2010


70's porn
posted by ducktape at 11:15 AM on June 9, 2010


Is the party at a residence, outdoors, club, etc.?

Depending on location and budget, try to recreate a truckstop atmosphere -- maybe a rack of $1.99 Best of John Tesh-type cassettes, XXL American flag shirts, one of those warming racks with hot dogs rotating on spindles under heat lamps.
posted by shakespeherian at 11:15 AM on June 9, 2010


Cargo of some sort.

DUEL playing silently on a portable TV
posted by The Whelk at 11:16 AM on June 9, 2010


Oh, and if possible someone should come as Large Marge.
posted by shakespeherian at 11:16 AM on June 9, 2010


no one shaves for 4 weeks and then you have a singalong to Spirit In The Sky
posted by The Whelk at 11:18 AM on June 9, 2010


DUEL playing silently on a portable TV
posted by The Whelk


And/or Convoy.
posted by COBRA! at 11:20 AM on June 9, 2010


And/or Maximum Overdrive.
posted by shakespeherian at 11:21 AM on June 9, 2010


Meth for everyone!
posted by peep at 11:28 AM on June 9, 2010


No Doz.

Much No Doz.
posted by The Whelk at 11:28 AM on June 9, 2010


mudflap coasters
custom-printed bottle cozy thingers with your truck stop logo
posted by stefanie at 11:32 AM on June 9, 2010


arm wrestling competition a la "over the top"
posted by phelixshu at 11:34 AM on June 9, 2010


Use old wooden pallets for tables
posted by Think_Long at 11:42 AM on June 9, 2010


Hand out teddy bears.
posted by Madamina at 11:47 AM on June 9, 2010


"For a good time call..." graffiti in the bathroom.
posted by te1contar at 11:51 AM on June 9, 2010


If my cross-country trips on truck routes are any indication, any proper trucker's stop has a glory hole
posted by The Whelk at 11:52 AM on June 9, 2010


After the party, tell everyone that they have to take a six hour nap at your place before they can get back on the road to head home, due to Federal Trucker Party Regulations.
posted by amyms at 12:36 PM on June 9, 2010


Considering the jugs of pee epidemic, I think you should get a bunch of gallon jugs and use them to serve lemonade, or better yet some sort of alcoholic lemonade type drink.
posted by thejanna at 12:37 PM on June 9, 2010


Real truckers eat out of vending machines. Dolly Madisons and Hawaiian Punch for everyone!
posted by toodleydoodley at 12:48 PM on June 9, 2010


Three words: beef jerky smorgasbord.
posted by coppermoss at 12:55 PM on June 9, 2010


Came in to suggest piss jugs.. (why don't they just take the damn lid off before they throw it out the window??!)
posted by davey_darling at 1:04 PM on June 9, 2010


Everyone drinks out of a thermos.
posted by Hiker at 1:26 PM on June 9, 2010


I once worked at a truck stop. Here are some ideas based on my experience:

Scatter a bunch of Hustler magazines all over the place

Next to the toilet, write the following poem: "Here I sit, on the pooper, giving birth to a [your state] State Trooper." (this was written in our bathrooms about once a week, along with a description of what J.B. Hunt stood for which I will not repeat here)

Under that, write "Love to suck trucker cock. Kenworth rig, plate # 999-xyz. 8:00PM tuesday"

Under that, write "fucking queer ^"

Under that, write "your the queer, fag."

Instead of "hello", walk up to them and say "Coffee." This is apparently how truckers say "hello" to truck stop cashiers.

Smoke. Constantly.
posted by bondcliff at 1:35 PM on June 9, 2010


The last time I was at a truck stop, I spied an open jar of Vaseline with a rubber glove next to it in the parking lot. Might make a lovely centerpiece.
posted by bayliss at 1:50 PM on June 9, 2010


Perhaps the story of the Porkchop Express would make for good background noise? After Large Marge, of course.
posted by jaredg at 2:57 PM on June 9, 2010


Cupcakes or sugar cookies frosted to look like white crosses!
posted by padraigin at 3:23 PM on June 9, 2010


Buck Truck

You're welcome.
posted by jockc at 3:53 PM on June 9, 2010


Maybe someone's already said it, but you absolutely MUST get that pair of naked girl silhouettes up somewhere. If you're good with your hands, you could probably make 'em out of tinfoil over cardboard. I'd google for a link, but I'm afraid of what I'd find.
posted by Ys at 4:21 PM on June 9, 2010


Trailer hitch balls as garland!
posted by wwartorff at 5:19 PM on June 9, 2010


Amphetamines.
posted by pompomtom at 5:28 PM on June 9, 2010


OK, I couldn't stop myself from googling.
How 'bout a "mudflap girl" for one bathroom and one of THESE for the other bathroom?
posted by Ys at 5:37 PM on June 9, 2010


In the vein of some of the other suggestions: Mike & Ikes in a box labeled "Trucker's Choice".
posted by Alt F4 at 6:05 PM on June 9, 2010


Hang on a sign on your bathroom door that says "Free shower with minimum purchase of 50 gallons of fuel."
posted by amyms at 9:00 PM on June 9, 2010


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