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"Stop indecent exposure to vehicle emissions"
– Message on banner held by Simon Oosterman and three naked supporters (two men and a woman) outside court on 17 February 2005

Some suggested slogans for publicity, signs, banners, chanting, or painting on bodies – copy freely or invent your own:

Slogans by category

General

  • Damn, it's getting hot in here, stop putting CO2 in the atmosphere! Damn, it's getting hot in here, so take off all your clothes and go cycling! - Conrad Schmidt
  • Be all you can be! Be auto- and clothes-free!
  • Travel lightly – leave your cars and clothes behind!
  • What do cars and clothes have common? They both start with C and they suck!
  • My energy's renude (?!)
  • A dirty mind? You need clean air instead of exhaust fumes! [1]

Environmental

  • Burn fat not oil! [2]
  • Sweat smells sweeter than CO2!
  • Never mind the bollocks. Its time to respect our planet
  • The Future's Green
  • Greener is cleaner
  • No emissions but my own
  • Wear out nothing - Not the planet

Against oil dependency

  • Protest oil dependency
  • Oil is not a bare necessity but a crude obsession (seen on a sign during the London 2005 ride)
  • Crude is rude! Don't be a prude – go nude!
  • Less gas, more ass! [3]
  • Less dirty gases, more clean asses!
  • Less crude, more nude
  • Less oil = More life [4]
  • Sweat not oil
  • Our nude bodies are dependent on food, not foreign oil
  • This naked body burns calories, not oil
  • 15 mpg or 30 mppp (miles per pound of pasta)?
  • Infinity miles per gallon!
  • No Gulf drilling for this naked body
  • Slicks kill - stay alive!
  • Leave fossil fuels *behind*
  • Peak oil will get us all in the *end*
  • Burn bras not oil

Bike-positive/car-free

  • Honk if you love bikes! Honk twice if you love naked cyclists!
  • Your butt looks better on a bike! Your skin is outta sight! You'll travel with ease as you feel that breeze, and drip clean sweat instead of oil!
  • Bicycles make cleaner traffic jams!
  • Don't pollute this naked body with your SUV
  • Such Unnecessary Vehicles
  • My SUV habit costs so much I can't afford clothes
  • Gas prices increasing? I didn't even notice!
  • This is what a car-free society looks like
  • Human operated - Heart inside [5] [6]
  • Moved by people, not machines [7] [8]
  • Curb car culture
  • Live car-free!
  • Real rights for bikes
  • No fumes here!
  • Jeremy Clarkson go home! (UK)
  • One less car
  • Une auto de moins (France)
  • Honk For Silence
  • Stop indecent exposure to vehicle emissions
  • Get off your ass! Ride a bike! (thanks to Urban Velo!)
  • We are traffic
  • Pedal Power!
  • Two wheels good (but tricycles welcome!)
  • Bike for health and clean air
  • Bicycling is truly organic!
  • My bum smells better than your car.
  • People who drive cars in (insert the name of your city here) OUGHT TO BE ASAHMED!

Body-positive

  • Damn, it's getting hot in here, so take off all your clothes and go cycling!
  • I'm nude, not lewd
  • I'm naked and FREE!
  • Shameless proud of my body
  • We're proud to be nude Americans/Brits/citizens of the world etc.
  • We're all naked underneath our clothes
  • Love your body - and your bike!
  • Bikes love bodies
  • Celebrate body freedom
  • Nude not lewd
  • Clothes-free and oil-free, but they can't take my dignity!
  • Feel your body, feel your power, move your legs [9]
  • One less T-shirt!
  • NAKED BICYCLE PEOPLE POWER!

Road safety

  • Now can you bl**dy see me?!
  • Warning: human-powered vehicle ahead
  • Actually, we're just as vulnerable biking with clothes on.
  • Share the Road!

War and peace related

  • 1, 2, 3, 4... Cars and petrol lead to war. 5, 6, 7, 8... Cars stink, bikes are great!
  • No more blood, no more oil, no more wars on foreign soil!
  • No blood for oil!
  • Food Not Bombs for this naked body
  • No Iraqi died to fuel this nude body
  • No concealed WMDs on this nude body
  • No Iraqi died to fuel this bike!
  • Keep your Storm Troopers away from my naked body!
  • Crude oil addiction: How many lives per barrel?
  • No war, no hunger for a full tank!
  • This naked body doesn't kill for oil
  • Birthday suits not body bags
  • Relax! It's a penis, not a gun.

Miscellaneous political slogans

  • We've been stripped of our rights
  • Don't illegally wire-tap this nude body