That Thing...?

[RedMonkeyButt]

In a truck?

What? Did you think this was going to be dirty? No keelhauling here.

I'm wondering what you call the handle right next to the door in a car/truck. Not the door handle or lever, but the molded plastic handle that is generally attached to the A-pillar of a vehicle. In an older vehicle, it may actually be a pleather strap riveted to the roof of the car.

I call this an oh-shit handle. It's there for those times the driver makes you go "oh, shit!" and you need to hold on. In a Jeep or other tubular off-road vehicle, this would simply be a part of a roll bar.

What do you call this? I've read and heard it called a "sissy strap". But the truck in my story is a 2012 Tundra, so it's a molded handle, not the old-school strap. I'm just wondering if there are other, non-technical terms for this piece of... equipment. The way I understand it is that not everybody calls it an oh-shit handle and that may be a backwoods term for it.

Thank you.

 

[Neonurotic]

I call it an "oh, shit" handle.

 

[Neonurotic]

Ok, Googled it and find it's called a "grab handle".

durn, I double posted. Sowy.

 

[Austin8]

Ive driven a truck most of my driving life, always called it a Oh-Shit handle too.

 

[RedMonkeyButt]

Yeah, I know the technical term... LOL

I may leave it as "oh-shit handle" in the story since it's based in Texas and that's what we call it. *shrug* I just wanted to know what others might call it.

 

[EmeraldKitten]

I vote for 'oh shit' too, as in what I call it, and what you should call it in the story.

 

[Dual_Triode]

I have also heard it called a "Jesus Bar".

 

[RedMonkeyButt]

I've never heard that one... But it makes sense, I guess. LOL

 

[3113]

For a moment I confused this thread with the other thread on that "thing" and what it's called and wondered why anyone would call the underside bulge of a penis the "oh shit" handle

 

[RedMonkeyButt]

For a moment I confused this thread with the other thread on that "thing" and what it's called and wondered why anyone would call the underside bulge of a penis the "oh shit" handle

Well, now, you see...

 

[TxRad]

The crash handle or grab bar.

By the way, there are 14 ways of saying "Oh, Shit!" and they all have different meanings. That's according to my crew chief of many years on dirt tracks all over the US.

 

[SweetMaj]

The crash handle or grab bar.

By the way, there are 14 ways of saying "Oh, Shit!" and they all have different meanings. That's according to my crew chief of many years on dirt tracks all over the US.

That depends on witch smily you attach to it:

"Oh shit."

"Oh shit."

"Oh shit."

"Oh shit."

"Oh shit?"

"Oh shit."

Later

 

[RedMonkeyButt]

That depends on witch smily you attach to it:

"Oh shit."

"Oh shit."

"Oh shit."

"Oh shit."

"Oh shit?"

"Oh shit."

Later

You forgot

"Oh... shiiiit!"

 

[Neonurotic]

For a moment I confused this thread with the other thread on that "thing" and what it's called and wondered why anyone would call the underside bulge of a penis the "oh shit" handle

Haha! Snorted my coffee there. I can imagine some men get their handle pulled for the same reason and words on the recipient's mind/lips.