One of the articles in my (Dutch) secondary school newspaper had a long list of funny English quotes, e.g. "Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like bananas.". There was one quote for which I couldn't figure out the joke:
Don't drink and park; accidents cause people.
Since it's famous enough to be printed on mugs, sweaters and bumper stickers it must be funny, but I don't get it. There might be some innuendo (drinking, causing sexual activities, causing pregnancy) but I don't get the connection with driving (which is implied both by the similarity with "Don't drink and drive", but that slogan doesn't have a second part, and by "park"ing the car).
Is that all there is (and it's just not my type of humour) or am I missing something?
Best Answer
"Park" means to bring a car to a stop in a particular spot, but a secondary colloquial meaning of "park" is to stop in a car with someone with the intention of having sex in the car.
So, the humour of your phrase "Don't drink and park: accidents cause people" is that if you engage in sexual intercourse in a parked vehicle while drunk you may forget protection and the woman will end up getting pregnant, resulting in a new "person" being born.
The other information that this joke hinges on is that a safety campaign against driving under the influence of alcohol is:
The joke is a reversal of this - driving while drunk will cost a life, but "parking" while drunk might create one.