# Custom Licence Plates — Seen in the Wild **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 11, 2023, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965 "2023-11-11T02:25:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 22
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/421 "2024-06-27T18:36:13Z")
I don’t know how much I’d label it as insensitive as much as ill-advised. If Areyan is indeed the fellow’s family name, that fact is certainly neutral. But if he puts that on his plate we/he can assume, statistically speaking, that some folks will mistakenly read it as Aryan. Or jump to the conclusion that it’s meant as code for Aryan. And some fraction of those will assume that’s meant as a white supremacist / Nazi taunt. And some fraction of _those_ will choose to retaliate or intimidate. The good Mr. Areyan may find a lot more key scratches in his doors or garbage on his hood than his wife’s car attracts. Which is a shame, but IMO a predictable shame. I recall a kerfuffle here a number of years ago about a poster whose handle was **Dave88**. Which he’d apparently chosen decades ago when the internet first started and long before “88” had acquired unsavory connotations. It wasn’t his fault, but he still got tarred by a gathering mob here before cooler heads prevailed. Somebody can get offended about anything. But some anythings attract a lot more somebodies. The wise person is aware of those anythings. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/422 "2024-06-27T19:22:14Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I recall a kerfuffle here a number of years ago about a poster whose handle was **Dave88**. Which he’d apparently chosen decades ago when the internet first started and long before “88” had acquired unsavory connotations. I have an email address that includes the digits 87. It’s a reference to a year when I did something specific. I didn’t know at the time that it mattered in that fashion; but I eventually became glad that I hadn’t done that thing a year later. I haven’t changed the address, though. I would if it did include 88; but not for including 87, which is not the same number. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/423 "2024-06-27T22:32:37Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > > [@Bullitt](#): > > > > Sure, there are other meanings of the word but it’s still an insensitive word to put on one’s car. > > But it’s not the same word. It’s a different number of letters, the additional letter is nowhere in “aryan”, and when I see it I see three syllables, though I don’t know how it’s pronounced. > > I mean, I can see how you get there. But I wouldn’t have gotten there just from seeing the plate. Yes okay, but if I wanted a plate that said (extreme example here) **ASSHOLE** , I could get **A55HOOL3**. Plates often use alternate or creative spellings for words. I get what you’re saying though. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/424 "2024-06-27T22:40:09Z")
**RFL XPRT** [![](https://i.imgur.com/eJABpEL.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/eJABpEL.jpeg) Not the actual plate because I couldn’t snap a photo. For **rifle expert** , it’s the highest of 3 shooting accuracy qualifications. Next lowest is Sharpshooter, and lowest is Marksman. To belabor the point, for those not military: Rifle Expert Rifle Sharpshooter Rifle Marksman Pistol Expert Pistol Sharpshooter Pistol Marksman When I saw the plate I thought it’s a decent chance the owner is military. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/425 "2024-06-27T23:16:33Z")
Before I read your explanation, my brain interpreted the last four letters as “export” rather than “expert”. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/426 "2024-06-27T23:23:52Z")
“Reflex Part”? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/427 "2024-06-28T00:15:29Z")
I actually initially read it as “Reflexpert.” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/428 "2024-06-28T02:10:47Z")
I should also include that the truck that was on also had a Marine Corps sticker on it. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/429 "2024-06-28T02:13:27Z")
**ZSA ZSAS** Maybe a fan of hers? I had to look her up. Zsa Zsa Gabor. That’s what I think it’s for, anyway. [![](https://i.imgur.com/1Rnd1UH.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/1Rnd1UH.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/MpB4oQL.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/MpB4oQL.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/rUyElnP.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/rUyElnP.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/430 "2024-06-28T02:16:27Z")
Zsa Zsa drove a Rolls. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/431 "2024-06-28T02:31:22Z")
Maybe she was named after Zsa Zsa ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/432 "2024-06-29T12:19:13Z")
or it belonged to her, as in ZSAZSA’s (former car) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/433 "2024-06-29T12:35:21Z")
Saw a VW Beetle yesterday with a plate that read BEETIT. Could’ve been a play on the fact it was an Beetle (beat it/beet it). Could’ve been a beet farmer’s car. But then I saw the bee sticker between the E and the T… ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/434 "2024-06-29T12:51:32Z")
But but but … Bees aren’t mammals and therefore don’t have tits. I’m sooo confused. 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/435 "2024-06-29T12:58:23Z")
Well, as I learned on the playground in the fifth grade, bees of the boo species do, in fact, give milk. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/436 "2024-06-29T17:20:40Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Bees aren’t mammals and therefore don’t have tits. Where did you think the honey came from? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/437 "2024-06-29T17:22:06Z")
I think you’re taking the old line about “The land of milk and honey” just a _bit_ too literally there Good Sir Jedi. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/438 "2024-06-29T17:25:39Z")
The part of my sense of humor that I gained as a 13-year-old boy never really left. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/439 "2024-06-29T17:33:48Z")
Ref this and the next ~15 posts … > [@Is Trump confused?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1030): > > If it wasn’t actually confusion, my thought is the same as yours. For somebody who used the term “shit-hole country” in a speech, referring to taking a dump as “dealing with (the) Afghanistan” seems like about the sort of 8yo boy humor he seems to favor. I enjoy that humor too, but mostly in the privacy of my mind, and the company of my close friends. Not while being interviewed for a biography. Then again, Convict Donnie is well known for having no filters. I laughed. 8yo boy humor is g… It’s 8yo boys all the way down. Always has been and always will be. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/440 "2024-06-29T18:58:42Z")
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