# 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:** 35
**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:** [September 14, 2024, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/681 "2024-09-14T05:03:20Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > > [@Joey\_P](#): > > > > OMG MOOV > > Possibly the single most common thing I say while behind the wheel in Chicago traffic. 😉 This reminds me that I once had a coworker whose license plate on his humbly sporty Honda Civic had this: **T1 3VOM** Yes, he displayed his front license plate. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/682 "2024-09-15T06:35:09Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > @Joey_P your guess is as good as mine. > > Earlier today a Mini Cooper (modern one) that was a bright lime green. I doubt it’sa stock color. The driver looked Irish, from a brief look on the freeway. > > Its plates: **LIMEE** Maybe British? The Brits were known as Limeys because they were the first to give their navy’s sailors citrus fruits to combat scurvy on long voyages. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/683 "2024-09-15T17:08:58Z")
Yes, British not Irish. I thought Limey was for the Irish green color, but that was wrong. Yes it’s for the citrus fruits to combat scurvy. Thanks for that. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/684 "2024-09-15T17:11:24Z")
Yesterday a cute one: **MEI WEI**. As in My Way? That’s my guess. As I passed it on the freeway the two people inside could’ve had the names Mei and Wei. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/685 "2024-09-15T17:44:23Z")
I was mildly disappointed a couple of days ago. The plate number was AZTK 36. The plate was surrounded by a frame decorated with what, from a distance, looked like meso-American hieroglyphs. On closer inspection, however, it turned out to be Hello Kitty faces. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/686 "2024-09-15T21:15:59Z")
I saw one the other day and I have no idea what it means. “LQQQK” On a Jeep if that makes any difference. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/687 "2024-09-15T21:20:23Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > I saw one the other day and I have no idea what it means. “LQQQK” I’ve seen quite a few customized plates where a Q is used in place of an O (or zero); in some cases – including, very likely, this one – the “tail” of the Q is meant to make it look like an eye with a pupil. I’d interpret it as “LOOOK,” with the eyes “looking.” ---
**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:** [September 15, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/688 "2024-09-15T21:42:24Z")
I saw a Lamborghini today with **LOL WEE**. Perhaps they enjoy laughing maniacally while doing 150mph on surface streets? ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/689 "2024-09-15T22:15:57Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Perhaps they enjoy laughing maniacally while doing 150mph on surface streets Or perhaps they enjoy laughing maniacally while peeing their pants speeding on city streets, ruining what is no doubt luxurious leather. ---
**Author:** ![Topologist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/topologist/32/3208_2.png) [@Topologist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Topologist)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/690 "2024-09-19T03:20:00Z")
Seen today on a Jeep: **COW6RL**. This was on Long Island, NY, not many cows left here. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/691 "2024-09-19T13:27:31Z")
I read that as Cowgirl. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/692 "2024-09-19T14:00:21Z")
Me too. As the saying goes: “You can take the girl out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the girl.” ---
**Author:** ![Topologist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/topologist/32/3208_2.png) [@Topologist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Topologist)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/693 "2024-09-19T14:17:45Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > I read that as Cowgirl. Same, just surprised to see it here on the Island. On the other hand, it just occurred to me that it was on the peninsula once known as Cow Neck. ---
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/694 "2024-09-20T04:29:53Z")
A couple - the first from my last trip to Albuquerque, self-explanatory - [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/QpVZC5S.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/QKauFqU) This one from Washington State - [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/SCI40fO.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/P9QsR5C) Thought it might have been BYE 55 mph in 2005, but a little research showed me that WA actually went to 60 mph in 1951. Your guess is as good as mine. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/695 "2024-09-20T14:24:46Z")
Saw a plate yesterday that was odd. It sort of looked like a ham plate\* starting with K and all. But the first 3 letters are the call sign of a local historic radio station. The odd thing is it had a “slash o” letter: Ø. Don’t recall seeing that on a plate before. Checking for images of state ham plates indeed shows many examples of this. \* Homer: “Ham plate, uh-uh-uh-uh.” ---
**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:** [September 20, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/696 "2024-09-20T14:27:09Z")
Kill Mother Fucking Depeche Mode. [![](https://i.imgur.com/liJFuW4.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/liJFuW4.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:** [September 20, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/697 "2024-09-20T14:29:24Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/C-da7_6sx_c/maxresdefault.jpg "Megalomaniac") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-da7_6sx_c) ---
**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:** [September 20, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/698 "2024-09-20T15:39:07Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Saw a plate yesterday that was odd. It sort of looked like a ham plate\* starting with K and all. But the first 3 letters are the call sign of a local historic radio station. > > The odd thing is it had a “slash o” letter: Ø. Don’t recall seeing that on a plate before. I’ve seen it on plates from a few states; I suspect that it’s done to make a clear differentiation between a letter O and a zero. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/699 "2024-09-20T15:49:07Z")
> **[KMFDM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KMFDM)** > > KMFDM (originally Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid, loosely translated by the band as "no pity for the majority") is a multinational industrial rock band from Hamburg led by Sascha Konietzko, who founded the band in 1984 as a performance art project. > The band's earliest incarnation included German drummer En Esch and British vocalist Raymond Watts, the latter of whom left and rejoined the group several times over its history. The trio recorded the band's earliest albums in Germany before Konietzk... ---
**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:** [September 20, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/700 "2024-09-20T17:26:31Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I suspect that it’s done to make a clear differentiation between a letter O and a zero. I can never remember which the slash is supposed to indicate, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=36)