# 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:** 37
**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:** [September 24, 2024, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/721 "2024-09-24T00:30:43Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > **RYEZUP** : you’ve got to RISE UP! Ray is up? ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/722 "2024-09-24T14:23:11Z")
> [@Dogginit](#): > > 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. That’s a standard issue WA plate, 3 letters followed by 4 numbers. I think it’s just coincidence. ---
**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 24, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/723 "2024-09-24T17:43:45Z")
Rollin’ Coal. I’m confidant this truck belongs to the person I saw with the big “DON’T TREAD ON ME” tattoo. [![](https://i.imgur.com/OdCpcba.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/OdCpcba.jpeg) ---
**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 24, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/724 "2024-09-24T18:51:06Z")
Reminds me of a very old joke my father used to tell when I was a child: “When the Communists take over, we’ll all eat strawberries and cream!” “But, Comrade – I don’t like strawberries.” “When we take over, you’ll eat strawberries and cream – and you’ll LIKE strawberries and cream!” – totalitarians are totalitarians are totalitarians. Whatever political colors they’re claiming. ---
**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 26, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/725 "2024-09-26T00:22:42Z")
Seen today on a black Porsche 911 Carrera: **TRMN8TR**. (And being driven pretty much how you would expect from that.) What was really remarkable was the plate itself: It claimed to be a New York plate, but it was white lettering on a black background matching the color of the car. A custom job and probably highly illegal, but I couldn’t figure out what NY plate they had started with to get that. ---
**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 26, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/726 "2024-09-26T01:06:33Z")
White-on-black plates have become quite common in several states. I do wonder what the rest of the story is. Is that meant to be a sign that “I’m a Fascist like you, Mr. Policeman?”. Here in FL we have one legit white on black plate with a _very_ subdued center icon. It’s supposedly representing “Family Values”, but looking at the vehicles I see it on I suspect the value it most represents is Reactionary Traitorism. The icon in the middle is support for this outfit: **[Sheridan House – Answers for today’s family](https://sheridanhouse.org/)** How exactly a religious whackjob outfit got their own set of license plates supporting their “charity” is doubtless a story rife with skullduggery and low political advantage-seeking. Gee thanks, Governor DeCriminalis. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/727 "2024-10-01T21:05:43Z")
I saw a Chevy Tahoe mongo family wagon / SUV thingy the other day. The plate was **5Boy Dad**. Seems like a good fit. I saw a nondescript car with **ISA DAY**. I’m not sure what the sentiment is, but the words seem clear enough. [aside] I mentioned upthread that I was getting a personal plate for the new car I got a couple weeks ago. I finally got the paperwork I need to register it and _apply_ for the personal plate. So that happens tomorrow morning and within a couple/few weeks I should have a new brain-teaser plate to share. 😉 ---
**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:** [October 2, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/728 "2024-10-02T20:43:32Z")
Today I saw a BMW sedan with **VEEMER**. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/729 "2024-10-03T00:14:33Z")
On a South Dakota license plate: **420 CTC** I believe CTC means Coast To Coast. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/730 "2024-10-03T04:22:07Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I saw a Chevy Tahoe mongo family wagon / SUV thingy the other day. The plate was **5Boy Dad**. Seems like a good fit. I drive a Chevy Tahoe. It seats seven, so it is indeed a good plate for a guy with five kids. Although I’ve taken the very back seats out, to make room for my golf clubs. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2024, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/731 "2024-10-03T12:58:38Z")
I noticed the day after that post that I mucked up the capitalization. I blame my phone. **5BOY DAD** is more like it. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/732 "2024-10-03T13:11:34Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/OYn4H2R.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/OYn4H2R.jpeg) ---
**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:** [October 3, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/733 "2024-10-03T17:07:51Z")
Seen today on a BMW whose model you can guess: **WHY M3**. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2024, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/734 "2024-10-04T00:33:08Z")
Damn. A few days ago I saw a similar plate on a BMW celebrating the model it was. I meant to post it then, but missed the opportunity and now I can’t remember the details. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/735 "2024-10-04T01:08:07Z")
Today I saw a Hyundai SUV/family wagon with **TEN4PL**. I suppose the **TEN4** part can be read as the old radio code “10-4” meaning something like “I agree or understand and will comply / follow up.” But that’s not for sure; I can split up the ideas in other ways. In any case, I don’t know what it means. Anyone? Bueller? ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2024, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/736 "2024-10-04T01:22:25Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > “When we take over, you’ll eat strawberries and cream – and you’ll LIKE strawberries and cream!” I think that comes from a Walt Kelly Pogo cartoon. Howland Owl was speaking to Churchy LaFemme. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2024, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/737 "2024-10-04T01:44:48Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > I think that comes from a Walt Kelly Pogo cartoon. I suppose that’s possible. I remember it as being told by my father in the 1950’s, or possibly 1960’s (or possibly both.) I don’t know where he got it from. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/738 "2024-10-06T17:49:59Z")
**CYBSMRF** [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/3cTPFrM.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/9I4mES0) ---
**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:** [October 6, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/739 "2024-10-06T18:34:11Z")
Great choice of background color for the plate too. Bravo there Mr./Ms. Smurf. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/740 "2024-10-06T18:47:20Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Bravo there Mr./Ms. Smurf. Thank you. I could parse out the cyber part but the ‘Smurf’ allusion zoomed right past me. No doubt because I avoided the whole Smurf thing as much as possible these last few decades. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=38)