# 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:** 56
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1101 "2025-02-19T21:45:26Z")
No license plate, but a related post: Last week in the online newspaper _Kansas Reflector_, a journalism professor at the University of Kansas wrote a fine article in which he listed some of the more esoteric/unusual personalized plates that have been issued by the state. He mentioned in the article that he was able to obtain the list of plates from the Department of Revenue. I emailed him and asked him if he could send me the link to this list, and he replied with a spreadsheet that contains the list. So if anybody wants to know if a particular plate is among the 14,567 that have been issued in Kansas, I have that information! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1102 "2025-02-21T18:48:01Z")
A pink Chevy something-or-other small SUV with **GURL** ---
**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:** [February 23, 2025, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1103 "2025-02-23T08:18:45Z")
From the 2025 Silicon Valley Auto Show: 52 AML is for 1952 Aston Martin Lagonda ➜ [![](https://i.imgur.com/YcpKSQ4.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/YcpKSQ4.jpeg) ■ ---
**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:** [February 23, 2025, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1104 "2025-02-23T08:25:24Z")
D LOR, at the 2025 Silicon Valley Auto Show • [![](https://i.imgur.com/VQ4tbYA.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/VQ4tbYA.jpeg) • [![](https://i.imgur.com/waAhZPs.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/waAhZPs.jpeg) • [[Album] D LOR, at the 2025 Silicon Valley Auto Show ![](https://i.imgur.com/1VY1jHt.jpeg?fb "D LOR, at the 2025 Silicon Valley Auto Show") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/X6CiYBL) ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1105 "2025-02-25T20:16:19Z")
I used to use that name when playing electronic trivia in the 90’s (the one that multiple bars log into). So many people started calling me Gus , thinking I was Big Gus. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1106 "2025-02-26T10:31:59Z")
The one Delorean I saw in the wild (it was parked, so I assume it got there by being driven) had the license plate **DLOREAN**. Yesterday I saw **MYWORD** and wondered if the driver was the type of person to clutch their pearls all the time. I also could not figure out if the mini-van with **4␣FUTBOL** designated the van, or expressed the feelings of the people in it. **HOCKEE** was simple though, given the other Hockey stickers on the car. `//i\\` ---
**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:** [February 26, 2025, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1107 "2025-02-26T13:07:32Z")
Guys, I’d ordered my personalized plates about 5 months ago and still have not received them. So the other day I was near the DMV where I’d ordered them (not the one nearest my house, because I wanted to order from a place where the wait times aren’t as long), and I stopped in to check on them. I thought I might have missed the notice that they’d arrived. While there I was told that it takes them **11** _**months (!)**_ for them to arrive. 11 months!!??!! Give me a break! So I’ll continue waiting. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1108 "2025-02-26T14:45:37Z")
Well, the Menendez brothers have been kinda busy lately and haven’t had time to stamp your plates. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1109 "2025-02-26T16:47:34Z")
> [@icon](#): > > Yesterday I saw **MYWORD** and wondered if the driver was the type of person to clutch their pearls all the time. Or possibly they’re laying claim to being honest: ‘my word is good.’ ---
**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:** [March 1, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1110 "2025-03-01T19:37:30Z")
Saw an Ontario plate with **ARCHIE⎵JR**. Archie is about 70. Saw a basic FL plate with **CHERRYT⎵**. Yup, left-justified, not centered. My first thought was somebody with first name Cherry & last name starting with T who flunked application form filling-out. Or somebody who really liked cherry-flavored tea & still flunked application form filling-out. I could also see Cherryt maybe pronounced shuh-REET as one of those cutesy unique names some folks come up with for a baby girl. I could not get a look at this driver. Saw a late model Corvette with Michigan plates reading **JBSTEEL** ; centered w no spaces. The passenger was a low-60s woman with gray hair. I barely caught a glimpse of the driver but I think it was a similarly aged he. Google finds several company names akin to that, but none in Michigan. It’d be extra cool if their other car had **JB⎵WELD**. 😁 ---
**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:** [March 2, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1111 "2025-03-02T00:05:35Z")
Out for the evening I found a Porsche Taycan with a standard FL plate reading **DELITE**. They are nice cars, but delight seems a bit over the top. Or maybe it’s a ref to their employer, Deloitte? ---
**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:** [March 2, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1112 "2025-03-02T16:35:03Z")
[https://floridadelight.com/](https://floridadelight.com/) ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1113 "2025-03-02T16:51:25Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > It’d be extra cool if their other car had **JB⎵WELD** On a beater, naturally. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1114 "2025-03-02T21:12:53Z")
It’s about a 3-1/2 hour drive from where I saw the car to that AirBnB. Not impossible but IMO not real likely. Good sleuthing though. Unrelated to the above … Today I saw **SEA⎵SHRP**. At first I was thinking of something sharp or dangerous in the ocean, like a spiny fish. Then I thought “SHRP” might be short for “sherpa” and the owner was some kind of nautical tour guide, tour boat captain, etc. Or he was a real sharpie, i.e. highly skilled, at boating or fishing or … A couple hours later it hit me. The popular computer programming language C# (pronounced cee sharp). Maybe they’re a developer who uses that language. Bonus points if they write boat- or ocean-related software. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1115 "2025-03-03T12:32:08Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Today I saw **SEA⎵SHRP**. At first I was thinking of something sharp or dangerous in the ocean, like a spiny fish. Then I thought “SHRP” might be short for “sherpa” and the owner was some kind of nautical tour guide, tour boat captain, etc. Or he was a real sharpie, i.e. highly skilled, at boating or fishing or … > > A couple hours later it hit me. The popular computer programming language C# (pronounced cee sharp). Maybe they’re a developer who uses that language. Bonus points if they write boat- or ocean-related software I think I would’ve assumed it had something to do with music. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1116 "2025-03-03T13:43:03Z")
Yeah, I’ve spent 100X more time in IT than in music and my first thought was that it’s a musical note. Though my Google search results were all about the programming language if I typed in C#, but mixed if I typed in “c sharp” ---
**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:** [March 3, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1117 "2025-03-03T17:04:39Z")
Today I saw **BHMF⎵⎵10** on a standard Florida plate surrounded by a Chicago Cubs licence plate frame. Nothing else distinctive about the car. “BHMF” means nothing to me. BAMF for bad ass (or big ass) motherf\*\*\*er I have heard of. But not BHMF for anything. Does BHMF mean anything local to the many Chicagoans around here? ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1118 "2025-03-04T10:01:18Z")
I tried to **GUESWHO** but with the dark tinted windows and no stickers or anything, I had no clue. Maybe I should have told them to **BUZZ␣OFF** but that is not what is on my plate. Given the state of the world I do kind of agree with **BLEGH** that doesn’t mean I think I **DONTRY** the best advice even if it is on a Dodge Charger. `//i\\` ---
**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:** [March 5, 2025, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1119 "2025-03-05T01:24:56Z")
Tonight I saw a Tesla with an Ontario plate with **RASSTSLA**. Which I suppose decodes as “Ras’s Tesla”. I wonder if RAS is their initials (e.g. Robert Adam Smith) or “Ras” is a name / nickname. I have also noticed that only California and Ontario have 8-character plates. Given the vast population in CA, that makes some sense. But ON? OMG WTF? 😉 Hmm. I wonder if my local DMW would issue **OMG⎵WTF**? A quick visit to their site says it’s taken. Likewise **WTF⎵OMG**. Darn. They say they prohibit obscene or objectionable plates, but it appears that’s a separate manual step. The website says both **FUCK⎵IT** & **FUCKIT** are available, but somehow I bet I’d not actually get that plate back in the mail if requested. Be fun to try though. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1120 "2025-03-05T23:39:15Z")
On an ASU ‘Fork’ plate, **SPRKEY**. Sparky was the original Sun Devil [![](https://azdot.gov/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2025-02/license-plate-asu.jpg) ](https://azdot.gov/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2025-02/license-plate-asu.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=55) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=57)