# 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:** 60
**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:** [March 29, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1181 "2025-03-29T17:06:00Z")
What can I say, it’s the bougie grocery store… passing through on my way to the gas station. 🤣 ---
**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 29, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1182 "2025-03-29T17:17:05Z")
> [@dirtball](#): > > Either to a teenager or the person who has to teach the student driver. The “Mom said I can’t speed” sticker (along with H8LIFE) are what made me think teenager. ---
**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 29, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1183 "2025-03-29T17:17:56Z")
Moms: ruining teenaged lives since Day One. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1184 "2025-03-29T17:19:41Z")
Ah, I didn’t notice the “Mom said” one at first. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1185 "2025-03-30T01:39:13Z")
I saw a pickup at the library that said “IGOT 2 P”. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2025, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1186 "2025-03-30T02:16:24Z")
I passed a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon today and its plates were **RBCNGUY** That’s another California plate that needs a half space in the correct place. It should be: **RBCN GUY** Again, he probablyl ordered it online and with 7 characters he couldn’t add the space. He should’ve walked into a DMV to get that space. ---
**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 30, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1187 "2025-03-30T02:44:57Z")
Sounds like the plate the DMV needs to order for itself is **SO⎵STUPD**. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1188 "2025-03-31T17:46:32Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > It took Luke over forty years, but he finally managed to complete that errand. Is that celery he’s wearing? ---
**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:** [March 31, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1189 "2025-03-31T17:49:43Z")
Seen yesterday on the back of a nice but entry level pickup in the wilds of what passes for urban Nebraska: **GYDDE UP** No doubt someone who got to the DMV first scored **GIDDE UP** and possibly also **GIDDY UP** but I haven’t seen those. ---
**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 31, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1190 "2025-03-31T18:28:38Z")
Perhaps the owner is of Welsh descent? 😁 ---
**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:** [March 31, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1191 "2025-03-31T19:07:23Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Is that celery he’s wearing? Yes, it is; I’m pretty sure it’s a nod to _Doctor Who_, and the Fifth Doctor (Peter Davison), in particular. [![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/480xn/p02181tc.jpg) ](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/480xn/p02181tc.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1192 "2025-03-31T21:38:27Z")
I was hoping. He’s one of my favorite doctors. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1193 "2025-03-31T22:08:00Z")
I hope **HIMDAD** doesn’t get in trouble for giving their pronoun. **THE␣RAIN** was in front of me, but I did not need to use my wipers. Fortunately, it did not seem like **MEME4XS** was doing so while driving. `//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 31, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1194 "2025-03-31T22:24:36Z")
**HIMDAD** might decode as “I’m father of a boy”, not “Him is my pronoun”. Someone who shouts “Me, me!” 4 times is even greedier and self centered than certain disgraced politicians. 8 "me"s is more than plenty. 😉 ---
**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:** [April 1, 2025, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1195 "2025-04-01T12:03:59Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > **HIMDAD** might decode as “I’m father of a boy”, not “Him is my pronoun”. I’m reading that as “Hi, I’m Dad”, as in: Kid: I’m hungry Dad: Hi, Hungry, I’m Dad. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1196 "2025-04-02T22:03:16Z")
@Joey_P: Could well be. I had not thought of that, but I like it. A complete Dad joke in 6 characters. A couple days ago I saw one of the FL plates that only hold 5 characters. It read **VIN1E**. That ABC#D pattern is a standard pattern for those plates, so almost certainly not a custom plate. But I _really_ hope the owner of the car is named Vincent. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1197 "2025-04-02T22:27:07Z")
Our neighbor’s granddaughter is named Ellen. She was visiting them this morning as I walked by her car and noticed her plate: **ELLBELL** ---
**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:** [April 3, 2025, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1198 "2025-04-03T11:48:27Z")
Growing up, there was someone on our block with the license plate ELBOW. As my dad and I were walking past her house one day, she was outside and he asked what it meant. Her name is Linda Beaumont…L Beau. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1199 "2025-04-03T12:56:17Z")
The **V7PER** was a quite ordinary toyota, and just grey. **XY␣XX␣XY** had a sticker that said something Mom, maybe they’re the mother of two sons? Maybe I am projecting because of the possible dad joke (?) one I saw earlier in the week. **VIVO** certainly appeared to be alive so it is accurate, unless they were talking about the car, in which case that would be scary. The **TRPNEG** plate also had a pink ribbon for breast cancer on it, could it be a reference to their diagnosis? `//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:** [April 3, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/1200 "2025-04-03T17:44:13Z")
> [@icon](#): > > **XY␣XX␣XY** had a sticker that said something Mom, maybe they’re the mother of two sons? Probably the mother of two sons with a daughter in between. > [@icon](#): > > The **TRPNEG** plate also had a pink ribbon for breast cancer on it, could it be a reference to their diagnosis? Darn good bet IMO / IME. Triple negative is more or less the least treatable variant of BC. If they’re driving around now, they have lots to be thankful for. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=59) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=61)