# 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:** 7
**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:** [November 30, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/121 "2023-11-30T17:23:39Z")
Somebody somewhere had to be so hipped on the topic they started the **[La Leche League International - Breastfeeding Support (llli.org)](https://llli.org/)**. Many people around the world work for or volunteer for them. Although perhaps the car owner is actually a dairy farmer. A couple days ago I saw **BITC0IN** where the oh was almost certainly a zero. The i’s were definitely not 1s; our state’s typeface for plates makes that difference real obvious. Not so with O/0; it’s surprisingly ambiguous unless you can see one of each. The car was a recent model year Nissan. So although the owner maybe made a nice Bitcoin trade, they did not have large money involved, nor did they make a killing on medium money. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/122 "2023-12-03T21:42:52Z")
I saw two good ones yesterday: MADMAGZ K9DROOL ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/123 "2023-12-03T21:49:23Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > DOH1 > > F’n Discourse I think a better response would be : Do’h! Discourse! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/124 "2023-12-07T03:08:05Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > A couple days ago I saw **BITC0IN** … > > The car was a recent model year Nissan. If you’re trying to shill for crypto, maybe imply that you can buy a more expensive car… ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/125 "2023-12-07T03:50:10Z")
> [@digs](#): > > > [@LSLGuy](#): > > > > A couple days ago I saw **BITC0IN** … > > > > The car was a recent model year Nissan. > > If you’re trying to shill for crypto, maybe imply that you can buy a more expensive car… - Likely an urban legend but there was a story of a beat up VW with a [“Thank You, PaineWebber”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paine_Webber#1980s) license frame. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/126 "2023-12-07T14:01:41Z")
Given when and where I saw the Nissan, I had the same “damning with faint praise” reaction. If he (it was a “he”) was bragging, he wasn’t bragging about much vs. the audience he had. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/127 "2023-12-08T16:01:42Z")
> [@digs](#): > > If you’re trying to shill for crypto, maybe imply that you can buy a more expensive car… Maybe it was a warning to others. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/128 "2023-12-08T19:04:40Z")
Like the very old joke: > I went to Las Vegas in a $5,000 vehicle: my shiny new Buick. > I came home from Las Vegas in a $50,000 vehicle. The Greyhound bus. Oops. I _hate_ it when that happens. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/129 "2023-12-09T01:09:03Z")
Seen several times on a Hummer: 8APRIUS ---
**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:** [December 10, 2023, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/130 "2023-12-10T04:14:03Z")
I did see in Reno a BMW with the plate **8 SPOT**. At that time the payout on an 8-spot keno ticket was about enough to pay for a new Beemer. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/131 "2023-12-10T14:11:21Z")
In the ski area parking lot yesterday were two Ram 1500 pickups with the license plates BIGSEXY and PORSCHE. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/132 "2023-12-10T14:25:10Z")
I saw one a few days ago - an old beater of a car, with YEAH as its plate. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/133 "2023-12-10T17:39:51Z")
This thread just turned a month old today and that one is a great counterpoint to your OP. I’ve had great fun keeping an eye out for interesting plates to post. Only seen a couple, but the hunt is almost as fun as the kill. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/134 "2023-12-23T06:36:00Z")
I saw an interesting car and plate combo today. The car was a smallish one (I didn’t notice the make), and bright red. With a narrow white stripe running from back to front, over the trunk and roof and presumably to the hood. And on the stripe on the back, there was a green evergreen tree. Licence plate: BEIRUT So this: 🇱🇧 > **[Flag of Lebanon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Lebanon)** > > The national flag of Lebanon (Arabic: علم لبنان) is formed of two horizontal red stripes enveloping a horizontal white stripe. The white stripe is twice the height (width) of the red ones (ratio 1:2:1)—a Spanish fess. The green cedar (Lebanon cedar) in the middle touches each of the red stripes and its width is one third of the width of the flag. > The presence and position of the Cedar in the middle of the flag is directly inspired by the Lebanese cedar (Cedrus libani). The Cedar is the symbol ... ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/135 "2023-12-23T18:06:33Z")
Many years ago I was driving in San Jose CA and saw a car with the plate WOZ. Yep, it was Steve Wozniak. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/136 "2023-12-23T21:16:30Z")
Which reminds me of the time in the 80s I was driving down Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive and passed a fire-engine red Rolls Royce Corniche convertible, license plate “MR T.” Indeed it was him. We shared big waves and smiles. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/137 "2023-12-24T03:57:28Z")
> [@Lancia](#): > > I want a) a Simpsons reference that b) has to be 6 characters or fewer. I ordered my custom vanity plate this week. Decided to nix the Simpsons reference and go with something a bit more refined: a Monty Python reference. I had to order a custom plate frame to really make it work. I’ll post pics when it arrives. In the meantime, for those interested, watch _Life of Brian_ again, unless you’re one of those that can quote the entire movie by heart. ---
**Author:** ![jharvey963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/138 "2023-12-23T20:52:31Z")
I saw this: 8Y8GC License plate today. Any idea what it means? J. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/139 "2023-12-23T20:58:11Z")
Last post 3 hours ago, man: > [@Custom Licence Plates — Seen in the Wild](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/134): > > I saw an interesting car and plate combo today. The car was a smallish one (I didn’t notice the make), and bright red. With a narrow white stripe running from back to front, over the trunk and roof and presumably to the hood. And on the stripe on the back, there was a green evergreen tree. Licence plate: BEIRUT So this: lebanon ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965/140 "2023-12-23T21:08:44Z")
Eighty-eight GC? So perhaps 88 grandchildren? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965.md?page=8)