# Funny vanity plates you've seen lately

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 12, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468 "2010-11-12T19:38:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**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:** [April 9, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/201 "2011-04-09T14:21:16Z")

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> [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](#):
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> GMILF I get except for the G (the rest is Mothers I’d Love to Fuck).

…GrandMother…?

> [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](#):
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> KDF JA - what IS that..?

I think the first version of the Beetle, or possibly the prototype in Hitler’s time, was called the “Kraft durch Freude (?) wagen” which in German meant “strength-through-joy car”. (My interpretation of this is probably extremely mangled.) But the abbreviation was “KdF-wagen”. And of course “ja” is German for “yes”.

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**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:** [April 9, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/202 "2011-04-09T14:56:35Z")

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On a beige new-style VW bug- SLUG  
On a new-style VW bug , yellow with black stripes- BZZZZ

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**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:** [April 9, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/203 "2011-04-09T16:20:45Z")

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I saw a new Corvette that had this for a license plate: IMCOPB8.  
True, dat.

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**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/204 "2011-04-10T06:29:33Z")

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> [@Sunspace](#):
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> …GrandMother…?
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> I think the first version of the Beetle, or possibly the prototype in Hitler’s time, was called the “Kraft durch Freude (?) wagen” which in German meant “strength-through-joy car”. (My interpretation of this is probably extremely mangled.) But the abbreviation was “KdF-wagen”. And of course “ja” is German for “yes”.

Aw - thanks for the sherman edumacation, **Sunspace**!

‘Grand’ - d’oh! Why didn’t I think of that..? (Well, now that I \*am \*thinking about grandmothersI’dlovetofuck, I _know_ why I didn’t [want to] think of that..)

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**Author:** ![inkling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkling)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/205 "2011-04-10T17:09:06Z")

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My apologies - I should have explained more thoroughly.

Yes, I interpreted GMILF to mean ‘Grandmother I’d Like to Fuck’ - and really, the woman driving could have been in her mid 40s or early 50s and not bad at all from a prurient perspective. If she had her kids fairly young (\<25), and so did her kids, I think she would qualify as a GMILF to the right eyes, although I think it’s a bit odd to drive around advertising oneself as such.

KDF JA: Sunspace was correct - the Nazi Party was big on [“Strength Through Joy”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraft_durch_Freude) and the KdF-wagen was part of the way it was promoted. I interpreted the plate to mean something like, “Strength through joy, oh yes.”  
As a bonus, I remembered one I saw years ago. California has a custom plate you can get, a portion of the fees for which go to protect the oceans or something. Anyway, the picture on the plate is of a whale’s flukes above the water. The plate number on this particular car? HARPOON.

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**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/206 "2011-04-11T21:04:31Z")

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There’s a BMW in the lot at work with a plate that reads SPLIFF.  
I saw a red Saturn Vue the other day with an OH-WE-OH plate.  
The Computer Science teacher at my wife’s high school has 101010, which is deep in nerd.  
My CS teacher waaay back in the day had CHR 32 with a frame that read “The Final Frontier.”

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**Author:** ![xanthous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/53a042/32.png) [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/207 "2011-04-12T17:12:24Z")

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There’s an F-350 in the parking lot at work with the plate “MMMMEAT” 🆒

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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/208 "2011-04-12T21:10:11Z")

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> [@caveman](#):
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> There’s a BMW in the lot at work with a plate that reads SPLIFF.  
> I saw a red Saturn Vue the other day with an OH-WE-OH plate.  
> **The Computer Science teacher at my wife’s high school has 101010, which is deep in nerd.**  
> My CS teacher waaay back in the day had CHR 32 with a frame that read “The Final Frontier.”

For the nerds-in-training:

101010 = 42 in binary

42 = The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything to the Cult of Adams

the Cult of Adams = If you qualify, you’ll be contacted.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/209 "2011-04-23T00:15:43Z")

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Love it!

Just saw, on a blue BMW, the license plate MON BLEU. If only it had been a Peugeot!

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**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2011, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/210 "2011-04-23T04:47:32Z")

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Recently seen:

BLK WDW

I don’t know if I’d advertise that.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/212 "2011-05-02T15:05:11Z")

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Just saw a pickup with BFT OHIO.

See the first definition here: [Urban Dictionary: BFTs](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bft)

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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/213 "2011-05-02T23:59:23Z")

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I saw [P8triot].

It was on a Lexus.

Hmmmnnnn.

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**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:** [May 3, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/214 "2011-05-03T00:02:38Z")

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> [@TruCelt](#):
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> I saw [P8triot].
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> It was on a Lexus.
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> Hmmmnnnn.

Depends on which country you’re in, doesn’t it? 🙂

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/215 "2011-07-07T15:45:47Z")

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I’ve noticed these in recent weeks:

THSWKND - “This weekend”

HZ WLB DN - “His will be done”

GA GRITS - “Georgia grits,” I assume, although they were Ohio plates

TAX MAN 1 - A tax lawyer?

BUGING - on a VW Beetle

FGHT ALS - “Fight ALS,” a good message

GODS JAG - A bit of hyperbole, I assume…?

ETA FAST - On a Corvette - this guy must _want_ a speeding ticket

META IV - “Metaphor”

MINI ME2 - On a Cooper Mini

IAMLATE - “I am late”

KA TET - Obviously a Stephen King fan

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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/216 "2011-07-07T15:52:30Z")

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Ona Mercury Cougar:

[IL BITE]

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**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:** [July 7, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/217 "2011-07-07T19:00:55Z")

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My boyfriend’s buddy has “H1 OF1CR” on his truck… yes he gets pulled over a lot.

There’s an older couple who live by my mom that have “GRUMPY1” and “GRUMPY2”.

I see a Smart Car around with “90 MPG”.

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**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/218 "2011-07-07T21:36:56Z")

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**WWJJD** on a “Dallas Cowboys” Texas license plate.

think about it…

think about it…

What would Jerry Jones do?

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**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/219 "2011-07-08T01:51:26Z")

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> [@neuroman](#):
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> **WWJJD** on a “Dallas Cowboys” Texas license plate.
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> think about it…
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> think about it…
> 
> What would Jerry Jones do?

More likely Judge Judy.

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**Author:** ![Politzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@Politzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Politzania)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/220 "2011-07-12T14:38:27Z")

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Spotted an electric car with “SPRKY” as the custom license plate yesterday 🙂

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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/221 "2011-07-12T16:51:14Z")

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I saw a Dodge minivan last night with oval stickers showing hte outline of a large dog - mastiff maybe?

The license plate said [K9-KR8]

(Canine Crate)

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