# Funny vanity plates you've seen lately **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/161 "2011-02-14T19:01:56Z")
> [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > ISSIMI? (or issimo or issima ) Not bad! Do I have to take the muffler off the car to make the plate more accurate? ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/162 "2011-02-14T19:04:30Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > This is a good place to ask for suggestions for a vanity plate for my new car. It’s a silver Kia Forte. “PIANO” is not available. Bente? Naaaah - that’s just asking for trouble. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/163 "2011-02-14T19:06:57Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > It’s not a bug, it’s a feature? And I’m a programmer! :smack: Thanks. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/164 "2011-02-14T19:54:11Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > This is a good place to ask for suggestions for a vanity plate for my new car. It’s a silver Kia Forte. “PIANO” is not available. _I’d_ get “KIEKIAM”, but that’s because _kia_ means “what kind of” in Esperanto, and _kie_ means “where”, and _kiam_ means “when”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/165 "2011-02-14T20:34:34Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Not bad! Do I have to take the muffler off the car to make the plate more accurate? Nah, just upgrade the stereo. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/166 "2011-02-14T20:36:02Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > This is a good place to ask for suggestions for a vanity plate for my new car. It’s a silver Kia Forte. “PIANO” is not available. Is PIANA available? How about TREE? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/167 "2011-02-14T20:39:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I’m writing them down on a notepad in my car now. Seen the past few weeks: > XY XY XX - A geneticist? Proud parent of triplets – two boys and a girl. A geneticist would likely be some play on GATTACA. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/168 "2011-02-14T20:49:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I’m writing them down on a notepad in my car now. Seen the past few weeks: > > SA C BLU - “Sassy blue”? Was it a blue-colored car? Possibly from a French manufacturer (Renault, Peugot, Citroen)? _Ca c’est bleu_ translates from French as “It is blue.” ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/169 "2011-02-14T20:56:28Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Is PIANA available? > > How about TREE? I thought about going with the “Fort” puns, like “KNOX”. I prefer the music references. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/170 "2011-02-14T21:01:21Z")
How about MEZZO, then? ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/171 "2011-02-14T21:30:46Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > How about MEZZO, then? That’s good, too. With any of the music ones, a large percentage won’t get the reference at all, and a minority of the viewers will crack up. As it should be. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/172 "2011-02-14T22:35:59Z")
How about “Not My” forte or “thats my” forte. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/173 "2011-02-15T13:48:29Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Was it a blue-colored car? Possibly from a French manufacturer (Renault, Peugot, Citroen)? _Ca c’est bleu_ translates from French as “It is blue.” Hmm. I think it was blue, come to think of it. Don’t remember the model or make. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/174 "2011-02-16T04:00:03Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > The best one I’ve seen was years ago in BC Canada, on a Porsche - > > ORNUNVS > > Oh, aren’t you envious > > [This](http://www.charwinccrs.com/funny/blonde.jpg) was a close second. That reminds me of a guy named OLE LEE being given permission to hang his tag 337 370 upside down. And then there’s is 4X4X8 as reported by Click & Clack, the Tappet Bros. **Car Talk** Puzzler (on a Honda, ACCORD ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/175 "2011-02-18T03:28:18Z")
A while ago there was a car around here with ICU2QT. I saw this on a red Ferrari at the track: NOTKTPL. Took me a while to figure it out. No ticket, please. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/176 "2011-02-18T11:57:43Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > OK I get the ghoti one, but this I don’t get. > > I saw a purple Taurus with plate HAZE. Not sure it is answered below but purple haze is either a jimmy hendrix song, or a type of marijuana. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/177 "2011-02-18T15:05:15Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > I thought about going with the “Fort” puns, like “KNOX”. I prefer the music references. Hi Note A sharp B Flat bewegt (german for speed.) [Wiki list of musical terms thingies](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_terms) ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/178 "2011-02-18T15:09:17Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > I thought about going with the “Fort” puns, like “KNOX”. I prefer the music references. My truck is \*\*K1D L1MO \*\* I wanted GA5WHOR. but that didn’t fly. One that I saw years ago that was before cell phone and digital cameras, was \*\*SOFA\_KING \*\* Brilliant!!! ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/179 "2011-02-20T12:55:05Z")
I can’t figure out if [this](http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k302/labtrash/05-06-09_1951.jpg) is funny or not. (TRIPLEK on a plate in SC) ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468/180 "2011-02-20T12:56:20Z")
I’ve always wanted to get TI EVOM, but they don’t have front plates in SC. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-vanity-plates-youve-seen-lately/560468.md?page=10)