# Great License Plates **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 22, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-license-plates/453853 "2008-06-22T23:48:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-license-plates/453853/41 "2008-06-24T02:28:46Z")
No cite online, but Ripley’s _Believe It or Not!_ once featured a Leo Lee, who requested (and got) license plate **337 037** - and put it on upside down. ---
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-license-plates/453853/42 "2008-06-24T02:47:23Z")
NOHFRS On a pickup with a young male driver. I hope he ends up with a fat wife and 6 kids. (“No Heifers” which is a western way of saying, “No fat chicks.”) ---
**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:** [June 24, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-license-plates/453853/43 "2008-06-24T02:48:35Z")
There were two I saw a few months back that had me puzzled, but for different reasons. **POSN OAK** - what I couldn’t figure out was, why would someone want Poison Oak? **PI KNOTR** - I actually, finally, figured this one out today, after months of trying to figure out how you ties knots in pies, or maybe they were talking about knotty pine … (at least, I think I figured it out) I have a long, long list of license plates that have amused me over the years. One I saw in VA, on a pickup truck, read **CW TIPPN**. If I ever find the list, I might post some more. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-license-plates/453853/44 "2008-06-24T02:52:47Z")
Seen on a Honda Element in Los Angeles: DRZAIUS With bonus vinyl stickers of who else? But Troy McClure as Dr. Zaius 😃 Framed with a Simpsons license plate frame. [Relevant video.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNAgVb08btw&feature=related) ETA: just remembered one lady I saw on the 405 daily in a Benz with the plate 1199ESQ. Made me wonder if she actually got out of tickets or if CHP went out of their way to nail her. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-license-plates/453853/45 "2008-06-24T13:15:50Z")
A car in my neighborhood has “BALZBUB.” I always wonder who they had to know to get that one by. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-license-plates/453853/46 "2008-06-24T15:28:27Z")
[QUOTE=Typo Knig] I’ve tried to note the good ones I’ve spotted: C1AO 2TI (Ciao tu ti = “Hello you” in Italian) [/QUOTE] Actually it probably stood for “Ciao Tutti”, which means (approximately) “Hi, y’all”. Someone who used to live in our old neighborhood had a Porsche that read CUZICUD (“'cause I could”). I also once saw a sporty red car that said: FZMGNT (“Fuzz Magnet”). And I saw a convertible that read “OBN OHNE”. Which meant absolutely nothing to me… but my passenger at the time spoke German, and she explained it was “Oben Ohne” (sp?), which means “topless”. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-license-plates/453853/47 "2008-06-24T15:40:23Z")
[QUOTE=chacoguy420] I saw a green VW bug that was 'BOOGER" [/QUOTE] There’s a green Bug around here with plate KURMIT. Kermit must be taken. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-license-plates/453853/48 "2008-06-24T18:28:58Z")
[QUOTE=MadPansy64] ETBTCAR on a Mini Cooper. [/QUOTE] I prefer the one I’ve seen: **ACTULSZ**. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-license-plates/453853/49 "2008-06-24T20:45:49Z")
[QUOTE=This’ll Do] On a Saab: SNAAB [/QUOTE] Oh, I like that one! ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-license-plates/453853/50 "2008-06-24T23:17:43Z")
Here’s what I would like to see: **4NIC8** or **4NIC8R** I doubt most states would let these pass. And for us Dopers… **AUNAFPD** 14K (gold=Au) in a F P D ---
**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:** [June 25, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-license-plates/453853/51 "2008-06-25T00:21:33Z")
[QUOTE=Morgyn] **PI KNOTR** - I actually, finally, figured this one out today, after months of trying to figure out how you ties knots in pies, or maybe they were talking about knotty pine … (at least, I think I figured it out) [/QUOTE] Hate to quote myself, but I’ve decided I didn’t figure it out. I thought it was from the bit about “PI R Not Square, PI R Round”. Except if it is, it’s saying that “PI not round”, and that doesn’t make sense. So now I’m back to wondering what it means. Ideas? ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-license-plates/453853/52 "2008-06-25T22:16:04Z")
Someone near where I used to live in Chiago had a license plate that read: WE DO 26.2 The dot was obviously added to the official plate. It took me a while to figure out that the owners must have been marathon runners. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-license-plates/453853/53 "2008-06-25T22:40:19Z")
[QUOTE=Morgyn] Hate to quote myself, but I’ve decided I didn’t figure it out. I thought it was from the bit about “PI R Not Square, PI R Round”. Except if it is, it’s saying that “PI not round”, and that doesn’t make sense. So now I’m back to wondering what it means. Ideas? [/QUOTE] 1. Isn’t k the usual variable for a constant? 2. Pi Kappa=? It could almost be pinot noir but the k would be a waste. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-license-plates/453853/54 "2008-06-25T22:57:58Z")
[O HAI](http://www.flickr.com/photos/novembering/2501786328/in/set-72157605119420163/), by the guy who runs catster and dogster. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2008, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-license-plates/453853/55 "2008-06-26T14:12:22Z")
I’ve posted this before, but I saw: **GRR ARGH** ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-license-plates/453853/56 "2008-06-26T14:56:44Z")
[QUOTE=lobotomyboy63] 1. Isn’t k the usual variable for a constant? [/QUOTE] If it’s a variable, it is by definition not a constant. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-license-plates/453853/57 "2008-06-26T17:36:38Z")
Mentioned in today’s paper is a Fit with the plate **HISSSY** ---
**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:** [June 26, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-license-plates/453853/58 "2008-06-26T17:47:23Z")
Oo! Just thought of a couple more I’d heard of (but not personally seen): On a white Volkswagen Rabbit: IML8 On a black Volkswagen Rabbit: ENLI And, **lobotomyboy63** , I don’t think so about the _k_. My (dim) recollection from algebra is that the letters a-m were traditionally used for unknown constants and n-z were used for variables. Besides, it doesn’t help in the interpretation. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-license-plates/453853/59 "2008-06-26T18:00:57Z")
> [@](#): > > On a white Volkswagen Rabbit: IML8 > > On a black Volkswagen Rabbit: ENLI I’ve seen a white Rabbit with the plate **ML8ML8**. It took me a while, but I figured it out. The one I saw was from New Hampshire, but I gather from this Board that there’s at least one state with the same plate out there. Probably more than one. A friend told me about seeing a Black Rabbit with the plate **INLE** (nitpick: not ENLI), referring to The Black Rabbit of Inle from Richard Adams’ “Watership Down”). I’ve never seen it myself. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-license-plates/453853/60 "2008-06-27T01:43:37Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] IA friend told me about seeing a Black Rabbit with the plate **INLE** (nitpick: not ENLI), referring to The Black Rabbit of Inle from Richard Adams’ “Watership Down”). I’ve never seen it myself. [/QUOTE] You see, this is what happens when you don’t have the thing written down somewhere, and the book is packed away in boxes. You are, of course, right. :o [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-license-plates/453853.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-license-plates/453853.md?page=4)