Was behind a fellow for quite a while in traffic the other day whose license plate read: IMANRRU.
Anyway I translated it as:
IM = I’M
A = A
N= ?
R= ?
R = Are
U = You?
What is N & R? I’ve racked my brain. If it might help explain the owner’s political leanings, and throw some light on the plate, his late-70s/early-80s van was festooned with “Imagine Whirled Peas,” “Greenpeace” and “Boot Bush” style bumper stickers.
Thanks in advance
Sir Rhosis
“I’m an R. Are you?”
Now we just have to find out what an R is.
Was the driver a redhead?
I’d go with “an R” as well. potential R’s:
Republican
Redneck
Rightie
Racist
Robot
Reject
Rube
Rat
Rectum
Rodent
Rabbit
Rhinoceros
Reasonable person
Respectable person
Ranger
Rifleman
Runner
Right fielder
Right guard
Right tackle
Right linebacker
Riddle
“IMANR” might be a variation of “IMAM”. If that’s the case, he’s saying “I’m a leader, are you?”
Maybe it’s “I manner Russia”, whatever that means.
The word “an” would not go with a word beginning with the consanant “R.” At least I can’t think of words beginning with “R” that would fit. That’s why I thought it might be “I’m A” etc.
I first guessed N & R as “New Republican,” whatever that may mean, but that was just humor seeing as his other bumper stickers would lead me to believe he was not a Republican.
He was middle-aged, heavily bearded, with long dark/graying hair.
I assumed NR stood for something obvious that I was too dumb to get.
Sir Rhosis
Ooh, “I manure Russia”?
In Soviet Union, Russia manure YOU!
“I manners you.”
“I’m a nurse. You?”
Yeah, I got nuthin’…
Could it be “I man RRU”? As in: Reynolds and Reynolds University in Dayton, Ohio?
No, but it would go with the word “R”, which starts with a vowel sound (“arrr [sub]matey[/sub]”) “I’m an R.”
I feel I should duck into this one and mention that one of my friends has a totally nonsensical (but obviously vanity) license plate, explicitly because he gets a kick out of people trying to decipher it.
Dada-fans are interesting to have around.
Your friend might appreciate a plate I saw a few years ago, which remains my favorite to date:
DCY4THS
IMANRRU.
IM=I’m
A=a
NR=Winner
RU=Are you?
I’m a winner. Are you?
Best I got.
Remember that old game show where contestants had to quickly decipher license plates? I was never good at it back then, either.
I’m an arse. You?
Could have something to do with the university in Dayton, as mentioned above, as I live in Cincy. Can’t recall if the plate was Hamilton, Butler, Clermont, or any other nearby counties or some other, but it was an Ohio plate. Hell, I don’t even know what county Dayton is in – Franklin?
Thanks again, all.
Sir Rhosis
Here’s the anagrams for it.
A I MR URN
A I MR RUN
A RIM URN
A RIM RUN
A RIN RUM
AI MR URN
AI MR RUN
MURRAIN
RAMI URN
RAMI RUN
MIRA URN
MIRA RUN
IRMA URN
IRMA RUN
RAIN RUM
IRAN RUM
NAIR RUM
AIR MR NU
AIR MR UN
IRA MR NU
IRA MR UN
RAM I URN
RAM I RUN
RAM RUIN
ARM I URN
ARM I RUN
ARM RUIN
MAR I URN
MAR I RUN
MAR RUIN
ARUM RIN
RAN I RUM
RAN MUIR
RNA I RUM
RNA MUIR
National Rifleman
Doesn’t quite go with the bumper stickers, but…
Simple. He’s a dyslexic Registered Nurse.