# I can't get the license plates I want.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-the-license-plates-i-want/308647>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 17, 2005, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-the-license-plates-i-want/308647 "2005-06-17T03:41:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-the-license-plates-i-want/308647/21 "2005-06-18T15:59:36Z")

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> [@GrizzRich](#):
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> because, I KNOW the person that has 8675309!

HA! No way! 🙂 I knew that someone else had to have it. But it’s ok, now that I have my “867-V309” alternate I don’t hate them anymore. 😉

> [@Large Marge](#):
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> Tommy Tutone?

Nah, he’s in north Atlanta. 😉

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> Sorry, I’ve got nothin’.

S’ok, so did I!

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-the-license-plates-i-want/308647/22 "2005-06-18T19:47:25Z")

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> [@Misnomer](#):
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> ( **rowrrbazzle** , I owe you a beer sometime!)

You’re on, dude. 🆒

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**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-the-license-plates-i-want/308647/23 "2005-06-18T19:56:00Z")

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Hey **Rich** would said person be willing to part with the plate? cause if so, and if VA’s anything like IL, if one gives it up, another can get it.

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-the-license-plates-i-want/308647/24 "2005-06-18T23:19:08Z")

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That’s how Theodore “Dr. Suess” Geisel finally got GRINCH. He paid off the guy who previously had it.

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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-get-the-license-plates-i-want/308647/25 "2005-06-21T02:11:54Z")

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Thanks again to everyone who played, especially **rowrrbazzle** : I just placed the order for my new tags (I needed info from the registration, and it took me this long to remember to bring it in from the glove box), and they’ll be mailed within 4 weeks. 🆒

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