# I wouldn't put that on MY ass \ awful vanity plates **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 21, 2003, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321 "2003-12-21T16:35:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![dman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@dman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dman)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/41 "2003-12-25T16:15:11Z")
Just today I was coming home behind A IDIOT My mum pointed out that it wasn’t even written right, but I bit my tongue to avoid explaining what I thought was a clever double-bluff. Or maybe it wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![nani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58956e/32.png) [@nani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nani)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/42 "2003-12-26T01:14:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Olentzero \* > \*\*I’ve seen license plates that take advantage of the similarities between the Cyrillic and Latin alphabets to get some fairly nasty insults by the DMV. And just yesterday I saw a license plate with the legend SCHWUL, which IIRC is German for “horny”. \*\* Well, actually, “Schwul” is german for “gay.” Which puts a whole new spin on that situation, huh? ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/43 "2003-12-26T02:30:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tortuga \* > **And it’s just stupid…I’ve seen a VW Jetta with JETTA and a Toyota RAV4 with MYRAV4 and it’s just…stupid. I mean why?** I do agree. I’ve seen **4RUNR** and **CAMRY** on Toyotas. Really now. However, I have semi-neighbors who have a plate with the vehicle name which does serve a purpose - **UNIMOG**. The first time I saw that monster, I thought, “Is my town being invaded by the evil spawn of the Autobots?” Then I saw the vanity plate. ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/44 "2003-12-26T02:44:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dman \* > \*\*Just today I was coming home behind > A IDIOT > > My mum pointed out that it wasn’t even written right, but I bit my tongue to avoid explaining what I thought was a clever double-bluff. Or maybe it wasn’t. \*\* :rolleyes: I give up. Will someone please clue me? ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/45 "2003-12-26T02:45:59Z")
It should be “AN IDIOT.” “A IDIOT” was either deliberate (isn’t that clever?) or just mistaken (proving the driver to be an idiot). ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/46 "2003-12-26T03:11:49Z")
When I am old and rich enough to buy a Porsche, I’m gonna try to get the plate: SMLDCK … just for the laughs. And I will wave cheerfully and blow kisses to the people at the traffic lights laughing and pointing at me. You can hold me to it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/47 "2003-12-26T03:20:24Z")
_contributes a tenner to **Jervoise** … just cuz I want to SEE that plate!_ ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/48 "2003-12-26T03:27:41Z")
I got a vanity plate for my beloved Alero for Christmas. It says THINKER. For multiple reasons. (I’m a Chem Eng and Philosophy dual major. There’s also a quote related to my religion that it’s rlatd to.) I honestly don’t care what the rest of you think. I like it. ---
**Author:** ![Ender\_Will](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ender\_Will](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ender_Will)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/49 "2003-12-26T13:58:25Z")
The best I’ve seen was on a '94 Supra, black, tinted windows, modified to something in the region of 500 hp: VLDEMRT The wierdest was on a Miata driven by a 60-ish man: LESBIAN ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/50 "2003-12-26T14:54:06Z")
Hate, hate, hate most of 'em. One of the few I liked was an all-black SAAB, dark tinted windows, lowered, blacked-out wheels - the thing looked like a ninja-mobile or something. The license plate read P-61, which is the designation for the WW2 fighter plane known as the Black Widow. Cool. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/51 "2003-12-26T16:17:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ñañi \* > \*\*Well, actually, “Schwul” is german for “gay.” > > Which puts a whole new spin on that situation, huh? \*\* Nah, not really… he had a fairly unobtrusive but nonetheless noticeable rainbow sticker on the trunk. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/52 "2003-12-26T16:43:09Z")
I’d STILL like to know if anyone has any idea what 44DD7in could possibly stand for. ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/53 "2003-12-26T16:55:29Z")
I think the previous explanation was on target - to the effect that it could symbolize a union of woman with an expansive bosom (44 double D cup) and a man with an ample (7") member. Or am I missing something? ---
**Author:** ![chopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@chopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chopper)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/54 "2003-12-26T17:02:30Z")
my brother had UR2SLO on his '68 Dodge Coranet. Proved it to many times and had to sell but it was COOOL ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/55 "2003-12-26T17:26:59Z")
Best, not worst, vanity plate I saw was on a New Beetle: **FEATURE** ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/56 "2003-12-26T21:06:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Knowed Out \* > \*\*Some woman at work has this on the front of her blue bug > > IRBE"NO" > > and on the back > > FRUIT K’K > > makes sense only to her \*\* Actually I get “fruitcake”, but what’s the other? ---
**Author:** ![Tortuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@Tortuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tortuga)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/57 "2003-12-26T21:48:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Knowed Out \* > \*\*Some woman at work has this on the front of her blue bug > > IRBE"NO"\*\* Maybe it has something to do with “Herbie the Love Bug” (remember those movies?) and she’s abstinent? But I don’t understand how she can have two differnet license plates on the same car, unless the front one is a fake and she’s in a state where you are only required to have a rear plate, unlike CA where you must have a front and rear plate in view. _shrug_ conjecture. ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/58 "2003-12-27T02:02:47Z")
MYPCUP. Took me a good few minutes to realize he meant “my pickup” and not “my pee cup.” ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/59 "2003-12-27T02:38:45Z")
In California you can get symbols on your vanity plate - a heart, a star, or a hand. When I was visiting my parents there last month, I spotted a license plate that read “I\<3MULDR”. Yikes. I mean, I liked \The X-Files\ too, but I think that’s a little far. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/60 "2003-12-27T02:40:14Z")
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