# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![PlanMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2bfe46/32.png) [@PlanMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlanMan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/61 "2003-12-27T02:47:48Z")
One very puzzling one I saw awhile back… On a car with many signs indicating they were a fan of the University of Florida Gators football team, they had this combination: G8TRB8 Which I read as “Gator Bait” which is what the “other team” is referred to … ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/62 "2003-12-27T15:10:35Z")
On the back of an SUV–I don’t remember the model, but it was this huge, hulking metal beast that obscured the sun as I sat in my car behind it: **BADMPG** Undoubtedly true, but I wasn’t quite sure why the woman driving felt compelled to confirm this fact for us. ---
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/63 "2003-12-27T21:52:53Z")
NO HFRS It was a young guy in a pickup. I’d wager he’s single, and doesn’t get many second dates. It means, “no heifers”, which means, “no fat chicks”. Whistlepig ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/64 "2003-12-27T22:06:04Z")
I saw a truly awful one yesterday. YT PRIDE It was on a pickup festooned with a large “stars and bars.” ---
**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:** [December 28, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/65 "2003-12-28T02:19:15Z")
There’s some douchebag tooling around Orlando in a red Beamer with a little Italian flag and a license plate that says “CAIO”. Presumably he thought that’s how you spell “ciao”… ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/66 "2003-12-28T02:44:52Z")
Oh damn. Here I go, showing my dumb ass again. What does the YT stand for in YT PRIDE, please? ---
**Author:** ![PlanMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2bfe46/32.png) [@PlanMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlanMan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/67 "2003-12-28T02:51:26Z")
YT wye t white there’s a little “Z” type car tooling around with “BLUE1NZ” pride? complaint? huh? and why isn’t Phoenetics spelled fonetiklee? ---
**Author:** ![C8H10N4O2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc8723/32.png) [@C8H10N4O2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C8H10N4O2)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/68 "2003-12-28T06:06:33Z")
I saw one a few years ago – IHVADRM, which I mistakenly interpreted as “I have a dorm” instead of “I have a dream”. ---
**Author:** ![Tortuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@Tortuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tortuga)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/69 "2003-12-28T06:27:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PlanMan \* > \*\*there’s a little “Z” type car tooling around with > “BLUE1NZ” > \*\* Blue Onesie? Like the babies wear? Perhaps the person is advertising their incontinence or spiritual rebirth through aJapanese machine? Or they are a depressed Kiwi? ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/70 "2003-12-28T15:14:36Z")
> [@](#): > > This is a good one, but a friend of mine in Toronto had an acquaintance whose vanity plate read “WE FEW” (think Henry V’s Crispin’s Day speech here). This _is_ a good one. I also hate the ones that aren’t easy to figure out. I end up driving behind them thinking, “What the hell does that mean.” When I get a new car, I’m going to have a vanity plate reading: DOUBT IT, but only if I can get the space between the words. Because DOUBTIT looks wrong. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/71 "2003-12-28T15:23:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by whistlepig \* > \*\*NO HFRS > > It was a young guy in a pickup. I’d wager he’s single, and doesn’t get many second dates. > > It means, “no heifers”, which means, “no fat chicks”. > \*\* He could hang out with my pal from the OP, **URUGLY**. I didn’t mention in the OP that I often saw Mr. UR out waxing his car or doing who-knows-what to it…and every time he was in a slimy looking tank top and eyeballing everyone who walked by. And **LunaSea**?? How the heck did that **YT PRIDE** ever pass the DMV review? I thought they’d usually turn down anything the least bit controversial. Finally, I must confess my ignorance… **Telemark** , what does the Beetle plate mean? ---
**Author:** ![emacularius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@emacularius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacularius)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321/72 "2003-12-28T17:15:24Z")
I saw a hulking SUV a few years ago with “NOT SML” on it… I laughed very hard. Then there was the 20-something driving some obscenely expensive red sports convertible (on his cel phone, no less) sporting plates reading “ICU2QT” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wouldnt-put-that-on-my-ass-or-awful-vanity-plates/220321.md?page=3)