# License Plate has me baffled.. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 4, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/license-plate-has-me-baffled/342996 "2006-02-04T16:19:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/license-plate-has-me-baffled/342996/21 "2006-02-06T02:48:11Z")
Used to see a sporty little silver convertible in my office parking lot with some abbreviation on the plate that meant “Hot Chocolate”. Since the car was silver, I assumed the driver would be a pretty young black woman. To my surprise, it turned out to be an aging and fading white woman in Human Resources. Then it just seemed sad. My wife has a friend whose brother has the plates **ZMD GMSO**. Here’s what they mean: Not a thing. The guy’s something of a jerk – he likes to pinch bread in the supermarket so other people find it messed up – and he ordered nonsense plates just to torment the strangers who’d try to figure them out. Sailboat ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/license-plate-has-me-baffled/342996/22 "2006-02-06T03:02:22Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > My wife has a friend whose brother has the plates **ZMD GMSO**. > > Here’s what they mean: > > Not a thing. The guy’s something of a jerk – he likes to pinch bread in the supermarket so other people find it messed up – and he ordered nonsense plates just to torment the strangers who’d try to figure them out. The logical thing to do would be to _find_ a meaning for them, preferably something chemical or religious that he wouldn’t like. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/license-plate-has-me-baffled/342996/23 "2006-02-06T14:43:52Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > The logical thing to do would be to _find_ a meaning for them, preferably something chemical or religious that he wouldn’t like. 😃 Zee Doctor Got My Socks Off. ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/license-plate-has-me-baffled/342996/24 "2006-02-06T18:32:39Z")
I saw a plate yesterday that read **ILOOKU** I have no idea what it means, although I found myself saying to the back of the car, “You looking at me? You looking at ME?” I hate plates I can’t figure out. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/license-plate-has-me-baffled/342996/25 "2006-02-06T18:38:31Z")
Cheap Shyster. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/license-plate-has-me-baffled/342996/26 "2006-02-06T19:04:18Z")
My mom got the red station wagon she’d always wanted and splurged on a vanity plate. Little Red Wagon = LRDWGN Her coworkers thought it said “LORD WAGON”. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Charger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@Charger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charger)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/license-plate-has-me-baffled/342996/27 "2006-02-06T20:48:02Z")
> [@Ceejaytee](#): > > I saw a plate yesterday that read > > **ILOOKU** > > I have no idea what it means, although I found myself saying to the back of the car, “You looking at me? You looking at ME?” I hate plates I can’t figure out. I’d guess “Look between you and I.” ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/license-plate-has-me-baffled/342996/28 "2006-02-06T21:35:00Z")
Cee Atch Pee Shy :smack: ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/license-plate-has-me-baffled/342996/29 "2006-02-07T21:39:54Z")
I may have posted it before, but I saw a neat one on a Saturn a few years back. Plate read: 6TH RCK. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/license-plate-has-me-baffled/342996/30 "2006-02-07T22:24:34Z")
I saw a license plate the other day that read **NRA MBR** :eek: I stayed faaar away from him! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/license-plate-has-me-baffled/342996/31 "2006-02-08T01:19:56Z")
> [@DooWahDiddy](#): > > I assume “LOX” is “locks”, as in “hair”, but I’m not getting “AUI”. > > As a side note, does anyone else remember that old game show where you had to guess what license plate numbers meant? [Bumper Stumpers.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumper_Stumpers) ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/license-plate-has-me-baffled/342996/32 "2006-02-08T02:11:49Z")
Not a stumper, but I always thought **HIOCIFR** was funny. Not the smartest choice in the world, but nonetheless funny. ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/license-plate-has-me-baffled/342996/33 "2006-02-08T11:43:56Z")
> [@Burrido](#): > > On a new Black Porshe Boxter in San Bernardino, California. > CHP SHY > Friend says it took him a bit to get it, but I can’t figure it out. Anyone? My fave on a Porsche in Florida years ago: EZ2XLR8 😃 VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/license-plate-has-me-baffled/342996/34 "2006-02-08T14:41:59Z")
> [@FilmGeek](#): > > My mom got the red station wagon she’d always wanted and splurged on a vanity plate. > > Little Red Wagon = LRDWGN > > Her coworkers thought it said “LORD WAGON”. :smack: Hopefully, she’s slender. It could be read “lard wagon”. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/license-plate-has-me-baffled/342996/35 "2006-02-08T19:52:58Z")
It’s a pun on the phrase “pee shy.” California Highway Patrol Shy. Apparently, he can’t urinate while be followed by a patrol car. ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/license-plate-has-me-baffled/342996/36 "2006-02-08T21:32:37Z")
> [@Charger](#): > > I’d guess “Look between you and I.” If that’s right, can I now be annoyed by the bad grammar? ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/license-plate-has-me-baffled/342996/37 "2006-02-09T19:27:22Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > Years ago, I remember a fool who drove his big black Cadillac (that his baby’s momma was paying for) with the plate “ON WLFR”. Talk about just asking for it from the cops on patrol. I can beat it. Told the story before, but I love it. I was running late. Going about 15 over, middle lane, passed a stone overpass, see State trooper behind it, turning lights on. Figure, well, I’m caught. Took a chance, there goes the clean record. Someone BLOWS by me on the left. Black Trans Am. Personalized plate - “LEADFOOT” Cop just blew right past me. Why doesn’t the fool just get a sign “GIVE ME TICKETS” ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/license-plate-has-me-baffled/342996/38 "2006-02-10T20:37:51Z")
On a car that had just barely missed running me over in Times Square? RIP GTG Did I mention my initials are GTG ?? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/license-plate-has-me-baffled/342996/39 "2006-02-11T07:44:59Z")
Best one I ever saw: “UPPA US”. Hint: Use an Italian accent. My sister used to be a court reporter and knew someone who had “Fuck You” in steno on their plates. She drove around for years before someone understood it and got the DMV to yank it. I also remember reading about a guy who had “UKFAYUYAY” or some such variation of the piglatin. When the DMV called him on it he made up some ridiculous acronym, and got it yanked. I’ve noticed some people with license plate frames translating their plates. I guess they get sick of people asking them what they say. ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/license-plate-has-me-baffled/342996/40 "2006-02-11T14:37:31Z")
I actually saw a Mini-Cooper with the plates “itl job”. I cannot imagine someone liking that film enough to buy a car from it, and to commemorate the fact that the movie inspired it. In fact … it’s actually kinda sad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/license-plate-has-me-baffled/342996.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/license-plate-has-me-baffled/342996.md?page=3)