# My, sir, what a lovely vanity plate you have! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 4, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sir-what-a-lovely-vanity-plate-you-have/451792 "2008-06-04T20:20:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sir-what-a-lovely-vanity-plate-you-have/451792/41 "2008-06-05T11:18:20Z")
[QUOTE=Runs With Scissors] I’m the only one who had no idea what it meant? I sent the link to a friend, who then gave me a wiki link. [/QUOTE] This sighting will be all over the Web by tomorrow . . . ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sir-what-a-lovely-vanity-plate-you-have/451792/42 "2008-06-05T11:25:30Z")
[Goatse](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BBC_Goatse.cx_Alternative_Olympic_logo.png)? ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sir-what-a-lovely-vanity-plate-you-have/451792/43 "2008-06-05T13:28:04Z")
[QUOTE=lizardling] _STARE_ I’d love to know what they told the DMV/DOT/Whatever when buying their plate. I mean, aren’t you supposed to put down an explanation of the string you want to use so they can check it? (I know people fib, but that fib I want to hear!) [/QUOTE] I don’t think so - the one time I (very halfheartedly) looked into getting a vanity plate when renewing my tags in Virginia, there was no place to provide an explanation. I wonder what would happen if someone anonymously sent to PennDOT a note saying “saw this plate, it’s really obscene, here’s a link to follow to prove it, but don’t do this on your work computer without a supervisor aware of the reasons or you’ll get fired for looking at nasty porn on work time, maybe you should recall the plate!” ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sir-what-a-lovely-vanity-plate-you-have/451792/44 "2008-06-05T15:51:06Z")
Apparently it’s [a movement.](http://www.uberzine.com/goatseplateprocess.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sir-what-a-lovely-vanity-plate-you-have/451792/45 "2008-06-05T15:53:57Z")
Here’s some more: [http://blog.andyblume.com/?p=280](http://blog.andyblume.com/?p=280) (second pic down) [Proud owner poses with GOATSE license plate | Boing Boing](http://www.boingboing.net/2005/12/28/proud-owner-poses-wi.html) ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sir-what-a-lovely-vanity-plate-you-have/451792/46 "2008-06-05T16:00:11Z")
[QUOTE=Rick] You parse too hard. California DMV rules don’t allow a number/letter, letter, letter/number, number, number vanity plate. It interferes with their regular plate run and is therefore not allowed. [/QUOTE] Oh. Okay, then. I feel _much_ better. [sub]Shut up, brain, or I’ll stab you with a Q-Tip.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sir-what-a-lovely-vanity-plate-you-have/451792/47 "2008-06-05T16:03:08Z")
I always wonder how someone in New Jersey got BALZBUB ---
**Author:** ![Koldanar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@Koldanar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koldanar)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sir-what-a-lovely-vanity-plate-you-have/451792/48 "2008-06-05T17:40:02Z")
Yea…I found the Virginia Goatse earlier today when I went about looking to see if this one had made it’s rounds earlier. Apparently that VA one was recalled bout 6 months into usage. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sir-what-a-lovely-vanity-plate-you-have/451792/49 "2008-06-05T21:51:22Z")
I was driving behind a heavyset woman in a small Toyota. I’m guessing her last name was Parker, but she hadn’t thought through her vanity plate very well. PRKER Yeah, Porker was my first thought. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sir-what-a-lovely-vanity-plate-you-have/451792/50 "2008-06-05T22:30:38Z")
This morning, we were behind a woman whose plate read: > [@license plate](#): > > GGGG US It took a minute to figure out that it meant “For Jesus”. As in “four g’s us” Robin ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sir-what-a-lovely-vanity-plate-you-have/451792/51 "2008-06-06T00:11:50Z")
I was once behind a police ghost-car with the license plate “B GOOD.” ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sir-what-a-lovely-vanity-plate-you-have/451792/52 "2008-06-06T16:38:11Z")
[QUOTE=JSexton] I was driving behind a heavyset woman in a small Toyota. I’m guessing her last name was Parker, but she hadn’t thought through her vanity plate very well. PRKER Yeah, Porker was my first thought. :smack: [/QUOTE] Not a vanity plate, but occasionally I see standard-issue WI plates along the lines of 403 LBS I’d be asking for a replacement. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sir-what-a-lovely-vanity-plate-you-have/451792/53 "2008-06-06T17:30:17Z")
[QUOTE=Scarlett67] Not a vanity plate, but occasionally I see standard-issue WI plates along the lines of 403 LBS I’d be asking for a replacement. :dubious: [/QUOTE] In a certain Iowa county, plates with the formula ### BUX are issued. Sometimes the price seems reasonable. ---
**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sir-what-a-lovely-vanity-plate-you-have/451792/54 "2008-06-10T02:23:00Z")
[QUOTE=hajario] Mostly people get caught by uptight do-gooders writing to the DMV and informing them of the dirty license plate. The Smoking Gun has a few collections of such letters to various DMVs. [Example](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/wiscplates1.html) [/QUOTE] Well, as for the one on [page 8](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/wiscplates8.html): pfft. Guy’s obviously from Rhinelander, that’s all. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sir-what-a-lovely-vanity-plate-you-have/451792/55 "2008-06-10T14:46:35Z")
[QUOTE=Myron Van Horowitzski] Well, as for the one on [page 8](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/wiscplates8.html): pfft. Guy’s obviously from Rhinelander, that’s all. [/QUOTE] That’s seriously funny, right there. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sir-what-a-lovely-vanity-plate-you-have/451792/56 "2008-06-15T23:17:33Z")
[QUOTE=EJsGirl] “Various” DMVs? WTF is going on in Wisconsin? 😉 CA recently recalled a plate bearing a couple’s initials- his are RAP and hers are JAP. Yep- somebody thought that RAPNJAP was offensive to Asian hip hop artists… [/QUOTE] Speaking of your WTF, NC is recalling their 7-digit plates issued routinely in the Greensboro area, that start with WTF. > **[NC Licence Plates](http://musical-chemist.blogspot.com/2008/06/nc-licence-plates.html)** > > This is quite amusing. Many state Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) do checks on requests for personalised licence plates in order to ensur... Oh, I once saw MERDALOR and MUFFDIVR in NC, years ago. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sir-what-a-lovely-vanity-plate-you-have/451792.md?page=2)