# Personalized Plate Spotting **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 18, 2001, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-plate-spotting/65824 "2001-05-18T14:12:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Palmyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@Palmyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palmyra)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-plate-spotting/65824/21 "2001-05-20T19:53:20Z")
On some little psuedo-luxery sports-type thingy [and this was yesterday too] **FN2DRV** :: fun to drive, obviously, but _my_ car could have easily outdone his. About 3-4 years ago, I SWEAR : **FKNITUP** on a new 'Vette, I think. BTW, **Jeff** , I’m afraid that with my brain’s post-college finals shutdown I don’t get **ML8 ML8**. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-plate-spotting/65824/22 "2001-05-20T20:17:19Z")
On my uncles truck: **CLT LKR** He explained it to the lady as _Charlotte Liker_! ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-plate-spotting/65824/23 "2001-05-20T23:52:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Palmyra \* > \*\*On some little psuedo-luxery sports-type thingy [and this was yesterday too] **FN2DRV** :: fun to drive, obviously, but _my_ car could have easily outdone his. > > About 3-4 years ago, I SWEAR : **FKNITUP** on a new 'Vette, I think. > > BTW, **Jeff** , I’m afraid that with my brain’s post-college finals shutdown I don’t get **ML8 ML8**. \*\* OK, I’ll give clues. First, give the name of the first letter. Pronounce the second letter and run it and the number together. Got it? Still don’t? Think “Alice in Wonderland.” Remember what the White Rabbit kept saying to himself? ---
**Author:** ![PlanMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2bfe46/32.png) [@PlanMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlanMan)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-plate-spotting/65824/24 "2001-05-21T00:38:29Z")
On one of FLA’s gazillion different plate designs… this one for the United States Marine Corps: “URRAH” On another FLA specialty plate - for the University of Florida: “G8RB8” I don’t understand this one, it translates to “Gator Bait” which is what fans of the Florida Gators typically refer to the OTHER team as. On a silver truck…“L-ECK” PlanDaugther, who just finished a course in Hebrew (at an Episcopal school, go figure) tells me the transliteration is “GO” in Hebrew. Silly me, I just thought it meant they were a (smart) aLECK. ---
**Author:** ![1kBR\_Kid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/dc4da7/32.png) [@1kBR\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1kBR_Kid)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-plate-spotting/65824/25 "2001-05-21T02:17:48Z")
There’s a new Chevy pickup in my apartment complex that has the plate “IDDOER” (I’d do her). Gee, and I figured it was rare to slip a zinger past the folks who approve 'em 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-plate-spotting/65824/26 "2001-05-21T02:17:51Z")
> [@](#): > > Reportedly on a white Rabbit in the St. Louis area: ML8 ML8 I saw this on a New Hampshire car. White Rabbit, of course. We were stopped at an intersection and I just had time to work it out. Interesting to see that it showed up elsewhere. I’m told that someone else has seen a BLACK Rabbit with the plate **INLE**. (That’s for you Watership Down fans out there. ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-plate-spotting/65824/27 "2001-05-21T03:34:09Z")
There’s one around where I live that says MYPCUP And for quite some time I thought, “My pee cup? I guess urologists have odd senses of humor.” ---
**Author:** ![Palmyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@Palmyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palmyra)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-plate-spotting/65824/28 "2001-05-21T04:04:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by xtnjohnson \* > \*\* > OK, I’ll give clues. First, give the name of the first letter. Pronounce the second letter and run it and the number together. > > Still don’t? Think “Alice in Wonderland.” > > Remember what the White Rabbit kept saying to himself? \*\* Aaaaaaah… Like I said, brain not function at full capacity right now. And I kept reading it as “Em late,” which doesn’t really sound like anything. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-plate-spotting/65824/29 "2001-05-21T04:22:42Z")
Oh, boy, lots of new ones to add to my list of plates. Thanks, guys! To add to the list: 1. UUCP IT (on a friend’s car–no kidding!) 2. COWTIPN (somewhere in VA . …) 3. 4UDGE (I think the owner is a vegetarian) 4. O2BINNJ (NC plates, as I recall) 5. FROMNJ (WI plates) ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-plate-spotting/65824/30 "2001-05-21T04:56:12Z")
Saw one in the parking lot at work a few years ago: **28 IF** Classy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ooner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c67d28/32.png) [@Ooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ooner)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-plate-spotting/65824/31 "2001-05-21T05:50:06Z")
There is a car that I always see in the school parking lot with a license plate: **IMADORK** If that’s a clever joke making fun of vanity plates, it’s funny. If not, it’s stupid. I can’t really tell. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![amati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@amati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amati)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-plate-spotting/65824/32 "2001-05-21T06:12:20Z")
on the car my friend had just hit in the parking lot ----“DR LOVE” ---
**Author:** ![N0sfura2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@N0sfura2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N0sfura2)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-plate-spotting/65824/33 "2001-05-21T06:14:58Z")
There is a car with a vanity plate in my town (in the Bible Belt) that reads JESUS GO ---
**Author:** ![hazel-rah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/73ab20/32.png) [@hazel-rah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hazel-rah)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-plate-spotting/65824/34 "2001-05-21T07:27:41Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m told that someone else has seen a BLACK Rabbit with the plate INLE. (That’s for you Watership Down fans out there. Yes… I’ll be giving that one a wide berth if I see it, you can be sure. -fh ---
**Author:** ![Tisme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@Tisme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tisme)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2001, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-plate-spotting/65824/35 "2001-05-21T07:49:20Z")
On a car driving around Adelaide once **DUBL 07** The guy must have thought he was James Bond. But his car sure was no Aston Martin. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2001, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-plate-spotting/65824/36 "2001-05-22T19:06:41Z")
Saw one coming in to work this morning: (Red haired)Female in Black convertible (cabriolet) License plate: SIN GAL To the right of the license plate - a christian fish Bumper stickers: Bush/Cheney YP4W (young professionals for women?) So many men, so few with brains. I wanted to pull her over and give her the board’s URL - she has got to be a trip. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2001, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-plate-spotting/65824/37 "2001-05-22T23:12:19Z")
I’ve got **LYNX UP** on mine, but nobody eveer realizes what it means. Yes, it’s _meant_ to be obscure. 🙂 Then there’s the quote on the license plate _frame,_ should anyone want another challenge… ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2001, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-plate-spotting/65824/38 "2001-05-23T01:24:55Z")
One noted here in Oregon for appearing on the wheels of the late track coach Bill Bowerman \*\*JOG 440 \*\* And in our small town, a local grocery store owner (remember local grocery stores?) had a plate on his 240Z (this was some time back) that read **RUNVS** which took me forever to decode as “are you envious?” For years a sporty model around town boasted **RHIP** the old acronym for “rank hath its privileges” ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2001, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-plate-spotting/65824/39 "2001-05-23T04:37:49Z")
My mom’s license plate used to say **xstichr** (she loves to cross stitch), but she wound up getting rid of it because no one could figure out what it meant. Seen on a BMW in the Indianapolis area: **ioudad** ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2001, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-plate-spotting/65824/40 "2001-05-23T04:54:13Z")
ILUVJIM Driven by a guy combing his hair. But THE BEST, seen in Virginia: “N WUV” Dang, I want that so much I can taste it! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-plate-spotting/65824.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-plate-spotting/65824.md?page=3)