Jodi started a thread, Vanity, Thy Name is License Plate, which while interesting, didn’t really apply to me! Yes, I have a vanity plate on my car, but there’s nothing indicating MY vanity about it.
The vanity plate on my tiny Ford Festiva is “TOONSPN”. It’s because I like Disneyland (Anaheim), where they have the Roger Rabbit CAR TOON SPIN ride in Toon Town. The ride has you on a small “car” that’s not all that much smaller than my Festiva, thus the plate. It tells other Disneyland afficionados of my interest, plus it’s a pun (CAR Toon Spin, get it?).
Half the time when I see vanity plates, I can’t quite figure them out…
So… do YOU have a vanity plate? What’s it say, and what’s it mean?
Although I am quite vain, I have no vanity plate on my lovely car. I suspect that such a thing would begin to annoy me after about a year. Kinda like a tattoo. “What the hell was I thinking?”
I don’t know if it could really be considered a vanity plate, but I do have the special Veteran’s plates on my truck. They look much nicer than the regular plates, and were only $10 more.
Do you realize how that would confuse the gearheads out there? Does she really want a Porsche or a Corvette? What’s year is a 'Vette C? We know what it means, but I find it amusing to imagine my gearhead friends baffled responses!
Like Mr. C, I’m not sure if this counts, but I have the special Chesapeake Bay plates on my car. Gives money to the Bay Foundation, and besides, they match my car better anyway.
We have “Save the Manatee” plates on 2 cars here. I also saw an interesting one the other day… It had a picture of a bear on it, and below it said “Conserve Wildlife”.
You people are going through 3 or 4 endangered gopher tortoises a day! This has to stop! You people need to cut down on your wildlife consumption!
I don’t have a vanity plate and I don’t really know what I’d put on one. I am envious of the one I saw recently though. It was my favorite quote from The King and I: ETC ETC.
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Woo-hoo! Recognition!
But sorry occ, he has several copies, but no spare hardward locks. It’s useless without it.
And since he still gets some residuals…c’mon, go ahead and SPRING for a copy yourself! They’re what, $2500? Something like that? A BARGAIN!
And FWIW, he isn’t one of the original seven cool guys who started it from ground zero. He was hired a few years later. But before they were sold, when they were STILL just a handful of geeks doing it.
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As I posted in the other thread, my plate says RDNKWCH. It fits me very well–although for some reason, no one around here can ever figure it out! Just sound it out! (Hint–it’s three words.)
