# Vanity Plates **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 20, 2004, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/270144 "2004-10-20T01:23:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/270144/41 "2004-10-20T23:34:56Z")
The true saga of one man’s journey into the hell of the DMV: [NO PLATE](http://www.snopes.com/autos/law/noplate.asp) Mid 80’s, the Saab plates of the mother of a high school friend of mine: SNAAB And my favorite, same town, a brand-new red 450 SL convertible: WAS HIS ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/270144/42 "2004-10-21T00:12:42Z")
I tried to get MSO4 but it was taken. The bastard. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/270144/43 "2004-10-21T00:40:45Z")
I saw PR0N (star). I was greatly distressed that I couldn’t get either EVILL33T or H4XX0R for my car, so somebody clearly has those. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/270144/44 "2004-10-21T02:03:58Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > The true saga of one man’s journey into the hell of the DMV: [NO PLATE](http://www.snopes.com/autos/law/noplate.asp) One of my dad’s coworkers had the same problem with NONE. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/270144/45 "2004-10-21T02:37:11Z")
Here in Boilermaker country, a fan of the local Big Ten teams has URDUE as his plate. Since it’s a special Purdue tag, [as seen here,](http://www.in.gov/bmv/platesandtitles/plates/purdue.html) the university’s symbol combines with the issued letters to spell out PURDUE if you’re the right distance from the vehicle. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/270144/46 "2004-10-21T02:49:01Z")
Aaah, that’s so cool, **Sternvogel**! I’m jealous. I was raised to be a Boilermaker, and I still am at heart. Hail, hail to old Purdue, Hail to our old gold and black… ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/270144/47 "2004-10-21T03:26:29Z")
As reported in Readers’ Digest quite a while ago, The DMV gave a man named OLE LEE special permission to keep his number permanently and to display it upside down. The number was 337 370. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/270144/48 "2004-10-21T04:00:58Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > I think I’ve posted this around here before, but the best plates I’ve seen are: > > DCY4THS > > I spent an entire traffic light cycle figuring that one out, then laughed out loud when I got it. 🙂 Halp? I don’t get it. Really. :smack: :smack: :smack: My favorite from a few years ago was G8ACLU ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/270144/49 "2004-10-21T04:11:39Z")
On the windshield of my wife’s RX-8 is a sticker that says **zoom - zoom** and her vanity tag is: **ZOOOM** She was stopped by the police and asked “Was I speeding officer?” His reply was “No, despite what your tag says.” ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/270144/50 "2004-10-21T04:12:57Z")
> [@OtakuLoki](#): > > > [@Misnomer](#): > > > > I think I’ve posted this around here before, but the best plates I’ve seen are: > > > > DCY4THS > > > > I spent an entire traffic light cycle figuring that one out, then laughed out loud when I got it. 🙂 > > Halp? I don’t get it. Really. :smack: :smack: :smack: > My favorite from a few years ago was G8ACLU Decipher This ---
**Author:** ![SnakeSpirit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snakespirit/32/7271_2.png) [@SnakeSpirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakeSpirit)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/270144/51 "2004-10-21T04:12:59Z")
The Nissan dealer down the street, on his 3?? Z-car has : XTZ The Nam Vet Biker with a ‘fast’ Harley has : FUGIT Then there’s the off-green Chevy with HAHAHA, the Jeep with IBCNU or there’s so many… ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/270144/52 "2004-10-21T14:51:25Z")
> [@AwSnappity](#): > > Decipher This **G8ACLU** = Get a Clue. A stretch, I’ll admit. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/270144/53 "2004-10-21T14:56:22Z")
Erm, thanks for the help, **Uncommon Sense** , but I was actually helping **OtakuLoki** with the plate that **Misnomer** posted; DCY4THS–\>Decipher This. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/270144/54 "2004-10-21T21:50:31Z")
> [@mdf](#): > > IML8IML8 > > - on a white VW Rabbit My first car was a white VW Rabbit, and my mom used to bug me to get vanity plates that said “HARVEY.” It would have been cute, but I was a poor college kid and she wouldn’t pony up the bucks for the plates (they were a little pricey in Maryland back then)…plus none of my friends would have gotten it. > [@AwSnappity](#): > > DCY4THS–\>Decipher This I do so get a kick out of that plate. 🙂 When I’m ready to trade in my current personalized plates, if I can’t get “8675309” (which doesn’t seem to fit on any of Virginia’s available license plate styles ☹ ) I might see if DCY4THS is available. Me and probably many other people, but hey, you never know… ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/270144/55 "2004-10-21T21:52:20Z")
Oops, a little clarification: 8675309 _does_ fit on _one_ style of plate (that I would be eligible/willing to get), but is not currently available. Stupid people smarter than me who think of such things faster… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/270144/56 "2004-10-21T23:35:35Z")
With my apologies to Doper Lizard: I did not wee your 6/13/04 posting on this subject. I had not discovered the search engine on which I found it yesterday. But your last hit was 7/16 and there have been only 2-3 duplicates on yours and this. Quote: "What are the oddest vanity license plates you’ve seen? * * * I saw one today on I-71 that was just one word: “CELERY.” I have no idea." But here’s two more I’ve seen: LXIX AL TUNA (He was from, yes, Altoona, PA. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/270144/57 "2004-10-22T00:15:00Z")
I saw this one in State College: ANSR42 ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/270144/58 "2004-10-22T17:03:36Z")
> [@Uncommon Sense](#): > > **G8ACLU** = Get a Clue. A stretch, I’ll admit. Not least because it looks more like “Gate ACLU”. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/270144/59 "2004-10-22T18:29:19Z")
> [@Spectre of Pithecanthropus](#): > > Not least because it looks more like “Gate ACLU”. Which has a quite different meaning, especially if the owner is British. > [@](#): > > **gate** > verb, transitive > gated, gating, gates > > 1. Chiefly British. To confine (a student) to the grounds of a college as punishment. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/270144/60 "2004-10-22T18:38:39Z")
Two Illinois plates spotted today around Lafayette: PAX II U (_Pax_ is Latin for “peace”, so I’m guessing the driver was a Catholic anti-war activist) COLDFT 1 (driven by a woman – maybe her pedal extremities are chilly, maybe she backed out of a marriage by jilting the groom-to-be at the altar) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/270144.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/270144.md?page=4)