Vanity plates

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Didn’t want to hijack the other thread.

I’ve seen two interesting vanity plates recently.

MUL8HIM was seen on a conservative American car from Arizona. I thought, ‘Mule ate him’? Then I saw the Jesus license plate frame and figured out it meant ‘Emulate him’. Personally, I like my first impression better.

MY KYOTO was on a Prius. Single occupant in the HOV lane. I like the idea of individuals doing their little bits to help reduce emissions, and trying to raise awareness with their messages. But it would have been better if she’d had a passenger.

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I had one of the first MR2s with the rounder body style in San Deigo county. My plater was UNFRGTBL.
I’ll come back later to see if you figured it out :smiley:

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I see many more vanity plates here in Virginia than I did in Louisiana. They’re cheaper to get here, apparently. I started trying to keep track of them but I see so many that I gave up. One I do remember and like was on a convertible, a Mustang, I think. It read, “WND BLWN.”

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On an expensive sports car driven by a very attractive blonde: 4BNGD, OK I read about that one, but…
I did see a red Mercedes convertible (around 1990) in the Malibu area that read: DAHLINQ. Couldn’t see the driver, wonder if it might have been Billy Crystal?

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:confused:

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My mother bought vanity plates for her car back in '92. While ordering, she had to explain the difference between ‘NYMPH’ (the plates she wanted) and ‘NYMPHO’ (the plates the DMV lady thought mom wanted but wouldn’t permit).

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[sub]for being good[/sub] You’re welcome. :smiley:

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for bein’ good.

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I liked the IM LOST one I saw a few months ago. One I didn’t like: SETH MD. Good for you, dude, really.

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…and I was suppose to deduce this from the letters “4BNGD”? Or is this some kind of American cultural reference?

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My younger brother wants to get his current Internet name on a vanity plate. I keep telling him that the DMV probably won’t approve “HAZMATT,” but he won’t listen.

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Why wouldn’t they? My experience is, they only reject offensive plates.
Another fireman, that Hubby works with, has HAZMT. It’s even on a specialty firefighter plate. (We didn’t get one. They’re Pink! :dubious: )

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Not sure if I’m reading this right but those cars are allowed in the HOV lane, even if there is only 1 occupant.

[sub]P.S. Which ASE work is your sig from? I read The Little Prince a few weeks ago and loved it.[/sub]

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Yes, they’re allowed in the HOV lane. I find it mildly amusing, in retrospect, that she bought a Prius, bought a vanity plate to proclaim her moral superiority, and wasn’t carpooling.

[sub]I can’t remember. I thought it was Wartime Writings, but I didn’t see it last time I read it.[/sub]

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My neighbor’s name is Kermit. He has a beautiful old VW bug, painted lime green, with the plate KERMIT.

When I was little, the guy who sold us glasses had the plate IHELPUC.

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I got a big smile out of seeing a SUV parked next to me with “LED ZEP” plates.

Mostly because my plates read: “LIKE WHO”.

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Seen on a VW Beetle in Laguna Beach, CA (an artist community).

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The best one I’ve seen so far has been on a Scion xB. I hate those stupid little box things. Hate 'em. Anyway, the license plate read:

SO UGLY

~Tasha

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Ours say WHPTWGN on our station wagon…and they make sense if you see the whippets standing up in the back. Otherwise, you think I’m into BSMD. Fine either way really.

My favorite was the mustang I saw with the plate BRN WNR (which I thought was brown weiner, but was probably meant to be “born winner.”)

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I recently saw a red convertible with the plate CHAIDIO.

Near as a friend and I could puzzle out, maybe he was really good at making chai? Or owns a coffee shop or three in town?