# Vanity plates **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 6, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606 "2006-08-06T21:38:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606/1 "2006-08-06T21:38:53Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606/2 "2006-08-06T21:46:04Z")
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 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606/3 "2006-08-06T22:02:26Z")
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.” ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606/4 "2006-08-06T22:05:37Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Throatwarbler_Mangrove)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606/5 "2006-08-06T22:14:57Z")
> [@](#): > > On an expensive sports car driven by a very attractive blonde: 4BNGD, 😕 ---
**Author:** ![BrattiAtti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@BrattiAtti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrattiAtti)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606/6 "2006-08-06T22:22:03Z")
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). ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606/7 "2006-08-06T22:27:41Z")
> [@kawaiitentaclebeast](#): > > 😕 [sub]for being good[/sub] You’re welcome. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606/8 "2006-08-06T22:30:01Z")
> [@kawaiitentaclebeast](#): > > 😕 for bein’ good. ---
**Author:** ![Arien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arien)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606/9 "2006-08-06T22:51:16Z")
I liked the IM LOST one I saw a few months ago. One I didn’t like: SETH MD. Good for you, dude, really. ---
**Author:** ![Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Throatwarbler_Mangrove)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606/10 "2006-08-06T22:55:10Z")
> [@](#): > > for bein’ good. …and I was suppose to deduce this from the letters “4BNGD”? Or is this some kind of American cultural reference? ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606/11 "2006-08-07T00:25:39Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606/12 "2006-08-07T01:29:57Z")
> [@ladybug](#): > > 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. 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: ) ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606/13 "2006-08-07T01:47:24Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > **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. 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] ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606/14 "2006-08-07T01:59:04Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > 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] 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] ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606/15 "2006-08-07T02:04:05Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606/16 "2006-08-07T02:30:56Z")
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** ”. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606/17 "2006-08-07T05:19:54Z")
[Seen on a VW Beetle in Laguna Beach, CA (an artist community).](http://www.wayman.us/artzfartz.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![tashabot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tashabot/32/6250_2.png) [@tashabot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tashabot)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606/18 "2006-08-07T05:23:49Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Tortuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@Tortuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tortuga)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606/19 "2006-08-07T05:33:03Z")
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.”) ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606/20 "2006-08-07T06:12:09Z")
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? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606.md?page=2)