# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [August 7, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606/41 "2006-08-07T19:33:22Z")
[QUOTE=kawaiitentaclebeast] …and I was suppose to deduce this from the letters “4BNGD”? Or is this some kind of American cultural reference? [/QUOTE] What? 😕 You just read the characters out loud: 4 = for BN = bein’ GD = good ---
**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:** [August 7, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606/42 "2006-08-07T20:08:52Z")
I saw one that read “ **PLN 6 GS** ” The only thing I could think of is “pulling 6 g’s, as in G-force”. As it was not on a very expensive car it probably wasn’t a reference to income, or rocketry. Plus, I’m not in rocket land. And the model of the car was not a GS of anything. Are astronauts subject to 6 G’s even? ---
**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:** [August 7, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606/43 "2006-08-07T20:09:53Z")
Make that **PULN 6 GS**. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606/44 "2006-08-07T20:13:35Z")
[QUOTE=Misnomer] What? 😕 You just read the characters out loud: 4 = for BN = bein’ GD = good [/QUOTE] It is pretty lame for bee en gee dee ---
**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:** [August 7, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606/45 "2006-08-07T21:16:08Z")
I’m not saying it isn’t kind of a lame plate, just that it doesn’t require any sort of culture-specific code cracking. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606/46 "2006-08-07T21:23:19Z")
[QUOTE=Misnomer] My favorite so far is one I’ve seen around where I live, and that I’ve posted here a couple of times: **DCY4THS** [/QUOTE] 😕 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606/47 "2006-08-08T00:28:18Z")
My brother and I noticed this one when we were kids, and I still think it’s the coolest plate I’ve ever seen: **APOXONU** ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606/48 "2006-08-08T00:36:32Z")
[QUOTE=Rilchiam] 😕 [/QUOTE] I’ll take a stab at it: Decipher this? Did I get it right, **Misnomer**? **Uncommon Sense** : Maybe he was bragging about making six grand a year? ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606/49 "2006-08-08T00:42:46Z")
About 20 years ago in State College PA I saw **ANSR42** ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vanity-plates/367606/50 "2006-08-08T00:43:16Z")
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