# What are the oddest vanity license plates you've seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 14, 2004, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-oddest-vanity-license-plates-youve-seen/250222 "2004-06-14T01:47:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-oddest-vanity-license-plates-youve-seen/250222/41 "2004-06-15T15:47:32Z")
I know a friend of mine got **thxinfo** (it was a gaming term popular at the time … curse who let slip from our fingers! thxinfo could mean “thank you for the information” or “fuck off and die, moron”, depending on its location within the posted message. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-oddest-vanity-license-plates-youve-seen/250222/42 "2004-06-15T16:09:42Z")
I saw an old man in Iowa with “Pud 1”. Now, as a youth in Minnesota, Pud was a term often ascribed to the, _ahem_, male love juice, _ahem_. I dunno, maybe the guy was a jergoff. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2004, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-oddest-vanity-license-plates-youve-seen/250222/43 "2004-06-15T17:58:17Z")
> [@1010011010](#): > > I’ve seen a number of these in my life. > Vanity license plates… that look exactly like regular license plates. > Just a bunch of random numbers and letters, following the same pattern and spacing as issued license plates. Either that, or they left off the state logo from a pressing, and issued them anyway… though I’ve seen this for several states. Some states offer partial vanity plates that look exactly like issued plates. For example, Illinois plates can have three random numbers and a specific combination of letters. This is how one of my sisters got her son’s nickname on her plates. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-oddest-vanity-license-plates-youve-seen/250222/44 "2004-06-15T18:22:16Z")
A prof of mine had a plate that read “MYOPA” on his car. The best I could guess was “myopia”. ---
**Author:** ![St\_Ides](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@St\_Ides](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St_Ides)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-oddest-vanity-license-plates-youve-seen/250222/45 "2004-06-15T18:48:41Z")
There’s an S2000 (Honda Roadster, nice looking car) kicking around here with the plate: NOFATCHX (Ontario can get up to 8 letters on request) ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-oddest-vanity-license-plates-youve-seen/250222/46 "2004-06-16T04:47:58Z")
last week I saw a plate that read: NERVUS1. A little blue-haired old lady was driving. I was careful around her… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-oddest-vanity-license-plates-youve-seen/250222/47 "2004-06-16T12:01:14Z")
As I’ve noted on this board before, my favorite is : **ML8 ML8** I saw this at a traffic light, and was puzzliong over it for a while – it was obviously some kind of joke – when I noticed that it was on a White Rabbit. Someone on this board has reported that someone else has used the joke in a different staste. A friend told me about another plate on a VW Rabbit – **Inle**. Obviously a Watership Down fan. Just yesterday I saw this one: \*\*I - SQR - R \*\* Clearly a Double E. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_You_Big_Red_Fire_Engine)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-oddest-vanity-license-plates-youve-seen/250222/48 "2004-06-16T12:23:12Z")
> [@1010011010](#): > > I’ve seen a number of these in my life. > Vanity license plates… that look exactly like regular license plates. > Just a bunch of random numbers and letters, following the same pattern and spacing as issued license plates. Either that, or they left off the state logo from a pressing, and issued them anyway… though I’ve seen this for several states. Maybe I’m getting a big whoosh here, but aren’t you just describing coloured plates? 😕 Ummm, **HSV4US** , **SLEEK** and **80KRD** , which I don’t get at all. A friend of mine’s boyfriend had the numberplate **000 NVD**. She was very surprised when we didn’t get it straight away :dubious: “N! V! D! think about it N… V…D. It’s so obvious… N… V… D… Envy Thee.” But I was naturally blessed with the numberplate **RJ 690**. If only motorbike numberplates had three letters! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Elenfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cc9497/32.png) [@Elenfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elenfair)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-oddest-vanity-license-plates-youve-seen/250222/49 "2004-06-16T12:34:14Z")
There was a geek-mobile in the Ottawa Valley a few years back when the New Beetle (Bug!) came out. It was parked outside a software firm in Kanata. The license plate read: FEATURE Helloooooo geekdom. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-oddest-vanity-license-plates-youve-seen/250222/50 "2004-06-16T19:38:47Z")
There’s a prof in my department with the plate “ROBOPROF”. He’d probably be a cool guy. ---
**Author:** ![Qwertyasdfg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ecc23a/32.png) [@Qwertyasdfg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwertyasdfg)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-oddest-vanity-license-plates-youve-seen/250222/51 "2004-06-16T21:24:51Z")
I ended up behind the same car twice (by sheer coincidence) which had the license plate “BRB G2G” ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-oddest-vanity-license-plates-youve-seen/250222/52 "2004-06-17T03:02:34Z")
My Mom, now retired, was a court reporter. That funky machine they use to record the testimony is really amazing, and the writing bears zero resemblance to English. It’s sort of phonetic, sort of piano-chording, and 100% weird. It looks a lot like what happens when the cat walks on your PC keyboard. Back in the 70s when these plates first became available in California, one of the guys in her office got a plate which said “F\*CK YOU” in machine shorthand. To you and me it looked something like “GHYJ CY P”, but everybody in the court reporting business though it was a hoot. I’m sure that plate puzzled a lot of other drivers. AFAIK, the DMV never did catch on. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-oddest-vanity-license-plates-youve-seen/250222/53 "2004-06-17T03:09:49Z")
On a handicapped plate: BLIND2 ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-oddest-vanity-license-plates-youve-seen/250222/54 "2004-06-17T03:36:49Z")
One of the cars in the hospital lot had a plate that said ZIPPITY. It made more sense when I found out that it belonged to Dr. Duda. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-oddest-vanity-license-plates-youve-seen/250222/55 "2004-07-12T07:53:32Z")
Sorry to resurrect a thread, but it’s driving me mildly nuts. What’s QQQQ2? ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-oddest-vanity-license-plates-youve-seen/250222/56 "2004-07-12T11:08:13Z")
Fork ewe? Just a guess. Saw an oximoron once. RICH RN. A nurse with money? ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-oddest-vanity-license-plates-youve-seen/250222/57 "2004-07-12T18:34:10Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Sorry to resurrect a thread, but it’s driving me mildly nuts. What’s QQQQ2? QQQQ2 = 4Q2 = F\*ck you too ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-oddest-vanity-license-plates-youve-seen/250222/58 "2004-07-12T19:41:51Z")
A cute one I saw in New Hampshire. The license plate has a picture of a moose on it, and next to the moose was the text ROCKY & ---
**Author:** ![Rdshooze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9a140/32.png) [@Rdshooze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rdshooze)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-oddest-vanity-license-plates-youve-seen/250222/59 "2004-07-13T03:07:04Z")
A few years ago I had to slam on my brakes to keep from hitting a car that had made a sudden u-turn and pulled in front of me. The license plate said I B LOST. ---
**Author:** ![sciguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@sciguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciguy)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-oddest-vanity-license-plates-youve-seen/250222/60 "2004-07-13T17:57:01Z")
A few years ago I was waiting at a stop light and read the plate of the person in front of me: MOX JET What made me start laughing uncontrollably was that it was a black Suzuki Samurai. You know, the ones that had a tendancy to tip easily? The only thing I could think of was “How much good will a single black mana have during a rollover?” I know, I’m a geek. Then there are a couple I occasionally see in the parking garage at work: DAS KAR: on a BMW. LIL CAR: on a Mini cooper. I still wonder whether those two people know each other… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-oddest-vanity-license-plates-youve-seen/250222.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-oddest-vanity-license-plates-youve-seen/250222.md?page=4)