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Thread #50924   Message #774241
Posted By: Mrrzy
30-Aug-02 - 10:44 AM
Thread Name: BS: Personal plates
Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates
Best for this forum, seen here in Cville : MU67LY (which took me a while: mu six seven ly? OH! Music's Heavenly!)

Mine is a cryptic reference to my own past, intended to trap any other expats from Côte d'Ivoire): CD4 CI1. CD = Corps Diplomatique, all dips had CD plates. The embassies were numbered, 1=France, 4=USA, etc. So CD4=American Embassy. CI = Côte d'Ivoire, and the towns were numbered, 1=the capital, 2=Bingerville, etc. So CI1 = Abidjan. CD4 CI1 = American Embassy, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. It's never caught anybody yet...