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29 Aug 02 - 03:56 PM (#773807) Subject: Personal plates From: GUEST,Les B. In our state one can order personalized license plates for vehicles - within a limit of about seven letters/numbers. They offer amusing, and often cryptic reading when stopped in a line of traffic. I saw one the other day that still has me wondering. It was on a snappy new pickup with two cowgirls in it. The plate read: "2NDHORS" - I interpreted it as "Second Horse," my buddy swore it was "Two North Dakota Whores" (ND is zip code abbreviation) - What whimsical plates have you seen ? |
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29 Aug 02 - 04:00 PM (#773809) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: Sorcha On a white VW Rabbit--IML8 |
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29 Aug 02 - 04:18 PM (#773821) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: Bee-dubya-ell I saw one that said "S5280". It took me a while to figure that one out. Also heard of someone attempting to get one that said "RU2BZ46", but someone at the DMV caught on and wouldn't process the application. Just in case you're as dense as I am, the first one says "SMILE" (5280 feet in a mile), the second reads "Are you too busy for sex?" |
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29 Aug 02 - 04:44 PM (#773833) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: John MacKenzie I knew a guy who owned an old Bentley with the Reg. PEN 15. Got in dutch with the law when he rounded off the 5. Tee Hee.....Giok |
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29 Aug 02 - 04:51 PM (#773839) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: SharonA Saw this one on a Florida license plate: SNONOMO Snow No More |
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29 Aug 02 - 04:55 PM (#773840) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: EBarnacle1 Back in the 60's, I saw one that read PUGMAHON. It is wonderful what the ignorant do not see. |
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29 Aug 02 - 05:04 PM (#773847) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: Kim C I used to have one that said IYODEL. If I ever get around to it again, I'd like to have one that says FDLBUM. |
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29 Aug 02 - 05:12 PM (#773850) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: Bill D DUDI.....on an AUDI and the strangest I ever saw was on a VW bus....it wasn't cryptic abbreviations...it just said "DIOXIN" (I saw it in Wash DC, near the Watergate apartments) |
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29 Aug 02 - 05:19 PM (#773854) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: Burke I have friends with plates for both vehicles: FALALA and LALA They try to park the one with LALA on the right. |
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29 Aug 02 - 05:26 PM (#773858) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: Sorcha (for the impaired--mine was "I am late") I want one that says FDLR; my friend Dana has one that says FIDL. It's tough in Wyoming--we are limited to 4 characters and no numbers. Some of the letters are disallowed as well, but I can't remember which ones. |
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29 Aug 02 - 05:44 PM (#773874) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: Clinton Hammond I want one that says... Folk U .-)
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29 Aug 02 - 07:00 PM (#773911) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: katlaughing On some antique British roadster, shiny chrome, etc: 4U2C |
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29 Aug 02 - 08:33 PM (#773962) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: C-flat Giok, I remember seeing that Bentley around London in the seventies! I'm sure the same guy had a big American Cadillac with the plate WOM13 (WOMB)on it. These plates change hands for staggering amounts of money! A guy I knew, who was the drummer for a "one hit" band "The Toy Dolls" (remember Nellie the Elephant?), used his big pay day to get into the "cherished plate" business and thought that, as my first name is Merrick, I should buy MER 1K from him. I've never been that wrapped up in myself that I wanted my name on my car but when he told me it was £5000 I certainly wasn't interested! |
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29 Aug 02 - 08:53 PM (#773973) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: curmudgeon We've had some good ones here in New Hampshire; the agrarian MacDonald -- EIEIO, the family van -- PB4UGO, and the delightful 3MTA3 -- read tha in your rearview mirror -- Tom |
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29 Aug 02 - 09:11 PM (#773982) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: curmudgeon And on a more personal note, I used to have, when I owned a video store, FILMS+, Linn (Bat Goddess) graphic designer and typographer extraordinaire, U&LC, (NH does not allow lower case). Bruce, who is perhaps the world's only folk singer/stockbroker has DOWSUP; our David, before retiring from his woodworking profession boasted ITURN4U, and Carol, the newest member of the session is DADGAD |
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29 Aug 02 - 10:43 PM (#774010) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: Bill D well, our sometimes poster SongBob, who plays lots of instruments, while his wife knits, shares a car with her with the tag "KNITPIC" |
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30 Aug 02 - 12:33 AM (#774036) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: Chip2447 I think the Missouri Department of Revenue have caught on to the 3MTA3 plate as the won't let me have it. Praps some other like minded fool has it already. I have seen FOURQ though. Saw a older Corvette once that had I124QQD. The there was the 30 something male who had IMJEDI, who was trying to get both of his headlights working, didnt take long until the "use the force " jokes started coming...Something about "the light and the dark sides of the force". But one of the best that I've ever seen was an attractive young lady in a white Porsche "VANITY" Chip2447 |
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30 Aug 02 - 12:34 AM (#774037) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: alison I remeber being overtakien by a fast Porsche / Ferrari type thing and all you could see was the numberplate HAR HAR as he flew past..... slainte alison |
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30 Aug 02 - 03:26 AM (#774062) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: GUEST,jonm It is possible to buy personal plates in the UK, too, but they must conform to standard patterns. Until recently, this meant letter - three digits - three letters. I was most impressed with the young lady in an Audi convertible registration X32 TOH. I didn't get it until I saw it in my mirror!! |
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30 Aug 02 - 08:49 AM (#774183) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: The Walrus at work Giok & C-Flat, "PEN 15" was certainly around in the '70s, it was given by Paul Raymond (of Raymond's Review Bar) to Fiona Richmond (anyone remember her?), but there were restrictions placed on it, at the time the (then) equivalent of the DVLA[1], would only allow the number if the the plate was on two lines.
I seem to recall that Bob Danvers-Walker (Radio Announcer) had the number plate "RAD 10"
As has been mentioned, British number plates have a set layout. I do recall one "OHP 150 F" which, with the addition of black screws to hold the plate on became Walrus |
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30 Aug 02 - 09:25 AM (#774194) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: HuwG It is possible to have Welsh personalised plates. I saw the desirable "D10 LCH" (Diolch means "Thank you" in Welsh) on an otherwised undistinguished reddish-brown (or just very rusty) Ford Fiesta in the Haverfordwest area about seven or eight years ago. |
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30 Aug 02 - 10:25 AM (#774231) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: mack/misophist Not many amusing plates in my life, but I can offer an utterly pointless one. Some one who worked in the same area I did had the plate AGMCAR. Never understood why. |
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30 Aug 02 - 10:38 AM (#774236) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: SharonA Misophist: Did he drive a GM car? |
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30 Aug 02 - 10:44 AM (#774241) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: Mrrzy 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... |
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31 Aug 02 - 05:12 AM (#774740) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: Nigel Parsons Two Cardiff (Wales) registrations seen from time to time: 505 EXY (SO SEXY) and, on a car belonging to a local Travel Agent, FLY 21 T (Fly to it) Nigel |
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31 Aug 02 - 10:26 AM (#774801) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: vindelis On a White Rolls Royce entering Galway K9 WHO. A very rich fan, or one of the 'Doctors'? |
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31 Aug 02 - 10:43 AM (#774805) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: Nigel Parsons John Pertwee actually owned the car (and registration) "WHO 1". The car (known as Bessie) was seen throughout the series where Pertwee was exiled to the planet Earth; partly for upsetting the other Time Lords, and partly as a cost cutting exercise by the BBC Nigel |
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31 Aug 02 - 11:17 AM (#774821) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: Leadfingers Chanel-the perfume people had a delivery van,plain high gloss black paint job with Chanel in gold and the reg no NO 5-seen in London quite a bit a few years ago. |
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31 Aug 02 - 11:23 AM (#774825) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: mack/misophist SharonA: This may be hard to believe but I've always had motorbikes. I don't know one car from another unless it has an RR hood ornament. |
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31 Aug 02 - 12:56 PM (#774846) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: GUEST Seen down my road some years ago, a bright red, gleaming new, Rolls Royce, the plate read ARO 11S (A ROLLS). Wish I'd taken a picture of it now. |
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31 Aug 02 - 06:11 PM (#774959) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: Mr Happy saw one this evening on the way back from work. SHI7. with the 7 having an added nut near the top to make it kook like something else. goodness knows why anyone would want a personal plate kike that. |
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31 Aug 02 - 08:16 PM (#774998) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: GUEST,Judy The best one I've seen was on a little red sports car that was fueling up for gas. I looked at the plate and was clueless, so just asked the rather smug looking guy what it meant. He said it meant BORED. Only it was in French..something like enqui(?). Now, if anyone knows FRENCH, please reply and give the exact spelling. The second best is HITEST..as the driver is a fiesty lady that drives like she and car are both on really HIGH TEST gas. Both were seen in TENNESSEE, but I don't know what state the Sports car represented. |
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01 Sep 02 - 02:21 AM (#775076) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: Alice A friend had personal plates with a statement I liked, so when she left Montana I took it over for my plates - HAPPYIM. |
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01 Sep 02 - 02:22 AM (#775077) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: Alice A friend had personal plates with a statement I liked, so when she left Montana I took it over for my plates - HAPPYIM. |
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02 Sep 02 - 01:44 AM (#775390) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: Venthony Back in the early 80s, my home state, Missouri, made a big deal out of hiring a bureaucrat to screen inappropriate -- read obscene -- plate requests. He or she apparently missed the one I saw on a red Corvette in Kansas Cith a few months later. It read "HeyMoFO". Tony |
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02 Sep 02 - 02:07 AM (#775396) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: wysiwyg Ennui. ~S~ |
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02 Sep 02 - 11:43 AM (#775584) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Hey, Tom/Curmudegeon! I've seen the DADGAD plates around Keene sometimes. Carol who? |
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03 Sep 02 - 07:27 AM (#776076) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: GUEST,henry.anne@ntlworld.com How about an English plate. It read SAF 353 X.Work it out! |
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03 Sep 02 - 07:51 AM (#776088) Subject: RE: BS: Personal plates From: sian, west wales There's one here in town owned by someone who works for the Water Authority - H20 DWR (dwr = water in Welsh). And there's a Welsh minister north of Toronto who has TR4 B02 on his white cadilac - Tra Bo Dau (While there are two) is a well-known Welsh love song. sian |