Hey Tarheels? WTF?

What the ...? NC offers license plate replacement

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Thanks to some text message-savvy grandchildren, North Carolina drivers whose license plates have the potentially offensive "WTF" letter combination can replace the tags for free.

The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Tuesday the state Division of Motor Vehicles has notified nearly 10,000 holders of license plates with the letter combination. Officials learned last year the common acronym stands for a vulgar phrase in e-mail and cell phone text messages.

But this week, the DMV officials got another surprise when they learned the same letters appeared on the agency's own Web site on a sample personalized plate.

"I can't believe it," DMV Commissioner Bill Gore said Monday when told about the online glitch. "Obviously, I didn't know it was there."

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WTF? It's "Tar Heels" not "Tarheels."

 

Only in North Carolina ...

 

In this case, shouldn't it be Trhls? Trheelz?

 

The dumbing down of human society continues.

 

When I was in high school, I remember Georgia offering replacements to people who had FAT as the first three letters on their tags.

 

I would love to have the WTF on my license plate. Why get rid of it?

 

FWIW, Tarheels is an accepted use for people from North Carolina. The NC-SC high school football game is the Sandlappers vs. Tarheels (one word).

 

Those damned Sandlappers.