Vanity plates

[MisterCreosote]

No offense meant to anyone here who might have them, but vanity license plates are stupid. A co-worker of mine has one that tells the world how "bad" he is, and he's taken a steady raft of **** for it.

I just don't understand the appeal.

Discuss.

 

[imjustagirl]

Tell me his plate is "BADMOFO" and I'll forgive him.

There's one at work that says "MSSTEF" and it always makes me think of early 90s R&B group MoKenStef. Can't explain it.

 

[Bruce Leroy]

For every one that's clever, there are thousands that are ridiculous. Like the one I saw in Virginia that said "too cute." I checked out the woman driving. False advertising. The best ones are guys in sports cars with any number of douche phrases on the plates. I did see a funny one in Cincinnati though. Ohio plate with a Steelers frame and "We Dey" on the plate.

 

[HC]

Some are cute.

Some are stupid.

Some make me want to force the driver to pull over and explain what the frack it means.

 

[YGBFKM]

There should only be one vanity plate available to people who think it's a good idea: IMADUSH

 

[Big Circus]

"She called my vanity license plate inscrutable!"

"Hilarious!"

 

[Big Circus]

Creosote, you're a Virginia guy, right? I'm sure you've seen the vanity-plate GOAT:

 

[Jake_Taylor]

Virginia is rampant with them. I think they are cheaper to get here than most states.

 

[Jake_Taylor]

And not Virginia, but worth posting anyway.

 

[Jake_Taylor]

 

[Captain_Kirk]

The only good ones are the ones where they've clearly snuck one past the DMV's editors.

In GA, the standard plates do a run on a series of letter prefix sequences--DLT, BNN, etc. Right now, I'm seeing a rash of BYH license plates...

 

[txsportsscribe]

a steady raft of **** for it?

 

[TigerVols]

Virginia has more than the other 49 states combined.

 

[Versatile]

Virginia has more than the other 49 states combined.

I'm glad this is a known trend. Holy ****, Virginia.

 

[93Devil]

Virginia has more than the other 49 states combined.

I'm glad this is a known trend. Holy ****, Virginia.

It's only like $10 a year for the plate.

One guy I work with seems to get the plate for $10, take it off, hang it in his garage and then get a new one. They don't ask you for the plates back unless you want like a $5 refund or something like that.

My father-in-law got a vanity plate for my wife years ago. It read "ISGNFU."

He thought people would read it as "I sign for you" since my wife knows sign language.

My wife didn't like it. He still has the plate.

 

[JackReacher]

I've had vanity plates once. And I've been dared to get RG3-related plates. Pondering it.

 

[Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L)]

One of the writers / producers of the movie Airplane had a vanity plate that said "BOBS MG". People would stop at a red light and yell over to him, "That's not an MG." He'd reply, "That's OK. I'm not Bob."

All that way just for the occasional punchline. Genius.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Someone in a neighborhood near mine, on my dog-walking route: "OUR BENZ"

Act like you've been there before!

 

[93Devil]

One of the writers / producers of the movie Airplane had a vanity plate that said "BOBS MG". People would stop at a red light and yell over to him, "That's not an MG." He'd reply, "That's OK. I'm not Bob."

All that way just for the occasional punchline. Genius.

That is fantastic.

 

[Versatile]

One of the writers / producers of the movie Airplane had a vanity plate that said "BOBS MG". People would stop at a red light and yell over to him, "That's not an MG." He'd reply, "That's OK. I'm not Bob."

All that way just for the occasional punchline. Genius.

That's about the best reason ever to get a vanity plate.