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003.5 – License to Ill
I know I’ve talked a little bit about this while commenting on someone else’s blog, and I mention it in passing on my “About” page, but for those of you (which is probably most of you) that don’t know, our license plate says:
Weirdos.
Oh, yes. I love vanity plates – my first car was a chocolate brown 1978 Pinto, and the license plate said “Ka Boom.” The “Weirdos” plate started off as a bit of a lark; Beloved wanted something with our last name on it and I said, “Meh – booooooring.” So then he suggested “Da Nuts,” being the poker afficionado that he is. It was me who pointed out that was far more descriptive of us in general, and jokingly proposed “Weirdos.” Lo and behold, it was available. So we snapped it right up and proudly display it on our car.
Because we are.
We’ve had various reactions to it; the first time Darling Daughter saw the plates, she just rolled her eyes. We have people follow us while we’re driving, trying to get a good look at us (to give us credit, we do not look weird). People point at our car in parking lots and snicker. I’ve had rednecks in a pickup truck blaze past me as I dropped The Young One off at his martial arts class, screaming at the top of their lungs, “HEY, YOU F*%#$ING WEIRDOS!!” (And I’m weird?) I had one woman I’d never seen before in my entire life practically assault me in the parking lot of the local dry cleaners – she begged me to let her drive around with me, asserting that she is a weirdo, too.
Our favorite reaction, though, came while we were eating breakfast at a local diner. The front of the place is nothing but plate glass and we parked directly in front of it on this particular Saturday morning. We were waiting for our orders when we noticed a woman who looked like she was in her late 50s or early 60s, in a booth right next to the window, with a young girl of maybe 12 (I assume it was her granddaughter). The girl was visibly upset, but we could tell the woman was amused. We finally heard enough of the conversation to realize what was to blame: basically, us.
“But WHY would someone want to put that on their car??” The kid was clearly appalled.
“Oh, it’s funny!” said the woman. “Don’t you think it’s funny?”
Honestly, we had no idea we were traumatizing adolescent girls as drove around.
Being the parents of 3 girls who were once adolescents, I can say without hesitation we were tickled pink.
I also know when I’ve been outclassed. So I bow to this superior license plate maverick – I want to meet the owner of this plate. I know, I’m a sick puppy, but this just cracked me up.
The red hand prints are a nice touch, don’t you think?.
That’s a good one! LOL.
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Seems an appropriate time since this week UT is ranked #1! My daughter, a HUGE football fan, had a plate that said GO HORNS! Seems no one else in Ohio wanted it! You could sell it for thousands in Texas. Of course she wanted to take it to the UT – Buckeyes game: of course with the car attached!
GO HORNS! #1
OMG!!! Love the personalized plates. I’m a Ship U grad and pay tribute to my alma mater as such:
My license plate says SHP HPNS.
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LMAO @ Nothing Fancy’s license plate. You’re toooo funny, girl.
And a lot fancier than your name would suggest.
My SIL has a pale green VW Bug w/ “Jens UFO” plates.
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Ha ha! Awesome(sauce)! I love your plate. I also love the pic, oh man. Thanks for a good morning guffaw, heh.
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Okay, so what’s this I hear about you resisting SITS? Say it isn’t so! (No we’re not out for our next prey, I mean member, I just saw your comment on Nanny Goat.)
That’s a HILARIOUS license plate! I’m surprised whoever processed it didn’t figure it out! We had a bit of a controversy here in NC because they came out with “new” license plates (just changed the font color) and the sample on the website was “WTF” followed by some numbers. I guess no one knew what “WTF” stood for!
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Oh dear, those other poor people probably get accosted by the REAL wierdos! And I’ve scheduled my deprogramming session at the motel tomorrow. Too busy getting initiated today. They keep chanting things. Something about “resistance is futile.” I wonder what that means.
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Yay! I got my laptop back! I love your plate. What’s the deal w/SITS? OK, I need to email you separate on that. Am i rambling and making no sense? Probably becuz I’m very, very tired!!
Now I’m ROFLMAO. That license plate is the best! And a little sick too. LOL
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HAHHAHA too funny. But you should totally dress up like fruitcakes and drive around town so people can stare at you, why not get a comedy horn tune as well? that would be cooooooooooll
in the UK you can get personalised numberplates, or you can buy the usual number plates with the last 3 letters spelling your initials, or mum or something. Some 3 letter words are never made though, such as poo, tit and bum. Even though they are just identifiers on a number plate such as A111 AAA. So british, dontcha think?
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