ADVISORY TO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
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No kidding, Dave.
Posted by: Marvin | Paranoid Android | September 29, 2009 at 09:09 AM
Many years ago in Virginia, when I was but a lad, a neighbor had "carajo" as a license plate.
Posted by: wiredog | September 29, 2009 at 09:27 AM
Be alert! This country needs more lerts!
Posted by: JEC | September 29, 2009 at 09:40 AM
I loved the "Hippo Eats Dwarf" article.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | September 29, 2009 at 09:45 AM
Wiredog, I thought "carajo" was Spanish for "crows nest". as on Spanish Galleons? So the Virginia bureaucrats probably just thought you were a sailing buff...
Posted by: Wvplantman | September 29, 2009 at 09:50 AM
I have a friend in Richmond who secretly bought his wife a new Pontiac Vibe a few years ago. They have been married for about 10 years and she was originally from Oakland, CA, and a big football fan. Well, he thought that he would be the perfect husband and he got her a VA vanity plate that said, "RAIDER". Little did he suspect that 6 months down the line, a 14 year old schoolmate of their daughter remarked to her, "Hey, your mom drives a vibrator all day!!!"
The marriage was a bit strained for a short time, but he claimed absolute ignorance, and needless to say, everyone believed him.
Posted by: Brian | September 29, 2009 at 09:54 AM
They probably think they're spelling "Virginia."
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | September 29, 2009 at 09:54 AM
Let's hear it for the cunning linguist!
Posted by: bonmot | September 29, 2009 at 09:58 AM
I hate to get behind a car with a vanity plate and I can't figure out what it means. It's hard enough driving sometimes without having to take a 'What's my license plate mean?' test at every stoplight.
Posted by: nursecindy | September 29, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Ah, yes. Vriginia IS for lovers!
Posted by: Sco77 | September 29, 2009 at 10:06 AM
The link is blocked by my over-protective filter. Somebody spell it out for me, please?
Posted by: Allen at Division | September 29, 2009 at 10:23 AM
Allen -- someone submitted a vanity plate for the word AGINAS.
Then they bought the plate featuring what is presumably their alma mater, UVA, but it shows up on the plate as a big "V" before the rest of the letters.
Now who doesn't like the Big V?
Posted by: bonmot | September 29, 2009 at 10:29 AM
Thanks, bonmot.
"There was a young woman named Dinah..."
Posted by: Allen at Division | September 29, 2009 at 10:32 AM
I wonder if other states offer the school spirit option -- Alabama could have SSHOLES, and Iowa could have DIOTS ...
Posted by: Betsy | September 29, 2009 at 10:34 AM
Vanity license plates I saw in the Commonwealth:
I1I1I1I1
BIGSEXC
I did not personally see the EATTHE plate of the Kids First class.
Anybody do a google search for Virgina (missing the third I) recently?
Posted by: oneblankspace | September 29, 2009 at 10:48 AM
I haven't spent too much time driving the mid-west or west coast areas, but over the course of a dozen or so east coast trips and time in DC and Virginia, I have to say that it seems like every other VA car has a vanity plate! I wonder what state issues the most?
Florida has about a bazillion specialty plates (actually about 104 to date) for schools, universities, sports teams, "save the whatevers", etc.
Posted by: Brian | September 29, 2009 at 10:56 AM
The irony is too much, considering what Virginia was named for.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | September 29, 2009 at 11:17 AM
This car is reported stolen at least once a week, just so that the BOLO can be sent out.
Posted by: Horace LaBadie | September 29, 2009 at 12:21 PM
maybe its from a cardiologist. ANgina. i dunno.
Posted by: queensbee | September 29, 2009 at 12:40 PM
I think this is the best vanity plate I've seen:
QIT H8N
Maybe that lovely Texas lady could drive up to Chicago where that young man was video-taped as he was beaten to death.
/sorry, not funny/
Posted by: MOTW | September 29, 2009 at 01:46 PM
There's someone down here that must be either a Miami Dolphins fan (poor b*st*rd!), a Florida Marlins fan (an even dumber soul), or perhaps just a fisherman who's plate reads "GOGHOTI".
Posted by: Brian | September 29, 2009 at 02:06 PM
Or maybe they like playing cards.
The dumbest word in the English language is "phonetic". It isn't.
Posted by: bonmot | September 29, 2009 at 02:23 PM
G8TRS SUK
Posted by: MartiniShark | September 29, 2009 at 02:29 PM
SO DOES BUD
Posted by: Brian | September 29, 2009 at 02:38 PM
the person who approved that plate needs to listen while their supervisor talks to them for a long time...maybe delivers some kind of monologue...
Posted by: insomniac | September 29, 2009 at 02:41 PM
10S NE1
Used to be mine many years ago.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | September 29, 2009 at 02:43 PM
A Star Wars fan I know has X-WINGR
Posted by: Allen at Division | September 29, 2009 at 03:28 PM
My favorite local tag.
Posted by: Leetie | September 29, 2009 at 04:06 PM
Hmmm... I can't decide whether I like the wheelchair TIMMAY or "EAT THE Kids First" best. :)
Posted by: Leetie | September 29, 2009 at 04:10 PM
ShrkyBrkTheBlg
Posted by: Siouxie | September 29, 2009 at 04:24 PM
Leetie, I don't get it. TIMMAY?
Posted by: Steve | September 29, 2009 at 04:46 PM
Steve:
Timmay is the crippled kid in South Park and the only thing he can say is his name. It is his response to everything.
Posted by: Cheesewiz | September 29, 2009 at 05:23 PM
Thanks. I suppose that if I didn't think that South Park is the worst TV show in the history of the world, I may have gotten the joke.
Posted by: Steve | September 29, 2009 at 05:37 PM
SU Z MCHTE
Posted by: MartiniShark | September 29, 2009 at 07:27 PM
i saw once licence plate saying "EXPIRED"
Posted by: blank | September 29, 2009 at 08:20 PM
Oh, Oh, Oh. I saw the car with that plate on the highway the other day
drivingcreeping into DC. It did make me smile.Posted by: Loudmouth | September 29, 2009 at 08:58 PM
today i saw (i was cut off in fact) by a car with the plate IML8IML8... i wish i could say it was driven by a large white rabbit...
Posted by: insomniac | September 29, 2009 at 10:36 PM
Brian,
It may be because vanity plates are quite cheap in VA. Got one myself.
Posted by: Richard the Weasel-Hearted | September 30, 2009 at 10:51 PM