Grex Agora47 Conference

Item 16: They PAID to put that on their car?

Entered by cmcgee on Wed Sep 24 15:46:15 2003:

Enter interesting personalized license plates or extremely cool bumper
stickers.
264 responses total.
#1 of 264 by cmcgee on Wed Sep 24 15:46:56 2003:

On a new red Corvette, blue Michigan plate:  ENGINER

#2 of 264 by twenex on Wed Sep 24 17:48:55 2003:

Ha ha! Very amusing indeed.

#3 of 264 by twenex on Wed Sep 24 17:52:27 2003:

This doesn't exactly fit into either category, but it is now possible to get
number plates within the EU which have a section at the left with the EU flag,
and in the circle formed by the stars, the two-letter abbbreviation for the
Member-State the car was registered in, e.g. "GB" for the UK (Great Britain).
They are technically optoinal, but *must* be displayed if you trave outside
the territory of one Member-State. However, interestingly, the old oval-shaped
"GB" (or equivalent) sign must still be displayed if you go outside the EU.

#4 of 264 by mcnally on Wed Sep 24 20:33:14 2003:

  re #1:  engineer constrained by vanity-plate length restrictions,
          or Hamlet fan?  Did you check for petards?

#5 of 264 by abc on Thu Sep 25 00:11:01 2003:

GER MUSL (Diplomatic plate)

#6 of 264 by jaklumen on Thu Sep 25 00:29:33 2003:

This doesn't quite fit in either category, but for every Darwin or 
Jesus fish on a car (usually a metal decal), I enjoy seeing the 
Vampire and Cthulu variants.

#7 of 264 by mcnally on Thu Sep 25 00:43:48 2003:

  I don't think I've ever seen the Cthulhu one..  Sounds amusing..

#8 of 264 by happyboy on Thu Sep 25 05:51:46 2003:

spotted on my car:

"Democracy, Whiskey, Sexy!""Dumb, Dumber, Dubya"
and an outline of a dog made to look sorta
like that christian *FISH THING*

#9 of 264 by abc on Fri Sep 26 00:17:14 2003:

WL DEEP (VA)

#10 of 264 by jaklumen on Fri Sep 26 01:41:44 2003:

the Vampire one simply says 'Vampire' inside the fish and has fangs 
protruding from the bottom of the fish.

the Cthulhu one is just a bumper sticker that is a fish modified to 
look like.. Cthulhu, sort of... with the tentacles... with 'Cthulhu' 
in the middle.

#11 of 264 by ea on Fri Sep 26 05:17:52 2003:

MA plate: SMBX
OH plate: BGSU4ME (on a car that is most certainly NOT at BGSU)

#12 of 264 by tpryan on Fri Sep 26 13:36:17 2003:

        MI:  EVILLSC.  A Lawyer Services Corporation?

#13 of 264 by murph on Fri Sep 26 17:51:52 2003:

Saw my initials (RJM III) on a car on the Jersey Turnpike yesterday.  The
driver, appropriately enough, was a young, white, glasses-wearing male...

(I haven't been on grex in half a decade and this is my first post?  sheesh.)

#14 of 264 by tpryan on Fri Sep 26 18:03:38 2003:

        Welcome to 21st Century Grex!

#15 of 264 by happyboy on Fri Sep 26 18:05:22 2003:

on my pickup: "What Would Scooby Doo?"

#16 of 264 by goose on Fri Sep 26 18:34:37 2003:

MI- IM42NET

#17 of 264 by gelinas on Fri Sep 26 21:19:48 2003:

LASTLAF on a Jeep downtown.

#18 of 264 by tpryan on Fri Sep 26 22:14:59 2003:

        MICHIGAN on a South Carolina plate.  At Yuppie Busch's.

#19 of 264 by other on Sat Sep 27 00:13:00 2003:

13: Hey, Jamie!  How's it going?

#20 of 264 by abc on Sat Sep 27 00:13:50 2003:

JLG ANG (VA)

#21 of 264 by gelinas on Sat Sep 27 05:07:05 2003:

Earlier today, or maybe Thursday, I saw the Michigan plate KS CCRN with a
Survival Flight license plate frame.

#22 of 264 by murph on Sat Sep 27 13:07:48 2003:

19: Eh.  Jersey is about the last place I want to be right now (or ever again)
    Only 3 more months 'til A2, though.  (Actually, I signed on Grex again
    because I was feeling homesick, and Grex is a lot cuddlier than, say,
    the A2 News.  Who is this sabre kid who thinks you look like a serial
    killer, though?  I don't remember him...)

#23 of 264 by other on Sat Sep 27 14:43:31 2003:

No idea.  Kind of amusing, though.

#24 of 264 by cmcgee on Sat Sep 27 23:48:02 2003:

SEDUXN (Illinois) on a red Corvette
MAXREYA (Blue MI) on a green Mazda

#25 of 264 by lynne on Mon Sep 29 14:55:12 2003:

IMBLOND (Maine) on a dark-blue Taurus.

#26 of 264 by albaugh on Mon Sep 29 17:36:47 2003:

Bumper stickers seen on a car in Hillsdale:

Tattoos:
They're not just for sailors and whores.

Tattoos, piercing, & pain:
It's good for you.

#27 of 264 by tod on Mon Sep 29 17:53:10 2003:

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#28 of 264 by mynxcat on Mon Sep 29 17:54:15 2003:

HEY!

#29 of 264 by murph on Mon Sep 29 18:32:22 2003:

Not a recent sighting, but my favorite ever:

"AZZKICKR" on a candy apple red ferrari...

...driven by a balding 40-something Montanan in stereotypical CPA garb.

#30 of 264 by other on Mon Sep 29 20:42:58 2003:

Bumper sticker seen yesterday on a pickup truck on Jones Rd.:

        Eschew Obfuscation

#31 of 264 by gelinas on Tue Sep 30 00:23:28 2003:

I saw the Michigan Blue plate IMHAPPY on a Miata.

#32 of 264 by abc on Tue Sep 30 00:25:38 2003:

HENN PAL (VA)

#33 of 264 by gull on Tue Sep 30 13:39:30 2003:

A friend of mine recently was remarking about how cheap Ferrari Dinos
have become.  Apparently you can have one in nice condition for under
$30k these days; they haven't held their value well at all.

#34 of 264 by tpryan on Tue Sep 30 19:27:00 2003:

        Two cars, MI plates lined up next to each other in front of 
me, so I read GETAPET          4U2B
        I was waiting for a third car to finish the sentence.

#35 of 264 by bru on Tue Sep 30 22:47:52 2003:

XLAINEX on a michigan plate

RAV4 CD on a RAV4

PHYNALY

#36 of 264 by remmers on Tue Sep 30 23:00:29 2003:

BLOND D (MI plate)

#37 of 264 by abc on Wed Oct 1 00:06:07 2003:

DES ANS (VA)

#38 of 264 by fitz on Wed Oct 1 12:12:16 2003:

JYLY (MI)

#39 of 264 by edina on Wed Oct 1 18:20:32 2003:

Minie Me on a Mini Cooper.

#40 of 264 by abc on Thu Oct 2 00:10:24 2003:

JR VIVAR (VA)

#41 of 264 by gelinas on Thu Oct 2 02:29:25 2003:

I saw SPHYNX in the Huron High School parking lot this evening.

#42 of 264 by mcnally on Thu Oct 2 04:15:18 2003:

  Someone nearby has "STKEEN" but that probably doesn't mean much to the
  general population.  I'm assuming they're fond of the (relatively) nearby
  Stikine / LeConte Wilderness Area.

#43 of 264 by asddsa on Thu Oct 2 23:21:51 2003:

re 42
bash-2.05$ finger STKEEN
finger: STKEEN: no such user.

Huh? I see no STKEEN

#44 of 264 by abc on Fri Oct 3 00:07:34 2003:

GDC MSC (VA)

#45 of 264 by bru on Fri Oct 3 00:27:58 2003:

PRWDTXN

proud texan

#46 of 264 by tpryan on Fri Oct 3 02:58:37 2003:

        Oh, yeah, did I mention the Carolina place with MICHIGAN
on it?
        Yuppie Busch's parking lot last Friday.

#47 of 264 by gelinas on Fri Oct 3 04:39:24 2003:

Michigan Blue Plate on a Haulmark trailer: OH NUTS

#48 of 264 by cmcgee on Fri Oct 3 14:19:08 2003:

Ohio plate : CHONCH
no other sign they might be from Key West.

#49 of 264 by gelinas on Fri Oct 3 21:02:36 2003:

(They misspelled the shell's name. ;)

1QUILTR

#50 of 264 by abc on Sat Oct 4 00:18:24 2003:

HKY FANS (VA)

#51 of 264 by ea on Sat Oct 4 04:32:36 2003:

OH plate: KATEY43
NY plate: UPSTATE1
OH plate: BGSU4ME (again)

#52 of 264 by bru on Sat Oct 4 06:58:49 2003:

Ontario plate

TOMAHWK

#53 of 264 by bru on Sun Oct 5 04:06:41 2003:

BTYBOOP

Large SUV with older woman driving

WAI KA

I have no idea.

#54 of 264 by gelinas on Sun Oct 5 15:21:30 2003:

Betty Boop works at the Secretary of State office in Maple Village, unless
she has retired in the last few months.  (And yes, that is the name on her
badge; she says it's her nickname.)

#55 of 264 by albaugh on Sun Oct 5 17:01:23 2003:

SREE  (since the driver appeared to be Indian, I assume a variant of Sri)

SHOKEEN  (or was it SKOKEEN)

Green Spartan plate:  SAYMSU

MARCO72

BUXY

Orange Florida plate with "Transport" at the bottom:  G1412E

#56 of 264 by tpryan on Sun Oct 5 18:33:14 2003:

        I saw MI WLS 640, so then I thought the WLS was at 720 on the 
radio dial.

#57 of 264 by gull on Sun Oct 5 21:12:08 2003:

I saw Michigan plate MEANROO recently on a white Saturn wagon.  No, I
have no idea what that one's all about.

#58 of 264 by mcnally on Mon Oct 6 00:15:36 2003:

  Perhaps the car belongs to Kanga..

#59 of 264 by gelinas on Mon Oct 6 18:21:22 2003:

A few interesting ones today:

Michigan Bridge plate: HLYWOOD on a truck with a "West Coast Choppers" sticker
on the back window.

Michigan plate: NOKENYG

#60 of 264 by goose on Mon Oct 6 18:41:41 2003:

CME4CU - MI
PUPPI - MI

#61 of 264 by abc on Tue Oct 7 00:28:39 2003:

HOGGPEN seen on a harley trailer

#62 of 264 by gelinas on Tue Oct 7 00:39:06 2003:

Michigan blue plate GDSCHLD

#63 of 264 by other on Tue Oct 7 03:16:27 2003:

Mi XTREMRX

#64 of 264 by other on Tue Oct 7 03:16:51 2003:

(A radical pharmacist?)

#65 of 264 by vidar on Tue Oct 7 13:22:57 2003:

Blue MI plate: HIZCHLD.  Probably the same sentiment as the plate in 
response 62.

#66 of 264 by asddsa on Tue Oct 7 14:37:29 2003:

AAAAAAAAAAAA canada

#67 of 264 by albaugh on Tue Oct 7 16:45:02 2003:

On the spare tire cover on the back of a Hummer, "BEWARE" at the top and
"UNLEASED" at the bottom, bracketing an illustration of a toothy dog much like
"Spike" from Warner Bros.

#68 of 264 by tpryan on Tue Oct 7 18:18:53 2003:

        MI blue plate on a maroon Honda:  BLUES

#69 of 264 by gelinas on Tue Oct 7 22:23:22 2003:

Michigan plate WLM MLW

#70 of 264 by abc on Wed Oct 8 00:06:25 2003:

SEE KAE (VA)

#71 of 264 by tpryan on Wed Oct 8 00:17:47 2003:

        MI blue ER 5

#72 of 264 by gull on Wed Oct 8 14:21:30 2003:

Re #67: That might be the Bully Dog logo.  They make diesel performance
products:
http://www.torqueandchrome.com/bullydog

#73 of 264 by krj on Wed Oct 8 18:42:57 2003:

MI plate:     O2BINAA
     and:     1BAD H2          on a stretch Hummer limo

#74 of 264 by gelinas on Wed Oct 8 21:28:04 2003:

"A stretch Hummer limo"?  You're kidding, right?

MOD POD on a VW Beetle.  And MRS 5[cent mark]

#75 of 264 by vidar on Wed Oct 8 21:37:31 2003:

No, He's not.  I've seen the same vehicle at the Michigan Rennasaince 
Faire.

#76 of 264 by scott on Wed Oct 8 23:28:41 2003:

(brain implosion from #75)

#77 of 264 by abc on Thu Oct 9 00:12:15 2003:

GWU LAW (VA)

#78 of 264 by other on Thu Oct 9 01:07:57 2003:

I've seen it around town.

#79 of 264 by vidar on Thu Oct 9 02:21:10 2003:

Re #76: Hope your cells have good janitoral service.  Gonna be a messy 
skull. ;-)

#80 of 264 by gelinas on Thu Oct 9 03:05:35 2003:

I'm going to have to keep an eye out for it.  I don't understand the reason
for it.  Seems a Suburban, Navigator or full-size van would serve the purpose
as well.  Unless, of course, the purpose is merely "conspicuous consumption."

#81 of 264 by other on Thu Oct 9 03:37:21 2003:

Wow factor.

#82 of 264 by charcat on Thu Oct 9 06:29:01 2003:

I've seen it also, I always wonder if it has ever been off road, or even seen
a gravel road.

#83 of 264 by gull on Thu Oct 9 13:46:18 2003:

Re #80: The reason is to look exotic.  If you try to think of any more
logical purpose for such a beast then you're thinking far too hard.

#84 of 264 by tpryan on Thu Oct 9 17:19:38 2003:

        The MI bridge plate was dirty, so I'm not sure if I saw
SMARTO or SMART0

#85 of 264 by goose on Thu Oct 9 21:20:50 2003:

There are no "O" characters on Michigan plates, they are all "0" (zero)
I got into an argument with a Secy. Of State Employee about this.  My ham call
sign is on my car, which is K8MZO...but in reality it's K8MZ0...we need a
slash though the 0 like some of the other states do.

#86 of 264 by abc on Fri Oct 10 00:07:13 2003:

KIDIKAR (VA)

#87 of 264 by rcurl on Fri Oct 10 00:15:57 2003:

I think you mean, goose, that *in reality* your call is K8MZO, but
the ham call sign on your car is K8MZ0 (I was momentarily confused on what
it was you did mean).

#88 of 264 by goose on Fri Oct 10 01:35:01 2003:

Sorry, that was written after I had taken some cold medicine. ;-)
Yes, my plate has a zero at the end, however my call has the letter that falls
between n and p at the end.

#89 of 264 by albaugh on Fri Oct 10 04:18:00 2003:

On a 70's (60's?) classic Pontiac Catalina:  CATALNA

On a white sports car:  DANCGRL

#90 of 264 by gelinas on Fri Oct 10 05:32:13 2003:

(I've seen a Michigan plate with a slashed zero, in the past year.  I don't
know when it was issued, though.)

#91 of 264 by jep on Fri Oct 10 14:45:16 2003:

It may have been modified by the car owner.

#92 of 264 by albaugh on Fri Oct 10 17:21:22 2003:

Saw a Colorado plate with an American eagle emblem dead center, with
HONORABLY DISCHARGED VETERAN on the bottom.

A Michigan plate:  CA DRMG

#93 of 264 by bru on Fri Oct 10 20:08:19 2003:

Mi  LORRI

#94 of 264 by abc on Sat Oct 11 00:24:50 2003:

MWK ISTP (MD)

#95 of 264 by asddsa on Sat Oct 11 17:50:30 2003:

VAKKA VAKKO

whoops.

#96 of 264 by bru on Sun Oct 12 03:21:05 2003:

BEARDEN

KSTINE

KITTIE

#97 of 264 by gull on Mon Oct 13 01:08:27 2003:

I saw "VFR IFR" on a red Geo Trakker.

Also saw an oval sticker with "ACK" on another car.

Maybe I should stick SYN, FIN, ACK, URG, PSH, and RST stickers on my car 
and tell people I'm doing a Xmas tree scan.

#98 of 264 by ea on Mon Oct 13 03:56:18 2003:

NY plates: MT KAN and NSL10TST

#99 of 264 by albaugh on Tue Oct 14 15:14:16 2003:

Must be a frustrated commuter:  H8NTRFK

On a van:  HAIR 4U

FSH-HNT  (the dash was painted on)

#100 of 264 by albaugh on Tue Oct 14 16:26:05 2003:

http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert-20031014.html

#101 of 264 by remmers on Tue Oct 14 17:01:07 2003:

On a Ford van, MI plate:  ASKMORE

#102 of 264 by tod on Tue Oct 14 17:19:08 2003:

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#103 of 264 by bru on Tue Oct 14 20:58:22 2003:

JUST4J

BUGGAGE on a VW bug

#104 of 264 by abc on Wed Oct 15 00:16:20 2003:

WELSH (VA)

#105 of 264 by bru on Wed Oct 15 22:48:57 2003:

MRULES

POTATAS

TRSTGOD

#106 of 264 by abc on Thu Oct 16 00:10:18 2003:

RUDY J (VA)

#107 of 264 by gelinas on Thu Oct 16 02:12:44 2003:

MY3ETRY

Looks like "mystery" to me.

#108 of 264 by jep on Thu Oct 16 19:01:29 2003:

Michigan plate: IMARUFR

#109 of 264 by gelinas on Thu Oct 16 22:35:21 2003:

I saw the Michigan plate LOLABUG on an old Beetle today.

#110 of 264 by abc on Fri Oct 17 00:09:16 2003:

4 BARBB (VA)

#111 of 264 by gelinas on Fri Oct 17 05:00:37 2003:

On an out-of-state plate: ANARBOR 1
The plate frame hid the state name, though.

#112 of 264 by albaugh on Fri Oct 17 17:00:26 2003:

A couple of "wolverine" plates:

MLUVRS

MWEBCI  ("CI"?)

SKI DOO

LAPIS  (could be "a semiprecious stone", or the Filipino word for "pencil")

#113 of 264 by gull on Fri Oct 17 18:41:28 2003:

GODSENT on a black Chrysler Sebring convertible.

#114 of 264 by mcnally on Fri Oct 17 19:46:22 2003:

  If you're going to ask God for a car, wouldn't a Mercedes Benz
  be more traditional?

#115 of 264 by gull on Fri Oct 17 20:46:25 2003:

That's what I was thinking, too.

#116 of 264 by other on Fri Oct 17 20:52:45 2003:

Not for all segments of the community.

#117 of 264 by tod on Fri Oct 17 20:59:00 2003:

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#118 of 264 by abc on Sat Oct 18 00:12:11 2003:

K2 XXX (VA)

#119 of 264 by albaugh on Sat Oct 18 05:30:44 2003:

PIERCQT  (fram around plate read "I KNOW THE FUTURE - GOD WINS")

Saw a white van with Illinois plate MSS ### (sorry, now I forget what the last
3 characters were) on westbound I-94 just east of I-275.  Slogan on back door
of van:

How's your blood pressure?
Check it regularly!

I never did catch up to read what was on the side of the van, but undoubtedly
"medical" and "services" were included.

(I think that ### was INC)

#120 of 264 by other on Sat Oct 18 05:52:20 2003:

Based on the license plate and slogan, I'm gonna guess that the word 
between "medical" and "services" was "sphygmomanometry."

#121 of 264 by albaugh on Sat Oct 18 05:58:57 2003:

Go to this URL if you want to see why that might just be correct!  :-)

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=sphygmomanometry

#122 of 264 by gelinas on Sat Oct 18 06:19:04 2003:

I saw WEBMASTR this evening.

#123 of 264 by mcnally on Sat Oct 18 06:35:13 2003:

  Saw a different type of Alaska plate than I'd seen before,
  a "State House" plate with "4" being the entirety of the
  plate number.  Since it was on a pickup truck with a
  "Re-elect Bill Williams" bumper sticker on it, I presume it
  belongs to our local rep.

#124 of 264 by bru on Sat Oct 18 23:07:17 2003:

BLESSME

OGEE

DEADA

I SIR

All in the traffic jam on 96 west ina  massive traffic jam.

#125 of 264 by albaugh on Mon Oct 20 17:07:45 2003:

On a pickup truck:  1AAA000

#126 of 264 by abc on Tue Oct 21 00:22:24 2003:

MOMMY (VA)

#127 of 264 by gull on Tue Oct 21 13:43:02 2003:

Re #117: I like beaters.  I love the way DeLoreans look, but I wouldn't
want to own a car that I'd have to feel guilty about actually driving.

#128 of 264 by gull on Tue Oct 21 13:43:28 2003:

HAMR1 on a Harley Davidson motorcycle.

#129 of 264 by tpryan on Tue Oct 21 18:34:39 2003:

        Seemed a bit out of place:  MI  QE 2 on a VW bug.

#130 of 264 by gelinas on Tue Oct 21 20:49:44 2003:

Oh, but it's appropriate, Tim. :)

#131 of 264 by tpryan on Wed Oct 22 18:03:59 2003:

        I would expect it on a bigger boat.

#132 of 264 by gelinas on Fri Oct 24 23:46:32 2003:

On a Ford Taurus, the Michigan blue plate MINDFUL

It had three bumper stickers, too: "Compassion: The Neglected Family Value,"
"Let Peace Begin with Me," and "Assume Nothing."

#133 of 264 by abc on Sat Oct 25 00:05:34 2003:

NMROUNO (VA)

#134 of 264 by slash on Sat Oct 25 01:09:37 2003:

3M TA3...  Try and figure that one out ;-)

#135 of 264 by gelinas on Sat Oct 25 02:52:00 2003:

Seen it before; read backwards. :/

Michigan "Bridge" plate: SPLTENZ

#136 of 264 by albaugh on Sat Oct 25 03:46:11 2003:

BAYBBOY

#137 of 264 by gelinas on Sat Oct 25 05:14:55 2003:

The Michigan blue plate GEEK, on a car parked on 5th, next to the Argus
building.  (I didn't notice the car mode, though.)

#138 of 264 by cmcgee on Sat Oct 25 13:00:54 2003:

On a non-Mich license:  LALALA

#139 of 264 by gelinas on Sat Oct 25 16:56:51 2003:

I saw a few more today:  

        RARESV1 on something I didn't recognise: gull-wing doors, squareish
                backend, hatchback.

        PROJECT

        PAINTA2 on what looked like a commercial truck.

#140 of 264 by goose on Sat Oct 25 23:36:23 2003:

MI - HEBE GB

#141 of 264 by mcnally on Sun Oct 26 00:00:35 2003:

 Is *that* what's meant by "British Israelite"?

#142 of 264 by twenex on Sun Oct 26 00:19:05 2003:

Re: 117 - So did I. Until I saw How they were made. Disgraceful. I STILL want
thaqt TransAm from "Knight Rider"! ;-P

#143 of 264 by mcnally on Sun Oct 26 03:32:34 2003:

  Alaska plate:  "ROKFSH" 
  (and no, the driver didn't look anything like James Garner)

#144 of 264 by goose on Sun Oct 26 14:57:43 2003:

RE#141 - :-)

#145 of 264 by bruin on Sun Oct 26 22:21:42 2003:

Michigan blue plate NRBQ

Ohio Bicentennial plate KAY

#146 of 264 by anderyn on Mon Oct 27 00:17:26 2003:

LOLITA.

#147 of 264 by albaugh on Mon Oct 27 18:24:16 2003:

On a car at the M-14 / US-23 interchange:  ANN ABR  (didn't care for the
driver's driving much)

At Stadium / Packard stoplight #1:  SIS 1

At Stadium / Packard stoplight #2:  A Georgia plate with an "M Go Blue" frame
around it:  FROGTN    (looks like someone who is confused ;-)

#148 of 264 by mcnally on Mon Oct 27 18:38:41 2003:

  One I couldn't quite parse this morning:  ICYIE (if they'd had a
  Jesus-fish on their car I'd think maybe they were going for something
  ichthys-like, but I'm not sure..)

#149 of 264 by tod on Mon Oct 27 18:44:18 2003:

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#150 of 264 by albaugh on Mon Oct 27 20:00:40 2003:

"Icy Internet Explorer" ?  ;-)

#151 of 264 by vidar on Wed Oct 29 01:25:36 2003:

Saw this plate today: SONSTWO.  Who the hell cares how many kids of 
what gender the driver has?

#152 of 264 by mcnally on Wed Oct 29 04:36:58 2003:

  Alaska plate:  "ANIMAL"

#153 of 264 by dah on Thu Oct 30 00:57:48 2003:

151: probably whoever got TWOSONS.

#154 of 264 by gelinas on Thu Oct 30 03:31:58 2003:

This one threw me this evening:  Michigan Blue plate: GELANI2

#155 of 264 by dah on Thu Oct 30 04:49:21 2003:

Mine was funnier, gel.

#156 of 264 by mynxcat on Thu Oct 30 15:37:39 2003:

On a BMW - GOT 401K

I thought that was funny.

#157 of 264 by gelinas on Fri Oct 31 03:11:07 2003:

Michigan 'children' plate:  TEECH with a Lakewood Elementary School frame.

#158 of 264 by gelinas on Fri Oct 31 21:56:58 2003:

Today was productive:  
        OHWTFUN         on a red Jeep
        A2WORKS
        AAAA            Ann Arbor Administors Association president, maybe?
                        (The school principals' union)
        AUT CAR         on a car parked on Felch, west of Main
        RARBIRD         on a Firebird
        WILDBLU         on a blue Focus

#159 of 264 by jmsaul on Sat Nov 1 03:58:37 2003:

AUT CAR belongs to Martin and Keith, who own the Aut Bar.

#160 of 264 by gelinas on Sat Nov 1 04:04:02 2003:

I'd guessed 'twas owned by an owner of the bar.

#161 of 264 by krj on Mon Nov 3 04:42:33 2003:

"Subvert the Dominant Paradigm: Play Accordion"
         bumper sticker in Maynard ramp.

#162 of 264 by ea on Mon Nov 3 05:10:55 2003:

NH plates PEDONE and UNHHKY

#163 of 264 by goose on Tue Nov 4 01:32:26 2003:

I learned that in NC one can get special characters (at least ! and $)
on your vanity plate.  Interesting.  

NC DIAMOND$

I forget the one with the ! at the and, oh, and they allow eight characters.

#164 of 264 by tsty on Tue Nov 4 05:30:28 2003:

bumper sticker ... i remember when  sex was safe 
                   and motorcycles were dangerous.
  
handicapped plates too ....

#165 of 264 by gull on Tue Nov 4 14:40:20 2003:

I wonder if the handicapped status was the result of a tragic sex accident?
;>

#166 of 264 by russ on Wed Nov 5 01:11:00 2003:

ZX3FORD, blue Michigan plate on a blue Focus.

REV CAR on a Durango.  (Would Jesus drive that?)

#167 of 264 by gull on Wed Nov 5 15:49:23 2003:

IRFAN on a black Lincoln.

#168 of 264 by tsty on Thu Nov 6 10:54:21 2003:

re #165 ... ummm, 50/50, probably not.

#169 of 264 by gelinas on Thu Nov 6 11:37:34 2003:

I saw Block-MILABS, Michigan Blue plate OCANADA, MYANGEL and, on a Lexus
with a "Lexus of Alaska" license plate frame MEX LEX

#170 of 264 by albaugh on Thu Nov 6 20:37:25 2003:

YUMMY

#171 of 264 by albaugh on Fri Nov 7 18:44:18 2003:

Must be an MSU fan:  ILUVST8

On a blue new beetle with a spoiler (if you can imagine that):  VOLKING

#172 of 264 by gelinas on Sat Nov 8 00:15:39 2003:

Out-of-state plate seen east-bound on I-94 from Chelsea: ROOT 66

Michigan 'Bridge' plate: GRT LKS

#173 of 264 by albaugh on Sat Nov 8 18:21:58 2003:

On a Ford F-150 pickup:  ITALY13

#174 of 264 by gull on Mon Nov 10 19:47:25 2003:

ABL8

(Ablate, maybe?)

#175 of 264 by abc on Tue Nov 11 01:22:04 2003:

THRAPST (MD)

#176 of 264 by bruin on Tue Nov 11 21:48:53 2003:

Bumper sticker: "Dude, Where's My Country?"

#177 of 264 by slynne on Tue Nov 11 21:53:41 2003:

I almost got one of those from when Michael Moore was in town.

#178 of 264 by albaugh on Thu Nov 13 17:54:27 2003:

"Spray" painted on a rear window:

Our soldier's
coming home!

2 x BS on a puke-green new beetle:

My karma ran
over my dogma

Well-behaved women
never made history

#179 of 264 by mooncat on Fri Nov 14 03:54:06 2003:

(I usually see that last one as 'Well-behaved women rarely make 
history')

#180 of 264 by rcurl on Fri Nov 14 05:57:07 2003:

That's equally true of men (to the extent it is true). Why does the
sticker pick on women? It should be "Well-behaved people....".

#181 of 264 by tsty on Fri Nov 14 07:15:23 2003:

now i know what's right with me! 
/.

#182 of 264 by vidar on Fri Nov 14 13:30:58 2003:

Re 180: It's a statement on the tendency to assume that males make most 
of the history changing achievements.

#183 of 264 by scott on Fri Nov 14 13:37:29 2003:

Re 180:  It's a women's protest sticker, actually.  If all women behaved the
way they were supposed to, there would never have been women like Marie Curie,
Selma Parks,...

#184 of 264 by mcnally on Fri Nov 14 17:17:16 2003:

  Selma Parks?  Would that be Rosa's sister?

#185 of 264 by flem on Fri Nov 14 18:02:03 2003:

Oh, I remember the one I was going to post.  I saw this on a bumper
sticker:  "My golden retriever is smarter than your honor student"

#186 of 264 by scott on Fri Nov 14 18:21:08 2003:

Oops, Rosa Parks, in Selma.  :)

#187 of 264 by albaugh on Fri Nov 14 18:21:39 2003:

Oh rcurl, you politically correct twit:  This car was driven by a woman.

#188 of 264 by mynxcat on Fri Nov 14 18:24:58 2003:

"I wish I was Barbie. That bitch has everything"

#189 of 264 by tod on Fri Nov 14 18:43:34 2003:

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#190 of 264 by krj on Fri Nov 14 20:18:18 2003:

"I don't mind straight people
 As long as they act gay in public"

#191 of 264 by rcurl on Fri Nov 14 22:15:10 2003:

What is the relevance of #187?

#192 of 264 by twenex on Sat Nov 15 11:24:14 2003:

Re: #190: hehehehe.

#193 of 264 by bru on Wed Nov 19 04:22:27 2003:

Michigan M plate with MRROW adn the outline of a cat on the trunk

SAUCY 1

#194 of 264 by tpryan on Wed Nov 19 20:35:30 2003:

        MYBMW02 on a BMW.  Wonder if the wife got the first one?

#195 of 264 by bru on Wed Nov 19 23:41:12 2003:

MAIAMI

#196 of 264 by albaugh on Thu Nov 20 20:30:28 2003:

LILEE

SERGIU  (yep, it was a U not an O)

#197 of 264 by jaklumen on Thu Nov 20 21:37:37 2003:

resp:185 Most common variation I've seen: My kid beat up your honor 
student

#198 of 264 by happyboy on Fri Nov 21 02:07:08 2003:

seen at the truckstop: my kid was inmate of the month at the
county jail!"

#199 of 264 by bru on Fri Nov 21 14:28:56 2003:

My Golden rRetriever is smarter than your Honor Student.
Bumper sticker on car

#200 of 264 by goose on Fri Nov 21 16:47:41 2003:

MI- HOTLEGS on a minivan in the UofM Hospital parking structure.  A Rod
Stewart fan maybe?

#201 of 264 by albaugh on Fri Nov 21 18:01:59 2003:

JULIE13

#202 of 264 by tpryan on Fri Nov 21 19:04:57 2003:

        USA SIGN on a blue on white plate, maybe IL?

#203 of 264 by gelinas on Fri Nov 21 19:41:21 2003:

Michigan 'Splendour' plate, on some variety of Jeep:  GRRRR

#204 of 264 by scott on Fri Nov 21 21:00:26 2003:

On a big blue SUV:

RED SQR

#205 of 264 by other on Sat Nov 22 03:28:47 2003:

MI plate MALPAL

#206 of 264 by bru on Sat Nov 22 03:55:01 2003:

GRRRR works with my wife at Math Reviews

#207 of 264 by gelinas on Sat Nov 22 05:07:15 2003:

That explains why I saw it where I did. :)

#208 of 264 by albaugh on Mon Nov 24 16:12:31 2003:

On an older SUV thing:  LOGICAL

On a car with Michigan "lighthouse" plate:  HOY 2

Guess what kind of car this was seen on:  LAMBO 1

An older Chevy Blazer was painted completely in the Superman colors of blue,
red, and a splash of yellow (including the wheels in red).  The Superman
emblem was painted on both doors and on the hood.

#209 of 264 by vidar on Mon Nov 24 18:07:10 2003:

I haven't actually seen this on a car, but apparently somebody decided 
to make a counter to the "Fundamentalism Stops A Thinking Mind" 
sticker.  The counter is "CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALISM IS A Thinking 
Mind".  That's not even clever.

#210 of 264 by krj on Mon Nov 24 18:09:39 2003:

MI plate:      VETGRRL            presumably a MSU Veterinary School
                                  student?
 
sticker:      "Jesus Was A Liberal"

#211 of 264 by willcome on Mon Nov 24 19:09:42 2003:

"whore" on a whorecar.

#212 of 264 by drew on Mon Nov 24 19:22:28 2003:

On a white van with maroon trim: MARKCUM. Wonder how he got that one past the
censors.

#213 of 264 by tpryan on Mon Nov 24 19:57:33 2003:

        Spotted HAMJUDO, but we know that belongs to Paul Hass.

        Also, I first thought I seen LANCEMKR, but it
was LACEMKR.

        It's a normal plate, but I thought it would be the car
without a squeak:  WDD 040.

#214 of 264 by gelinas on Mon Nov 24 23:28:29 2003:

Where did you see LAMBO 1, albaugh?  I'd like to see it on the road. :)

#215 of 264 by russ on Tue Nov 25 13:41:27 2003:

On a well-used van carrying ladders:  HONIDO2

#216 of 264 by bru on Tue Nov 25 18:16:54 2003:

michigan Plate

SUMUR

#217 of 264 by albaugh on Tue Nov 25 18:51:10 2003:

LAMBO 1 was on a red Lamborghini (which had both rear and *front* spoilers!)
which was at the stop light on eastbound North Territorial road at Sheldon,
in Plymouth.

#218 of 264 by gelinas on Tue Nov 25 19:47:20 2003:

Plymouth.  I don't get out that way very often. :(

#219 of 264 by gelinas on Tue Nov 25 20:10:13 2003:

Ohio plate: 4 U MICH

#220 of 264 by bruin on Tue Nov 25 20:51:16 2003:

Michigan "Block M" plate ORONS

#221 of 264 by dcat on Thu Nov 27 03:41:21 2003:

in eastern ohio, we passed a car with PA plate "OSU FANS".  orinoco suggested
throwing things, but we decided to just pass them.

#222 of 264 by rcurl on Thu Nov 27 04:38:31 2003:

MI plate: O2BRICH

#223 of 264 by other on Thu Nov 27 05:19:51 2003:

Having nearly wrecked a car because someone threw a beer bottle at 
the windshield while traveling nearly 60mph, I would strongly 
suggest against such behavior.  Even if you don't cause someone 
death or serious injury by doing it, they may be POed enough to do 
same to you.

#224 of 264 by dcat on Fri Nov 28 01:36:11 2003:

well, it *was* a joke.

#225 of 264 by other on Fri Nov 28 08:15:10 2003:

Very good. Well, carry on, then...

#226 of 264 by gull on Fri Nov 28 15:54:13 2003:

Bumper sticker: "Republicans for Voldemort"

#227 of 264 by tpryan on Fri Nov 28 15:59:17 2003:

        MI NV THIS on a '96 looking Mazda or Lexus looking thing.

#228 of 264 by albaugh on Sat Nov 29 04:50:10 2003:

On Michigan "Proud to be an American" plate:  AIR4Z  (air force)

#229 of 264 by dcat on Sat Nov 29 09:28:09 2003:

'envy this' is probably a bit more likely to have been on a lexus than a
mazda. . . .

IM4PAD with a sticker next to it Physician
                                  Aid in
                                  Dying

#230 of 264 by bru on Tue Dec 2 14:46:07 2003:

PRWDTXN

AMI

HUGBUG

#231 of 264 by albaugh on Wed Dec 3 18:36:33 2003:

KATAAN  (that's a "Filipino-ish" word; the passenger did appear to be Asian)

On a yellow new beetle:  MURSBUG

On the Mustang of a lamp maker?  TIFFERS  :-)

Among the several bumper stickers of an apparent cat lover:

My child licks himself clean.

I love airplane noise.

#232 of 264 by dcat on Wed Dec 3 22:17:04 2003:

DRCHUCK, on a Cooper Mini driven by a middle aged woman.

#233 of 264 by flem on Thu Dec 4 17:37:06 2003:

Michigan plate WWWWWWW.

#234 of 264 by remmers on Thu Dec 4 18:10:37 2003:

(A mountaineer, perhaps?)

#235 of 264 by mcnally on Thu Dec 4 20:23:32 2003:

  Or maybe a reporter with a few extra questions..

#236 of 264 by gelinas on Thu Dec 4 21:09:00 2003:

Michigan blue plate: SEWFUN1

#237 of 264 by albaugh on Fri Dec 5 18:26:57 2003:

On a sporty Mustang:  ALI HI

#238 of 264 by gelinas on Tue Dec 9 00:34:26 2003:

I saw the Michigan blue plate KARDIA a few days ago.

#239 of 264 by albaugh on Tue Dec 9 20:09:11 2003:

ACHEVER

ALMOST2

#240 of 264 by albaugh on Wed Dec 10 17:44:33 2003:

THNKFST

#241 of 264 by dcat on Wed Dec 10 17:53:14 2003:

TNYZ GRL (PA)

#242 of 264 by albaugh on Mon Dec 15 15:24:21 2003:

On a big ole Cadilac:  DA BUS1

Have you ever stopped to think...
Then forget to start again?

#243 of 264 by dcat on Tue Dec 16 01:33:55 2003:

GRATFL (OH)
with matching 'country code' sticker "GD"

#244 of 264 by russ on Tue Dec 16 04:25:06 2003:

The past few days were productive for plate sightings.

On a bloated SUV, piloted by someone paying more attention
to the cell phone on his ear than the traffic flow:  MGM LION (MI)

Illinois:  YES N DD

On a red Jetta:  RED RULZ

#245 of 264 by albaugh on Tue Dec 16 18:07:29 2003:

On a truly wide Ford F350 Super Duty pickup:  WIDE 1

#246 of 264 by krj on Tue Dec 16 22:15:54 2003:

On a large Ford truck:   "Bite Me Chevy Boy"

#247 of 264 by albaugh on Wed Dec 17 14:51:50 2003:

On an L300 car (Saturn?):  DIMA R  (something like that)

In the back window above the NASA sticker:

wi-fi sniffer on board


(what's wi-fi?  what's a wi-fi sniffer?)

#248 of 264 by gull on Wed Dec 17 15:23:38 2003:

Wi-fi is 802.11b, a popular wireless network standard.  A 'sniffer' is a
device you use to detect and possibly eavesdrop on unsecured networks.  

Mobile wi-fi sniffing is also known as "wardriving", a word that derives
from "war dialing", the practice of dialing all phone numbers in an
exchange in sequence to locate computer modems.  You may have seen this
depicted in the movie _Wargames_.

#249 of 264 by bru on Wed Dec 17 15:37:58 2003:

COMA E

RMADA

#250 of 264 by krj on Wed Dec 17 19:27:06 2003:

Michigan plates:
     IRON MA      (either a comic book who ran out of letters, or 
                   one really tough mother.)
     CUBZWIN      (memorializing Harry Caray)

#251 of 264 by mcnally on Wed Dec 17 19:32:05 2003:

> re #250:        IRON MA      (either a comic book who ran out of letters,
>                               or one really tough mother.)

..or someone who wants to flatten Massachusetts.

#252 of 264 by gull on Thu Dec 18 14:59:07 2003:

Maybe they'll go on to Bend Oregon and Weed California.

#253 of 264 by remmers on Thu Dec 18 16:12:25 2003:

<remmers suddenly has a vision of a deaf fbi agent who looks like
 david lynch>

Don't forget to mention that monumental feat of engineering,
Wheeling West Virginia on the Ohio River.

#254 of 264 by tpryan on Thu Dec 18 20:34:33 2003:

        I wonder about ABUNURA on a car.

        I did get Z FUN on a black BMW convertable, a ZS, Z5 or Z3.  The
script was not that clear.

#255 of 264 by gelinas on Thu Dec 18 20:55:03 2003:

I saw 1OS MAN today.

#256 of 264 by albaugh on Thu Dec 18 21:33:10 2003:

TOTRN

(children's nurse, confirmed by license frame stuff)


BS:  1st Infantry Vietnam  (with Veteran license plate)


On a big expensive Lincoln driven by a "geezer":  KI PREZ

(KI?)

#257 of 264 by mcnally on Thu Dec 18 22:42:23 2003:

  re #254:  did the driver look like an arabic speaker?

#258 of 264 by other on Thu Dec 18 23:08:26 2003:

#256:  Kiwanis International?

#259 of 264 by jmsaul on Thu Dec 18 23:36:08 2003:

Re #254:  Z3.  The other two don't exist.

#260 of 264 by dcat on Fri Dec 19 04:43:52 2003:

seen in Fletcher St structure, nr Power Ctr box office entrance:
  WL KNKTD (but apparently not well enough to buy a vowel. . .)

#261 of 264 by bru on Fri Dec 19 14:16:13 2003:

Coming back from dropping off twila today I saw...

OKRELAX

ETICKET

BOPPPER

all michigan plates

#262 of 264 by jep on Fri Dec 19 17:14:47 2003:

MY VIBE

but it was on a Dodge Intrepid (or something that wasn't a Vibe).

#263 of 264 by albaugh on Sat Dec 20 17:01:46 2003:

I'm afraid I couldn't remember this accurately for just 30 minutes!  But it
was one of these:  BLUBEAR  BLUBEAN  BLUBEAT  BLUBEAM  (I think ;-)

#264 of 264 by bru on Sun Dec 21 01:11:26 2003:

GEEK on a volvo

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