Nov 12
Out of the nine million vanity license plates, roughly one in 10 are in Virginia. This is not news to me. When I was in high school, my personalized plate on my Dodge colt was “YOU WISH.”
Sixteen percent of the vanity plates are issued by Virginia, with New Hampshire and Illinois following close behind. Texas has the fewest, with only a half percent of drivers personalizing their plates. But Texas does have the most American eagle-cloaked-in-flag decals, as well as family names like Gonzalez stenciled on their rear windows.
“I think a lot of people have stories to tell and they really want pieces of those stories out there,” said Stefan Lonce, an author on the subject. This is exactly why my license plate says “BLOGGER.” I couldn’t believe it was still available.
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There’s a vanity plate on a PT Cruiser in the parking garage here at work that reads 4 MY DOL. I’m sure some dude bought his doll a car, but I also wonder if the doll in question has really bad PMS.
You know she has a acute “angina”?
Yea, and nice . . . .
What’s “agina”?
I’m no math whiz - since my only encounters with mathmeticians have been of the speedy and decidedly unscholarly variety - but doesn’t “one in 10″ make it 10 percent, and not 16 percent?
Oh, wait. 16 percent of the plates in Virginia are vanity plates.
PL, please try not to make my head hurt this early in the morning.
/and by “early in the morning” I mean “at any point before happy hour”
Lush,
That plate is disturbing in many ways. If my mans gave me a car with a plate like that on it, I’d throw that sucker in reverse and back over him. Twice.
Re: 1. lush
So it only took me about four reads of that to get the PMS thing. I first wondered if hormonal derangement suddenly brought on urges for PT Cruisers or something.
Which reminds me: how is it possible PL hasn’t done a bit on the recent RLS pharma commercials? In addition to the normal nausea, fatigue, etc, you should also call your doctor if you get increased gambling or sexual urges while taking the medication.
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Re: 3. Lurkette
Are you the Clear Lake husband-killing dentist?
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Re: 4. Wallflower Jr.
Yes, it’s either an endearing dedication or a prescription.
Lurkette–the plate is really the lesser of two evils. Giving one’s beloved a PT Cruiser is obviously the greater offense.
Re: 5. NOITALL
I’d plead the fifth but it may be a little late for that ….
Lush,
No arguments here.
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Re: 5. NOITALL
dude, how many blogs you runnin, anyway?
http://www.dallasnews.com/trailblazers
“the narcissistic-materialist poets of the iGeneration.”
Oh, OK. Blame the young people. Since NOBODY had an “I ROC Z” vanity plate in 1985.
/i thought this comment was so witty I put it on TWO posts…. sorry about that…
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Re: 9. Credentials
just one; my mother found my old one
Re: 8. Lurkette
I’ll drink the fifth. May be a little late for that as well.
Re: 11 NOITALL
Well, you could have TOLD somebody. I’ve been checking that other one periodically and was thinking maybe you had passed away.
the agina plate…..I mean, if that is supposed to be funny, the diver should realize that they are being laffed AT, not WITH……
the world gets dumber by the minute.
some custom plates are pretty neat, but for the most part……
/ I can show ‘blogger’ some respect…….
it’s all good
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my favorite vanity plate ever said “BEER 30″. I bet that dude never gets pulled over.
I’ll guess MRB8R does get pulled over.
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Re: 12. Don’t Mess w/ Pink
I’ve bequeathed you my estate.
You would know if I died.
Re: 16. NOITALL
Awww, I’m touched. Now please get back to work so the inheritance* is not depleted.
*One hot tub and 50,000 some-odd items of obscure political memorabilia, although I’m sure those Glenn Kothmann buttons will bring a pretty penny.
check it out — it’s Tira
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Re: 15. Chilicook
ok *that* one took a minute.
/but not more than a minute
//WHAT?!?!