Although I tend to ‘collect’ the more interesting UK registration numbers I come across, I did mention an occasional collection of US vanity plates I have (they can, within local rules, make up their own registrations, which can lead to fun as naughties are often not noticed).
This one, however, is not one of those, and is just appropriate.
Although we got a limited sort of DIY option on our car registrations some years ago, it’s nothing like the US vanity plate option, which is almost unlimited, as long as the owners stay within some basic rules.
Even those seem unable to catch the ‘naughty’ ones sometimes, and some of the sneakier combinations do end up being withdrawn – once someone with a bit more imagination in the relevant department spots them.
I’ve had these living rent-free on my desktop for a while, but now need the space, so will just drop them off here, rather than delete them completely.
I suspect 3 of these might just conceivably be Trump loving MAGA cultists, possibly with a trunk load of guns, just in case someone cuts them off one day.
Getting these moved has motivated me to dig out a collection taken from a series of live road videos I used to subscribe to, which eventually faded away.
I kept the plate grabs though, so think I’ll dig them out, make them smaller, and throw them in a follow-up post.
They don’t have any sort of theme, but caught my eye at the time.
It’s unfortunate that so many American vanity plate owners choose to make plates that look innocent, but are intended to be read in lewd or insulting ways, something the system behind them often fails to catch.
That said, it’s a pleasure to spot the decent examples, such as this antique VWNUT plate.
After the deviant excursions of the past couple of nights, time to restore a little order in the plate department.
I thought this one was lost, as the original was a VERY oblique view caught by a passing video camera as it passed an old Chrysler Crossfire – that’s the Chrysler with the Mercedes-Benz engine if you’ve never heard of it. When I tried to straighten it out (in my usual simple editor), the angles were so severe the image just broke down, and I couldn’t convert the plate from a highly skewed parallelogram into a rectangle.
Cue the adoption of GIMP, which I may be fighting with to gain control, but its advanced image distortion tools can be convinced to make a skewed and rotated parallelogram into a nice rectangle. The plate seems to be bent, but I’m not bothering about that.
Now?
Now the only problem is, what the heck does 5KCORGI mean?
Does the owner have 5,000 corgis running around their home?
Is the owner HM Queen?
I have no idea, or do I?
Of course, I dug around, and came up with this…
What is League of Legends? Why you should be playing the world’s most popular game
Simply put, League of Legends is an online MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) where players battle each other using in-game champions. With hundreds of different champions available in game, players must work together with their teammates in order to defeat the other team.
This requires skill, strategy and lots of teamwork!
To summarize a MOBA for you, 5 players on each team join an arena that consists of 3 lanes. Each lane has minions that spawn and travel down the lane until they meet the enemies minions in the middle. Each team has 3 towers in each lane followed by an inhibitor which leads into your base. Inside your base is a Nexus guarded by 2 more towers. For a team to win they must destroy the other team’s Nexus or make the other team surrender.
What is League of Legends?
I found a forum related to the game, and 5KCORGI listed as a member.
And that’s all, since I had no desire to join the forum to gain further access and see more.
I don’t know why things have to come down to the lowest common denominator to be considered ‘clever’ by some.
After all, it doesn’t take much intelligence to crap on the floor of your jail cell, and become the centre of attention after you’ve spread the result over the walls.
The only thing I’ve never quite understood is why the staff don’t get some gas masks and leave things alone. But, that’s another matter.
I’m kind of divided on this one, as it only works in the state of Virginia, and could be… well, use your imagination. I suppose the US vehicle licencing office doesn’t have much of that, since it was issued.
The UK office is usually a bit more alert – and most of the complaints about registrations that have issues are usually in the minds of weird people, or about registrations that were issued years before the oh so easily offended PC (politically correct) brigade were little more than something to be laughed at.
I have to say that, despite the ingenuity, driving around displaying this would make me fell like a little kid who runs around giggling all the time, after discovered the effect of running around saying ‘BOOBIES!’.
That said, this probably WOULD be a clever plate if, looking at the bottom line, it was owned by a doctor/surgeon/researcher who had created a million dollar facility/business based on their work in the relevant area.
But it’s probably just some student, giggling happily to themselves as they drive along.
My thanks to whoever sent this after spotting it.
I almost missed this one as the camera passed this Mini in America.
The plate’s a little more smudged after being reduced to fit the blog, but the full size original was a clear GR8CASA.
While we can’t really know the intent in the owner’s mind, it is probably fair to read it as ‘Great House’, or ‘Great Home’.
Now, do they mean their home, or their car?
Could be the car – it’s so hard to get a house in some states that people do live in their cars, and never forget that the so-called Mini – since the name was possessed by BMW – is no ‘mini’.
If you check the specs, you’ll find it’s a big as the original Range Rover at its introduction.
And, it looks as if it just gets bigger with each new model, but that might just me eyes.
Two for the price of one, as this pair of American vanity plates was spotted almost next to one another.
I’ve had this pair for a while, and sad to say, with the lunatic pair of Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert (aided and abetted by the now clearly criminally insane GOP lot) ignoring the opening para of the American Constitution (the one that declares government has nothing to do with religion) and brainwashing their equally mad followers that the constitution states that the church controls the state, this could now be seen as ‘dubious’.
All I’ll say is this first plate is fairly obvious, and created to promote ‘Jesus Christ Party’.
The event where these pics were taken (actually grabs from a passing video) was being staged where large groups of homeless people and drug addicts gathered.
Not seen, but nearby, the ‘Party Organisers’ were handing out bribes, sorry, essentials such as food, drink, and other free goodies which such groups would appreciate.
OH! Don’t miss the trike parked directly in front of this one – pretty sure it’s the same one features a while ago, when it was the subject of its very own post. Sorry, I’m depending on my memory as I’m too lazy to go dig up the old post to check.
The other vanity plate, parked in front of JC PARTY, was MONKA.
You’ll find this is a place name, but has been used for other things.
With no other clues, other than the disabled stamp on the plate, this one looks like it is a person’s name.
The towel draped over the back of the van looks ominous, but a quick look online shows the phrase to be a song title (among things), and can be found all over the place as an inspirational/motivational poster, t-shirt, and similar tat.
I think it’s only been a few days since I mentioned the sort of ‘mistake’ Americans make when creating ‘vanity plates’ for their cars.
They don’t seem to think them through, and officials at the DMV seem to have even less imagination, and pretty lax rules (and sometimes have to cancel/confiscate plates they issued).
I just had this noted tonight.
Sure, I believe them, that it was an honest mistake.
Look at the rust from the screws – that’s not been on the road for 5 minutes!
The mysteries thrown up by the more obscure vanity plates – remember that unlike UK registrations (issued in accordance with rules, and only gaining a partial user option in recent years – but able to be transferred between vehicles to get desired combinations, and more rules apply) these US plates can have anything the owner chooses, provided it follows some basic rules.
Peculiar things can be issued, with some weird minds out there.
Not exactly weird, more interesting, this university van is slightly puzzling, since ‘T’ and ‘U’ may be obvious, but why the ‘0111’ part?
This Toyota Highlander with a US vanity plate reading PLAJ has me more or less beat.
It might be meant to read ‘Play Jay’ or similar, I note Americans like to use letters as short code for words.
Alternatively, depending on the numerology system referenced, PLAJ can represent the numbers ‘3’, or ‘4’.
Not sure what this one really relates to or means, but the plate on this Chevy Silverado has to read LILMUCK for a reason.
Maybe a pig farmer (I’ve visited a pig farm – NOT a good idea), or some sort of work where they’re always getting dirty.
Anyway, I really just grabbed this one since it shows a hi-res camcorder is stable enough to capture a plate when both vehicles are moving (and your operator is lucky enough to live somewhere he doesn’t get jailed for life for just touching a digital ‘toy’).
Two moving vehicles, one handheld camcorder – no hint of camera shake or blurring. I also know this is NOT from a dashcam.
Once again, a scenario where Smell-o-Vision might have provided the answer.
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