I saw a license plate at school that read...
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There is only one vanity plate that I would pay to have, and that would be NCC-1701. 
As for whoever commissioned the Fat plate, I would classify that individual under "person who has some sort of psychological issues".
Anyone who feels a burning need to exploit themself publically via degrading statements directed at others inevitably is suffering from some kind of insecurity.
As for whoever commissioned the Fat plate, I would classify that individual under "person who has some sort of psychological issues".Anyone who feels a burning need to exploit themself publically via degrading statements directed at others inevitably is suffering from some kind of insecurity.
What about someone who makes snap uneducated psychological evaluations via the internet about a person who they know very little about? Do they fall under said "person who has some sort of psychological issues"
Let us rule out some of the people who probably wouldn't have a plate like that:
- A religious leader
- A successful businessman
- A politician
Let us consider some of the people who might potentially have a plate like that:
- A teenager
- An adult who acts like a teenager.
- Someone who publically degrades a certain group.
What does the plate say about the judgements of the driver of that car?
Everything we do says something about who we are. We can pretend that nice people do nasty things. We can assume that intelligent people act stupid sometimes. We can accept the notion that good leaders sometimes act like fools. We also can come to terms with the fact that signs of character cannot be explained away, or inserted where they are not self-evident.
You don't need a lifetime to tell what kind of person you are dealing with. Often it gives itself away with a simple hello, or a handshake, or a glance. Defending an idiot on the grounds of the internet being too indirect is like defending a murderer on the grounds that the prosecutors don't know him. It is weak at best.
I'm not defending him or her. I just find it hilarious that you made such a judgement on someone based on their license plate and then didn't see the same reflected in your post.
Apparently Joshua here is not a sports fan, since that happens all of the time at games. It's called rooting against the opposing team...
The plate in question, though, *is* out of line, I admit. It's normal to slam a team in sports, NOT normal to do it to people (or classes of same).
The plate in question, though, *is* out of line, I admit. It's normal to slam a team in sports, NOT normal to do it to people (or classes of same).
I saw one that said LB SAND
(most likely their initials)
but could be mistaken for POUND SAND.
(most likely their initials)
but could be mistaken for POUND SAND.
I normally agree, but I've long thought it would be fun to have a plate bearing Sam Spade's license number. It's a fun piece of trivia from an old radio show (or from print, if you prefer) and, unless you're a fan of 30s and 40s drama or detective fiction, it doesn't seem different from a normal license plate.
I see it on car forums frequently. The humor is attached to the group who lower their car suspensions. Usually the statement (or bumper sticker designs) is "No Fat Chicks -- Will Rub" meaning their wheels will rub the fenders and/or wells.
The first time I read that I thought oh I get it. Not really funny if you're over 16. Yet somehow it persists and the kids and overgrown kids love it.
The first time I read that I thought oh I get it. Not really funny if you're over 16. Yet somehow it persists and the kids and overgrown kids love it.
Kind of like if a car has a plate with "BR549" on it, almost everyone will think it's a reference to the country band, not knowing that the name originally came from Hee Haw (it was the phone number of Junior Samples' home shopping network).
I think it is the persons own business what they put on their plate and that (is this is a US plate) the people in my country need to grow thicker skin again and stop being a bunch of wimps, whatever happened to people just turning the other way, sorry to offend the 'be nice to everyone no matter what and fear if you offend anyone crowd" I just tire of people getting upset at everything these days. I miss the 80's when we could all just get along by not caring so much about everything. Sorry, all, but I really think all this protective behavior has made the US a very weak country and people… Just my 2 cents
Actually, no. It's an endorsement by the state (or is seen as such). Bumper stickers are one thing (they're bought or produced privately), but an actual government-produced product is another.
No. It just looks to me like you have a large brain, and Alex needs to be put in his place
When I was on Classic Concentration, the game was going so quickly that Alex had to stop and chat more with us two contestants. He tried chatting with me a little about a comment I made about my dating life in reference to one of the prizes.
It didn't go anywhere. I didn't let it. It was still funny, though. The producer was laughing off-camera.
--Ted
Driving is not a right, and license tags are a State requirement; therefore, one is not "free" to have whatever tag design he wants.
What if the car was owned by a fat girl that was being ironic? Unlikely, but it could happen.
I think it is rude and the state shouldn't have issued it.
What I don't like on vanity plates are ones where I don't understand what they are trying to say! I mean I am trying to read here. C'mon!
As a side, I did have a vanity plate that I got on accident... I know sounds like a Seinfeld episode. I went to get a new plate, and wanted a University of Florida plate and the one they gave me was FORYU. I would always tell people it was my husband's doing and he got it for me... haha
What I don't like on vanity plates are ones where I don't understand what they are trying to say! I mean I am trying to read here. C'mon!
As a side, I did have a vanity plate that I got on accident... I know sounds like a Seinfeld episode. I went to get a new plate, and wanted a University of Florida plate and the one they gave me was FORYU. I would always tell people it was my husband's doing and he got it for me...
haha
Wow, NOFATCX....They should have just gone for "DCHBAG"
A comment on Joshua Howard's remark about religious leaders not likely to have profane stuff on their cars... you'd think they wouldn't do that.
I once saw a car with all sorts of four letter words all over it; the words were spelled out with those stick on letters you get at the hardware store for putting on mailboxes. I checked the car's registration and it was in the name of the youth pastor at a church. I was feeling impish so I called the church and through careful flirting over the phone got enough information to confirm to my satisfaction the young man I saw driving off in that car was in fact the youth pastor.
Although the car was registered to the church's address apparently he never parked it there. Why would he put all those stickers on? To gain street cred with young people? Who knows?
This was many years ago, I'd have to work harder to get that info out of a now more security- conscious DMV these days.
If you want to know which church it was, I'll give you a clue: it was the one then- President Ronald Reagan listed himself as a member of in 1988...
I once saw a car with all sorts of four letter words all over it; the words were spelled out with those stick on letters you get at the hardware store for putting on mailboxes. I checked the car's registration and it was in the name of the youth pastor at a church. I was feeling impish so I called the church and through careful flirting over the phone got enough information to confirm to my satisfaction the young man I saw driving off in that car was in fact the youth pastor.
Although the car was registered to the church's address apparently he never parked it there. Why would he put all those stickers on? To gain street cred with young people? Who knows?
This was many years ago, I'd have to work harder to get that info out of a now more security- conscious DMV these days.
If you want to know which church it was, I'll give you a clue: it was the one then- President Ronald Reagan listed himself as a member of in 1988...
When I first read it, that's what I thought it was. Chicks for me would need an H in it.
There was no "h" and it took me a moment to figure it out but I never thought it meant cocks. I wish I had, though, cause it'd have supplied a laugh.
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