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Personalized Plates?

Mar 24, 2010 Uncategorized 9 comments

In Virginia, it doesn’t cost much to personalize your plates, so we see quite a few. Here are the top 10 (as chosen by my husband and I), for you to figure out:

1. NANAVAN3

2. OLD BATS

3. SG1GRL

4. SNOMNKY

5. ADHDx5

6. WSHPNIN

7. SVLIVS

8. SPRTOY

9. VOCLST

10. GUDTGO

10.2 GW PROF (I know, I know! I just liked too many)

Can you figure them all out?

I grew up in a family of personalized plates:

My dad: STRNMY (know what it says?)
My mom: JANET’S
Me: SUMNER (it was my dad’s idea so I’d remember who I was wherever I went. Thanks, dad.)

The whole personalized thing is pretty fascinating. It’s like micro-communication with a bunch of random strangers. Even having grown up with that, I’m still not sure why people choose to do it. What do you think?

And just for the fun of it: You have a max of 8 letters to say something about yourself that you’re willing to share with the world. What do you say?

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9 Responses to “Personalized Plates?”

  1. MikeS says:

    Number 8 is the only one that stumped me. What is that supposed to be?

    Oh and Happy Birthday.

  2. janet says:

    My guess is Spare Toy. It was on a very sporty car.

  3. janet says:

    Oops, no wonder you didn't get it. I'll fix that typo now. 😀

  4. Holy cow. I can only figure out one. Are these, like, geographically influenced???

    I feel so lame.

    And 8 characters? Dude, that's hard. Lemme think on it…

  5. Celeste says:

    Did you see the Seinfeld where Kramer accidentally gets a proctologists license plate instead of his own? Funny, funny! The only plate I could think of for me would be CRZYMOM. And, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Hope you have a fabulous day!

  6. Happy Birthday, Janet! Eight letters, hmmm? It's like a mini poem. LvsLilly, spazdogs, wrtrmom.

  7. Dana says:

    BDMN, HINES, BREATHE, LISTEN, HINESWYF, GOTHOME, AAAHHHH,

  8. janet says:

    Dana, I love it! That 5th one took me a minute, but very cool. It was so fun having you here. Can't wait to see you again!

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