Licence plate chuckle
Mar 7th 2013, 11:47 am
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Licence plate chuckle
Car in front of me this morning - 'BOLOCKS' - Union Jack sticker on back windshield. I guess Michigan DMV don't check for offensive British words 
Mar 7th 2013, 12:52 pm
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Re: Licence plate chuckle
Actually fairly common, and legendary in the British expat community. I've seen at least one similar tag myself, and pictures of several more from states across the US.
Mar 7th 2013, 12:58 pm
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Re: Licence plate chuckle
Used to be one in the Bay Area too, but I think the DMV twigged as to what it meant.
Mar 7th 2013, 12:59 pm
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Re: Licence plate chuckle
http://www.myplates.com/Images/Plate...teText=BOLLOXS
http://www.myplates.com/Images/Plate...teText=WANKERS
These are currently available in Texas
http://www.myplates.com/Images/Plate...teText=WANKERS
These are currently available in Texas
Mar 8th 2013, 3:46 am
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Re: Licence plate chuckle
http://www.coolpl8z.com/view-plate.php?id=2621
Used to be one in the Bay Area too, but I think the DMV twigged as to what it meant.
Used to be one in the Bay Area too, but I think the DMV twigged as to what it meant.
Mar 8th 2013, 4:02 am
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Mar 8th 2013, 5:29 am
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Re: Licence plate chuckle
Last edited by Uncle_Bob; Mar 8th 2013 at 5:58 am.
Mar 8th 2013, 6:29 am
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Re: Licence plate chuckle
As the state DMV worked it's way through the combinations of letters here, a couple of years ago, they started issuing a batch of "WTF nnnn" tags, and had issued a load of them before someone pointed that it is a commonly used text and IM abbreviation! 
Mar 8th 2013, 7:20 am
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Re: Licence plate chuckle
I got cut off by a driver with the plate "K4RMA". Irony is a big thing right now.
Mar 8th 2013, 10:40 am
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Re: Licence plate chuckle
Spotted "U TOSSR" or a very close variant in SoCal about a year ago. I'd always wondered if I could get a rude Finnish plate, but if they even let that through a plain old "TTUPRKL" should be easy enough 
Mar 8th 2013, 11:03 am
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Re: Licence plate chuckle
I have a friend here in Texas that has the following two plates.
Old Git
Bollox
I was surprised he got away with Bollox - apparently it took a few different spellings before they would accept it!
Obviously he's a Brit too.
Old Git
Bollox
I was surprised he got away with Bollox - apparently it took a few different spellings before they would accept it!
Obviously he's a Brit too.
Last edited by Bink; Mar 8th 2013 at 11:05 am.
