July 25, 2008

You'd Think Someone Would Have Vetted All 17,576 Possibilities by Now

Sometimes license plates get unfortunate three-letter combinations.

An exercise for the reader: How many of the 17,576 would a reasonable person find offensive? FUC, FUK, ASS, DIK, and a few others are gimmes. There are some judgment calls -- I'm going to claim that DAM is not (because of the structure that controls the flow of some waterways) but your mileage may vary.

This might be fluid: 15 years ago I don't think WTF would have stood out the way it does now.

Posted by Matt Bruce at July 25, 2008 11:19 AM
What Other People Say

I've seen OMGWTF around Chicago, and I game with a couple whose plates are ORLY and YARLY.

Posted by: greg at July 25, 2008 11:49 AM

WTF recently got pulled in North Carolina. Saw a story on it a month or so ago.

I had a co-worker who planned to get a GFY plate. Good for you! or go [do something to] yourself. a current co-worker i mentioned this to now uses the former phrase as a euphemism for the latter.

Posted by: Keith at July 25, 2008 03:31 PM
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