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I can smell another civil liberties case brewing here. :rolleyes:
Richard's $.02 :munchin
Colorado Woman's Tofu License Plate Judged X-rated
One Colorado woman's love for tofu has been judged X-rated by state officials.
Kelly Coffman-Lee wanted to tell the world about her fondness for bean curd by picking certain letters for her SUV's license plate.
Her suggestion for the plate: "ILVTOFU."
But the Division of Motor Vehicles blocked her plan because they thought the combination of letters could be interpreted as profane.
Says Department of Revenue spokesman Mark Couch: "We don't allow 'FU' because some people could read that as street language for sex."
Officials meet periodically to ensure state plates stay free of letters that abbreviate gang slang, drug terms or obscene phrases.
The 38-year-old Coffman-Lee says tofu is a staple of her family's diet because they are vegan and that the DMV misinterpreted her message.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2009-04-08-license-plate_N.htm
More State & Federal Tax dollars going to go to waste as this will probably head to the courts...
Here in California, the DMV vets vanity plates for suggestive meanings. One can also report plates that slip through the process.
Many years ago, I saw one that escaped attention: BENWA:eek:
Then there was: MR PLOW :D
The plates I don't understand are the ones that say the make or model of a vehicle.:rolleyes: People are so status conscious that they want you to make sure you know it was a BMW 740IL that just sped past you at warp 5.
Hopefully, none of these folks work in fields requiring creativity.
My wife a few years back got new plates for the car.
It started SWF-
I had to clue her in on SWF, she was not too happy but kept the plate.
Remington Raidr
05-01-2009, 12:15
actual stolen vehicle broadcast:
. . described as a bright pink Suzuki Samauri, bearing personalized plates
wait for it
the number 4, david, adam, henry, ocean, sam.:eek:
mojaveman
05-01-2009, 14:24
Suggestive license plates are nothing compared to some of the bumper stickers that you see on vehicles. I often wonder if there are any City or State ordinances that govern that type of expression.
What really disgusts me is when some young wannabe gang banger pulls up next to me at a red light with his windows down and has a loud boom bass stereo blaring 'gangsta rap' at full volume. Lyrics that include MFer and a host of other profanities just irk me. At those times I wish that I were a LEO and could issue a citation on the spot.
Fiercely Loyal
05-01-2009, 16:04
Fella back in Anchorage had a plate that read "IWANNA".
He owned a H2 Hummer.
temsmedic
05-01-2009, 17:30
I have a photo of this license plate, taken in Florida
"PHUKNA"
Utah Bob
05-01-2009, 17:51
Suggestive license plates are nothing compared to some of the bumper decals that you see on vehicles. I often wonder what State and City ordinances there are governing that type of expression.
What really disgusts me is when some young wannabe gang banger pulls up next to me at a red light with his windows down and a loud boom base stero blaring gangsta rap at full volume. Lyrics that include MFer and a host of other profanities just irk me. At those times I wish that I were a LEO and could issue a citation on the spot.
Florida and I think Alabama have statutes prohibiting "obscene" bumper stickers.
I doubt they have ever won a case.
Dozer523
05-04-2009, 09:29
I got away with this one:
PUPAROPE:)
Never understood those "personalized plates?" Seems like a person would be making themselves an easy target with one?:munchin
This reminds me, I had a friend in college who had a deaf grand mother who used to drive around blaring rap music, because she liked the vibrations to it. However people were always completely dumbfounded because they'd be expecting some "gangsta"-wannabe upon hearing it, and instead see some eighty-something woman at the wheel:cool:
BW,
That rocks!:) Reminds me of a blind gal I know that insists on having the menu placed in front of her, while out to dinner!:lifter
Holly
Dozer523
05-04-2009, 19:51
When I was in sixth and seventh grade my Dad was stationed withthe 1/94th FA in Nurenberg. We lived in Furth. All the Furth license plates stared with FU and two more letters and then numbers. I taught my little brother (6YO) how to sound out words.:p Mom was not amused.:mad:
armymom1228
05-04-2009, 20:08
What really disgusts me is when some young wannabe gang banger pulls up next to me at a red light with his windows down and has a loud boom bass stereo blaring "gangsta rap" at full volume. Lyrics that include MFer and a host of other profanities just irk me. At those times I wish that I were a LEO and could issue a citation on the spot.
Haven't you learned to fight fire with fire? I have a cd of bagpipe music. I happen to like bagpipe music.
My last studio was above the "African Ancestor Village". Sunday mornings was a 'men's group". It was nothing more than a 2 hour lecture on the evils of what the white man as done to us and that we need to hate them and are entitled to $$$ and so on. It was nauseating. Complaining that they were a bunch of racist pricks would have done nothing but get me laughed at..
Soooo I would turn the speakers facedown and played bagpipe music LOUD.
Some days it was Merle Haggard, or Khalid singing Rai music.
Then there was the really bad African drumming class. It was horrible.. and they did it till 1am on Wed nights. I got them to move to another part of the 'village away from being directly under me by the same trick.
Speakers face down. Uncle Mufofo or Hossam Ramzy drumming cd's...
So then they moved under my GF's studio.. she thanked me for that profusely and borrowed my bagpipe cd's. :D
I lived in the 'hood for the better part of 3 yrs. I always found the cars that I swear I could see the windows breathing in and out from the bass booms. Sometimes they would be so loud, with the windows up even. I could hear the car 3 stories up, with the windows closed over my music/tv. Geez:eek:
mojaveman
05-04-2009, 22:56
Haven't you learned to fight fire with fire? I have a cd of bagpipe music. I happen to like bagpipe music.
My last studio was above the "African Ancestor Village". Sunday mornings was a 'men's group". It was nothing more than a 2 hour lecture on the evils of what the white man as done to us and that we need to hate them and are entitled to $$$ and so on. It was nauseating. Complaining that they were a bunch of racist pricks would have done nothing but get me laughed at..
Soooo I would turn the speakers facedown and played bagpipe music LOUD.
Some days it was Merle Haggard, or Khalid singing Rai music.
Then there was the really bad African drumming class. It was horrible.. and they did it till 1am on Wed nights. I got them to move to another part of the 'village away from being directly under me by the same trick.
Speakers face down. Uncle Mufofo or Hossam Ramzy drumming cd's...
So then they moved under my GF's studio.. she thanked me for that profusely and borrowed my bagpipe cd's. :D
I lived in the 'hood for the better part of 3 yrs. I always found the cars that I swear I could see the windows breathing in and out from the bass booms. Sometimes they would be so loud, with the windows up even. I could hear the car 3 stories up, with the windows closed over my music/tv. Geez:eek:
Hey Armymom,
Where was your CD of "Dixie"?
Oh I wish I was in the land of cotton...
Magnolia
05-04-2009, 23:19
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002286168_licenses24m.html
Florida and I think Alabama have statutes prohibiting "obscene" bumper stickers.
I doubt they have ever won a case.
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Wife had a bumper sticker on her old van. It went over most peoples heads though. "SKYDIVE its an AIRGASM". One womand did confront her in a parking lot though, told her she thought it was obscene. Wife asked her if she had ever skydived. Woman said no, wife said she would never know what an "airgasm" was then.
How's this one?
12001 12002
My nephew got it after his first tour and took it along for his second.
Utah Bob
05-05-2009, 08:29
How's this one?
12001 12002
My nephew got it after his first tour and took it along for his second.
I like it!:D
armymom1228
05-06-2009, 06:07
Hey Armymom,
Where was your CD of "Dixie"?
Oh I wish I was in the land of cotton...
I guess I forgot to mention my studio and the building it resided in was smack dab in the middle of 'da hood'. My intent was not to antagonize,but simply to make them move elsewhere in thier space but directly under me.
Being politely annoying is very soul satisfying. No confrontations with angry black panther wannabe's. I simply made them have the desire to move elsewhere . Neither of us was doing anything wrong. They, however, had the whole south 1st floor of the building to play in. I was simply one space in the midst of 5 commercial spaces on the south 2nd floor of a 130 yr old converted sewing factory.. :D
brianksain
05-07-2009, 09:55
Try to get ... SNIPER ... on an LP ... when the DMV is in Austin, TEXAS.
No way in hell.
Thanks Charlie Whitman. lol