'ILVTOFU' plate banned in Colorado

Chicago Sun Times ^ | 4-9-09

[Justaham]

DENVER — 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.

[nickcarraway]

?

[Brett66]

LOL!

[scottinoc]

They rejected my “FOBAMA” plate for the same reason apparently.

[Huskrrrr]

I love to F#$K

[DieHard the Hunter]

If I had to guess, she knew exactly what she was doing.

[ozzymandus]

That's a good one. Some bureaucrat has a dirty mind.

[null and void]

How about ‘FUBO’?

[null and void]

FOUR steeking seconds!

[Minn]

I’d like to meet this woman; Just to see what kind of personality gets so into tofu that they are compelled to tell the world. Outside of hot and sour soup, I’m hard pressed to find one use for the stuff.

[tatsinfla]

my first thought reading it had nothing to do with tofu....lol...

[ninergold3]

For real????

[OB1kNOb]

BWAAHAHAHAHA......UNNNNGH!

[null and void]

*nevermind*

I just type what the voices tell me...

[Tijeras_Slim]

If I had to guess, she knew exactly what she was doing.

Advertising like that, I would hope so!

[mainestategop]

It sounds like, I love to $*#@ you. So yeah not surprised.

[antiRepublicrat]

“FRAK IT” is apparently allowed, you BSG fans.

[Leo Farnsworth]

I once had a plate on a motorcycle:

SX87

A woman grabbed me once in the parking lot of a restaurant:
“That's disgusting!”

“Why,” I asked.

“It means SEX 1987!”

I replied: “Not really. It is a symbol for the Chicago Board Of Trade - (S)Soybeans, (X)November expiration - 1987. With my profits I bought this.”

Like Rush says: ‘Ignorance is America's largest expense (paraphrase, if not totally accurate, my apologies, but the intent is spot on!).

[SouthDixie]

geez, tofu never even entered my mind...perhaps a hyphen in there would solve the problem ?

[tumblindice]

http://www.sondrak.com/index.php/weblog/the_hyphen/

Vegan bumper sticker, but she may be innocent. It’s a coin toss.
Anyone have a Canadian nickle?

BVRETR

[Leo Farnsworth]

TOFU kills!

[mollynme]

Just to see what kind of personality gets so into tofu that they are compelled to tell the world.

She also has a large oval VEGN sticker on her bumper. She is trying to "promote the vegan lifestyle".

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I’d have to see a photograph to decide.

Who knew Paris Hilton lived in Denver?

[Sloth]

[Leo Farnsworth]

Probably a bunch of perps!

[politicket]

This is interesting since the Governor of Colorado just endorsed an initiative to increase restaurant patronage through an effort entitled:

Fork the Recession

Sometimes being a Colorado native is embarassing with these buffoons in charge.

[Drango]

Mrs Drango and I were giggling like 13 year olds last night when the news folk were trying to explain this.

[NormsRevenge]

a local wok joint comes to mind

Szechuan style .. mmmm

Let us Wok all over you

[Leo Farnsworth]

Weird:

Look at the photo in post #24, then look At the:
To: name in post #25.

No offense to either poster, mind you.

Just...well...interesting...

[astyanax]

ILVTOFU2!
I’m betting she’s a prostitute or a politician.
I know, very little difference.
Cue Ronald Reagan’s “oldest profession” quip...

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Hilarious.

[Cyclone59]

there was a big uproar in Virgina about 10 or 15 years ago about a guy who requested and received a tag

GOVTSUX

They tried to take it away from him.

[Travis T. OJustice]

Can't beat it:

[Justaham]

Sorry - please enlighten - can’t seem to see your point.

[Hawthorn]

>> I’d have to see a photograph to decide. <<

Absolutely! How’re we gonna decide otherwise on her guilt or innocence?

[Doomonyou]

LOL!

Unnngh!

[JD91]

This should have been easy for the DMV - if the plate was for a Subaru with a Obama sticker on the window, she really loves Tofu. If it was to go on a F-150 pick-up with mud flaps.........she's easy!

[Arrowhead1952]

One of the guys I used to work with had a son named Christopher. They didn’t want him to go by Chris, since that sounded to feminne, so his nickname was ‘topher (pronounced like gopher).

He had a personalized plate made with his nickname.

TOP HER

Texaas DPS didn’t let him keep that plate for long.

[the long march]

And rightfully so anyone who loves tofu should not be allowed to drive

[50sDad]

You know, I had no idea this morning when I HEARD the article on the radio; I thought it was just another over zealous bureaucrat...I had to read it here before I got the joke.

[Justaham]

Vegans love TOFU.

[ßuddaßudd]

There was a guy in VA back in the day who drove a 69 camero with A69MAN plates.

[goat granny]

Thank you, I couldn’t figure it out until your post....I am a little slow..

[CommerceComet]

If I had to guess, she knew exactly what she was doing.

My wife would have never thought of the "profanity" of that combination of letters. I can believe this lady was just naive.

[astyanax]

You’re welcome! Glad to help.
In your defense, it probably just means your mind is less in the gutter than mine...
;o)

[goat granny]

LOL

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Else, how I’m gonna know whether to order an IDLV2FU2 plate or not?

[chris_bdba]

They showed her on Fox last nigth and she totally was insisting it was tofu she loved. She didn’t even crack smile. Dh was clueless until they showed the plate spelled out.

[kalee]

I have taken this pie to all kinds of events and have never had anyone guess what it is. Even people who say they hate tofu like it. I have had people tell me it is too rich so serve small slivers.

Chocolate Tofu Pie

Ingredients
16 oz. Silken tofu at room temperature
1 Regular Graham Cracker Crust or Chocolate Graham Cracker Crust
1 pkg (12 oz) Ghirardelli Regular or Double Chocolate Chips
1 tsp. Vanilla
2-4 tsp water or raspberry liqueur if needed

Directions
Mix the room temperature tofu and vanilla in the blender. Put the chocolate chips into the saucepan and cook over medium heat until melted. Add melted chocolate to the blender and mix until smooth. Scrape down sides and make sure it blends well, so you do not have white stripes. You may add a little water or raspberry liqueur if too thick. Pour entire mixture into pie crust and refrigerate for about 3 hours or until firm.

I decorate the top with raspberries and mint leaves. Sometimes I serve it with raspberry sauce.

Adding the melted chocolate to tofu that is too cold can result in apeckled pie, the chocolate will not blend well if the tofu is too cold.

[kalee]

You can also serve it with whipped cream.