Posted on 01/22/2023 11:33:13 AM PST by BenLurkin
A Houston resident’s proposed license plate has been rejected by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, with the state agency saying the application included a “vulgar” phrase, KTLA sister station KXAN reports.
Catie Cryar applied for a license plate that read “LVTOFU,” according to a release from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). A PETA spokesperson said the license plate “does not contain profanity and is ‘designed to inspire more people to try tofu.'”
However, a Texas DMV spokesperson said the phrase contains “a common acronym for a vulgar term.”
“When reviewing a personalized alphanumeric pattern, the department need not consider the applicant’s subjective intent or declared meaning,” the Texas Administrative Code reads in part.
(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...
The law is the law, snowflake.
This particular bureaucrat is correct.
You can’t spell TOFU without a “FU”
Seeding a field isn’t vulgar, either.
was a dentist here sometime back had NUM-U-UP for plates...
i wonder how many times he got pulled over???
I’ll have to check back on this thread. If it ends up like the one about the North Carolina LGBT license plates, it could be very amusing.
luvmeat could also fall into this category I suppose
Stay away from tofu.
College classmate’s plate was WOODYA.
Anyone who loves TOFU is FU....
A dangling fu is sure to fuel the censor’s fury. If they had chosen “TOFULV”, I think it would have passed muster.
TOPHU
Say it in Spanish {smirk}
Pan ocho?
Personally I’d be fine if they had no personalized plates, no donation plates, no anything plates.
I renewed my vehicle tags this week (KY) and since I have a black & pearl white Indian Scout I thought I’d get the black coal plate - says “Coal Keeps the Lights On” - which I agree with. But they wanted $44 additional for the plate & I’m already giving the state too much money for the “privilege” of driving.
A thought occurs to me. I wonder when some bureaucrat will come up with the idea to chip plates so we can be tracked?
This happened in Colorado about 5 yrs ago. Same phrase.
I know a guy with the last name of “Stolen”. The DOT wouldn’t allow a plate made with his name.
My wife’s nephew had a Corvette Sting Ray. His license plate was COPTZR.
Years back, a nice-looking, young lady in a red Corvette flew past me with the plate: ILUV2B8.
By the time I figured it out, she was looonnnnnggggg gone.....LOL
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