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 ...
But it was Saturday night, I guess that makes it all right
“Many years ago in New Mexico I saw a license plate BREAD-8.”
Sometime ago I spotted a large brown SUV with the Florida plate: MOJON
You might have to know a bit of Cuban slang like your Mexican slang...
I got passed by a 74 or 75 Cadillac convertable. HUGE car. Dude was running about 90 with the top down in December in Missouri. He has long white hair and a long white beard and was wearing a heavy red coat. His license place read “SANTA-1”.
Ha!! Too funny
Owner might not like the kind of attention it would draw
Not what I expected: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catiecryar
Ho ho ho....is what I want on my plate. Or is Santa out too?
That’s funny. Tofu is tough to love, could use a hand up. And I do just mean a hand. (digging deeper, lol)
BTW, I just had really yum tofu lunch at local Thai restaurant. Who knew?
My parent’s neighbor has a Dodge Viper with Minnesota license plate DTF.
Several year ago a buddy of mine had a 16 year old daughter that was beyond beautiful. Red hair and green eyes.
Anyway I stopped one morning to pick Ralph up to go fishing.
They had bought her a new Z 28 Camaro. The vanity tag she picked out was IGVITUP.
I miss the truck nutz. There was this squid drove an old Blazer down in Portsmouth and see him every now and then, he had all the bumper stickers and the truck nuts.
I told this guy I was working with about this truck I saw on the interstate several weeks before and one day we’re going to lunch over at the this Naval facility and that truck drives by and I said “that’s him!”
The Redneck Romeo. Based on the bumper stickers etc... he was airborne.
What about LGBFJB?
NOTAVEGN
EATMEAT
3MTA3
"I'm sorry sir, the full request is too long. Please resubmit."
Ok...had to Google that...lol
Per...urbandictionary.com
define.php?term=3M TA3
Urban Dictionary: 3M TA3
3M TA3 specialized car licence plate outlawed in many states. Made famous by the beastie boys first album by Big Papa K May 3, 2003 Get the 3M TA3 mug. 3M TA3 ‘eat me’ it’s a number plate. a look in your rear view mirror reveals ‘eat me’. by Anonymous June 19, 2003 Get the 3M TA3 mug.
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