Posted on 07/29/2004 11:04:56 AM PDT by Constitution Day
End Of Road For GOTMILF License Plate
"Offensive" vanity tag yanked by Washington officials
JULY 21--This is the story of GOTMILF. In May 2002, Michael Syravong filed a "personalized license plate application"with Washington's Department of Licensing. GOTMILF was Syravong's first choice among the three possible personalized tags he listed on the state form (he would have settled for SUPL8EZ or RCKSTAR). Asked for the meaning of GOTMILF, Syravong wrote, "Manual Inline Lift Fluctuator," which he would later claim was some kind of automotive gizmo. The 25-year-old software engineer's license plate choice was, amazingly, approved by bureaucrats who obviously never saw the film "American Pie" and were clueless about the acronym's real meaning.
Unfortunately for Syravong, however, two offended citizens knew that the plate was actually his sly play on the Got Milk? slogan crossed with the raunchy acronym. In February, 21 months after Syravong got the personalized plate for his Toyota (pictured), an aggrieved Washingtonian e-mailed a complaint to state officials. A second beef was received in April from a disgusted Snohomish parent who did not want "my children seeing this and inquiring as to what it means." Acting on the first complaint, state officials wrote Syravong seeking his response to the complaint. Fighting to keep GOTMILF, he responded with a letter that desperately tried to explain away his license plate. Despite Syravong's invocation of Bill of Rights protections, members of Washington's Personalized Plate Review Committee were not swayed by his argument--and even hinted that he may have committed a crime (making a false or misleading statement to a public servant) when he submitted his original plate application. In April, the state review committee voted to cancel Syravong's tag. He got the bad news in an April 13 letter chiding him for providing "inconsistent information regarding the definition of the plate." Stripped of GOTMILF, Syravong was forced to replace his distinctive tag with PUNISHR. We're counting the days until a motorist writes in to complain that Syravong's new plate advocates domestic violence or has S&M undertones. (9 pages)
Which is a vey series conditon.
Is there ANYTHING we can't make a joke out of? :)
Love it!
Nope.
Actually, all of the best prastic surgeons come from Asia I think...
You are right, I did mean thin-skinned.
That said, I would certainly hope that we Freepers have thicker skins than Americans do these days...
How about an "I don't know, honey. Personalized license plates usually only mean something to the person who it belongs to."
It is "got", from the English word "got".
ummm..mom I would......fill in the rest.
has to do with crude activity...
ASS. MAN.
You weren't flattered?
I wonder if he got to keep the plate. I mean, it would be invalid, but I wonder if he got to keep it at least...
I could not stand it (saw the tv version that no doubt had some of the worse stuff cut off).
I am not some prude even though I am a conservative Christian.
I enjoyed Old School. I liked Van Wilder (though parts of it were offensive). But, American Pie was beyond the pale.
I just thought it was awful stuff.
I had heard about MILF from people around the college campus though.
Scourge, this thread is very silly and borderline ZOT material. Why aren't you on it?
Incidentally, one of the sneakier vanity license plates I saw was in Illinois: PRIAPUS
(Google it if necessary; I ain't tellin'.)
just checked your homepage...cough cough
OK, maybe I am in a minority, but I found American Pie funny. All three of them. Not things I'd do personally, nor would I let a young child see it, but it was funny.
MILF ping
something for you, cher cousin
Yep, everyone knows about the Moro Islamic Liberation Front ;)
Thats even worse!
I just found it too gross.
And I watch Southpark...
(BTW, I heard they are going to have a Michael-Moore bashing episode in October).
Probably just my quirky standards though more than a reflection on the movie.
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