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End Of Road For GOTMILF License Plate
The Smoking Gun ^ | July 21, 2004 | TSG

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)


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Washington
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To: Constitution Day
Otherwise you could leave with a stuned beeber.

Which is a vey series conditon.

Is there ANYTHING we can't make a joke out of? :)

141 posted on 07/29/2004 12:27:10 PM PDT by TheBigB (Wipe out the leftists once and for all...RUMSFELD/ASHCROFT '08!!)
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To: Area Freeper
"Sorry sonny. That vanity plate is taken."

Love it!

142 posted on 07/29/2004 12:28:06 PM PDT by Chieftain ('W' in '04!)
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To: TheBigB

Nope.


143 posted on 07/29/2004 12:28:29 PM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Constitution Day
It's best to avoid prastic surgery when you're in Tiajunna.

Actually, all of the best prastic surgeons come from Asia I think...

144 posted on 07/29/2004 12:28:29 PM PDT by Area Freeper (PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN!!!)
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To: HEY4QDEMS

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...


145 posted on 07/29/2004 12:31:53 PM PDT by hchutch ("Go ahead. Leave early and beat the traffic. The Milwaukee Brewers dare you." - MLB.com 5/11/04)
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To: tscislaw
my children seeing this and inquiring as to what it means...

How about an "I don't know, honey. Personalized license plates usually only mean something to the person who it belongs to."

146 posted on 07/29/2004 12:32:15 PM PDT by RockinRight (Liberalism IS the status quo)
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To: job
So what is the GOT part?

It is "got", from the English word "got".

147 posted on 07/29/2004 12:32:19 PM PDT by kevkrom (My handle is "kevkrom", and I approved this post.)
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To: Hunble

ummm..mom I would......fill in the rest.

has to do with crude activity...


148 posted on 07/29/2004 12:32:54 PM PDT by rwfromkansas (BYPASS FORCED WEB REGISTRATION! **** http://www.bugmenot.com ****)
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To: Baynative
This is no joke. The assistant manager at my office had an "Assistant Manager" nameplate for his office door to go under his name. They asked him if abbreviation was OK since the words were too long and he said OK. The nameplate arrived a couple days later and it read:

ASS. MAN.

149 posted on 07/29/2004 12:35:06 PM PDT by RockinRight (Liberalism IS the status quo)
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To: ValerieUSA

You weren't flattered?


150 posted on 07/29/2004 12:35:12 PM PDT by GraniteStateConservative (...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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To: BaBaStooey

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...


151 posted on 07/29/2004 12:36:27 PM PDT by RockinRight (Liberalism IS the status quo)
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To: COEXERJ145

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.


152 posted on 07/29/2004 12:37:56 PM PDT by rwfromkansas (BYPASS FORCED WEB REGISTRATION! **** http://www.bugmenot.com ****)
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To: The Scourge of Yazid

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'.)


153 posted on 07/29/2004 12:41:49 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ('Hey, maybe "Jihadists For Kerry" is what "JFK" really stands for.' --Blood of Tyrants)
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To: ValerieUSA

just checked your homepage...cough cough


154 posted on 07/29/2004 12:43:56 PM PDT by rwfromkansas (BYPASS FORCED WEB REGISTRATION! **** http://www.bugmenot.com ****)
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To: rwfromkansas

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.


155 posted on 07/29/2004 12:44:20 PM PDT by RockinRight (Liberalism IS the status quo)
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To: Chancellor Palpatine; Texas_Dawg; dighton; StatesEnemy; irish guard; Mr. Mojo; dyed_in_the_wool; ...

MILF ping


156 posted on 07/29/2004 12:45:10 PM PDT by Area Freeper (PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN!!!)
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To: The Scourge of Yazid

something for you, cher cousin


157 posted on 07/29/2004 12:47:35 PM PDT by King Prout ("Thou has been found guilty and convicted of malum zambonifactum most foul... REPENT!)
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To: Constitution Day
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.

Yep, everyone knows about the Moro Islamic Liberation Front ;)

158 posted on 07/29/2004 12:49:58 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Fierce Allegiance
It's is a christian camp, not band camp,

Thats even worse!

159 posted on 07/29/2004 12:51:01 PM PDT by Phantom Lord (Distributor of Pain, Your Loss Becomes My Gain)
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To: RockinRight

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.


160 posted on 07/29/2004 12:54:21 PM PDT by rwfromkansas (BYPASS FORCED WEB REGISTRATION! **** http://www.bugmenot.com ****)
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