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'Merlot' A No-No On Utah License Plate
CBS NEWS ^
| 3-18-2007
Posted on 03/18/2007 7:48:22 AM PDT by Cagey
AP) Merlot can be a variety of grape or a type of red wine, but not an acceptable personalized license plate in the state of Utah.
Glenn Eurick's 1996 Mercedes has had the license plate reading "merlot" for 10 years. He says the plate never got a lot of notice until the Utah Tax Commission told him last week that he had to remove it because the state doesn't allow words of intoxicant to be used on vanity plates.
Six or seven-letter words like liquor or whiskey probably wouldn't make it through the state screening process before the plates are issued. But merlot did and Eurick was fine until an anonymous caller told the state that merlot was also an alcoholic beverage.
Eurick's car with the offending plate is dark red, like the wine. He said few people who asked about the plate made the connection. Though one man did ask "if we chose merlot because there were too many letters in cabernet sauvignon," Eurick said.
Eurick said he will challenge the state's decision.
TOPICS: Government; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: bacchus; boozbaby; lusheroo; wino
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To: the invisib1e hand
oh please, GTFU. (the "G" stands for "grow.") I guess the one I saw in Logan, UT, about 3 years ago, "4NAC8" slipped by them.....whoosh....
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posted on
03/18/2007 8:25:35 AM PDT
by
Thermalseeker
(Just the facts, ma'am)
To: Repeal The 17th
You missed Brigham Young's winter home in St. George Utah where wine was produced.
Silk was produced in the area as early as 1874 but did not add to the material prosperity of the city. Nevertheless, the mulberry trees, which were planted to feed the worms, have continued to provide shade to the city's residents. Other early pioneer endeavors included producing molasses, dried fruit, and wine.
Has it a name? Yea, verily we will call it Brigham's Red.
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posted on
03/18/2007 8:36:56 AM PDT
by
Utah Binger
(Southern Utah, where the world comes to see America!)
To: Utah Binger
Wow, thanks for the heads up! Biggest thing we got going in Mesquite right now is a little newspaper that's not skert of the big bad cituh regime. "The Mesquite Local" is also an internet paper...
Looks like a new Mayor coming, onthis election cycle.
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posted on
03/18/2007 8:38:27 AM PDT
by
Issaquahking
(Duncan Hunter for president!)
To: Utah Binger
"Silk was produced in the area as early as 1874 but did not add to the material prosperity of the city. Nevertheless, the mulberry trees, which were planted to feed the worms, have continued to provide shade to the city's residents. Other early pioneer endeavors included producing molasses, dried fruit, and wine."
Forgot the quotes from St. George History.
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posted on
03/18/2007 8:41:32 AM PDT
by
Utah Binger
(Southern Utah, where the world comes to see America!)
To: Cagey
"Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow ye may be in Utah."
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posted on
03/18/2007 8:42:17 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The University of Florida - Championship U)
To: Issaquahking
We came through last week and picked up the paper. I was surprised about the size of it.
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posted on
03/18/2007 8:43:03 AM PDT
by
Utah Binger
(Southern Utah, where the world comes to see America!)
To: Utah Binger
Off to a job out at Beaver Dam. Beat the ilegals out on this one...Must have forgot a page or two in the bid?
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posted on
03/18/2007 8:54:21 AM PDT
by
Issaquahking
(Duncan Hunter for president!)
To: andy58-in-nh
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posted on
03/18/2007 9:09:16 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar of the Masses Could be Farts)
To: Cagey
(An aside to Mormons)
That wasn't grape juice Jesus drank.
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posted on
03/18/2007 9:11:29 AM PDT
by
mborman
To: Issaquahking
If places like L.A. and Washington D.C. are the future, I'll gladly take Utah.
To: Cagey
In Ontario, Canada no less...
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posted on
03/18/2007 10:02:24 AM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Then read the Provincial slogan ;)
To: Cagey
I guess Virginia didn't have the same uptightness about plates. My two favorite vanity plates I saw when I lived there (2000-2004) were BEER PLZ and LQR PLZ.
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posted on
03/18/2007 10:12:49 AM PDT
by
Severa
(I can't take this stress anymore...quick, get me a marker to sniff....)
To: Cagey
until the Utah Tax Commission told him last week that he had to remove it because the state doesn't allow words of intoxicant to be used on vanity plates. If you ever needed proof and documentation of the intrinsic stupidity of bureaucrats...
Merlot is the name of a grape.
Does this mean that "Crow" would also be rejected because...
... never mind...
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posted on
03/18/2007 11:16:25 AM PDT
by
Publius6961
(MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
To: Utah Binger
His favorite thing was to drive down and check out all the cars at the bar and then go back to the border and wait for them to come out so he could issue DUI's. Yes it is wrong to drink and drive, but entrapment is against the law.You have serious comprehension issues.
That is not entrapment.
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posted on
03/18/2007 11:18:46 AM PDT
by
Publius6961
(MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
To: Thermalseeker
I have 'CMPNS8N' (and that's 'compensatin' 'not 'camping satan', as one of kids thought!)on my Corvette, and it went through the Louisiana DMV without a hitch.
Of course, the were going to let 'TNYPKR' through as well, but the wife stopped me. ;)
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posted on
03/18/2007 11:46:49 AM PDT
by
Maury
To: Cagey
I saw a plate with "WANKER" on it. It was on a Jaguar. Not something to be proud of, I would say.
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posted on
03/18/2007 11:52:33 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Vaclav Klaus: "A whip of political correctness strangles their voice")
To: Publius6961
Maybe not entrapment Mr. comprehension expert big shot. But it is against the law to lay in wait and ambush without cause. Especially hiding and waiting on the border of another state.
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posted on
03/18/2007 11:52:41 AM PDT
by
Utah Binger
(Southern Utah, where the world comes to see America!)
To: Cagey
Let me guess, his wife uses "Oil of Gamay" beauty creme, right?
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
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posted on
03/18/2007 12:10:53 PM PDT
by
LonePalm
(Commander and Chef)
To: Thermalseeker
MUF DVR California 1976. (Corvette)
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posted on
03/18/2007 12:35:27 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: Cagey
Incidents like this, duly reported, and repeated, will doom Mitt Romney's campaign.
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