License Plate Interpretation
Posted by beth on August 27, 2009
I don’t remember how it started, but a while back, WhitneyJosh and I started texting each other whenever we saw interesting, weird, funny or puzzling vanity plates. It’s a fun game. And come to think of it, didn’t there use to be a game show where people deciphered license plate messages? I think there was. (Attention Research Team: Get on remembering what that show was.)
Anyhoe, I saw one today that said “GROSMART,” which I assume means “Grow Smart,” although I have no idea what that’s talking about. Do we mean “Get a good education throughout your youth and childhood” or “Be wise in your gardening techniques?”
Obviously, I prefer the third alternative – Gross Mart. I want to think that somewhere in Raleigh, there is a small, independent corner market that sells things like rotten garlic, fungus-y toenail clippings, and naked posters of Nick Nolte. And I want to believe that Gross Mart’s sole advertising campaign is this one, lone vanity plate.
And I want to go there whenever I find myself in need of a sweaty, overweight redneck in a ratty, old wife-beater singing “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk” while rubbing his torso seductively. Oh wait. That’s what Plenty of Fish is for.
Merse said,
Research team REPORT!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumper_Stumpers
jon b. said,
While I don’t remember the name, you’re right in thinking there was a game show like that. It came on a weird network though. Probably just the “Game Show Network.”
erin said,
best plate i have ever seen required more deciphering than one would expect.
all it said was:
DIABETES
beth said,
Nice work, Research Team!! I never would have remembered that it was called “Bumper Stumpers,” but that’s hilarious, and Whitney and I would have won it hands down.
Erin, what do you make of that plate?
Amy said,
Mike would suck at that game. He can NEVER figure out license plates. If it said “Eye812″ he’d think it was like 812 eyes, not “I ate one too”.
I don’t get it. Is it just telling us to get checked for the diabetus?
beth said,
Diabetus. Thanks, Wilford Brimley.
I don’t know. I think it’s either reminding us to watch our sugar intake OR it’s there in case the driver of that car is in an accident, so when the paramedics arrive, before they look in his wallet or anything, they know what they’re dealing with.
anonymous said,
I assume that when you say “texting each other whenever we saw interesting, weird, funny or puzzling vanity plates” you were doing while driving. If that’s the case you need to watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGE8LzRaySk
Add A Comment