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The State You're In: 15 License Plates That Speak

TresSugar — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:00:00 -0700

It used to be we'd slap whatever the state handed us on our bumpers, but that's such efficient use of tax dollars. That all changed in 1977, when a family of Jehovah's Witnesses taped over the "Live Free or Die" part of their New Hampshire license plate, claiming it violated their free speech rights. The case went to the Supreme Court, which decided it was unconstitutional to force individuals, or their cars, to be "mobile billboards." Of course, if you can't force 'em, you can't stop 'em.

So here we are, 22 years later with a license plate for everyone. This week Florida gave drivers a new option - Jesus on the cross. When Florida governor Charlie Crist was asked about the breach of church and state, he said, "If they don’t want one they don’t have to buy one."

But what can we buy?

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At Least He's Warning Us

GiggleSugar — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:00:00 -0800

I wish all creeps and pedos announced themselves.
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Is This a Sports Team I Don't Know About?

GiggleSugar — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:00:00 -0700

Honestly, though. I don't know how the DMV missed this one.

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Sign #839 That He's a Douche

GiggleSugar — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:02:00 -0700

His banana yellow Honda convertible is his wingman.

Thanks, College Humor!

No Way!

GiggleSugar — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:00:00 -0700

Way.

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North Carolina's Naughty License Plates Cause DMV Trouble

CitizenSugar — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:00:59 -0700

ROFL, OMG, etc. So North Carolina's DMV has to get cracking to cook up 10,000 replacement license plates after one 60-year-old grandmother got clued in by her text-savvy grandchild that her standard-issue plate, contained an acronym that expresses disbelief in an explicit fashion. As in, WTF.

The DMV (Look! Another acronym in the neighborhood of WTF!) says that although they try to keep up with all the latest acronyms, this one slipped by their censors. They've offered to replace the offending plates free of charge. Oh, but the best part of this story? That they'd been using one of the WTF plates on their website as an example. They're now "trying to remove the plate" from the site.

I'm no entrepreneur, but I imagine that they could resell the turned in plates for quite a profit to those who might want a little more color in their vehicle identification? It's like those super-expensive vanity plates, or the political ones, or the religious ones, but way, way better. Would you turn yours in, or flaunt it?

Now That's Commitment

GiggleSugar — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:30:00 -0800

Memorializing one's hate on a license plate is not the speediest way to move on . . .
(But this is!)

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Passive-Aggressive Soccer Mom Got a Vanity Plate

GiggleSugar — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:00:00 -0700

And her children aren't amused.

Thanks, College Humor!

Driving Under the Influence of Dumbass

GiggleSugar — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:00:00 -0700

This dude is never talking his way out of a ticket.

Thanks, College Humor!

More Permanent Than a Bumper Sticker. Would You Get One?

CitizenSugar — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:00:36 -0700

Why settle for slapping on a silly bumper sticker? Stickers are for little girls! Get your political allegiance stamped into a hunk of metal - that's for the truly hardcore.

New York resident Tibi Vasilescu is the proud owner of the OBAMA 08 plate pictured above. His statement cost him $68 and gets him lots of attention - he's already been offered $1,000 for it. Vasilescu's first choice candidate, Bill Richardson, dropped out so his plate went Obama. Funny it's not affixed on an American-made car. . . . The New York database also shows a MCCAIN 08 plate on record.

What do you think?

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