Have you ever considered getting a vanity plate? / LJWorld.com

Asked at Massachusetts Street on October 12, 2008

“I have, but it’s not a very practical thing to spend extra money on. But I do think it’s interesting to see what people come up with.”

— Teri Wood, interior designer, Sisters, Ore.

“Yeah, at one time I considered getting CREAM, Cash Rules Everything Around Me, from the old Wu Tang song.”

— Michael Smith, certified medication aide, Topeka

“I’ve never considered it, because then everyone would recognize my car. I just don’t think I’m a vanity-plate kind of person.”

— Mandy Toomey, Kansas University senior, Minneapolis

“I’ve considered it, but not very seriously. I thought about getting an old nickname of mine, but there’s no point in getting one. It’s kind of silly.”

— James Snyder, package carrier, Lawrence

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HighScore 4 years, 7 months ago

I also thought "MUCKFZU" would be a good one, but I was worried what might happen if I ever had to drive through Missouri. Those Missouri cops are some of the worst in the country.

oldvet 4 years, 7 months ago

Hey labmonkey... how about "R-H-F-H-O-F-F"... that ought to get past the plate censors if you can come up with some reasonable explanation for the letters...

snap_pop_no_crackle 4 years, 7 months ago

A Vanity plate would go well with my Smurf-themed tableware.

denak 4 years, 7 months ago

I thought of getting "bkwrm" or "cherrybmb" for an old red car that I had but I didn't get it because I didn't see the use of spending 40 bucks on it.

jonas_opines 4 years, 7 months ago

If I ever restore a good car, like the 76 Vette Stingray that I'd like to have, then I might. For a regular car, no.

tangential_reasoners_anonymous 4 years, 7 months ago

... but I'm looking forward to the blue plate special, later this year,after all Kansas' electoral votes go to Obama!

oldvet 4 years, 7 months ago

Yes, but 'MUCKFIZZOU' has too many letters for a plate...

notajayhawk 4 years, 7 months ago

Turns out V-A-N-I-T-Y was already taken.

tonythetiger 4 years, 7 months ago

Yeah, I am URSULA. It is for Ursula from the little mermaid. It was the movie I took my wife to go see when it was in the theaters. There were so many people there and they were so friendly and we had such a good time that I made her my wife. We even found our babysitter from there when we finally had kids. The movie and that day was so eventful in my life I put it on my cartag.

tangential_reasoners_anonymous 4 years, 7 months ago

Yes, I have mirrors attached, front and rear.

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 4 years, 7 months ago

Heavens no, everybody knows hubris is a deadly sin.

notajayhawk 4 years, 7 months ago

sunflower_sue (Anonymous) says: "Same as jonas:only if the car screamed for one."I saw ATTILA on a license plate back on the east coast.It was on a Volkswagen Beetle.

sunflower_sue 4 years, 7 months ago

Same as jonas...only if the car screamed for one.

Dejacrew423 4 years, 7 months ago

I've always thought about getting a Deja Vu or just plain Vu plate but I'm too cheap to throw down the money for something so silly.

conservativepunker 4 years, 7 months ago

I had one in High School. Said THE WHO. It was stolen. Figures.

labmonkey 4 years, 7 months ago

I couldn't figure out how to shorten "Rip his f* head off" into seven characters. I would be the classiest guy on the road. I have to drive to Missouri to work everyday....I worry about my KU plate on the front of the vehicle.

jonas_opines 4 years, 7 months ago

notajayhawk (Anonymous) says:"I saw ATTILA on a license plate back on the east coast.It was on a Volkswagen Beetle."Well, I don't know about Attila, but I had thought at one point of a possible scenario involving a Beetle that I'd put a plate on too. If I had a Beetle, it would need to be black, with red and orange flames painted on the front of it. If I had that car, I would in fact have to name it "Firebug."

Pywacket 4 years, 7 months ago

I'm too much of a cheapskate. I worked at the treasurer's office back in the 80s and it was interesting to see what the old blue-haired ladies in Topeka would reject, on the basis that something might be a double entendre or something. Likewise, it is always funny to see what the old biddies accidentally let slip through because they are so clueless. (I'm just assuming that they are old biddies and old blue-haired ladies, because of their uptight decisions. Maybe they're young Republicans! ;-) The funniest "slipped right past them" KS car tag I ever saw was on a pimped-out Caddy in Wichita. The tag read, "2wats." I kid you not--I took a picture of it, it was so funny and so brazen.

beatrice 4 years, 7 months ago

No. I found it cheaper to change my name to VLQ-738.

snap_pop_no_crackle 4 years, 7 months ago

Good one, bea.

toe 4 years, 7 months ago

I cannot wait until we have RFID plates that can be scanned. They will be here before you know it.

notajayhawk 4 years, 7 months ago

I had a high school teacher who had to fight the state to get his vanity plates (another state). The appeals took a while, but he eventually got what he wanted: His first initial with his last name. His name was Paul Hart.

sunflower_sue 4 years, 7 months ago

Not making this up:My mom had state issue handicap plates years ago. Her plate (in addition to the wheelchair picture) was "1 WEG." Several people let her know how uncouth they thought it was to make fun of an amputee with a speech impediment. After a conversation with "the powers that be," the state saw the error of their ways and issued her a new plate.