In front of our ship during our Hawaii cruise ca. 2008

A Prius with a plate that said, MPG55.  I wanted to take a rock and throw it through his windshield. Can people be more obnoxious?  Well, as a matter a fact, they can!  The people who have 26.2 oval stickers should have their cars taken away so they can’t brag on their bumpers.  Besides, if they can run that far, they don’t need a car.  They can just walk to the store.

And to the Triathletes with 70.3 on your car bumpers, is that your IQ? I just bought one to put on my car that says “98.6 — NO FEVER!”

I am the first one to appreciate a good pun on a license plate.  That takes some cleverness as well as a long-term commitment to a joke. My husband and I usually hang onto a car for over 10 years and I don’t think anything is funny for beyond, say eight and a half years. It’s not like a fine wine.  It doesn’t get better. Except for the following: remember those bumper stickers that you usually saw on old Jalopies that said “My other car is a Mercedes?”  One of my favorite bumper stickers said, “My other car is also a piece of crap.”  I also like the ones that say “my kid beat up your honor student.”  A little mean?  Perhaps. When your kid splits the atom, you are entitled to put up a bumper sticker.  Not for getting an “A” in coloring.

The worst is when people have inside jokes and put them on their vanity plates.  You almost get into a car accident trying to figure out what they are saying. I want to honk my horn and ask if I can buy a vowel.  Some of them truly need a vowel movement.

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