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#211497 06/23/2013 4:40 AM
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I saw two plates recently that seemed to indicate the owner couldn't get exactly the vanity plate he or she requested:

DIVNE

and

FDXY. smile

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Dunno bout the first one but the second could be Fire Department of Xavier Yerba.

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I was tickled by one I saw a couple of months ago:

QT31416

(That's pronounced "Cutie-Pie" )

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Originally Posted By: Faldage
Dunno bout the first one but the second could be Fire Department of Xavier Yerba.


heh


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Originally Posted By: wofahulicodoc

I was tickled by one I saw a couple of months ago:

QT31416

(That's pronounced "Cutie-Pie" )


That'd even be funner in a state where that was the standard format.

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Somebody posted on Facebook a picture of a license plate that was the formula for sugar...on a Cube.

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sweet.


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Here's an oldie from the San Francisco Chronicle's column by Herb Caen: 10SNE1

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Nice!

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Love!


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Jackie #213545 12/11/2013 5:45 PM
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DIVNE:

This looks like "divine". Look at this, though:

"divenire" which means "becoming" (n.) in Italian.

FDXY:

How about "Fire Department Male"?

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I thought this was appropriate on a Lamborghini: 2L8IWUN


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WELCOME EKA SINET


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This one must be a dentist: 2TH DK


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On a Volkswagen bug all decked-out...AVW4U2C

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