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Old 07-26-2004, 05:24 PM   #1
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Default Liscense Plate Joke Gone Wrong

Does anyone else find humor in this article?

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Don't Ever Get THIS Vanity License Tag

Elsmere, Delaware resident Jim Cara, a 43-year-old who works for the American Motorcycle Association, has always loved to make people laugh. That was his motivation when he chose the vanity license tag "NOTAG" for his Suzuki motorcycle. But the joke has backfired like a bad muffler. Thanks to a computer snafu, he was mailed the "NOTAG" plates along with 200 parking violations where police listed the license plate as "no tag."

"All the traffic tickets say, 'Notice of violation. License number: no tag,' " Cara explained to The Associated Press. What happened is that Wilmington's computers, which were linked to the state Division of Motor Vehicles, did what those computers are supposed to do: link traffic tickets to the appropriate license plate tag. "I messed up the system so bad," Cara marveled. "I wonder if they can put me in jail or something?"

Wilmington officials may not be laughing at Cara's vanity plate joke, but they are willing to correct the error of their computer's ways. They blamed it on an incorrect computer code used by one of the city's contractors whose job it is to process the city's parking violations. Fortunately, Wilmington is the only jurisdiction with the no-tag computer glitch, according to Kelly Pitts, spokeswoman for the state Department of Transportation. So after all this, will Cara get rid of his "NOTAG" plates? No way, said Cara. "I think it's awesome."
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Old 07-26-2004, 05:31 PM   #2
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That's pretty darn cool.
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Old 07-26-2004, 06:01 PM   #3
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As Mimiko7 once said.......

O.O "The HELL?!?!"
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Old 07-26-2004, 06:37 PM   #4
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If I ever get a vanity plate it's going to be "COLONO".

Because I can't think of anything better.
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Old 07-26-2004, 07:06 PM   #5
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Old 07-26-2004, 07:08 PM   #6
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Old 07-26-2004, 07:17 PM   #7
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Old 07-26-2004, 07:43 PM   #8
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Those are so lame, Qreepy. You'll be a hit when you get a car in highschool................

OMG NIN10DO is available in Michigan... (I just came up with it and checked).... So is DDR and STPMNIA.

A friend of mine... his plate is GILDO. The Gil is part of his last name Gilson. It was a nickname some of us gave him so he put that for his vanity... lol
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Old 07-26-2004, 11:36 PM   #9
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I want my plates to say WTFBBQ or KTHXBAI or something stupid like that...
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Old 07-26-2004, 11:39 PM   #10
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how much are vanity plates? Is it a per year basis of payment or a one time payment?

And if you already have a car registered, can you?
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Old 07-27-2004, 12:08 AM   #11
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In my state its a one time fee... NJ. No clue about anywhere else though.

I wanted one, but... I forgot about it. Wanted it to say FATCHIK.
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Old 07-27-2004, 12:48 AM   #12
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lol tristy will always be tristy...
btw how did painting the car come along lol
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Old 07-27-2004, 09:39 AM   #13
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Old 07-27-2004, 01:23 PM   #14
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Mine will be either YUNG (haha hoorray for canadians we don't HAVE to have 6 letters/numbers ) or it'll be AZNGRL
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Old 07-27-2004, 01:55 PM   #15
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If I ever got vanity plates I'd have it say "lookout" or something.
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Old 07-27-2004, 02:51 PM   #16
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RANCOR7 cuz I love that word
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Old 07-27-2004, 03:06 PM   #17
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Mine would either be GOTACAR to all the losers who don't have one, BLKMOD because I am one or PWNED because I pwns everyone who looks at the plate.
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Old 07-27-2004, 04:04 PM   #18
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mine would be

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Old 07-27-2004, 11:33 PM   #19
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Old 07-28-2004, 06:25 AM   #20
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3M T43

That license plate got some clever-dan in trouble. When looked at in a rear-view mirror, well, you should be able to figure it out. I like it though.
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