Guy Down The Street

Doing a rideshare on I-66 gives me a lot of time to look at vanity plates on days when I am the passenger. Here are some recent ones:

• “SK GR8NS”- I have been seeking goodness for a long time, and now perhaps it is time to move from good to great.
• “SOYDPR” – Does this mean “Soy de Puerto Rico”?  Si?  Que bueno.  Soy de Inde.  Mucho gusto.  Nunca estuve en Puerto Rico, pero me gustaría visitarlo.
• “PHYZX 4 U” – Sounds good.  I will let you know when I have a sudden urge to refresh my understanding of Navier-Stokes equations.
• “CRE8 LV” – The reverse (Love Creates) is true as well
• “NYC 212″ – Perhaps based on this, I should have “FFX 703″
• “13PT1 R” – Well, well, half a marathon is something to be very proud of – (Thanks to my good friend Bo for pointing this out).
• …
• “XHT QA6″ – This I didn’t understand.  Any help is appreciated.

Recently saw the following vanity plates on my regular I-66 and I-495 commute.

• NY YNKEZ: Ok, we get it.  Fine.   I saw an SUV almost rear end this one.  The SUV probably had Mets written on it.  (I am just saying.)
• AQT B4U: Very nice.  Although in this case, she was more to my side than really before me, but really nice.
• JNEFER: Nice and direct, but as I observed, Jennifer looked rather manly, complete with beard and moustache.
• MOCKBA:  Very nice for “Moskva”, written in Cyrillic.  You can check this out: New York Moskva
• BRE-SQRD: This I didn’t figure out, but second portion probably refers to squared.  Any ideas?

Saw some nice vanity plates on I-66 and I-495 recently:

1XX 1XY
I don’t know if it refers to the kids or if it is a political statement on marriage.

GOLF NE1
Well, count me in.

FT PRINS
This reminds me of an old story – foot prints in the sand.

This was not a sports car, but a sporty sedan, and the “BZOOMN” vanity plate was quite apposite, at least when I saw it close to the Trader Joe’s.

But the next day when driving to work I came across a different one – “H8N 6T6″. Now considering the every day mad house parking lot at I-66 (and everyone hating it), I was thinking that the BZOOMN gal probably does not drive on I-66, or she would certainly not be zooming.

Oh, and I had no idea that vanity plate was my most used tag. I probably need a new hobby.

I always wanted to have a chess vanity plate, like Qxh7pp.  Yesterday I came across a good one: e4Nf3, although I was wondering why not e4Nf6 or e4e5Nf3, but perhaps the person wants to make a point that he can play 1. e4 and 2. Nf3 IRRESPECTIVE of black’s first move.

One interesting vanity plate I saw close to Trader Joe’s: QTT PIE.  Very apt, considering it was an Audi TT.

Another one was I11I1I1.  Also apt, considering it was a sports car, and the owner probably assumes that by having a tag where 1s and Is can be confused will allow him to speed and not be caught.  Don’t know if that is true or not.

Saw this one on I-66:

IZ4LVRS

The state name “Virginia” was on top.  Really cute, and matches the Virginia’s official tag line.

Saw these cool vanity plates:

• HVRKRFT: This was a BMW, and since they can obviously fly and swim, it seems pretty apt.
• 2K9s4me (2 Canines for me): I didn’t see any dogs in the car, but I don’t believe the vanity plate is about dentists or false teeth either.
• (Heart sign) 2ISK8 (Love to ice skate): This I thought was a really cool one, but obviously the person must *really* like skating to put this on the vanity plate.