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Posted Friday 3rd August 2007 12:23 GMT
Is there one with "f*ck speed cameras"? I might be interested.
Posted Friday 3rd August 2007 12:23 GMT
Is there one with "f*ck speed cameras"? I might be interested.
Posted Friday 3rd August 2007 14:42 GMT
so that will be the Twin Towers in Oklahoma, then. Not the slightly more famous ones that were elsewhere.
Still, it manages to make more sense than the special "Killed In Action" plate. I never knew that zombie car drivers were such upstanding citizens that renewed their vehicle tax. On the other hand, even the Undead are actually at home. If you're able to order a "Missing In Action" plate, exactly how missing are you, really?
Posted Friday 3rd August 2007 14:42 GMT
You missed the best one of all. WTF is 'Ducks Unlimited' all about? Are they a dodgy dance music duo made up of ducks, perchance?
http://www.tax.ok.gov/plates/sp066.html
Posted Friday 3rd August 2007 14:44 GMT
A number plate saying "f*ck murderous speeding motorists"?
Posted Friday 3rd August 2007 14:44 GMT
But, the tags are $37 plus the tax rate, which is expensive. $90for a car up to 4 years old, $80 for the next four years, $60 for the next four, $40 for four, then $20 for those over 17 years. See http://www.oksenate.gov/publications/legislative_briefs/Legis_Brief_2000/vehicle_tags.html
Posted Friday 3rd August 2007 14:44 GMT
Now, if you could get one of those with custom numbers/lettering, that would be fantastic. A 9/11 plate with all that claptrap, and then, "PRPAGNDA"...
Posted Friday 3rd August 2007 14:44 GMT
Oh I do love Poke Fun At The Yanks Fridays!
FYI, the funds raised by selling customised license plates are used to defray costs. Of course, giving people a choice of what they want to display on their license plates is so much more bizarre than taking their money, doling out the same-style license plate to everybody..............oh wait, maybe it's not.
Posted Friday 3rd August 2007 14:44 GMT
...is "Killed in Action".
Surely that should disqualify you from driving?
Posted Friday 3rd August 2007 14:44 GMT
In the words of Trey Parker.
......America, f*ck yeah! Freedom is the only way, yeah! / Terrorists, your game is through, 'cause now you have to answer to / America, f*ck yeah!.....
Posted Friday 3rd August 2007 14:44 GMT
Same thing with personalized plates in Virginia, including a 9-11 themed "Fight Terrorism" design and lots of college alumni designs (there's something vaguely odd about seeing a licence plate with "VIRGINIA" along the top edge, and "OHIO STATE" on the bottom).
VA DMV has more info <a href="https://www.dmv.virginia.gov/dmvnet/plate_purchase/intro.asp">here</a>. You can even suggest ideas for new plate designs. Somehow I don't think they'd want my "Impeach Bush" idea though. :-P
Remember kids, nothing says "redneck" like a beat up old pickup truck with a "Sons of Confederate Veterans" plate.
Posted Friday 3rd August 2007 17:14 GMT
Ducks Unlimited is an organization that "conserves, restores and manages wetlands and associated habitats for North America's waterfowl." With the intent to then go and hunt them, mind you. See also http://www.ducks.org/Aboutdu/
Posted Friday 3rd August 2007 17:14 GMT
did someone mention ducks?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbaTur4A1OU
Posted Friday 3rd August 2007 17:14 GMT
Gosh, I wonder why the plate doesn't feature Oklahoma City's own terrorist bombing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing
Oh. Those terrorists were caucasian, US citizens.
That's all right then.
Posted Friday 3rd August 2007 17:14 GMT
...is an American environmental conservation organization that preserves duck habitat so they can then have more and better ducks to kill.
http://www.ducks.org/
Posted Friday 3rd August 2007 17:14 GMT
The desert camo!
The whole world is a desert? Really? Or did they just mean to say
"Global war on people who live in deserts"?
Maybe I'm missing the whole point... ;)
Posted Friday 3rd August 2007 17:14 GMT
That still allows one to ride a motorcycle?
http://www.tax.ok.gov/plates/sp085.html
Posted Friday 3rd August 2007 18:12 GMT
I know loads of bikers who have broken legs/arms/etc.
Oh hang on, the one _caused_ not allows the other...
Seriously though, I did know a biker at uni who had knackered legs, he just used a scooter.
Posted Friday 3rd August 2007 18:12 GMT
Tejas has a bunch of those type of tags, too. God Bless America, Animal Friendly, Texas A&M University, Horned Toad and Wild Flowers, amongst others. We also have Purple Heart and Medal of Honor tags, both free. Oh yeah, DUI tags. Which cost a ton of money and also have to be "earned".
I've seen World War II Veteran, Korean War Veteran, Viet Nam Veteran, Desert Storm Veteran, Iraq Veteran and Afghanistan Veteran.
Posted Friday 3rd August 2007 18:13 GMT
Well, I've read of someone who has no use of his legs that was professionally racing for a while, so there is a lot of adaptability...
Trikes here in the US are classified as motorcycles. They obviously offer a much more stable and adaptable platform for people with disabilities.
Posted Friday 3rd August 2007 18:57 GMT
"Gosh, I wonder why the plate doesn't feature Oklahoma City's own terrorist bombing"
It wasn't terrorism. Read the definition of terrorism. The Oklahoma City Bombing was revenge for what the government did at Waco.
Posted Saturday 4th August 2007 02:18 GMT
It wasn't terrorism. Read the definition of terrorism. The twin towers in New York and the Pentagon was revenge for what the U.S. government did to 'capitalism'.
Posted Saturday 4th August 2007 16:33 GMT
Why aim for ""Organ, Eye and Tissue Donor" in the event of an accident when you could shoot for "Certified Public Accountant"?
Posted Saturday 4th August 2007 22:02 GMT
Down with everything that is against our American Freedoms, and of course down with should start at Home!
But reallly what should have been done to the terrorist overseas,
the U. S. Air Force could have done with a 1ea. B-52 & a 20!!!
Bush wuld have had better luck in Iraq starting a state of Methodist-ism than democracy.
Posted Monday 6th August 2007 01:23 GMT
If people had had such plates in the 1970s, how long do you think it would be before the IRA started popping car bombs under the clearly identified vehicles.
The British military had to get rid of their distinctive "BZ" (British Forces Germany) number plates because they singled the driver out as a target.
Posted Monday 6th August 2007 23:54 GMT
...those plate designs suck big time. Were they designed by 3rd graders or just prisoners with a 3rd grade education?
Posted Tuesday 7th August 2007 16:13 GMT
Here in British Columbia you have the option of a regular issue plate, a Veterans plate - proof required, $5 extra fee, Vanity, er, Personalized plates -application fee of $100 and an annual fee of $40, and a few other types for collectors, vintage cars and dealers.
Best of all though are the 2010 Olympics(tm)* plates - initial fee of $35 and an annual renewal fee of $25 (until December 31, 2012) - to help offset the budget overrun. See icbc.com for more details.
*With the Olympic Mountain range across the water in Washington state the tradmark nazis have been jumping all over small companies using any variant of the Olympic name. Just practicing safe IP.
Posted Wednesday 8th August 2007 05:16 GMT
"Gosh, I wonder why the plate doesn't feature Oklahoma City's own terrorist bombing"
They have a separate plate for that, of course:
Oklahoma City Bombing Victims And Survivors
http://www.tax.ok.gov/plates/sp014.html
But it's nice to know that anyone can declare themselves a Gold Star Parent with http://www.tax.ok.gov/plates/sp037.html.