Tuesday, October 7, 2008

License Plates

In the past week I have run across two license plates that I think are worth mentioning, if only because they keep running across my mind. Perhaps by posting them I will be able to get them out of my brain. They are both MD plates, so limited to 7 letters.

The first one is "DA TRUF" found on a little yellow sports car, occasionally parked in my apartment complex. I guess it's supposed to be "Da Truf" as in, "You can't handle ---- -----". But to me, it looks more like "Rhymes with 'tough.'" (New Kids on the Block anyone?) And that's how I hear it in my head any time I see it.

The other one I saw on 97 heading towards Annapolis this past weekend. It read "SQRLKER". Now, as I drove on and on and on towards Tuckahoe State Park (weekend destination, take your dog! take your horse!), I pondered the possible meanings of this plate:
- Square liker
- Squirrel liker
- Squirrel licker
I realize that there are not two "L"s in the license plate. But, honestly, it seems more reasonable to have a personal plate about squirrels than squares.

Other suggestions welcome.