Over the past couple of days I’ve seen a couple of personalized plates that struck me as a little strange.
GDBLES
On a license plate a D looks a lot like an O, especially from a distance, so at first I was thinking “uhh, ‘gobbles’ as in something turkey related?” When I got a bit closer I could see it was a D so I proceeded to make sure to get by the vehicle so they wouldn’t affect me with any crazy driving (see the Mega-Religious-Psycho entry on the Words page if this statement doesn’t make any sense). I was a bit surprised by the lack of fish on the back; I guess they figured the plate was enough.
ALKY13
As for this one my reaction was “hmm, do you enjoy getting pulled over every single day???” as surely a plate like that is a cop magnet. Unless you’re going the reverse psychology route and thinking that you might get a free pass along the lines of “nah, there’s no way someone would openly advertise on their car that they’re an alcoholic.”
When I was telling someone about this sighting I also added “hmm, I haven’t checked a Periodic Table in a while but I’m pretty sure none of the alkali metals have an atomic number of 13 so I can’t play the benefit of the doubt card in that way”. I have since confirmed this, however I did notice that Aluminum (AL) is #13, although there’s no KY, so unless this person is really into metallic sex toys I’m gunna have to stick with the original interpretation on this one. I suppose it could be Aluminum, Potassium (K), Yttrium (Y), but still what would the 13 part be never mind the fact that that would be a pretty bizarre compound.
If I try reading it as 1337 5P34|< I suppose the driver’s name could be Kyle, that does fit, but then what of the AL part? Certainly no one’s name is Al Kyle or A. L. Kyle or Al Kyle Something.
Ok, enough of this stretching to attempt for a benefit of the doubt play, I’m sticking with Alky-13, which makes me worry that there are at least 12 other ones out there.
