{"id":294,"date":"2023-04-16T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T17:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paoprod.com\/Blog\/?p=294"},"modified":"2025-04-23T20:53:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T01:53:47","slug":"funny-and-interesting-license-plates-and-other-things-on-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paoprod.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/16\/funny-and-interesting-license-plates-and-other-things-on-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"Funny and interesting license plates (and other things on cars)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Some interesting and\/or amusing license plates I have come across over the years. -->\r\n\r\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:2em\">\r\n<!-- I found this car parked in a lot by the North Rim while visiting the Grand Canyon in 2021 -->\r\nA cat lover visiting the Grand Canyon in 2021\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog-images\/License-Plates\/Funny-License-Plates\/162140.jpg\" style=\"vertical-align:bottom; margin-top:1em\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:2em\">\r\n<!-- Seen in 2013 -->\r\nI prefer sudo apt-get install coffee, myself\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog-images\/License-Plates\/Funny-License-Plates\/0203131733-01-900.jpg\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:2em\">\r\n<!-- Another one from 2013, while heading toward work -->\r\nOne of the few in his right mind\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog-images\/License-Plates\/Funny-License-Plates\/0716131447-00-900.jpg\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:2em\">\r\nNot me, I promise!\r\n<!-- November 2021 -->\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog-images\/License-Plates\/Funny-License-Plates\/101250.jpg\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog-images\/License-Plates\/Funny-License-Plates\/102008.jpg\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:2em\">\r\nA New Englander who's fond of Mark Twain, perhaps?\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog-images\/License-Plates\/Funny-License-Plates\/160527.jpg\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:2em\">\r\nYou're very welcome, y'all\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog-images\/License-Plates\/Funny-License-Plates\/134657.jpg\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:2em\">\r\nI used to... with performers at open mics and spoken word artists in my living room\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog-images\/License-Plates\/Funny-License-Plates\/184658.jpg\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:2em\">\r\nSomeone proud of getting that degree, perhaps?\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog-images\/License-Plates\/Funny-License-Plates\/191529.jpg\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:2em\">\r\nSomeone's had a good day\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog-images\/License-Plates\/Funny-License-Plates\/125836.jpg\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:2em\">\r\nAn apparent dog lover\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog-images\/License-Plates\/Funny-License-Plates\/2960.jpg\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:2em\">\r\nI always preferred the \"real\" Transformers, myself\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog-images\/License-Plates\/Funny-License-Plates\/163315.jpg\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:2em\">\r\nEither he's calling me an asshat, or this is a seriously unlucky coincidence...\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog-images\/License-Plates\/Funny-License-Plates\/3022.jpg\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:2em\">\r\nI do, too!  The traffic is horrible!<br>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog-images\/License-Plates\/Funny-License-Plates\/1503292158518-900.jpg\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:2em\">\r\nA Misfits fan?\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog-images\/License-Plates\/Funny-License-Plates\/0552.jpg\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:2em\">\r\nHopefully with all due haste\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog-images\/License-Plates\/Funny-License-Plates\/103835.jpg\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:2em\">\r\nQueen of the road\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog-images\/License-Plates\/Funny-License-Plates\/143218.jpg\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:2em\">\r\nA king for the queen?\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog-images\/License-Plates\/Funny-License-Plates\/144534.jpg\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:2em\">\r\nA jazz fan, or a political statement?\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog-images\/License-Plates\/Funny-License-Plates\/150711.jpg\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:2em\">\r\nAs opposed to the fake one?\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog-images\/License-Plates\/Funny-License-Plates\/183557.jpg\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:2em\">\r\nOver and out!\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog-images\/License-Plates\/Funny-License-Plates\/3286.jpg\">\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A cat lover visiting the Grand Canyon in 2021","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[140,12,51,58],"tags":[141],"class_list":["post-294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funny","category-miscellaneous","category-photography","category-travel","tag-license-plates"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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