Here’s a funny little story out of my home state. A few months ago, a teenager in Fayetteville, NC, clued her grandma in that the three letters on her license plate, WTF, are text-slang for…well, you’re reading a blog, so I don’t have to tell you. Granny in turn called the DMV to complain. Evidently, more than 10,000 drivers currently have WTF license plates in the Tarheel State—and the sample license plate on the DMV’s website even bore the three letter code. So how did no one notice this before?
Anyway, the North Carolina DMV is offering a free replacement plate for anyone who’s offended. Though we know some people will keep them as a collectors item. Are there states where you can get SFW or OMG? LOL. Sorry, had to.
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Oh man, you couldn’t pay me to give up one of those plates. They’re personalized without having to pay for them!
I live in North Carolina, in the pin of the buckle of the bible belt; there are three Baptist churches within a mile of our home, and we’re very rural. The couple WTF tags I’ve seen are such a hoot and it pains me to think how many self-righteous salt-of-the-earth dogma born and bred locals have no clue of the translation. I already have my personalized plate but I’m sure the NC DMV wouldn’t issue me WTF no matter how well it was disguised. Maybe they’d let DILLIGAF get through!
I live in Georgia and my license plate says BED. I find it amusing.