Private number plates

[661-Pete]

but if someone tried to sell him a great big yellow sticker with the words "LION EGG" on it, would he stick it on his boot lid ???

i just don't get it, really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really don't get it

Precisely: the point (and you do get it really! ). What good would a sticker, that he could Photoshop and print out himself, be to him?

Not worth having unless it's difficult to get. I remember when I was learning Spanish, we came upon quite a useful word: conseguir. Simply put, it means 'to get' but there's more to it than that: it means something like 'to-manage-to-get-not-without-some-difficulty'. There's no single English word that translates it exactly. It admirably describes what these personal-plate flaunters are boasting of: they're putting out the message "look at me! I went to a lot of trouble to get hold of this silly plate, so just you look at it and be envious!"

Am I right or am I right?

 

[XmisterIS]

I saw Paul Daniels in London in his Roller with the number plate MAG1C - didn't see the lovely Debbie McGee though...

That's a blast from the past!

That pair hasn't been on the telly in years.

I would imagine that Debbie McGee is a baggy old sock by now!

 

[jig-sore]

Am I right or am I right?

you may be right to a point, but you loose me at the envious bit.

i really would be embarrassed to ride in a car with personal plates, but then I'd refuse to ride in a BMW mini as well

 

[snapper_37]

but if someone tried to sell him a great big yellow sticker with the words "LION EGG" on it, would he stick it on his boot lid ???

i just don't get it, really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really don't get it

You don't need to get it. Those that do, obviously don't.

I love Billy by the way, maybe I could have a 81 LLy made up? Would anyone get it?

 

[hackbike 666]

I would call him a prat but it has absolutely nothing to do with his car or number plate.

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww Orvil is cute.

 

[snapper_37]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww Orvil is cute.

So were the kids who sang Grandma We Love You




Not

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Precisely: the point (and you do get it really! ). What good would a sticker, that he could Photoshop and print out himself, be to him?

Not worth having unless it's difficult to get. I remember when I was learning Spanish, we came upon quite a useful word: conseguir. Simply put, it means 'to get' but there's more to it than that: it means something like 'to-manage-to-get-not-without-some-difficulty'. There's no single English word that translates it exactly. It admirably describes what these personal-plate flaunters are boasting of: they're putting out the message "look at me! I went to a lot of trouble to get hold of this silly plate, so just you look at it and be envious!"

Am I right or am I right?

Spot on. It's all about showing how much money you've got.

 

[vernon]

I saw an open top sport care driven by a 'babe' with the registration B10NDE

and Rolls Royce with the plates GOT1 OK and a doctor's car at a health centre: DR 4NNE

 

[jayonabike]

Seen a good few over the years, my old man used to be a car dealer, and he and his car dealer mates all had them. Memorable ones are P155 OFF, FAT 130Y (the 1 and 3 put together to make a 'B') and he was a fat boy! A publican mate with the initials b.a, got 50BA (sober?) on his 50th birthday. And on a ferrari flying down the M1 i saw DE51RED.
Some of the more expensive ones are an investment, my old mans current one had more than doubled in value over the last few years.

Personally i dont have one and dont really give them a second thought, what people do with their cash is up to them

jay

 

[Rezillo]

Somehow I suspect that the black Rolls Royce with registration CC 1 that I saw parked near the Houses of Parliament earlier this week was not the CycleChat site owner.

John

 

[661-Pete]

That TV programme a few months ago - you know, the guy (I mentioned him above) who owned N2 GEL, and who went on pilgrimage to the owner of N1 GEL... And you watched the motor in question emerging from a sort of vault under the front garden .... what sad sad sad sad SAD SAD people we've got!!!

 

[Mille]

I bought my other half one for his birthday.

He is tree surgeon and it is his initials which is also the name of his company.

I don't think it looks too pretentious as it is attached to a fibre glass back long wheel base Ford Transit.

Although it does have a cooker in the back

Claire

 

[Norm]

Spot on. It's all about showing how much money you've got.

It is not about that at all.

I'd say that the jealousy which is behind that line of thinking is what drives the petty envy so evident above.

 

[biggs682]

have thought it would be nice but stupid prices brother and his wife have them on there new car each time but why ?

 

[Rhythm Thief]

It is not about that at all.

I'd say that the jealousy which is behind that line of thinking is what drives the petty envy so evident above.

I'm not envious, not at all. And I'm not worried if folk want to spend their money on private plates. But You'll talk for a long time before you convince me that the main reason for a private plate isn't to show the size of your bank balance. And why not?