When my nephew Zack was very little he was under the impression that license plates were like name tags for cars. Imagine every vehicle on the road with a "HELLO, my name is _________" on its front and rear bumpers.
Every time we passed a car or truck he'd stop, point and ask, "What that car's name is?" and I'd have to come up with something, using the letters given on the license plate. My old Honda Civic had MRY on it, so I told him her name was Mary.
He has since outgrown that but I still find myself looking at license plates and coming up for names of cars. My new car has a license plate that begins with YBF and I can't for the life of me come up with a good name for it. My friend Jean swears it stands for Your Best Friend, cute, but I would be beyond pathetic if my car was my best friend.
Of course, you never forget your first license plate. Or is that just me? My first car was a hand me down 1978 Datsun 200 SX and its license plate was the one I beautifully (ha ha ) reproduced above!
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