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You can't resist it

It's

(boogie-woogie-oogie)

NATRNUT

Jimmy Buffett fan,12 o'clock!

Guess CHZBGR N PDSE didn't fit. At the Trader Joe's in Columbia, Md.

What Homer drives

Not Mimi

I don't know what you're talking about, okay? I'm not Mimi. Not.

caring creatures, not angry ungulates

Thanks to the little carets, we know the driver is saying these deer are affectionate, four-legged even-toed creatures --- that Elks Care. It's not a warning about the Elk Scare.

Evoking all kinds of things

Everything's gonna be all right

Viewer's choice

All But Me? ...

... or All Bite Me?

(Thanks, Justine!)

Jeebus! A hairball!

You can love lacrosse too much

HI RPM

I rode in it and can confirm its high RPMness. As can my neck.

1 is the most expensive number

License plates in the news! I love when this happens.

But nowhere is the craze for a unique plate more intense than in the United Arab Emirates, the oil-rich Persian Gulf nation that holds the world record for the six most expensive plates.

Here, it's all about how low you can go -- with people battling it out at auctions to win the chance to show off license plates with the lowest digit.

The numbers "5" and "7" have already been snapped up, sold for 25 million dirhams ($6.75 million) and 11 million dirhams ($2.97 million) respectively.

Next week, the country will put up for auction the mother of all vanity plates: the number "1." It is expected to immediately set a new record for the most expensive plate in the world.

Can't spell it that way?

From Justine the Pessimist, who says, No, You Can't.

To Charlottesville and back

BUSY DAY - Slow down!

EZ2GAS - On a Prius. I want to see a "100 BRL" plate on one.

PX DMINI - On a Mini. Someone remind me what this means.

UPNRUN - Coffee first!

And my favorite:

3-4 TIME.

ICARMBA

Don't have a cow, mini cooper ...

She Lex

You lex, we all lex!

Aye, Popeye!

ET SPNCH

Phonics is not my strong suit

but this one on Biddle Street in Mount Vernon just thru me for a loop:

Wear your heart on your plate

From Maryann, who has a secret library fascination herself:

RFL (OMG)

From Justine, who points out that Vermonters must still use AOL.

TRY WINE

From pal Kim at Kim's Notebook:


Should this guy even be out on the road? Better yet, should he be my best friend?

ILUVSNL

From internets-friend Whiskeymarie:


She lives in the Midwest;can you tell?

To Virginia and back

Trips to Virginia are like hitting the lottery in terms of license plates. I'd rather have the money, but I'll take what I can get.

I particularly enjoyed:

DRS ORDS

FR8LINER - on a giant Suburban.

XTRUCKR - on a beat-up 1980s Buick.

HILBILL - Clinton supporters or redneck extraordinaire?

CASHPOR - The day after Christmas, no less.

UHLOHA - And Mele Kalikimakuh.

HUMMBLE - On a Hummer H3, somewhat misleadingly.

DA BIRS - Got the pronunciation right!

KNG PENN

... and I followed a small Volkswagen for a while on I-95 whose plate read:

WTHR-DAN

The car had an assortment of bumper stickers, but the largest, stretched across the trunk, read: Balloon chase vehicle. Is he a weather balloon chaser? Amateur meteorologist? I really wanted to find out.