Personalized Plates

I am always glad when I am stopped at a stoplight and the car in front of me has a personalized license plate.  I try to guess what they mean, and if it is not readily apparent, I make up a story or situation to justify the plate.

Some are just obvious, like “ILUV10S” (I love tennis) or “K AND D” (names of two people, eg Kate and Daniel).  Plates with elusive meanings are much more entertaining.  Once I saw a plate that said “635 YRS”.  If the number was something smaller like 35, it might be how many years they were married, or if it was slightly larger like 112 it might be how long their business has been in existence.  Not satisfied with either of these applications, I came up with a few ideas of my own:

1)  Their family lineage dates back 635 years.

2)  They are psychic crazy and predict that the world will end in exactly 635 years.

3)  They owe $635 to the IRS, and are confused by the whole situation so they are asking “Y”

4)  The “R” is actually a “P” in disguise, making it “SPY” spelled backwards.  They are actually one of the last remaining of the 635 Russian spies from the Cold War, and are subliminally hoping someone will confront them so they can reveal their amazing life story to the world.

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