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Non-Road Boards => Off-Topic => Topic started by: The Nature Boy on March 12, 2015, 10:01:24 PM

Title: When non-road geeks get it so tragically wrong........
Post by: The Nature Boy on March 12, 2015, 10:01:24 PM
Buzzfeed post this today: http://www.buzzfeed.com/maritsapatrinos/fantasy-license-plates#.hp6EPERBE (http://www.buzzfeed.com/maritsapatrinos/fantasy-license-plates#.hp6EPERBE)

I'm mostly bothered by the city license plates, though the Twin Peaks one could double as an alternative Washington state plate.
Title: Re: When non-road geeks get it so tragically wrong........
Post by: NE2 on March 12, 2015, 10:31:46 PM
I don't get it. What does this have to do with roadgeeks and what's tragically wrong?
Title: Re: When non-road geeks get it so tragically wrong........
Post by: Duke87 on March 12, 2015, 10:40:55 PM
What's tragically wrong is that some of these license plates are specific to cities rather than states. No license plate would ever read "(town name), California", it would just say "California". So a "Sunnydale, California" license plate is therefore absurd.

Of course, while people like us will scoff at that and be bothered by it, a more normal person might call it "artistic license".
Title: Re: When non-road geeks get it so tragically wrong........
Post by: corco on March 12, 2015, 10:52:22 PM
Quote from: NE2 on March 12, 2015, 10:31:46 PM
I don't get it. What does this have to do with roadgeeks and what's tragically wrong?

My Grandma died when she read that article because of the inaccuracies
Title: Re: When non-road geeks get it so tragically wrong........
Post by: The Nature Boy on March 12, 2015, 10:56:20 PM
Quote from: NE2 on March 12, 2015, 10:31:46 PM
I don't get it. What does this have to do with roadgeeks and what's tragically wrong?

I assume 99% of us would also know a bit about license plates and how they're generally supposed to look/function. The only non-state plates I've ever seen are DC plates and some Indian tribes have their own tribal plates.
Title: Re: When non-road geeks get it so tragically wrong........
Post by: NE2 on March 13, 2015, 03:55:09 AM
Quote from: The Nature Boy on March 12, 2015, 10:56:20 PM
I assume 99% of us would also know a bit about license plates and how they're generally supposed to look/function.
They look fine to me, though very fanwanky.