A post from this blog's past: https://saintsontheloose.blogspot.com/2015/06/car-tags.html was about licensed "vanity"car tags with unusual readings which the driver may use for an extra fee above the required standard registration fee.
In the parking deck where I work, I recently saw a new tag which intrigued me: UN4GIVN. Using the English language letters and numbers this would transliterate as "unforgiven." What in the world could this mean?
After considering multiple possibilities, including a reference to a movie title or that the driver was a defiantly unrepentant philanderer, I decided that the most likely meaning was as a sarcastic insult to Christians, who often describe themselves as forgiven sinners.
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Friday, June 14, 2019
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Car Tags
In the United States there is a tradition of "vanity" automobile license plates. For an additional fee, authomobile owners can have customized messages on their car tags. Some of the most well-known of the vanity tags have these messages:
2THDR This reads as "tooth doctor" and belongs to a dentist.
GRLPWR This reads as "girl power."
NOSUP4U This reads as "no soup for you!" and echoes the famous Soup Nazi episode on the popular Sienfeld television series.
ISWALO This reads as "I swallow" and is a vulgar reference to fellatio.
HIOFICER This reads as "Hi, officer!" and is a message to any police officers following the vehicle.
GONPLCS This reads as "Going places."
An extended list of car tags is at www.coolpl8z.com, check out the constantly changing Top 100. Some are quite vulgar and offensive. You may wonder how some of the slogans got past the censors.
I recently saw a license plate which at first I could not decipher; GETMULA. I eventually understood that it reads as "get moolah." Moolah is a slang word for money. How sad.
The acquisition of money sadly is the primary motivation for many people. A Christian understanding of money is that it is simply a tool, neither evil nor good in and of itself. Ethical acquisition of money, a proper relationship to that money, and its use in furthering the Kingdom of God are proper subjects for Christian discussion.
2THDR This reads as "tooth doctor" and belongs to a dentist.
GRLPWR This reads as "girl power."
NOSUP4U This reads as "no soup for you!" and echoes the famous Soup Nazi episode on the popular Sienfeld television series.
ISWALO This reads as "I swallow" and is a vulgar reference to fellatio.
HIOFICER This reads as "Hi, officer!" and is a message to any police officers following the vehicle.
GONPLCS This reads as "Going places."
An extended list of car tags is at www.coolpl8z.com, check out the constantly changing Top 100. Some are quite vulgar and offensive. You may wonder how some of the slogans got past the censors.
I recently saw a license plate which at first I could not decipher; GETMULA. I eventually understood that it reads as "get moolah." Moolah is a slang word for money. How sad.
The acquisition of money sadly is the primary motivation for many people. A Christian understanding of money is that it is simply a tool, neither evil nor good in and of itself. Ethical acquisition of money, a proper relationship to that money, and its use in furthering the Kingdom of God are proper subjects for Christian discussion.
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