The final, final mysteries
A day or so ago, I posted what I thought were this blog’s final mysteries. Then more cool, mysterious plates poured in. I now present to you the final, final mysteries.
One I saw this weekend -- and I support it: I love croutons and have on occasion bought them without salad. But why it would be a plate, I don’t know. Does that car look that much like a crouton? Maybe. But there must be more! A mystery. But I respect it.
From friend Beau’s friend Laura -- magic scooter? magic skater?
From friend Lauren. “Not sure if ‘CO2CAPT’ on an old Toyota pickup is something to do with carbon dioxide emissions.”
Again from friend Lauren! I wrote her back to see if I was missing something obvious -- it’s been a long plate week, many coming in and going out across my desk -- and she said it was a mystery to her too. And she got all of these mystery plates in one parking lot and has rarely seen any vanity plates since. Tucson!
One of mine from a little while back, never posted because I never knew what it meant. Was this person identify as a yahoo? Or did they really love Yahoo.com? Was it an old plate from back when Yahoo was hot? Or was the person just a yahoo at heart?
From friend Laura. I believe in good branding. But I don’t know, man. Does getting a vanity plate help business that much? A business where you’re summoned by people who already know you’re a cab? OR maybe this Audi driver is a wine snob. Laura lives in Northern California. Anyway, a mystery.
From friend Jym, a plate that makes me hope this car never comes to downtown Washington because the traffic jams will be really something before the cops resolve the scene and send the driver home. Why choose this plate?
From friend Jym again. I’ve seen a similar plate before. And this one as the last one, the motivation is unclear. Does the driver always know where he or she is going? Was this plate predicted centuries ago by mystical, horrible powers? Who buys a car and thinks of Nosferatu?
And maybe the ultimate mystery, a work of mystery plate art, again from friend Lauren: