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How do you advertise for YOU?

As a kid with four sisters, we used to play the alphabet game when traveling in the car. If you can imagine seven people in one car, one who was always carsick (me) and the others bickering, (a kind word for scratching and kicking), we had to do something civil not to end up walking or getting a switching.


Because of years of competition with my sisters, I am a master at noticing license plates, and they often have the hard letters like X, Y, Z Q, and J. They help me win the game.

If the plates are not benign with only letters and numbers signifying where the car lives, they are personalized. One I liked was in Bisbee, AZ, “UBU IBME” which I thought was good advice.

I don’t like to see plates with names, because it could make the driver vulnerable to dishonorable motives from others.

The cost of a personalized plate is not cost prohibitive, but I sometimes wonder what the owner wants others to think of him/her. A license plate is a form of self-advertising. Like social media, why do we put ourselves out there for total strangers to see?

Anyway, they are fun, and they activate my curiosity. Seeing creative ones I need to contemplate their meaning, helps entertain me on long road trips just like when I was a kid.

If I had a personalized license plate, it would be TLYRSTORY.

What would you choose?

Filed Under: Blog, Dr. J's personal stories Tagged With: alphabet game, creativity, licence plates, self-advertising

Comments

  1. Lois Scott says

    June 17, 2018 at 3:17 am

    This is thought provoking! I will be interested to read what you receive in replies. A couple from my hometown have personalized plates with LBJ. That is the initial from each of their given names and the J for their surname. Sorry, not Lynda Bird Johnson nor Lady Bird Johnson…

  2. Linda Lee says

    June 17, 2018 at 4:17 am

    ART 4 U. I would not only choose it but in fact, have already done so!
    I find some of the plates quite puzzling and others that I hope I have misunderstood.

    • Jennifer Goble says

      June 20, 2018 at 11:45 pm

      Linda Lee, I love that – perfect 4 U:)))

  3. Geri B says

    June 30, 2018 at 1:58 pm

    I still laugh at at a plate that was meant to Read “to feed you”, but came out differently. 2feedu. Fellow is now known as too fee do! 😳

    • Jennifer Goble says

      June 30, 2018 at 9:13 pm

      That made me laugh. That would be my luck:)

  4. Marva says

    July 3, 2018 at 5:27 am

    RDRNNR 🙂

    • Jennifer Goble says

      July 6, 2018 at 4:06 pm

      You ARE a true Road Runner:))) Perfect. You and my husband should be charged higher highway taxes:))

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