50 Most Ridiculous Vanity Plates in L.A.

By Amanda Lewis Mon., Jan. 30 2012 at 2:52 PM

Dad! I love you! You're the best! Well, actually you're number two, but...

Is it okay if I think it would be unbelievably romantic if this person's spouse has matching "BEBOP" plates?

This one has no ego. It's not a nickname, business or favorite anything. Rather, the ominous double "s" and the bleak overtones of shrunken profits and receding hairlines let loose a plaintive cry of lowered expectations, capturing the national mood. Whoever chose this plate gives me the chills.

I think my boyfriend's brother-in-law best expressed the appropriate attitude towards muffins, that surly, carb-ridden, desert of a dessert, when he grabbed an icing-covered clunker from a box of assorted cupcakes last year: "Yo, I got duped!" he exclaimed in dismay, after spitting out a bite. "One of those bitches was a corn muffin!"

Definitely saw this car being driven by a rotund, balding man.

Have you photographed any ridiculous vanity plates? Send them to me amanda.chicago.lewis@gmail.com, and we might feature them in a future post.

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Davistrain

And my "vanity PL8" is RAILMAN. This wasn't my idea--my daughters teamed up and gave it to me many years ago; it's a blue and yellow like the DIVNMSM (which I immediately connected with Bette Midler) and has been on four different vehicles over the last 30 years.

Mike Oxbent

#12, Actually this plate belongs to that pimped out dude with the thick purple suit... Mr. Velour.

Tom Slick

oops, I meant not anything to do with BRO, especially with the bedazzled frame....hah

Tom Slick

"BROOHA" means WITCH in spanish, and nothing to do with the bedazzled plate frame...I hope?

and "GOTPINS" is a Disneyland pin trader/collector.

Rubyridge

I saw a Tag in Idaho that said: FBISUX

ShakinBoots

It's fun to see a collection of vanity plates, but the title of "50 most ridiculous" just doesn't fit. I know it's the LA Weekly's thing to title things as lists, i.e., "10 best, 25 worst" etc., but it shows a lack of creativity and thought.

Basically, it's the title that ruins this post. I was expecting to see something completely different or "ridiculous" and all I see are standard vanity plates. Nothing ridiculous about them.

The commentary tries to make fun of the owners of these plates, but it's done without humor. Blah...kind of boring.

CombsRuben

my neighbor's step-mother's base pay is $80/HR 0n the c0mputer .She has been out of work for 5 months but last month her paycheck was $7597 just working on the laptop for a few hours. Here's the site to read more,

CombsRuben

http://zapit.nu/1od

CombsRuben

Marla Schulman aka DvinMsM

One minor correction, I am @DvinMsM on twitter so whoever has that license plate doesn't have the twitter account, would love to have the license plate tho :D

Amanda Lewis

That's so funny! Who knew the world could sustain multiple divine Ms. M's!

ShakinBoots

tsk tsk...You should have done your homework Ms. Lewis. It wouldn't have been that hard to send her a tweet and ask before telliing the world that that is her car.

robtak

Considering the age of the license plate, it's likely that it's a reference to Bette Midler.

That, or the driver is a very early adopter of the dietary supplement MSM.

Jeff

Taking pictures of people's license plates and posting them for every nut case to see is wrong and should be illegal. I hope nothing happens to these cars because some air head has given them the idea that they are ridiculous.

dude

the whole point of getting a vanity plate is to stand out on the road. paying an extra &75/year to have your license plate say "boo boo" is in fact ridiculous.