My license plates got stolen last month, so it seemed like a good time to take another giant step toward merging what’s left of my identity with the Internet. I did learn something interesting by having my plates stolen, though, because along with the plates the thief, not being a gentleman thief, also swiped the little nuts that secure the plates to the car. So I got to spend ten minutes in Home Improvement with a Nut Expert who deduced that not only were my nuts metric (damn European carmakers and their unruly conformity to a decimalized system of measurement), but they had a special name. The nuts seen above are called acorn nuts. Put that in your squirrel-shaped pipe and smoke it.
wow. that’s sort of, umm, incredible.
YOU WIN.
Dammit, I was going to get license plates that referenced my URL, but now it’ll just seem like I’m copying you.
You’re #1 Fussy in our figurative vehicle registration database, by God.
i’m off to check to see if 2 TIRED is still available.
btw, when your site was down i was getting email from people asking what was up with fussy.org? like i should know?
YEAH!
Too fussy for state issued random number/letter plates.
Nice. Like.
A Nut Expert. An expert with a nut.
Oh, how the mind wanders.
Not to be fussy but when confronted with an automotive parts problem, you should go to an auto parts store for faster service. Acorn nuts are hanging in little packages labeled license plate nuts. And I’m sure that if you asked, the fellows behind the counter would be happy to help you find the proper nuts.
I did! I went to Manny, Moe & Jack first and they told me to go to the hardware store.
OMGSH – if i lived even remotely close to you i would drive around looking for you.
but not in that ‘crazy-stalker-way’! No! in that, ‘please be my friend way’. really!
Now would be a great time to airbrush a wormy-eyed skull in a hat onto the rear quarter panel. Just sayin’.
Very nice. I think supa’s definitely on to something with the paint job;>
2 FUSSY? too impressed for words!
and that was before reading about your “metric nuts”. : P
It never even crossed my mind to get blog-oriented license plates, but now I may have to look into the availability of AVGJANE (they let you have 7 letters on the personalized plates in my state).
Oooh. T-shirt?
Fussy rocks.
’nuff said.
Shooot! That is really quite cool – Hmmm… I wonder how much fuss my husband would put up about getting
“Chock L8″…hmmm… Great Plates!
yes! t-shirts!
That is 2 Cool!
A lot more appealing than my BC licence plate that starts with ELF-***. Elf.. Not the cool feeling I was going for.. May have to give into a vanity plate too.
Awesome tag, Mrs, K. I also liked meepers’ suggestion–CHOCL8 would be *great* on a license plate.
Here in Georgia, the state DMV has run out of tag number prefixes, so they’ve had to resort to the ones they’d said they weren’t going to use…such as DUM and DUD. How’d ya like to be marked with DUM-*** wherever you drove? Of course, the “KKK” prefix is still a no-go (although it’d be appropriate for a lot of the less open-minded people here).
I wonder if “ASS” and “FUK” are still out of the question, too…
The DMV actually approved that plate? Wow! Were you able to get it re-issued?
2 FUSSY
2 BE
4 GOTTEN
i’m 2 fussy for my shirt
2 fussy for my shirt
so fussy it hurts.
I love Home Depot. I’m not really in the market for a Nut Expert. I’ll have to investigate the specialties of the other employees.
oh this is going to make stalking you so much easier for me than it was yesterday! score!
I am so feeling the Dorkitude .. and LOVING it!!
The Volvo has those, too. I love my squirrel nuts…. Wait. That came out totally wrong.
Did you keep the same message on the plate, or you had to apply for the new one?
http://www.pl8s.org
The stolen plates were just the standard-issue random numbers, so I went and got these as a replacement.
Would you mind sharing your plate photo with my collection at http://www.pl8s.org?
Sure, go ahead!