Stupid/Funny Signs, Vanity Plates & Stuff
Since I find myself driving all over the state, I’m bound to come across plenty of stupid signs. I’ve passed by many over the years but never thought to document them. So I’m a little late to the game, but I have a hunch I’ll catch up.
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I enjoy a wiener in Mianus. Who doesn’t?
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Defying convention with a gray Infinti SUV
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I found The One (91 North in Old Wethersfield)
Some thoughts on this one… First, it has led me to a probability thought experiment. If I told you my plate number, your chance of finding it is equal to finding The One (assuming many, many things are equal like the amount we drive and where we drive, etc). But why does that seem so wrong? Why does my fortuitous drive behind The One seem much more important than, say, my drive this morning behind 235 DKH? And what if I said,”I want to find 123 ABC? When you are purposely LOOKING for one oddly numbered plate, then that probably screws with the probability somehow. At least in your head.
Anyway, here in Connecticut, low numbered plates – and I’m only talking about 3 digit plates – are actually a corny status symbol for politicos. They beg outgoing governors for them and it has caused a bit of a stir in the past.
So who is The One? “Contrary to popular belief the Connecticut plate with 1 on it does not belong to the governor’s car, but to a private citizen, Kuehn said. “It was issued to a state senator from Litchfield who wrote the original Connecticut motor vehicle laws in 1903, and it has stayed in his family ever since.”
(I found that info here in an article about a CTMQ-worthy guy.)
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Who would ever name a street such a stupid name?
Awesome. (In Durham… And yes, I colored over the ‘S’ at the end.)
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Okay, this isn’t stupid. It’s hilarious.
East side of Route 77 in North Guilford
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This is absolutely real, seen on I-84 West in Farmington
It sort of counteracts the nice car.
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This makes sense, as it’s at a horse place in Plainfield
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6. Um. It appears to me that the only thing not burnt down/razed is the “Yes We’re Open!” sign.
The beautiful North Meadows, Hartford
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This guy has been selling this item for many years, according to my former boss who lives a stone’s throw away. And this sign has remained unchanged.
While there, be on the lookout for tufted t–mice and woodc—s. On Route 69 at the Bristol/Burlington line.
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What are the chances I’d not only drive behind TOOL above and this guy, but that I’d have the camera at the ready as well?
Sorry about the poor quality… I was too giddy with excitement to hold still. Seen in Farmington.
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99% of vanity plates are awful. This one is great.
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Too similar to the Seinfeld episode not to be moderately funny:
If this isn’t his last name, then what does it mean?
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This is it. The douchiest plate of them all:
What a loser.
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Mercedes, check. Douchey vanity plate, check. Home in foreclosure, check.
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And they wonder why my in-laws won’t attend.
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BMW drivers are so corny, and…
Corvette drivers are awesome.
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The driver was a very, very old man. But still…
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This driver is CrAzY!
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Finally, something to watch on the crazy Jesus channels
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This truck was driven by a young black woman. Just kidding
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I enjoy this very much.
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Judging by the Jesus Fish, he was probably rooting for Frazier, not Ali
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The car does not match the vanity
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Some people just deserve a punch now and again.
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“Okay! Meet me at Seman Park for a picnic” just sounds awful. Sorry Southbury.
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The Doctor is in… A lesser car than I drive.
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Guy just really loves Moodus I guess.
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This one haunts me. I can’t wrap my head around this. Weird.
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Because he just HAD to have square head on his plates.
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Lispy
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I’m not sure these idiots know what “entity” means (sent by reader Amber)
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They exist! Someone tell the previous vanity plate about it! (sent by reader Amber)
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I feel bad for this woman… IF she got this before Jersey Shore went on the air.
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Do people know what FUBAR means anymore?
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Weird
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Man, what a coup happening upon THE ONE
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Save the Invisible Children
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This cracks me up. Because I’m 11.
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Who the hell is SUCH a fan of a Winnie the Pooh?
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Seriously?
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If I find “Two Girls,” I’ll have won the Internet
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Someone was asleep at the DMV. Kudos to this guy. (Hat tip to Kevin O.)
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This guy was there on the same day, apparently (It says “SZ MTRS”, hat tip to “CTBreweryBook” on Twitter)
I’ve seen that TOOL as well! And, yes, it is a confusing plate on an Audi. Is he a fan of the band Tool? Is he a manufacturer or building equipment? Is he just a large phallus?
I need answers.
(not really… but I had the same reaction you did when I saw that car the first time)
Comment #1 on 04.20.09 at 10:29 amThe one with ‘Homely Indian Style” means in India ‘Homey’ My wife is an American and we had the discussion over it many times. It is amusing to see that Homey is what called as Homely in India. ;-) I had no idea until I went to the US, that Homely is called as ugly there. also, another world is ‘Simply’ which in India, means – down to earth – while in the US..it is called as ‘something which is unattractive is near to ugly.
Comment #2 on 08.30.10 at 10:44 pmi think ‘Tool’ wat he mean is:
A person, typically male, who says or does things that cause you to give them a ‘what-are-you-even-doing-here’ look. The ‘what-are-you-even-doing-here’ look is classified by a glare in the tool’s direction and is usually accompanied by muttering of how big of a tool they are. The tool is usually someone who is unwelcome but no one has the balls to tell them to get lost. The tool is always making comments that are out-of-place, out-of-line or just plain stupid. The tool is always trying too hard to fit in, and because of this, never will. However, the tool is useful because you can use them for things; money, rides, etc.
“Let’s drive to Chicago from Iowa. Oh man, we need money. Hey, let’s ask tool to come, he’ll spot us the cash!”
“Tool is our friend. We call him that because he is one.”
source: http://www.ctmuseumquest.com/?page_id=2747&cpage=1#comment-50310
Comment #3 on 08.30.10 at 10:50 pmThe only possible excuse for the PLAYA person–it means a flat, dry lake bed in a desert (the Burning Man festival is held on one). I have a friend whose blog is called “Playa Minded” and she’s using it that way, rather than insinuating that she’s a PLAYA, yo.
Comment #4 on 08.06.11 at 10:45 amI thought about that, but then I read the plastic border thing around the plate which says “do you want to race” and I saw the kid driving the car too.
I think the use of “playa” in this case is unfortunate.
Comment #5 on 08.06.11 at 11:20 amWhat channel is “Storm Proofing Your Ass…” on? I know I’m not disaster-ready, so this show might help me. And maybe I’ll find Jesus while learning how to boil water using only rocks and vinegar.
Comment #6 on 08.06.11 at 11:26 amYou need to get out to Haddam & take a picture of the street sign on “Skunk Misery Rd.” Apparently it’s so awful there even the skunks are miserable
Comment #7 on 01.17.12 at 9:56 pmhttps://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/532778_10150960053781998_1022500825_n.jpg
Comment #8 on 07.29.12 at 2:41 pmheres two cool ones i found in ct
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/248644_10150255974041998_6288448_n.jpg -from putnam ct
Actually, at MIT, being called a “tool” is a compliment. So you never know if the driver is one of the proud fighting beavers who live in Connecticut…
Comment #9 on 08.09.12 at 7:39 pmI recently saw a Ford Explorer with the New York vanity plate “DNA 4EVA.” The owner must be either (a) a life sciences professional, or (b) a blogospherian obsessed with genetics and IQ.
Back in my Connecticut-resident days quite a few years ago, in Waterbury to be specific, a local businessman had gotten himself appointed honorary consul from Portugal. It was an entirely honorary position with no pay or diplomatic authority, but it did entitle him to get special Foreign Consul license plates from the DMV. And because he was the first, or maybe only, foreign consul in Connecticut, his plates bore the number “1.” The “Foreign Consul” marking was less prominent, so when you saw him tootling around town in his Lincoln you’d think it was the Governor. Which I’m sure was the whole point.
Comment #10 on 08.09.12 at 8:01 pmIt was an honor to have been riding with you on the Extreme Connecticut Geo-Tour when you spotted the license plate with the #1 on it. That would have been about twelve hours into the journey by then… not sure how you had the wherewithal both to notice it and photograph it. I was dog-tired by that point.
Comment #11 on 08.10.12 at 6:17 amSo how many people in Connecticut know that the California Penal Code for an involuntary psychiatric hold is 5150 – other than yourself, of course, and me because when I dispatched for the Stockton Police Department my employee number was 5151 so I always said I was one number up from being a psych patient!
I’m wondering if “THE DR” is actually a great lover of “Doctor Who” and not a real doctor as that doesn’t really look like a real doctor’s car. Well, maybe the car of a resident who can’t afford much but not a full-fledged my car is one of my status symbols doctors! If I ever get a blue car, I’m going to keep my fingers crossed that “TARDIS” is still available though I doubt it is!
Comment #12 on 08.10.12 at 9:23 am