THE THING ABOUT PERSONALIZED license plates is this: I always wonder about the story behind the choice.
Is the owner of this Lincoln MKX, recently photographed along Minnesota State Highway 3 in Northfield, a cat owner? Or simply a lover of cat naps? Or?
© Copyright 2013 Audrey Kletscher Helbling
Minnesota Prairie Roots 
Great license plate!!! I used to have a vanity one in NC with TEALVER on it. People thought I liked the color teal. 🙂
I thought you would appreciate this, Beth Ann. Love the color teal, huh?
Not so much….it obviously did not work for me!!! 🙂
These do leave you wondering what the story is that is for sure. Commuting two hours a day affords me many opportunities to spot these personalized plates and ponder the specifics behind them. Just this a.m. on my way to work I spotted PIZZAS.
Makes the commute more interesting, huh?
I think as photographers we tend to notice the details perhaps more than others.
Indeed. The more bizarre the better. Sometime even the most plain things become extraordinarily interesting in the right light too.
Good point, Dan.
Let’s hope the owner doesn’t take a cat nap behind the wheel! My kitties can nap all day. :>)
Now that’s a scary thought.
Or A Cat Napper – ha! – could not resist! I love the plates with a combo of numbers and letters that is suppose to spell something out and just has me stumped. Happy Monday:)
Sometimes these vanity plates do stump a person.
I love the plates on Mustangs – usually something to do with pony power – ha!
Now I’ll pay closer attention to Mustang plates. Thanks for the tip.
I agree about the hope that the plate isn’t also the driver’s state of mind at the time! One of my friends had a plate for a long time that said RNFNLY. She’s a nurse. She got the plate after her graduation.
Love your friend’s plate. Good for her to celebrate a life goal reached in this way.
My neighbor and I had a good laugh once when we saw a vanity plate that said “CARIES”. I assume a woman named Carie owned it. What she probably doesn’t know, though, is that CARIES means CAVITIES (the ones on your teeth) in Spanish.
Now that is hilarious!
I’d say the owner likes to take cat naps. Maybe (just a guess) an upwardly mobile burnout, who has discovered afternoon naps are underrated. My Chinese friend says in high school he had 2 hour nap breaks, and his father in Guangzhou working at Siemans, has a 2 hour lunch/nap break at noon. Today I curled up in front of a sunny window in my Somerville, MA home, like I have seen cats do, and it was wonderful…just the ticket on a winter day. Ted Aaberg
Thanks for your thoughtful insight, Ted. I nap occasionally, but only when exhausted. Now my husband, he can fall asleep anytime.
I am wondering if you are the Ted Aaberg I remember from BLC. You can reply via email, which you will find on my “About” page, or respond here. I’m curious.
“Vanity” plates certainly are thought provoking in some cases!!!! Some great suggestions thus far!!!!!!
I once saw GR8NBED on an old Camaro Rally Sport. It was hilarious.
Oh, my.
Well it’s certainly something to ponder, I’d bet this person is a cat lover… or not, I dont know???
Yeah, hard to know for sure.
I’ve never sprung for a personalized plate but I’ve wanted to!
So…what would be on your plate?
Ha! I have changed my mind over the years. I need to think about that!
We always look at license plates, too. I hope this person doesn’t use their vehicle for catnaps!
“Mud fur and feathers” mentioned that here in the comments, too.