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December 10 2008

The best license plate ever. Do the drive of joy.

Simon | Fandom&Fun | 10:08 CET | 34 comments total | tags: licence plate, numfar, license plate

Shame, we can't do these kind of customization to our license plate down here. heh.

Numfar PTB | December 10, 10:56 CET

I can't clearly read the plate, from the photo. It seems to read NIUMFAR. If so, somebody else got NUMFAR first.

[ edited by dreamlogic on 2008-12-10 11:14 ]

dreamlogic | December 10, 11:12 CET

Looks like NUMFAR to me...

zillah | December 10, 11:19 CET

Yep, it's NUMFAR (you can click the image to see an enlarged version). Right now the car's owner, Nigel Ulric Mfar is probably a bit puzzled by all the attention.

And what a very cosmopolitan site this is, even the tags are trans-Atlantic ;).

Saje | December 10, 12:39 CET

We like to go that little bit extra.

Simon | December 10, 14:26 CET

It's not "DEMORGAN" so I don't know how it's the best ever, awesome, yes, but best, not so much.

The Xan Man | December 10, 14:30 CET

I sadly admit I do not know what NUMFAR stands for. Please to enlighten me.

And my plate says BRNCOAT, if that will make up for my NUMFAR ignorance.

madmolly | December 10, 14:58 CET

Numfar was the character on Angel (during the 'in Pylea' mini arc) as played by the one and only Mr Joss Whedon. He's famous for "doing the dance of joy".

Saje | December 10, 15:01 CET

Madmolly, Numfar was a character in an alternate demon univers in Angel, best known for being portrayed by an unknown actor by the name of J Whedon. (Who while in heavy makeup got funny looks for daring to sit in one of the producer chairs on set)

zz9 | December 10, 15:02 CET

After I posted that item I considered submitting it to Whedonesque, but didn't think it was "significant" enough. I'm glad someone disagreed.

Virginia has more custom plates than any other state - 16% of us choose them, probably because it's only another $5 a year and very easy to select and see what's available.

The NUMFAR one made me happy, but this continues to be my favorite.

phearlez | December 10, 15:03 CET

Illinois has a lower percentage (13.4%) of population with vanity plates, but the highest number of total people with them. This has been your Useless Factoid of the Day^tm.

zeitgeist | December 10, 15:19 CET

zz9 - Whedon also didn't tell most of the cast, in particular the ones in the same scene. Wikipedia has an amusing quote from Andy Hallett about it which is sourced from this article. Apparently Whedon revealed it by yelling CUT! at the end of the scene.

phearlez | December 10, 15:44 CET

I must confess that my recently acquired California plate reads: GR ARRGG

:)

Spikesgurl | December 10, 16:25 CET

OMG, phearlez that Virginia plate is a riot, and Spikesgurl I'm proud of you for getting GR ARRGG, but madmolly I'm not sure that BRNCOAT makes up for not knowing about one of Joss Whedon's two big on screen credits (the second was on Veronica Mars).

Somehow in all these years of not getting vanity plates it never even occurred to me to go to obscure Whedonesque references. Has anyone taken MOIST?

embers | December 10, 16:55 CET

Utterly awesome. If I ever got a personalized plate (if I ever have a car again ...) I would have a word or name that's obscure to the rest of the world that only a Whedon fan would know. Too many vanity plates draw (possibly) too much unwanted attention. I'd rather have one that I drive around smiling to myself about and be left alone for the most part.

[ edited by Tonya J on 2008-12-10 17:19 ]

Tonya J | December 10, 17:05 CET

I am humbled. I am now off to Netflix the whole series of ANGEL.

madmolly | December 10, 17:18 CET

phearlz, I can see why that is your favourite. It is excellent. I like the Numfar one because it is subtle.

Lioness | December 10, 17:18 CET

Oh man! I want a whedonesque vanity plate, but, alas, I am a spoiled brat and my dad pays for everything car-related (except gas) and he would laugh in my face if I brought that up. Well, eventually I'll be all growed-up (soonish actually, I graduate this year) and will pay for everything myself (plus school loans, joy!). So I probs won't be able to afford vanity plates.

Linnea1928 | December 10, 17:35 CET

A couple weeks ago, I saw the exact car I have but with the license plate GRRARGG. I was so jealous.

hacksaway | December 10, 17:54 CET

Hm. One wonders if SoddingNancyTribe has a license plate that is a shorter version since it's too many letters.

Tonya J | December 10, 18:09 CET

I've seen 2 different awesome plates recently. There was this one at the recent Creation Firefly con. And then this one at the San Diego Rocket Race. Two different fandoms, but both are very cool.

danregal | December 10, 18:11 CET

suinegagpf posted on the OB that he spotted a GRR ARGH plate just recently in Milwaukee.

I'm yet to hear of any fandom related vanity plates in Australia.

JenskiJen | December 10, 21:00 CET

Somewhere I have a picture of a license plate of a car that was parked at the James Marsters concert on Long Island that said, "SPANGEL".

I laughed.

newcj | December 10, 21:06 CET

Well. Apparently California DMV no longer just has a database where you can plug a name in and see if someone else already has it. I started an order at their site but I'm not sure getting to the payment page even means the plate is available. Darn it. Would have been lunchtime fun.

Tonya J | December 10, 21:17 CET

I still like my license plate the best. It reads: 5-BY-5

Seriously...ask Tim Minear.....or Jane Espenson.

ha

death is my gift | December 10, 22:15 CET

I will.

zeitgeist | December 10, 22:15 CET

I was stuck in traffic next to a car a few weeks ago with a vanity plate that was a variation on Hostile 17, Spike's Initiative name. I knew it was true due to other Whedony stickers on the car. I tried to get the driver's attention to say hi, but failed. If you are out there Hostile 17 driver near Benicia CA, I saw you!

DearBoy | December 11, 03:51 CET

My plates read GACHNAR. It goes well with my vampire fish.

Selannia | December 11, 13:20 CET

My wife and I have had GRR ARGH on one of our cars for several years now. We've just gotten a new Pontiac Solstice and we're working on ideas for a plate with SOL (as in "soul") in it somehow.

Haunt | December 11, 16:05 CET

SOL BRNS

(Sol = Sun in Portuguese)

Brasilian Chaos Man | December 11, 19:03 CET

We think SOLMATE is already taken here (but I'm going to check to be sure). Also considering SOLSRCH.

Haunt | December 11, 19:20 CET

Lame. I want one now.

(Lame in I can't afford one. Or am clever enough to come up with one.)

Love the GACHNAR one. "Fear me!!!" *squish*

korkster | December 11, 19:50 CET

Here is a GRR ARGH in motion.

The One True b!X | December 11, 19:53 CET

Hey, that's an Acadia. That's what WE have. Weird...

Haunt | December 12, 09:09 CET