In many ways the act of getting a vanity plate has become an American art form.  The Japanese created the Haiku, poetic expression within the confines of syllabic limitations. The American created the Vanity License Plate.  Poetic expression in 7 characters or less.

I was immediately drawn to make fun of vanity license plates, even though I have one, but the more I examples I saw the more respect I found for them.  Vanity plates are truly a form of american poetry.

Like any art form there are people who practice that have no place doing so.  There are the obvious. examples like “MY VETTE” on a corvette, or “SKYYY” on a Saturn Sky.   There are the excessively arrogant.  examples like “2GOOD4U” or “2HT2HDL”.  The problem is that all of these terrible plates are giving people with a creative flair a bad name.

My favorite vanity plates are the ones that take advantage of the entire plate itself.  These people do not limit themselves to the standard 7 characters, oh no, they use the full license plates as their canvas.  Take a gander at these.

The possibilities are limitless.  Just think of all the ways you can express yourself with 7 characters.  It’s actually always been a fundamental belief of mine that you can describe anyone with 7 characters.

Like myself for example I would probably go with “KILLNIT”, where as for someone like Alex I would more appropriately go with “LOSE W8″.

See where I’m going with this?  Works for love letters too.  Why would you need anything more than 7 characters?  “I WNT PUS”.  And you’ll be getting it.  How about this classic, “GET ON ME”.  You know she’s gonna with that masterpiece.  If those don’t work, try this one, “I HV A DIK”.

But like any art form, the vanity plate is not a static delivery device, it to is evolving.  Many states are adding another character.  Can you imagine all of the new beautiful pieces of poetry you will encounter on a daily basis.  Mind boggling.

I’ve actually already started writing a few pieces, I’d love to share with you.
“3 IN OF HVN”
“WRNG HOLE”
and
“C IM FNNY 2″

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