A colleague dropped by the DMV the other day to renew his plates and picked up a license plate application for Packers vanity plates (actually, the application is for "Green Bay Packer" plates -- apparently, it's for individual Packers players or something).
Anyway, he pointed out that, for personalized Packers plates, you pay $15 to get the plates, plus $15 in annual feeds. You also make a $25 tax-deductible donation to Lambeau Field. Why, asked my coworker, aren't there Brewers or Bucks license plates for the taking?
That's a good question. But a better question is what kind of snarky Packers plates are still available?
According to the application, you must make the three choices and offer an explanation of why you choose each one. Personalized plates can be one to six characters long, including spaces (unless you choose six characters).
Being the smart ass that I am, I jumped over to the Web site of the D.O.T. to see what kind of options remain available. I assuming many of the following would get tossed out pretty quickly, but overall I found the results of my quick search surprising.
Available:
THXTED
FIREMM
BRTSUX
TEDGAY
SACK12
HELP12
31KNEE
74GONE
RETIR4
MVP 4X
BRENT
SBXLIV
HOF4BF
THXIRV
DD 80
DEANNA
BRITNY
BRELGH
RISON
DBEEBE
EDWEST
Not available:
FIRETT
4EVER
FARVE
PHAVRE
H8VIKS
SBXXXI
REGGIE
LE ROY
JACKE
Andy is the president, publisher and founder of OnMilwaukee. He returned to Milwaukee in 1996 after living on the East Coast for nine years, where he wrote for The Dallas Morning News Washington Bureau and worked in the White House Office of Communications. He was also Associate Editor of The GW Hatchet, his college newspaper at The George Washington University.
Before launching OnMilwaukee.com in 1998 at age 23, he worked in public relations for two Milwaukee firms, most of the time daydreaming about starting his own publication.
Hobbies include running when he finds the time, fixing the rust on his '75 MGB, mowing the lawn at his cottage in the Northwoods, and making an annual pilgrimage to Phoenix for Brewers Spring Training.
