Teh One Who Knocks
05-24-2022, 12:54 PM
Kendra Mangione - CTVNewsVancouver.ca
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Some of British Columbia's more creative vehicle owners received bad news over the last two years: you can't put everything on a licence plate.
CTV News has obtained a list of rejected personalized slogans, as well as those that made it past the provincial checks, and the efforts number in the tens of thousands.
The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia didn't give the reasons why many of the submissions in 2020 and 2021 were shot down, but has said previously that some are rejected simply because they're already taken.
Others aren't allowed because they're considered in poor taste, or have religious or political connotations. Slogans tied to drugs, alcohol and speeding also aren't allowed in B.C., and anything that's a registered trademark or is too long is a "no."
Some patterns emerge, and some thought processes are exposed. For example, someone tried to secure the plate "AWOOOO."
"WOLFIE," "AROOOO" and "ARWOOO" were also tried, but all were rejected. Someone did manage to snag "WOLF-00," though.
Similarly, both "FCANCR" and "FKCNCR" were turned down, as were "BE K1ND," "BC CALM" and "BE SAFE," which may be coincidence, but appear to be tributes to B.C.'s top doctor, Bonnie Henry.
Also on the rejects list were:
BONDVLN
YOMAMA
2BAD 4U
WROONG
NO CO2
GAS LOL (but GAS is among the approvals)
SPN FED
F8L
MISTRS and MSTRSS
ILL SUE
IM LATE
KKKKK
BREXIT
KUSH
U TCHIN
MANIAC
ASSMAN
MPOSBLE
WE VAPE
WATTUP
CRYPTO (as well as CRYPT0, KRYPTO, KRYPT0 and CRY-PTO)
4EVR BS
RUH ROH
GDDY UP
GIT GUD
SLOWPOK
PSYDUCK and SNORLAX
D1LF
D4DDY
STONKS
PRENUP (and PRE NUP and PRE-NUP)
GOTTA P
GOT GPS
GH0ST, GHOST and GH0UL
BLUEBARU, BLUSUBI and SUBAWOO
DEMON 7, DEMON21, XDEMON, X DEMON, DEMONX and DEMON X
PUG BUG, BUGNPUG, PUGBUGE, PUGBUGY, PUGLIFE, PUGLFE, (but PUGSTR was approved in 2020)
There are thousands more, some of which other drivers would get, and some that would have meaning to only the plate owner, all of which were turned down.
But before the province is accused of being no fun, many submissions actually did make it to B.C. licence plates, including the eyebrow raising "ICU4DK" and "MOIST-1," as well as the admission "IM WRNG" and "WIFE N2."
Among the other plates approved last year and the year before were:
NOT BMW
WANTED
G-FATHR
NO LIFE
SEA YAA (and SEE YAH)
MISTRY
GRZZ1Y
DOGGIN
WISSLR
NO WAY
PI SQRE
PRRRRR
2 LAZY
HRD KOR
BON JVI
7INDR
FAT CAT
OBI-WAN
ROCK ON
NO PONY
KIBBLE
PLAYR1
MTN AIR
BOX BOX
VIOLIN
NINJA
SNOOP-D
WON-LUV
BAD D4D
BALLIN
SAY NO
WDR MAN
CALL US
WHATEV
TUBULR
YEEZUS
1 OF 12
BLC PRL
CHONKY
TRUCKY
WARLOC
JUST M8
WHO KRS
I CHILL
https://i.imgur.com/VAnH17a.png
Some of British Columbia's more creative vehicle owners received bad news over the last two years: you can't put everything on a licence plate.
CTV News has obtained a list of rejected personalized slogans, as well as those that made it past the provincial checks, and the efforts number in the tens of thousands.
The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia didn't give the reasons why many of the submissions in 2020 and 2021 were shot down, but has said previously that some are rejected simply because they're already taken.
Others aren't allowed because they're considered in poor taste, or have religious or political connotations. Slogans tied to drugs, alcohol and speeding also aren't allowed in B.C., and anything that's a registered trademark or is too long is a "no."
Some patterns emerge, and some thought processes are exposed. For example, someone tried to secure the plate "AWOOOO."
"WOLFIE," "AROOOO" and "ARWOOO" were also tried, but all were rejected. Someone did manage to snag "WOLF-00," though.
Similarly, both "FCANCR" and "FKCNCR" were turned down, as were "BE K1ND," "BC CALM" and "BE SAFE," which may be coincidence, but appear to be tributes to B.C.'s top doctor, Bonnie Henry.
Also on the rejects list were:
BONDVLN
YOMAMA
2BAD 4U
WROONG
NO CO2
GAS LOL (but GAS is among the approvals)
SPN FED
F8L
MISTRS and MSTRSS
ILL SUE
IM LATE
KKKKK
BREXIT
KUSH
U TCHIN
MANIAC
ASSMAN
MPOSBLE
WE VAPE
WATTUP
CRYPTO (as well as CRYPT0, KRYPTO, KRYPT0 and CRY-PTO)
4EVR BS
RUH ROH
GDDY UP
GIT GUD
SLOWPOK
PSYDUCK and SNORLAX
D1LF
D4DDY
STONKS
PRENUP (and PRE NUP and PRE-NUP)
GOTTA P
GOT GPS
GH0ST, GHOST and GH0UL
BLUEBARU, BLUSUBI and SUBAWOO
DEMON 7, DEMON21, XDEMON, X DEMON, DEMONX and DEMON X
PUG BUG, BUGNPUG, PUGBUGE, PUGBUGY, PUGLIFE, PUGLFE, (but PUGSTR was approved in 2020)
There are thousands more, some of which other drivers would get, and some that would have meaning to only the plate owner, all of which were turned down.
But before the province is accused of being no fun, many submissions actually did make it to B.C. licence plates, including the eyebrow raising "ICU4DK" and "MOIST-1," as well as the admission "IM WRNG" and "WIFE N2."
Among the other plates approved last year and the year before were:
NOT BMW
WANTED
G-FATHR
NO LIFE
SEA YAA (and SEE YAH)
MISTRY
GRZZ1Y
DOGGIN
WISSLR
NO WAY
PI SQRE
PRRRRR
2 LAZY
HRD KOR
BON JVI
7INDR
FAT CAT
OBI-WAN
ROCK ON
NO PONY
KIBBLE
PLAYR1
MTN AIR
BOX BOX
VIOLIN
NINJA
SNOOP-D
WON-LUV
BAD D4D
BALLIN
SAY NO
WDR MAN
CALL US
WHATEV
TUBULR
YEEZUS
1 OF 12
BLC PRL
CHONKY
TRUCKY
WARLOC
JUST M8
WHO KRS
I CHILL