(Hat tip to Dustin!)

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Maybe it was the clever combination use of the letter "V," perhaps they're more used to the more jocular terminologies for female genitalia, maybe someone just got the what-for from their boss and let a dirty vanity plate through. Whatever the case, this Dodge Ram owner can proudly proclaim his obsession. Considering these plates are so similar in objective, with one getting the axe and one going to print, we're wondering if they shouldn't just have an automatic filter for "ILV." Or maybe they should just open up the flood gates and let people put whatever they want on plates, some form of "personal freedom." Crazy thought, we know. Won't someone think of the children! [Westword]

(Hat tip to Tim!)

CNBC's Morning Joe co-host, Mika Brzezinski, didn't seem to catch the joke here. Was it because she was a woman in a room full of "pig men" or was it simply because she's "a blonde" as douchebag host, Joe Scarborough, put it?

Regardless, we know there are much, much worse vanity plates out there, evidenced by our top 50 list of vanity plates that slipped by the DMV. Colorado, if you're reading, take a peak at the old post and dammit, let the crazy vegan have her silly license plate or we'll send a KNUKL your way. (Hat Tip To Thomas!)

We received the following photos along with an e-mail from Aussie reader TheDanMan:

Hey Jalopniks,

Love your work and your recent articles on Prius, Personalised plates, and Australia have been, well, awesome.

Thought these photos of a customer’s car getting serviced at our dealership recently perfectly captured the zeitgeist. As a Toyota salesperson (I know, I know) we are used to having a wide variety of customers from every socio-economic background, but the Prius customers are really special.

This plate cost the customer $2395.00. Convert that to American!

His other vehicle is a 4.7v8 Land cruiser GXL.

Regards

TheDanMan

We'd like to point out $2395.00 AUD converts to roughly $1540.84 USD at current exchange rates. Fuel prices down under at the moment are hovering around $1.10 AUD a liter (about $2.61 a gallon US), which means if this thrifty Prius owner had forgone the plate in favor of gas, he'd have gotten 590 gallons of gasoline and driven 26,550 miles.

Or maybe we're thinking about this the wrong way. Maybe the owner specifically went out and lightened his wallet so he couldn't drive all those miles, burning all that fuel, and emitting all that pollution. Ah, that sounds more like it, he's not facetious, he's green! Brush aside the fact that the only place 12 volts exists on the Prius is in the drivers mind (and the cigarette lighter). (Hat tip to TheDanMan!)

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Liba-low, liba-low, TIMMAY! Yes, this may be old by internet standards, but we still think its funny. Our hats are off to you, sir or madam, as you have struck comedic gold with your handicapped vanity plate. This could only be topped if the vehicle crashed into a similarly equipped "JIMMY"-plated car. [DirtGetsWet]

The Department was alerted by a 60-year-old woman whose grandkids clued her into the hidden no-no word on her plate (probably while snickering uncontrollably). She, in turn, ruined everybody's fun by telling the DMV. Letters have gone out to all WTF plate-holders and a free replacement is being made available. (Thanks wookie1901) [WXII12]

While we can't nail it down specifically, the license plate will likely be going onto a Mercedes SUV, which tops out at around $111,900 for the 2008 G55 AMG. Thus Mr. Hamilton will have hung a very expensive plate on a pauper's car. Hey, maybe it would have made more sense to buy a new Porsche Carrera GT to replace the one his dad took one off into foul territory. Ah, the rough life of an F1 superstar. [ITV.com

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But this is all just a warm-up game, because Talal says that he's willing to shell out up to $20,000,000 for "1." In the UAE, there's evidently a competition among wealthy dudes to possess the lowest plate numbers. Once they exhaust all the single- and double-digit options, we wonder if they'll move on to more esoteric collectibles. Can you even imagine what Talal Khouri would pay for the rare David Hasselhoff option?

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According to the sponsor of the bill, "License plates are an important visual reminder that we lost lives our citizens and we need to think about that and not forget." I guess I agree, since I'm always moved to remember citrus by the Red Grapefruit plate put forward by the Texas Citrus Growers Association. [Gothamist]

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