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From: JNugent on 5 May 2010 06:17 NKTB wrote: > > Mr. Benn wrote: >> "Tim Downie" <timdownie2003(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:hrr9mk$uq0$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>> Mr. Benn wrote: >>>> Why do people waste money on these things? These plates do nothing to >>>> enhance the appearance of a vehicle. Or do they? Maybe I'm missing >>>> something. >>> Here's another question, why do some people object to personalised number >>> plates? Envy? >>> >>> Tim >> I do not object to them. They don't affect me. I'm trying to understand >> the psychology of the people who choose to have them. > > Rude boys in their LED festooned mobile sub-woofers masquerading as > Vauxhall Corsas use them to hide the year - they're usually Northern > Ireland plates with I or Z in them. > > Your average Joe might get a DVLA rip-off one with an unusual number > or your initials as a birthday present (as my bother did). > > The nouveau-riche use them as a "look how wonderful I am" status > symbol as I said before. > > It was said that Bernard Manning had COM1C and Paul Daniels had MAG1C > - need I say more? Wasn't it Jimmy Tarbuck who legendarily had the number MAG 1 C on a Roller or Bentley?
From: Mortimer on 5 May 2010 06:58 "Tim Downie" <timdownie2003(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:hrr9mk$uq0$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Mr. Benn wrote: >> Why do people waste money on these things? These plates do nothing to >> enhance the appearance of a vehicle. Or do they? Maybe I'm missing >> something. > > Here's another question, why do some people object to personalised number > plates? Envy? I don't object to them, but I wouldn't want one if I was given it as a present: I don't want my car to stand out from all the others and I want to accurately represent the place and year of registration.
From: Peter Twydell on 5 May 2010 08:39 In message <YdudncdlVq802HzWnZ2dnUVZ8gJi4p2d(a)pipex.net>, JNugent <JN(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> writes >NKTB wrote: >> Mr. Benn wrote: >>> "Tim Downie" <timdownie2003(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message >>> news:hrr9mk$uq0$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>>> Mr. Benn wrote: >>>>> Why do people waste money on these things? These plates do nothing to >>>>> enhance the appearance of a vehicle. Or do they? Maybe I'm missing >>>>> something. >>>> Here's another question, why do some people object to personalised number >>>> plates? Envy? >>>> >>>> Tim >>> I do not object to them. They don't affect me. I'm trying to understand >>> the psychology of the people who choose to have them. >> Rude boys in their LED festooned mobile sub-woofers masquerading as >> Vauxhall Corsas use them to hide the year - they're usually Northern >> Ireland plates with I or Z in them. >> Your average Joe might get a DVLA rip-off one with an unusual number >> or your initials as a birthday present (as my bother did). >> The nouveau-riche use them as a "look how wonderful I am" status >> symbol as I said before. >> It was said that Bernard Manning had COM1C and Paul Daniels had >>MAG1C >> - need I say more? > >Wasn't it Jimmy Tarbuck who legendarily had the number MAG 1 C on a >Roller or Bentley? ISTR it was Tarby who had COM1C. Anyone remember Gerald Nabarro? His family had NAB1 to NAB6 or 7, way back when. And I've got a personal plate. Pure vanity. OTOH it is a way to stand out from the crowd. Brian (whose Life it was): You are all different! Voice in crowd: I'm not! -- Peter Ying tong iddle-i po!
From: Ian Jackson on 5 May 2010 08:53 In message <o$CNXEK2bW4LFwQV(a)twydell.demon.co.uk>, Peter Twydell <Peter(a)twydell.demon.co.uk> writes > >>> It was said that Bernard Manning had COM1C and Paul Daniels had >>>MAG1C >>> - need I say more? >> >>Wasn't it Jimmy Tarbuck who legendarily had the number MAG 1 C on a >>Roller or Bentley? > If Bernard Manning has COM1C, I can only assume that he got it by false pretences. -- Ian
From: JNugent on 5 May 2010 09:51
Ian Jackson wrote: > Peter Twydell <Peter(a)twydell.demon.co.uk> writes: >>>> It was said that Bernard Manning had COM1C and Paul Daniels had MAG1C >>>> - need I say more? >>> Wasn't it Jimmy Tarbuck who legendarily had the number MAG 1 C on a >>> Roller or Bentley? > If Bernard Manning has COM1C, I can only assume that he got it by false > pretences. You either "get" working-class northern humour or you don't. Obviously, you don't, because Bernard Manning - despite being from <spit> Manchester - was one of the very best of the type. |