Trainspotting, or "DUDE WTF"

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Train enthusiasts - myself included - engage in a hobby known as "trainspotting," which was also the title of a popular indie flick a few years back:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railfan

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117951/

Another variation I like to play whenever I happen to be in Washington, DC traffic is "platespotting":

1. Rarely-seen states' plates abound inside the Beltway: Any major mall parking lot on the weekend can easily yield all 50, and sometimes even Guam.

2. Vanity plates abound inside the Beltway: so many pithy "viewpoint" plates, so little time to decipher them all. In bad traffic, it can be like a morning or evening workout for the groggy mind - a sort of word jumble in motion (just mind the car in front of you).

Every once in a blue moon, I see one that isn't the least bit subtle, and either slipped by the DMV, or got approved by a sympathetic DMV civil servant.

Without a doubt, the best one I have seen recently was DUDE WTF, Virginia tags.

Clearly, not a Bush supporter. Clearly, a thinker. Clearly, a subversive type. Clearly, a candidate for GITMO.

; )

As an added bonus to DC platespotting, there are also too many bumper stickers to count. Memes of every conceivable strain are adhered to the bumpers around you (just don't let one make your blood boil to the point of forgetting about the car in front of you).

I wish I knew who DUDE WTF is. I'd spring for a pint, to toast the message of the hands-down best plate I've spotted in months.

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[formercia]

1. What happened to friday the 13th.?

Still waiting....

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2. Chomping at the bit here, too

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2359814&mesg_id=2377490

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/IdesOfOctober

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/CorpGovActivist

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[AllegroRondo]

3. Saw one last year that said "FAH - KIT"

wish I could meet that guy.

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4. I call dibs...

... on KKKarl's mug shot number.

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[hootinholler]

5. I tried to get FA Q 2

Turned me down they did.

-Hoot

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6. Caution: Laura's Behind the Wheel

I don't suppose there's a way to sneak that bumper sticker onto the back of one of the black SUVs?

; )

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[AllegroRondo]

7. Another one I've heard of, but never seen

(and its probably just an urban legend..)

3M TA3

looks harmless enough,
but read it in your rear view mirror :)

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8. The reflective back of a CD or DVD works, too!

LOL.

I couldn't wait.

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