I fought the DMV to keep the world's greatest license plate

[Liberal_in_LA]

This is Garth Yeaman, the 30-year-old who valiantly struggled to keep the world's greatest license plate from being destroyed by Virginia's humorless bureaucracy. He lost the battle, but he's not giving up the war. We interviewed him. Here's his story.

Jalopnik first wrote about Yeaman's plates in 2008 when they popped up online. The plate shows two small red hand prints with the words "Kids First" underneath a blank space. The money for these plates goes for domestic violence and prevention, thus it was an ironic choice when Yeaman chose the letters "EAT THE" to go on his plates.

"I was really bored and like any 20-year-old male I surf the Internet and I was on the DMV website and there's this place where you can through all the possible plates... and I thought 'I can do something funny with this plate," said Yeaman.

After going through a variety of six-character possibilities he picked EAT THE, thinking "There's no way in hell this is going to pass." It did and he threw the plates on his car.

http://jalopnik.com/5727846/i-fought-the-dmv-to-keep-the-worlds-greatest-license-plate

[virgogal]

1. That is really,really funny.

[Vinnie From Indy]

2. lol!

+1

[Blue-Jay]

3. This thread is not complete without

[Cid_B]

5. Don't forget...

[Sanity Claws]

7. I must be dense

I have no idea of the joke.

[Tom_Foolery]

9. South Park. n/t

[dsc]

10. South Park

they had a wheel chair bound kid whose name was Timmy which he said Timmay

[Cid_B]

11. No No..

May only be funny to me

Timmy is a mentally- and physically-handicapped boy who uses a motorized wheelchair. Voiced by Trey Parker,<6> he is based on an elementary school acquaintance of South Park art director Adrien Beard.<26> Timmy's exact condition has never been specified in the show, though South Park's official website describes it as "a strange combination of palsy and Tourette's".<27> Timmy's vocabulary is mostly limited to the enthusiastic shouting of his own name.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_students_at_South_Park_Elementary#Timmy

[flvegan]

20. ...and Gobbles.

Gobbles!! Timmay.

[Blue-Jay]

12. Classic.

Another favorite:

[Sanity Claws]

14. That one wins

Haha

[Warren DeMontague]

17. +1,000,000

It's for lovers.

[bigwillq]

19. ha ha

:rofl:

[neverforget]

23. Oh God!

:rofl: :spray:

[Renew Deal]

13. lol

:rofl:

[beyurslf]

4. Love it!

[thaddeus_flowe]

6. love the bloody handprints haha

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. Gr8 Plt.

Haha.

[underseasurveyor]

15. I don't care who you are

THATS funny :spray:

[Warren DeMontague]

16. Why, I'm outraged!!!!

No, actually, that's pretty fucking funny.

[proud2BlibKansan]

18. When my kids were young they had a coach who used to say he loved kids

as long as they had mustard and ketchup on them.

[sarcasmo]

21. My wfie will like this, Thanks.

[neverforget]

22. Now that's funny!

[Odin2005]

24. That guy's an asshole