Category: Odd + Funny Author : JR Posted: April 9, 2009
Tags : i love tofu, i love tofu license plate, iluvtofu, ilvtofu, tofu license plate, vegetarien
A Colorado woman’s calling foul play over the state’s decision to reject her vanity license plate application. The woman applied to have “ILVTOFU” on her plate to express, she says, her love for bean curd. The state read the message in another way.
The Tofu License Plate
The woman, Kelly Coffman-Lee, says her reason for the tofu license plate is simple: She likes tofu. A vegan, she wanted to profess her feelings on the bottom of her bumper.
Colorado’s Department of Revenue, though, saw it differently. The state said that even if the plate was meant to be read as “I-LV-TOFU,” it could easily be misinterpreted as the less pure “I-LV-TO-F-U.”
Coffman-Lee calls the decision “crazy,” telling media outlets that tofu is “very wholesome” and anything but “a dirty, evil food.” The state stands behind its decision, however, telling the Associated Press:
“We don’t allow ‘FU’ because some people could read that as street language for sex.”
Apr 9, 2009
thats very funny.
Apr 9, 2009
I'ts interesting how the state is coming up with the dirty minded things…
Apr 9, 2009
lol took me a second to figure out how that was vulagar but now I see it, I think its funny as hell
Apr 9, 2009
This is funny, I hate tofu… I mean, the food.
Apr 9, 2009
hahaha that took me a minute to get but really that's funny… sad but funny
Apr 9, 2009
There's always “ILVSOY”
Apr 29, 2009
The reason the ILVTOFU was rejected may have to do with the reason that there was a unintended double meaning that is potentially offensive. With a license plate like that she also is more likely to be pulled over and searched. Instead of just picking out this kind of combo on impulse, I suggest that she read out the letters out loud and also check carefully that there is no offensive meanings.
For this I suggest she go for the combo SOYLVER instead.