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ILVTOFU Plate Too Spicy for Colo. DMV

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(Newser) – A Colorado woman who wanted to advertise her vegan diet with an ILVTOFU vanity license plate is out of luck, the Denver Post reports. The state’s DMV maintains a list of banned letter combinations, of which FU is one. “We don’t allow ‘FU’ because some people could read that as street language for sex,” a censor said. PIG and KKK are on the list, along with baffling no-nos like BUB and HEN.

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My whole family is vegan, so tofu is like a staple for us. I was just going to have a cool license plate, and the DMV misinterpreted my message. - Kelley Coffman-Lee, Centennial, Colorado

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PosterNutbag
Apr 8, 09 2:15 PM CDT
That's funny. Btw, tempeh is better than tofu. Reply
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anchower
Apr 8, 09 4:32 PM CDT
You don't want to know what BUB and HEN mean in street language. Reply
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Mad
Apr 8, 09 10:42 PM CDT
Seen in Cali: 4NIC8, IMA5HIT, 10USNE1 Reply
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kati
Apr 9, 09 9:55 AM CDT
Good gaad, DMV's mind in the gutter. Go tofu! Reply
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