HOPSBurner
07-19-2007, 04:43 AM
Found this article which quotes me & GATRBOY...
"Take Chicago businessman and resident Mark Maturo. He owns two personalized plates. One of them proudly sports "U of F" -- as in University of Florida, Maturo's alma mater. The other reads "Gattor," the university's mascot. Driving down the road, the plates sometimes draw the attention of other Florida fans, who flash Maturo the gator signal."
"Skokie resident Michael Tompkins bought a vanity plate five years ago for his antique, neon-green Willy's Overland station wagon. His plate reads "WOVLAND." The car's lime color wasn't eye-catching enough, so he got the plate "just to have something different," he said."<ul><li><a href="http://mesh.medill.northwestern.edu/mnschicago/archives/2004/08/driving_with_pe.html">http://mesh.medill.northwestern.edu/mnschicago/archives/2004/08/driving_with_pe.html</a</li></ul>
"Take Chicago businessman and resident Mark Maturo. He owns two personalized plates. One of them proudly sports "U of F" -- as in University of Florida, Maturo's alma mater. The other reads "Gattor," the university's mascot. Driving down the road, the plates sometimes draw the attention of other Florida fans, who flash Maturo the gator signal."
"Skokie resident Michael Tompkins bought a vanity plate five years ago for his antique, neon-green Willy's Overland station wagon. His plate reads "WOVLAND." The car's lime color wasn't eye-catching enough, so he got the plate "just to have something different," he said."<ul><li><a href="http://mesh.medill.northwestern.edu/mnschicago/archives/2004/08/driving_with_pe.html">http://mesh.medill.northwestern.edu/mnschicago/archives/2004/08/driving_with_pe.html</a</li></ul>