Is This The Oddest Registration Plate?

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Sat 4 Oct 2008 21:29
Is This The Oddest Registration Plate? - Robbie
I did a double take when I saw this one as I could hardly believe it was a genuine plate.

The typeface was similar to Comic Sans, and the numbers smaller than the letters. They were all smaller than the normal typeface.

This is the plate: MR5 1 JO'B

I have no idea what it signifies.
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Sat 4 Oct 2008 21:54
Is This The Oddest Registration Plate? - Screwloose

Married opthalmic surgeon?
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Sat 4 Oct 2008 21:59
Is This The Oddest Registration Plate? - ifithelps
I think it signifies someone who has bought MR51 JOB in the mistaken belief it is worthy of cherished number status.
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Sat 4 Oct 2008 22:06
Is This The Oddest Registration Plate? - Robbie
I think it signifies someone who has bought MR51 JOB in the mistaken belief it
is worthy of cherished number status.


I realise it is MR51 JOB. I don't understand the significance of the spacing, small numbers, and apostrophe. Not to mention the odd typeface.
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Sat 4 Oct 2008 22:08
Is This The Oddest Registration Plate? - Pugugly

I have no idea what it signifies.


Neither will an ANPR cam.
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Sat 4 Oct 2008 22:26
Is This The Oddest Registration Plate? - scouseford
Could it be the property of Mrs Irene Joan O'Brian (or something similar)?
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Sat 4 Oct 2008 22:30
Is This The Oddest Registration Plate? - PhilW
Mr Jo B??

But then, do we care? As long a he/she is happy with the reg it don't really matter!

Edited by PhilW on 04/10/2008 at 22:30

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Sat 4 Oct 2008 23:28
Is This The Oddest Registration Plate? - Screwloose

Mrs number one; Jo B [First Wife?]

Or Number 1 mrs?
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Sat 4 Oct 2008 23:55
Is This The Oddest Registration Plate? - hxj

No - I saw one, near a hospital - B10PSY

Or a colleague who stuck a bit of black tape to convert a 1 to an L to spell his surname
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Sun 5 Oct 2008 01:19
Is This The Oddest Registration Plate? - ForumNeedsModerating
They always spell the same thing don't they?
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Sun 5 Oct 2008 01:21
Is This The Oddest Registration Plate? - smokie
Mrs I J O'Brien or something like that.
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Sun 5 Oct 2008 03:43
Is This The Oddest Registration Plate? - Dynamic Dave
Talking of number plates, I see a Top Gear fan has paid £10,690 for THE 57IG (The Stig)

tinyurl.com/4oax2h {link to Auto Trader}

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Sun 5 Oct 2008 20:30
Is This The Oddest Registration Plate? - Lud
Seems to mean J O'Brien's no. 1 wife...
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Sun 5 Oct 2008 09:48
Is This The Oddest Registration Plate? - FotheringtonThomas
Probably something to do with "wrist job" (whaterver that means...).
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Sun 5 Oct 2008 16:24
Is This The Oddest Registration Plate? - bananastand
In a Manchester multi-storey I saw a very bright white Cayenne, customised almost beyond recognition. The reg plate was unbelievable - it wasn't Arabic (I know a bit from my days in the SAS working in the desert theatre) - eventually I decided it must be Hebrew. The thing was, there was nothing that any ANPR system could ever ever see - it was just literally 3 or 4 squiggles. No English on it, at all, no CD plates or one of those country of origin sticxkers. Wonder how many speeding tickets he gets!
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