Driver offended by “WH0 R8X” license plate

[joeybee12]

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A Missouri driver did not appreciate the message she saw on the state issued license plate that she recently received. KTVI Fox 2 News reported that Deb Levy’s new plate read “WH0 R8X” something she was offended by and felt could be read as, “whore eight times.” It’s a message, placed below the state’s nickname the “Show Me State,” that is insulting to Deb.

In KTVI’s report the upset driver said, “I’m driving around with that plate and people go, ‘Oh there’s a [bleep]. There’s a [bleep].’” She added, “Who wants to drive around with that word on the back of your car? Would you?” Deb’s teen daughter Abigail agrees with her mother saying, “Yeah it’s probably not a good idea to drive it.”

So the Missouri mom has decided to keep the expired license plate on her car’s bumper and carry the current plate inside the car just in case a police officer stops her. Deb filed a complaint with the state and asked for a replacement but was told that she would have to pay a fee of $17. While the cost is seemingly small the Missouri driver said, “It is not about the money, but when I showed it to them they said it just said, ‘Who.’…Can you spell?” Still, some commenters on the station’s story wrote that they see no problem with the plate and also read it as, “Who R8X.”

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/oddnews/driver-offended-by-%E2%80%9Cwh0-r8x%E2%80%9D-license-plate-221720503.html

How the heck did she see that?????

[Blue_Tires]

1. That's a woman with way too much time on her hands

Just pay the 17 bucks and get on with life

[dionysus]

2. thats just bizarre.

[Rex]

3. I am glad she explained why she was offended, I would have never seen that.

WHO ROX? WHO REIGHTX?

[PoliticAverse]

26. Me neither. n/t

[petronius]

30. "Who Rox?" was my first guess - someone is desperate to be offended...

[seveneyes]

35. Rox the Pit Bull ate something/someone

But yeah, they got their 15 minutes.

[etherealtruth]

34. For the life of me I couldn't come up with "her perception"

[pkdu]

4. Wow...I had to reread twice, and I have a filthy (creative) mind ...WTF. Nt

[TwilightGardener]

5. This dingbat has too much time on her hands. I never would have read it that way,

and still don't.

[last1standing]

6. Sometimes people see what they want to see.

I had to read the story to see what the issue was. I kept trying to think of a Dr. Who angle. Maybe a Paul McGann fan?

[LadyHawkAZ]

7. Kayyyyyy...

...bit of a stretch there but OK...

Who Rate X? Who Are Eight X? I never would have seen what she saw, although I'd have been driven barking mad trying to figure out who Eight X were.

[pintobean]

44. I see 'who rakes'

Also, along the same theme, your subject line reminded me of this:

[Skidmore]

8. How stooopid can you get?

Chances are that no one noticed this at all until she called attention to it. Wonder if people with 1-7 and 9 had the same vapors.

[Vashta Nerada]

9. I read it as "Who Rakes".

[Xyzse]

15. Me too.

Would never have gotten it the way she saw it.

I wonder if she is projecting much?

[ChisolmTrailDem]

25. I did too and expected it to be a lawn/landscaping truck, lol. n/t

[NightWatcher]

10. Who Rakes?

[bowens43]

11. It always amazes me when some jackass believes that they have right not to be offended.....you don't

[Rambis]

12. Who rakes?

I got an attachment for my lawn mower I thought she was bragging

[lame54]

13. pay the $17 and be done with it

[kentauros]

14. She's obviously not a Whovian.

Because it's a code for the Doctor in order to save the world!

[Nine]

17. bad wolf?

[kentauros]

19. Yep!

[Kelvin Mace]

16. I had absolutely no idea

what was wrong with the plate until I read the story. Despite a truly filthy mind, I thought it was a Doctor Who reference of some sort, perhaps related to Paul McGann.

[darkangel218]

18. I thought it referred to Mazda RX8

[Tikki]

20. I got CA DMV to issue another drivers plate for my teen son's car..

It started with FUJ. He had such a sad face when he saw it. His good friend was a young man named Jay.

The lady behind the counter balked a bit but then relented.

Tikki

[matt819]

21. Repressed much?

Who Ratex? to Whore 8 times?

Wow!

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

22. Ah yes,

but humans are pattern seeking creatures.

[xfundy]

23. Fine. Give her the one with "666" on it.

What?

[Buns_of_Fire]

32. I was thinking "4NI K8R", just to tick her off some more.

Or, not to be too insulting, maybe just "DUM A55".

[hollysmom]

24. my ex-BIL had a plate that said MR VD <--- his initials

eventually he had to change in because the school he taught at did not like it in their parking lot.

[rurallib]

27. Maybe we should take up a collection

send her $17 and alleviate her problem?

[JoePhilly]

28. How about ... WHORE ATE EX ??

[valerief]

31. Ha! I'd love that one! nt

[valerief]

29. Apparently she doesn't have enough trouble in her life. She has to look for it. nt

[Motown_Johnny]

33. The State should send her "WHO R9X"

Just for the hell of it.

[arely staircase]

36. what? nt

[arely staircase]

37. ISXDIX

I SURE XYLOPHONE DO I XYLOPHONE

or

I SELL XEROX DIGITAL INTERFACE XEROX

Zach Galifianakis

[KamaAina]

38. All I could think of was "Who rate X?"

[nolabear]

39. Hooray Tex?

[KamaAina]

40. 'Cause you're once, twice, three times a lady...

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[1monster]

41. Strange interpretation. I read it as Who Rates?

[geek tragedy]

42. OU812? nt

[Viking12]

43. The Who does rock!

[Igel]

45. She wanted to be offended.

Hard not to offend somebody in that condition.

And once offended, saying that she's wrong would just offend her more.

Such is life.

Hard for some people to deal with point of view, frame of reference, and that whole "empathy" thing. People should be empathetic to them. No need for reciprocity, even if the possibility is understood.

[MisterP]

46. ICU81 MI?

[Coyotl]

47. Nobody hires a Who!

Tried to decipher what that might mean and failed. It just says w h o r 8 x. Ahaaa, now I see it! Didn't think to move the R over.

[Warren DeMontague]

48. ASSMAN