Classic NJ License Plate: TIH2 HO

The Daily What directs us to their vanity license plate of the day, from NJ. This intrepid license plate, whose message can only be unlocked in rear-view mirrors, eclipses such classic designs as "BEER ME," "CHILL NN," and "2FAT2FLY." The plate was originally posted on Reddit, where a furious discussion still rages about car dealership etiquette.

Reddit user I3lindman posits a possible scientific explanation for the plate: "I read it as Titanium Dihydrogen Hydroxide, but that doesnt make much sense as Titanium typically has a +4 oxidized state which would prevent is from bonding with Hydrogen. You could perhaps get the hydrogen to soak into Palladium or Platinum, similar to a fuel cell, but then license plate would read: 'OH SHdP' or 'OH SHtP.' Those just arent nearly as cool. Such is the classic struggle between science and humor."

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By Ben Yakas in Miscellaneous on September 1, 2010 12:58 PM

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R_Street_Rat

Two hydrogen atoms walk out of a bar.

First one: I think I lost an electron in there.

Second one: Are you sure?

First one: Yep, I'm positive.

Gotham Extremist

i was seriously thinking about putting UKCUF

this blew my cover, fuck.

nik13

A guy posting on our car website got plates "NGGPLS". It took NY Dept of Motor Vehicles 3 weeks to catch up & demand return of the plates. There's a kid in northern NJ with "HIOFCR" plates on his GTI. Either he's ballsy & insane or more likely has some relatives on the force.

Potty Boy

I was driving west on the I-80 through Jersey a few weeks back, and I swear, I saw "MTAPRES". Why would he be so stupid as to advertise that fact? And I don't suppose it would be an imposter with an MTA fetish?