ix21@sdccs6.UUCP (The Vogon Poet) (01/28/84)
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A few days ago I tried to order a personalized license plate.
FOOBAR & FUBAR were already taken. In fact FUBAR1 thru FUBAR7 were
also taken and FOOBAR 1-4 were too. So I tried for AMFYOYO which is
an hospital abbreviation for allright mother F****r you're on you're
own. It was rejected on the grounds it was obscene. Does any one
want to guess why one is legally obscene and the others not. The
DMV only sent me a postcard and refuses to elaborate.
David Whiteman, UCSD
sdcsvax!sdccs6!whitemanwjb@burl.UUCP (Bill Buie) (01/31/84)
-- FUBAR (and its homonymn FOOBAR) can be alternatively understood to abbreviate Fouled Up Beyond All Repair. Whereas it may be difficult believe this if you don't know anyone who uses the alternative interpretation, there are some people (like me) who *think* of the acronymn as "Fouled..." The acronymn you quoted apparently has no recognized rendition which is not obscene. -- --Bill Buie
hopp@nbs-amrf.UUCP (02/03/84)
> A few days ago I tried to order a personalized license plate. > FOOBAR & FUBAR were already taken. In fact FUBAR1 thru FUBAR7 were > also taken and FOOBAR 1-4 were too. So I tried for AMFYOYO which is > an hospital abbreviation for allright mother F****r you're on you're > own. It was rejected on the grounds it was obscene. Does any one > want to guess why one is legally obscene and the others not. The > DMV only sent me a postcard and refuses to elaborate. Could it be that FUBAR has a reasonable interpretation as "fouled up beyond all repair" (recognition, etc.), but AMFYOYO can only be interpreted in a way unacceptable to the Keepers of American Morality? Ted -- Ted Hopp UUCP: umcp-cs!nbs-amrf!hopp National Bureau of Standards ARPA: hopp.nbs-amrf@maryland (maybe) Metrology A127 BELL: (301)921-2461 Washington, DC 20234