Customised Plate Numbers

What is a customised plate number? A way of 'showing' oneself. A way of telling people that I've arrived. Where a normal license plate costs somewhere between N1500 and N5000 (minus the bribes of course) a customised license plate goes for at least N50 000.

A friend of mine once railed against the concept of plate customisation on the grounds that the person in question would be a very easy target for assasins. My response to him was hey, that's their headache. If they want a customised plate, so be it. They can worry about the assasins later. Afterall as they say, more money more problems.

In my view a customised license plate gives an insight into the mindset of the owner of the vehicle, and if you tru to figure out what he wants the world to see about him, you then get to know a lot about where the man stands and what he is all about.

Yesterday night I went get U from her office. While I was waiting outside, this sleek black Mercedes Coupe pulled up and dropped someone. What caught my attention wasn't the car (it is a very fine car by the way), but the plate number. The curiosity in me made me walk up to the discharged person, and the following conversation ensued:

Me: Good evening.
Person: Good evening.
Me: Don't be offended, but I have a question to ask you.
Person: Shoot.
Me: Who is that that dropped you?
Person: I can't tell you that.
Me: Did you notice his plate number?
Person: No, what was it.
Me: ,
Person: So?
Me: Do you know what that means in Latin (Roman numerals actually)?
Person: No.
Me: ,
Person: Shit! I always guessed something was wrong with that man.
Me: So can you tell me who he is?
Person: No, I really can't. All I can tell you is that he is a senator in Abuja.
Me: Hmm, that's interesting.
Person: Na wa o.
Me: Thanks anyway, have a nice night.
Person: Yes, have a nice weekend. But I thought you wanted to price me.
Me: No, I'm married.
Person: That's a shame. You look like you need me.
Me: No not at all, nice meeting you anyway.
Person: You for still try sha.

That ended the conversation.

For those who are wondering, the plate number in question was in Roman script that is Roman numerals: DCLXVI.

GOD Help us.

 :-x

hmmm, nawa ooo. there is nothing i wont see. 666 as plate number. ok ooo.

Whats so scary about it, I think its cool  , the mans got a sense of humour  , we're too quick to judge  . 

hunhun

Its just a number J-girl, it may be stigmatised and it may strike fear into us but the truth is, its whats comes between 665 and 667.

Forget it that person is just Evil as in there are sooooo many other word or numbers he would have used y that one?

@ chxta, Questions for you

Did you go there to buy market?

How come you sit around a waiting for someone in a red market?

Why does the girl think you really need to buy the product?

Abeg leave number plate and answer my questions?

What if 666 is written in Chinese, Arabic or Hebrew.  Can the Christian devil still claim the sign since they don't believe in the bible.  Just wondering.

It's just the number after 665 and before 667. Easy and simple. No innuendos.

do you count in binaries (0001111 etc)? try it. you'll nbegin to see things in another light entirelylly

Read well my friend. I was waiting in front of my wife's office to pick her up and the guy dropped the female just there. There are no rules as to where you can drop off a pro, and besides, streets like Adeola Hopewell and Sanusi Fafunwa which are so respectable in the daytime are something else at night.

that is thecase.I ran into a ruffian in an sclass mercedez.Guess his numba?"godfirst", Amazing aint it???

Doesn't make him the Anti Christ does it, ?

@ Naija Flyer: Soooo, who's this famous Senator?