How much would you pay for a license plate honoring your favorite soccer team?
Fans of east London club West Ham set a new record price of 57,000 pounds for a football-related vehicle license plate on Friday as they outbid each other for plate number WE57 HAM . . . "The atmosphere in the auction room was electric — it was like a cup final," said Damian Lawson, Marketing Manager for Driving and Vehicle Licensing Agency Personalized Registrations.
57,000 pounds sterling?!? That's over $115,000 in the good old greenback. I suppose it's a small price to pay to show fellow motorists on the roundabout your undying allegiance to the East End club. Too bad they won't even notice, as they'll be too busy trying trying to drive on the wrong side of the road.
The price dwarfed the previous record of 36,000 pounds set in 2004 for plate number AR53 NAL (Arsenal).
So I guess '3's are some kind of crazy British backward 'E's. And '7's are 'T's. Those crazy Limeys think they can spell anyway they want. Well listen up UK: there's no 'U' in 'color' or 'favorite' and the element with atomic number 13 is 'aluminum'! -KD
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What the hell is soccer?
West Ham fans are generally understood to be thuggish morons. On top of that, the team cheated its way out of relegation last season by fielding a player who was illegally signed and scored a large number of the goals that kept them afloat. The most baffling part of the story is that one of their fans had that kind of cash. I presume it was the spoils of crime. Suck it, Hammers. (I know, no one else here cares. Meh.)
What's a large number of goals in soccer? 3?
The only way soccer could suck more is if they put them on ice and made the ball little and flat and then made the players skate around and whack at it with sticks.
A most excellent caption, sir.
I've always said that a bumper sticker just doesn't get the message across.
Favorite color: Ble.
Those crazy Limeys think they can spell anyway they want. Well listen up UK: there's no 'U' in 'color' or 'favorite' and the element with atomic number 13 is 'aluminum'!
On the other hand, the Brits now think we spell nuclear as nuculur.
Ironically, the plate was bought by an illiterate Millwall fan (they're old rivals…like the Sox and the Yankees… like – oh, look, forget it).
Once again Matt, hilarious, hilarious stuff. Kudos to you and the entire withleather.com staff.