Clever... Very Clever

[gnomi]

(This will, I think, mostly appeal to osewalrus, but I hope it will appeal to others as well.)

On Friday, I went out to our local grocery store, and while I was waiting to cross the street, I was passed by a car with MA license plate HCL HVL. It took me a minute, but I figured it out: "hacol havel" (הכל הבל) from Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) chapter 1 verse 2. So, cute plate. But no clue why someone might have it as their license plate.

This morning, while talking to lcmlc, I figured it out: it's a vanity plate. And the most common translation of that verse is:

Vanity of vanities, said Koheleth; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

Comments

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Aha!

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

I should try to remember to tell Michal when we next see her.

[goldsquare.livejournal.com]

What kind of car sports that kind of vanity plate? :-)

[thudthwacker.livejournal.com]

Probably a Ford Erudition.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Hyundai Genesis...

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

How could this have failed to be someone you know? :-)

[lomedet.livejournal.com]

*sporfle*

another pun on that same verse: our dog is exceedingly fond of ropes, and one day we were discussing what her ideal world would (prompted by the Diane Duane novel where the dog creates a world filled with squirrels) and we decided that her ideal world is one where הכול חבל/hakol chevel (everything is rope).

[marsgov.livejournal.com]

Yes, but if that person's spouse has his or her own car, what does that car's license plate say?

Heh heh

[osewalrus.livejournal.com]

Very cute. I hope he avoids an accident, then he might have a bonfire of the vanities.

Re: Heh heh

[tikvah.livejournal.com]

Groan...

Re: Heh heh

[bear-left.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's so bad, I could have come up with it. Nice!

[stormsdotter.livejournal.com]

Ha ha ha! I swear, only a Jew would go to that much trouble to make a pun. :)

[sethg]

You know, I once thought about getting a license plate that said "ECCL 1", but I'm not vain enough to drop $50 for the privilege.

[dpolicar]

That's pretty good. I once wandered around the appropriate part of Home Expo muttering that, but the license plate is much better.

[eireangus.livejournal.com]

Very cool and clever! :)

[cellio]

Nice!

And if it were on a delivery truck from a place selling bedroom furniture, it would be even better (if specialized). :-)

[toonhead-npl.livejournal.com]

What? You didn't leave a note on the windshield letting them know how much you appreciated their cleverness?

[lucretia-borgia.livejournal.com]

Ooooooh. I am SO jealous of that driver's cleverness.

[bear-left.livejournal.com]

That's one of the highest concept license plates I've ever heard of. I'm impressed :)

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Very cute!