The license plate from hell
This is why Mike loves his job:
Veteran wants state to replace ‘devil’s’ license plate
By Mike H.
A Nash County man is pleading with state motor vehicle officials to take back his newly minted North Carolina license plate and swap it for another.
The wellbeing of his soul could depend on it, he said.
“I’m Catholic, and I’m sorry,” Lenny Ruiz said this week, “but my momma would come out of her grave and beat on me if I put that on my vehicle. I mean, seriously.”
Ruiz, 59, said he was shocked – if not a little disturbed – when he picked up his new plate at the Rocky Mount license agency off Stone Rose Drive. The special Vietnam War veteran tag was wrapped in plastic and shining, Ruiz said. But there was a problem.
The number on the plate read, A666.
“I’m not the world’s most religious person,” Ruiz said, “but common sense tells you that’s the devil’s call number.”
Less than an hour after the story was posted online, a state official with the DMV in Raleigh called Mr. Ruiz, apologized and offered free plates.
It’ll be a sad day if newspapers die.
Anyway, so we’re thinking about buying a house again. Interest rates are nearing 4 percent and the federal government wants to give us $8,000 to do it. Did we mention homes in Raleigh are selling for 20 percent under tax value?
More on this in a later posting.
March 29, 2009 at 12:22 pm
i think that is so funny…cuz I come up on 666 all the time and don’t think twice about it. its just numbers…..
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