Hail Eris!

[mikekn]

So, I'm driving through a tiny village in upstate New York, late on Friday night.  We're running about two hours behind schedule and have been driving for most of the evening.  Suddenly there is a cop behind me with his lights on - damn.  I pull over, turn off the engine and roll down the window.  The cop comes over and briefly explains that he was going to give me a ticket, but after getting a closer look at my license plate, realized that he couldn't, and that we were free to go.

Comments

[tpau]

wrong jurisdiction?

[mikekn]

Nope, local cop in his own town.

Re: Woo!

[kellan_the_tabby]

*giggle* *sputter* *laugh loudly enough to unnerve the cats*

Betcha never thought it would actually _work_, huh...?

*grin*

Re: Woo!

[mikekn]

Actually, based on a lack of evidence to the contrary I assumed it had been working all along :) Mind you, I never thought I'd get to actually witness it working, and definitely not that clearly.

[giselle0002.livejournal.com]

All right . . . I'll bite . . . Please enlighten this benighted frau . . .

Why'd the constable let you go?

[mikekn]

I could do that, but then it wouldn't be nearly as stange a story. :)

I'll post the rest of the details in a little bit. I'm curious to see what other people may guess.

[cellio]

*giggle* You mean that actually works? :-)

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

Wow. Actually literate!

[mikekn]

Sadly that wasn't the case (but would have been really cool!).

The only times folks have known the source of the plate have been at Con, SCA events or visits to the comic store.

[mikekn]

Yep, had it for years (which is why I've got both the old and new style PA versions). I recently added a frame:



Only problem is that you can't see the state name.

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

In many states, not being able to see the state name is not legal. You might want to check.

So are you going to tell us exactly why the cop wouldn't ticket you, if it's not anything we've guessed so far?

[mikekn]

Ok, posted the Reason.

I'm pretty sure PA requires the name and website (which is at the bottom) to be visible, but I may wait until I'm told to remove it (I know, not the best idea...) So many of the plates I see on the road are just as bad (and mostly because of car dealership frames, who should know better if it is illegal).

If I need to remove it, I'll probably put it around my old plate and put it on the front of the car.

[paquerette.livejournal.com]

Woohoo! How cool is that? Now I'm jealous. I think I need to move to a different state or something... fnord2 just doesn't have quite the same ring. ;)

[mikekn]

It's been fun to have, but mostly it just confuses people (who think it should be Ford or something...)

"fnord 5" or "fnord 23" would both work (up to 7 letters/numbers and one space or hyphen)

Where in NY?

[emt-hawk.livejournal.com]

just curious.

--H

Re: Where in NY?

[mikekn]

All I can remember is that it was somewhere south of Brookfield (this was two years ago...) We were heading up to an event in Copper Tree.