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Douglas Berry ([personal profile] gridlore) wrote2006-10-14 10:05 am
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When I finally get my Triumph

I already know what my license plate is going to be.

UK FE C

20 geek points to the first person to decipher it, and get both meanings.
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I see

(Anonymous) 2006-10-14 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
United Kingdom, Iron, Carbon. "Both meanings" loses me.

[identity profile] delta-november.livejournal.com 2006-10-14 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Something about "British Iron", but the 'C' has me stumped unless you're simply trying for "ironic".

[identity profile] lysana.livejournal.com 2006-10-14 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
It also works out rather nicely as a slightly tweaked "Feck You." Or maybe that's an indication of my mood/blood sugar levels.

[identity profile] delta-november.livejournal.com 2006-10-14 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
So I guess my Land Rover plate should read UK AL MG? The old ones have aluminium-magnesium alloy bodies.

Re: Correction

[identity profile] lostwanderfound.livejournal.com 2006-10-15 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
There may be a third meaning you don't want: UK FE C could be read as "UK Fee See" which brings to mind "British lump of shit", if taken from the POV of a suitably xenophobic Harley fanatic.

(not that I'd agree with 'em, mind you; I ride a battered old Eurobike myself...)

Incidentally, if you wander over to here (http://www.archive.org/details/mammals2005-03-11.flac16) there's a great Bluegrass-influenced version of Richard Thompson's 1952 Vincent Black Lightning.
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