In April of 2006, I purchased a ’87 El Camino off of E-bay with the intention that my daughter and I could restore it together. My daughter Danielle, who was born in ’87, was excited because we planned a vacation to pick it up and drive it back together; seeing all the sights along the way. Before that could happen, she was killed in a automobile collision. I have, and always will be, an El Camino lover, but wasn’t sure if I still wanted the car until a friend asked me “What would Danielle have wanted?”
I decided to keep the El Camino, and continue on with the restoration project. In memory of my late daughter I wanted to get vanity plates with the nickname I had given her as a little girl. Weedhopper. I applied for plates with WEEDHPR; a shortened version of Danielle’s nickname. A week later I received a letter from an anonymous employee of the state saying that ‘WEEDHPR’ was inappropriate and offensive. In the letter I was told that I must make four other choices, and explain what each one meant.
After getting really pissed off, and thinking of some truly offensive and inappropriate ideas, once again it was a friend who reminded me of what I was really looking for. So, assuming that the anonymous state employee had found the word ‘weed’ offensive, I applied for WDHOPPR. One week later I received, once again, a letter of denial. I then took the letter, and a copy of the obituary, back to the person I had dealt with at the local office. She was finally able to find someone with a brain at the state level, and the second version of the vanity plate was approved.
The whole ordeal pissed me off so much that I vowed to apply for one of my truly offensive ideas when the opportunity presented itself. A few months later, I purchased another El Camino, and applied for the plate SIUYPCA. One week later I had my new plate, no questions asked, and that was the beginning of SIUYPCA.com. Shove It Up Your Politically Correct Ass. If anything on SIUYPCA.com offends you, feel free read that last sentence again.
