What are those oval-shaped stickers with initials in them, seen on cars?

[Sparkly]

:shrug:

[SmokingJacket]

1. Euro-trash.

I don't know what they are, but they come from Europe.

:shrug:

[DS1]

3. I'd rather be Euro-trash than some pissant from New York

[Fenris]

5. ...

:rofl:

[Trajan]

9. I and many DUers are from NY ....

WTF ? ...

You gotta problem with that ?

[DS1]

12. Nope

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=user_profiles&u_id=144755

[SmokingJacket]

14. Oh, you silly!

I'm SO joking!!

People like those stickers because they look all jet-setty and European.

I love Europe. If I could I'd summer there every year. I speak several European language very poorly.

Kiss kiss! Once on each cheek! The Euro way!

[DS1]

16. Ahhh, that was indeed lost on me

My family used to have GB stickers, it was a half-decent way of meeting other British people, and then saying goodbye and never seeing them again :D

[SmokingJacket]

17. PS

Those stickers originated in Europe as a way of identifying which country cars come from. I thought y'all knew that...

[DrDebug]

40. No, it's kiss, kiss, kiss!

Three kisses. One cheek; The other cheek and back again where you came from.

[name not needed]

33. You're neither. You're pissant-trash from Massachusetts

[DS1]

35. When I get home I'm gonna slap yo momma

[Deja Q]

4. GB = Great Britain, but I worry it means *...

I like to find FW or SW. (SW being less obvious.)

[gmoney]

22. You say you wanna FW?

Click below!

[mopinko]

31. lily really said

i get more and more cynical, the older i get. but it is never enough to keep up.
it's one of my favorite lines.

[Catshrink]

38. Thanks!

I just bought an "FW" sticker. Fear World? Nah, we all know what it means.

[SaveElmer]

2. They're catching on here too...

KW = Key West
OBX = Outer Banks
OCM = Ocean City Maryland

etc

[Sparkly]

6. So they don't really serve any purpose?

I thought they identified regions in Canada or something. Do people stick them on as souvenirs of places they've been, or to identify where they live, or something? :dunce:

[SaveElmer]

28. Places they've been...

Travel stickers...

[Trajan]

7. In California ...

That was SO 15 years ago ...

PS - Palm Springs
HB - Huntington (Or Hermosa) Beach)

etc ....

[leftofthedial]

8. "W" means

I am an idiot and I don'tmind if you know I'm an idiot

[MADem]

10. Overseas, you had to have them on your car

...if you crossed borders, so the cops would know where you came from. Half the license plates over there look alike, and it isn't easy to figure out where a vehicle came from just by looking at the plate. The initials represent the country.

Back in the old days, they weren't stickers. They were metal, about the same heft and thickness as a license plate, though smaller of course, and permanently affixed to the vehicle.

[alittlelark]

11. Mine has FW in it.... it's political.

[Loki]

21. I have "FW" on mine

and I'm down in the heart of Bush country. It's a liberating experience!

[RebelOne]

41. I must get one of those. I'm in Bush country also.

In the Atlanta area where all I see are the W stickers. Today I was behind a car that had W for President. Too bad it's against the law to rear end other cars.

[progmom]

13. I had an NL sticker on my car

It's a country code.
NL = netherlands
B = Belgium
F = France
D = Germany
E = Spain

BNL = bare naked ladies...

[Robeson]

24. I've got NL on mine!

[JimmyJazz]

15. MV - Martha's Vineyard

BB - Bethany Beach, DE

Those are the two I know.

[DS1]

18. ACK

Nantucket, took me years to figure that one out, I had to breakdown and ask some guy.

[JimmyJazz]

19. Don't feel badly - for a long time, I thought MV was

Motor Vehicle :dunce:

[Kat45]

27. Oh! I've always wondered what "ACK" stood for!

No wonder I see a lot of them around here. Thanks.

[SPQR]

32. Nantucket

which I find really weird.

[DS1]

36. It's the three letter airport code, like SEA, LAX, BOS etc

[Danmel]

39. LAX is for Lacrosse

I have an FW but no one has said a word to me so they either agree with me or just don't get it!

[barackmyworld]

20. when we were in France...

we taped a "USA" oval over the one on our rental car. People didn't hate us back then, and we got many positive comments.

[Goathead]

23. "CH" is Switzerland

If you are wondering how the hell they came up with that, so was I, it stands for: Confoederatio Helvetica

[JVS]

29. CH is for Crescent Hills!

[Trajan]

42. CH is for Chino Hills ....

Funny how it can have different meanings to us ... same damned letter sequence ...

[hyphenate]

25. They're stickers that are often used

when you're traveling by car and need a ferry crossing or some method of moving over water. The initials are the country depicting what country the car originated in.

GB Great Britain
IRE Ireland

I've seen quite a few, but don't remember them all. The German one, I believe, has a D on it for Deutschland.


I'm sure there are other uses of them, but the ferry one is the one I'm familiar with.

[Kellanved]

37. they are mandatory

If you get caught without one in a foreign (European) country, you're in for a ticket.

[jmowreader]

26. Tourist placename stickers

One big one in the Carolinas is OBX--Outer BanX. (Yes, normally it's spelled "Outer Banks.") The barrier islands off the Carolina coast.

Apparently you're supposed to buy one of these stupid things to commemorate your travels to a certain place...but just about everyone around here thinks you HAVE to run to the beach for your vacation, apparently there's some codicil in the NC constitution that says you are not allowed to vacation anywhere but at the beach, so bragging that you've been to the Outer Banks is like bragging that you've been to the bathroom.

I'm gonna make one that says SEX on it. Naturally, all the freepers will wonder what SEX stands for. Well, it stands for sex. I like sex. I like sex better than I like the Outer Banks. If I want to advertise sex on my bumper, it should be okay, right?

[LynneSin]

30. I use to have one on my car that said "JOE"

Since in Delaware Joe doesn't need a last name on his campaign stuff when he runs for re-election.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

34. ADK - Adirondacks

represeeeent!