Do you like tofu?

Happy Friday everyone! The sky is blue, the birds are singing, what can go wrong? Okay, that was actually LAST weekend here in NYC. This weekend calls for 50s and 60s with rain. AWESOME!!! Should be perfect for the 5-Boro Bike Tour on Sunday. If you happen to be in any of those boroughs look for the guy on the black bike with the red helmet. That would be yours truly.

The week is over for me so I will try to give you a nugget of humor to help pass the time until you can start your weekend. Today's pick is ripped straight from the headlines. That's right folks, I am not making this up.

A Denver woman was denied her vanity plate containing the text "ILVTOFU." A vegetarian and mother of three (who also probably only eat the food that my food eats) requested this plate as a way to express herself and her love for all things not animal. The multi-grain woman was shocked when she learned that her request was denied. In fact the news left her a little crunchy. [These jokes just write themselves]. She was so miffed that she almost had a cow (I like mine medium-rare).

The state claimed that her message was obscene and they make a compelling case. One could easily read the plate as I-LV-TOFU, as the woman sought, or the state's reading of I-LV-TO-F-U. Maybe the state did a background check and found that she was arrested for lewd conduct on a number of occasions or was busted for prostitution. At risk of being hit with a slander suit, DotCW staff has not been able to confirm the allegations of her past and are provided solely for the purpose of humor.

Is this a case of bias towards the oat bran bunch? PETA reportedly offered to pay the $60 fee for the vanity plates so that should be enough reason to deny the request. Anyone that cannot enjoy a good steak or thinks that they can squeeze a soy and get milk probably needs a little more cow in their diet. If we've learned anything from "Meet the Parents," it's that you can't milk a soy. For those of you who do not believe anything in movies, take Lewis Black's word for it. If Sir Lewis Black (he has not actually been knighted but I use it as a term of respect) says it, then you know it's true.

Back to the news, this is the same state that denied plates such as 3RDFNGER and VINO. Do we want to protect kids from seeing these license plates and asking their parents what the big deal is about the third finger? What's the difference when they are probably going to see the middle finger first hand anyway and ask what that guy over with his finger out the window is going?

[Courtesy of ABC Denver. Actual story can be found here]

Happy Friday!!!

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