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Vanity plates let drivers pay for personalized puns

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Handing the government extra funds so your bumper can spell out a terrible pun is a strange flex. The approval process involves bureaucrats deciphering thousands of creative attempts to bypass profanity filters.

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Vanity plates let drivers pay for personalized puns
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