Odessa

While running errands, I stop at a red light. While waiting, I notice the car in front of me has a bumper sticker, it says: "This car is a status symbol, Its a symbol that I am broke." I look at the car, about a late 80's Toyota with the rust expected of a 20+ yr old car and a bumper that is coming on hinged from the sides of the car. Then my eyes nearly complete their journey and I eye the plate. Not your run of the mill plate that you might expect of a broke bloke - no, his license plate says: IMBROKE2. In my state a "vanity" plate costs $43 up front, the $25/yr after that. I don't want to spend $25 on a vanity plate every year and I'm not "broke", and I could come up with some winners.

Just a thought - maybe, just maybe, he might not be so broke if he hadn't spent his last $43 bucks on that license plate. Hmmmm . . .