L8TRDUD

L8TRDUD

Reality is truly more comical than fiction. Seriously. The real world, including the people that live in it, is a funny place. Just yesterday I could only laugh as I pulled up behind a guy in a beat up red pick up truck with the license plate: L8TRDUD.
Where to start? I’m pretty sure this guy was trying to tell the world- Later Dude. But since you can only have 7 characters on a plate he had to do his best. But what’s so funny is that the simple omission of the letter “E” turns ‘dude’ into ‘dud.’
And unfortunately for this dude or dud the words have very different meanings.

Dude- a cool male, people like this guy, they want to be around him, girls like him, guys want to hang out with him, he has nice hair and cool glasses.

Dud- loser. Nobody wants to be around a dud. He’s flaky and doesn’t come out often. He usually makes $7.50 an hour at your local convenience store.

I could only laugh at L8TRDUD because there is nothing funnier than a person trying to be cool. Being cool- or even liked- for that matter is something you shouldn’t have to work for. It should just come naturally. L8trDUD is just trying way too hard. Poor guy.

And what’s even funnier is that L8TRDUD was driving a 4 cylinder, 17-year-old Nissan pick up truck. If you’re going to say “later dude” to the person behind you shouldn’t you be driving something with a little more horsepower? I mean, ironically, you couldn’t find a slower vehicle to attach this stupid plate. It would be appropriate on a sports car, but it’s a failure on a weak pick up truck. But it did make me laugh and for that I am appreciative of Nevada plate L8TRDUD.

Later dud(e)...