Of Car Registration Numbers

A long time ago a friend of mine who was using an American gas guzzler suddenly asked me whether I was interested in buying his rickety sedan which gave about 8 MILES to a GALLON. The vehicular contraption looked set to be thrown into the sea as an artificial coral reef. He offered it to me for $800 {$ was the sign for ringgit at that time}. Man! 800 was a big sum for me at that time as I was just a fresh employee in a government department while he was from a rich royal family.

The number plate of the car was BAB 1 and it seemed that he got it from his uncle who did not like the the look of the alphabets and the digit when assembled on a small piece of metal plate. To him it looked more like BABI (pig). When he told me this, my eyes suddenly re-computed my whole vision and "Aah!...why should I pay 800 for a pig when I can have breakfast for just a ringgit?". I never for once imagine that such rare number plate could in future (now) bring in good bundle of cash. Number 1 was especially the preferred number.

Now you hear people lavishing hundreds of thousands just to get these novelty number plates. I wonder how much a womanizer will pay for a Penang number plate PUK 1 but hold your horses! If you are an avid golfer, would you be happy if JPJ assigns your number as KED 1? I think you would rather go to your club in a taxi than drive your car there or probably you would run to Johore to register your car as JOL 1 to reflect your clubbing life style.

I am dying to see a married couple having a car each, one registered in Perlis as ROT 1 and the other in Kedah as KOP 1. Coffee combines well with bread. How nice and loving. Of course a Kedahan does not relish KOD 1 as his number plate as KODI in Kedah dialect means low class imitation.

Who wants a special Terangganu number plate TAH 1? or a Selangor BAS 1?

Well, you can go on and on with this. Just sit back and conjure with your plastic brain and if you get the correct ones, just smile with your rubber lips.