"UD" get a lot out of a decent grammar class (we can only hope).

There are a lot of things I don't understand in life-- the concept of platform shoes, die-hard reality TV fans, Hot Pockets (gross, but that's a different post for a different time)-- the list goes on. Perhaps one of the most baffling concepts among the list, though, is that of personalized license plates.

I just don't get it.

Sometimes they gross me out. And sometimes they just make me mad. As an example, I'll refer to an especially ridiculous personalized license plate that I had the misfortune of encountering while walking home from class today.

As the tool in the driver's seat of a wannabe swanky whip (strike number one) whizzed past me with a deafening roar-- the combination of bad rap music and the lack of a muffler-- (strike number two), I noticed the license plate carried a message:

"UDLOOSE" (I don't think I need to mention strike number three).

Wait, what? Really? Really? I'm going to take a guess here and assume that you meant for the caption to read, "You'd Lose", in which case I understand the need to shorten the first word to "UD", an abbreviation that's hellacious enough on its own, but must you spell "lose" wrong? I mean, really. Get it together. No one wants to drag race you, they want to drive behind you... so that they can snap a picture of your license plate with their phone and send it to all of their friends.

You lose.