AMERICA'S SADDEST VANITY PLATES 10:55 am January 31, 2011

Little Old Lady In Florida Just Loves Teabags

Wonkette operatives “Amanda and her boyfriend” spotted this lovely little car down in Florida. But why does it have an Illinois plate? Maybe because it is very cold in Illinois, and probably warmer in Gainesville?

Hi there. My boyfriend snapped these in the parking lot of his apartment building, in Gainesville, FL. I don’t know if you can see it in the close-up version, but “TEABAG” is right on top of Lincoln’s face. (If you do a Google Image search for “Illinois license plate,” you’ll be able to see what I mean.) Anyway, we saw the driver of the car, a wrinkly old lady who looked to me like she probably IS a Teabagger — someone who proudly, not ironically, displays her plate. Or, as my boyfriend reasoned, “Maybe she just really likes tea. A lot.” Hope you enjoy.

Maybe it’s Queen Elizabeth, did you think about that, Amanda and Amanda’s boyfriend?

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BZ1 January 31, 2011 at 10:58 am

could be she's a bag lady?!

MildMidwesterner January 31, 2011 at 10:59 am

Was the car, by chance, a Ford Probe?

Texan_Bulldog January 31, 2011 at 10:59 am

Maybe she works for Lipton. Wonketteers are so quick to judge!

FlownOver January 31, 2011 at 10:59 am

If you "teabag 1," you teabag them all.

CrankyLttlCamperette January 31, 2011 at 11:00 am

Because giving extra monies to the DMV to get a custom lisence plate is a great way to show your disdain for the government. I'm hoping the lady at plate registration gave here an extra eye-roll before going on lunch break.

DerrickWildcat January 31, 2011 at 11:00 am

You can buy cars at the Airport?

nounverb911 January 31, 2011 at 11:14 am

Yes, they operate out of the long term parking lot.

horsedreamer_1 January 31, 2011 at 11:27 am: Russian mob, or Polish?

Barbara_i January 31, 2011 at 11:00 am

Teabag 1? I wonder how her husband lost his other testicle? Prolly
cancer or an alligator.

Monsieur_Grumpe January 31, 2011 at 11:03 am

Must be some kind of Hitler reference.

CapnFatback January 31, 2011 at 11:58 am: "Illinois Teabaggers."

"I HATE Illinois Teabaggers."

OneDollarJuana January 31, 2011 at 11:38 am

Or an unfortunate sneeze.

metamarcisf January 31, 2011 at 11:01 am

This won't sit well with the Breitbart crowd; no sirree bob.

Monsieur_Grumpe January 31, 2011 at 11:01 am

Bragging about your oral skills on a license plate is just plain tacky no matter what your age.

elviouslyqueer January 31, 2011 at 11:07 am

Well, the least the old bat could have done is add a pair of Honda Nutz as a visual aid. Honestly, these people have no imagination.

NorthStarSpanx January 31, 2011 at 1:53 pm: Would the Proctologist with "Assman" plates be considered just as tacky?

DerrickWildcat January 31, 2011 at 11:01 am

Where is Juinois?

LiveToServeYa January 31, 2011 at 11:02 am

Nice Honda. Real Teabaggers buy American. Scooters, it's true, but still.

Ruhe January 31, 2011 at 11:02 am

Maybe she's trying to take the sexual connotations out of the word by embracing her own oldness, as in, "I am a teabag, a wrinkly used teabag, but I'm number 1!"

BaldarTFlagass January 31, 2011 at 11:05 am: "Hey, what's that wrinkled-up thing on Grandma?!?! Oh, it's just Grandpa."

ifthethunderdontgetya January 31, 2011 at 11:06 am

There's a Mustang convertible that parks near me with the license plate "SGLNLIKN".

It used to have the plate "LOST HER". I suppose the dude wasn't getting the response he hoped for with that one.
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SorosBot January 31, 2011 at 11:06 am

Well pretty much all teabaggers can be described as a "wrinkly old lady/dude"; in fact maybe that's where the name comes from, because their shriveled appearance makes them look like testicles.

freakishlywrong January 31, 2011 at 11:07 am

I'd have preferred the photo of the teatard's car AFTER Amanda and her boyfriend had forcibly rear-ended it. Yes. Pun intended. Fist away!

Canmon January 31, 2011 at 11:07 am

A real tea fancier knows that loose leaf tea is preferable to bags. It's like comparing instant coffee to freshly ground. So, I'm going to go with right-wing nut.

Lascauxcaveman January 31, 2011 at 12:02 pm: Or maybe she just wants everyone to know how she got rid of those unsightly wrinkles under her eyes.

KochFembot January 31, 2011 at 11:07 am

I think it's great that Illinois lets this woman proudly display her favorite sex act on her license plate. Liberty!!

Jukesgrrl January 31, 2011 at 6:03 pm: C'mon, Wonkeratti, let's try CLEV STMR and DRTY SNCZ. I'm sure some of you already have TRUK NTZ.

BaldarTFlagass January 31, 2011 at 11:10 am

Well, she used to have 3MTA3 as her vanity plate, but the DMV caught on to that "rear-view" nonsense.

Weenus299 January 31, 2011 at 11:11 am

Ha! Ironically, this teabagging Honda is in the land of Lincoln.

Lascauxcaveman January 31, 2011 at 12:07 pm: I'm guessing you're suggesting that it should be in Ohio, where a great many of the Hondas sold in America are manufactured? That looks like it might be a C-RV, which come from Ohio, anyway.

My Subaru was built in Indiana, but says she never met this Honda interloper.

YasserArraFeck January 31, 2011 at 11:12 am

The tag on her other car is "BLOJOB 1"
You're just not going to get ahead in this world if you hide your skill set under a bushel, so to speak.

horsedreamer_1 January 31, 2011 at 11:16 am

Drives a Honda. Bought at a dealership in a town with a French name. Not American. At all.

Old crone, I want my country back.

weejee January 31, 2011 at 11:19 am

It figures that they are from Des Plains home of the very first ~~McDonald's~~ McGutbomb's, which originally had red arches BTW.

baconzgood January 31, 2011 at 11:20 am

Tee-Hee
"Tea Bag"

SnarkoMarx January 31, 2011 at 11:21 am

According to Gore Vidal the Lincoln/Teabagging connection might not be far from the truth.

elviouslyqueer January 31, 2011 at 11:26 am: Stop blood libeling Joshua Speed! For shame!
Negropolis February 1, 2011 at 12:44 am: Gore Vidal wanted everybody to be gay, though, there is definitely a strong case for Lincoln.

Troubledog January 31, 2011 at 11:24 am

Teapot to Teabag One. Teapot to Teabag One. Please pick up some Icy Hot and a TV Guide on the way home.

DashboardBuddha January 31, 2011 at 11:32 am

Ya'll are way off base. She's obviously referring to her labia, which resembles a used teabag.

GOPCrusher January 31, 2011 at 1:15 pm: Ewwwww.

fartknocker January 31, 2011 at 11:34 am

You don't get it – her boyfriend's name is Sir Earl Grey and in her day they called spooning during sexy sex "tea bagging."

edgydrifter January 31, 2011 at 11:35 am

She only got this because "MORAN 1" was already taken.

Oblios_Cap January 31, 2011 at 11:38 am

Maybe the TeaHag just wants to TeaBag one honest Abe. She's probably from Skokie and just bought the car in Des Plaines because she got a good deal on it.

mereoblivion January 31, 2011 at 11:46 am

Poor old crone just wants to stir up Constant Comment wherever she drives.

mog253 January 31, 2011 at 1:38 pm: That's a real Zinger! (red to be exact)

WigFlipper January 31, 2011 at 11:56 am

Okay, Amanda and HER BOYFRIEND

Lascauxcaveman January 31, 2011 at 11:57 am

I read once that Brit rocker Glen Tillbrook used "Terrence Bag" as traveling pseudonym because, being British, he thought it was funny to sign the name "T. Bag" whilst checking into a hotel.

WhatTheHeck January 31, 2011 at 11:59 am

I'm a little tea bag, short and stout
here's my love handle, here's my mouth

on second thoughts, I'm sorry I wrote that.

LetUsBray January 31, 2011 at 12:43 pm: Just as I'm sorry I'm giving it thumbs up.
smokefilledroommate February 1, 2011 at 3:53 am: I'm a little tea bag, short and stout
here's my love handle, here's my mouth

Rub up against my hoveround
And I shout
Mama needs a Jitterbug
So turn me out

Gopherit January 31, 2011 at 12:10 pm

I disbelieve. Where are the trucknutz? Where's the rack for the fatty scooter?

Grizzlyalbert January 31, 2011 at 12:46 pm

Shit. The censors let her have "Teabag" but NO! I can't have "Pinus". Damn censors.

Pinus = genus containing pines. Look it up.

GOPCrusher January 31, 2011 at 1:16 pm

Should of went with "Pianist"

mog253 January 31, 2011 at 1:39 pm: or Dick

spinozasgod January 31, 2011 at 1:07 pm

I've read that Ol' Abe may have leaned in that direction….not that there is anything wrong with that…..

HELisforHEL January 31, 2011 at 1:24 pm

Seriously, did he say that? Because that's fucking hysterical. Damaging, yes, but hysterical.

mog253 January 31, 2011 at 1:37 pm: Hey, once the kids are grown and gone, sex becomes a great, free way to spend your time. You just have to remember to warm up first!
ttommyunger January 31, 2011 at 10:55 pm: I jest; in bad taste, but I jest.

problemwithcaring January 31, 2011 at 1:34 pm