QLD

When we were kids, every summer Kyle and I would go to the Wickson's house in Vancouver. We would spend a week with our friends, Craig and Jenny. Their dad, Mark, used to be an RCMP officer, and when he had to drive us around, he would challenge us to find a license plate with a 'Q' in it. He bet we couldn't find one, but if we did, he offered us some money (I can't remember how much, maybe 5$, maybe 20$). It was a pretty safe bet for him, because 'Q' is never used in normal license plates - it looks too much like an 'O' or a zero. Thus, we had to find personalized license plates, and hope that they had included a 'Q' somehow in their design. This was also difficult to find, because there are not many phrases or acronyms with a 'Q' in it. It was, however, an effective game for Mark, because it meant us kids were quiet for awhile.

Until today, I had still never seen a personalized license plate with a 'Q' in it.

Today I took Garrett's car to the dollar store. I had to buy some prizes for our department's Halloween door decorating contest. On the way back, there was an SUV in front of me with the license plate 'QLD'. Q! Q! Too bad I can't win the money still.

I'm guessing that 'QLD' was supposed to look like 'OLD', but I'm not really sure why you would want a license plate that says 'OLD' either. Maybe it's an inside acryonym. Initials? What sort of name starts with Q?

Anyway, it was nice to reminisce about the good old days when we were kids.