Texas DMV Revokes License Plate over Upside-Down Dirty Word

For years, Safer Hassan has been driving around a car with this personalized license plate:

Seems harmless, right? Well, flip it over and it actually spells something out:

Well, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles just realized this little tidbit, and they told Hassan the license plate has been deemed offensive and they’re revoking it.

And give Hassan some credit, it’s a little more subtle than 5318008.

Watch Click2Houston’s report here:

[h/t Jalopnik]
[image via screengrab]

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