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We’ve all seen cars with custom license plate frames.  They’re little bits of metal and plastic to subtly offer other drivers a glimpse into our personalities.  A custom license plate holder is a form of self-expression, and I’m all about it.

Your license plate holder might say:

• Where you bought your car.  I like these people.  They have more important things to do than spend money on a new license plate holder and spend time changing it out.
• Where you went to school.  I fall into this category.  There’s not a lot of Huskies down here so I’ve got to represent.  The alumni association wishes I drove a nicer car.
• What you’d rather be doing.  I’d rather be skiing/playing tennis/driving a Titleist. Clever.

But the other day I saw one of these “I’d rather” license plate holders that actually made me feel really bad for the driver:

“I’d rather be sleeping.”

At first I thought it was kind of funny, mostly because it gave me something to read while I was stuck at a red light.  But the more I thought about, the more I realized how depressing it was.

Of all the things in the world this woman would rather have been doing (that could fit on a license plate frame), sleeping was her first choice.  This is what she has chosen to advertise to her fellow drivers, that her optimal state of being is one of unconsciousness.  I mean I enjoy sleeping as much as the next guy and definitely like a good night’s rest, but if that’s the activity you look forward to the most – enough to put it on your car – I’d venture to guess you’re not a happy person.

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