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Slightly embarrassing momentas a kiwi

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What an utter spoon

What next "Tit", "WNK", CCK", "CNT"?

TBF he is a politican, so should be ignored.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/car-o...ut-of-circulation/5NAAB2Y5I3NAFDBOLEEKCQXCMM/

A Hawke's Bay man is calling for an offensive number plate to be removed from circulation after he found one on his new car.

Earlier this year, James Crow and his family needed a new plate for a recently purchased car, and went along to collect it.

They were shocked when they found the first three letters on the number plate were "NGR".

"We arrived at the AA Centre to receive it and as we drove in, and my wife saw it first and said 'oh my, we can't have that on the front of our car'," Crow told RNZ.

Crowe, a Green party candidate in Napier at the last general election, asked why this run of plates had slipped through.

"If there have been many, many number plates that have been avoided being produced in the past with different three letter words or different three letter analogies, why did this one slip through? 'Cause it felt like if it's going to really offend or hurt a few people in the public, it's not necessary."

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is responsible for number plates.

A spokesperson said the NGR number plate series was manufactured earlier this year.

A total of 999 plates was included in the series, as was the case for all three-letter standard issue plate series.

The spokesperson said general issue plates could be prevented from being manufactured due to the potential for letter combinations to cause offence.

"While this three-letter combination was not withheld, Waka Kotahi recognises the offence the letter combination has caused, and we will arrange for replacement standard issue plates to be provided at no charge for any vehicle owners who do not wish to retain the plates," the spokesperson said.

"We are also looking at the practicality of withdrawing the series from circulation. We are reviewing our processes to ensure that future number plate combinations are more thoroughly assessed before being manufactured and released."

Some three-letter combinations have previously been withheld.

Waka Kotahi also has banned the manufacturing of registration plates that contain the letters I, O, and V as these letters can easily be mistaken for 1,0, and U, and can cause issues for enforcement authorities.
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Just wait till we get to the Esses and then the Ees and finally, Ex....
 
The first three characters on mine are CRP. Or CRAP.

And ya I've dumped money into this thing already :(

What does NGR stand for?

https://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/NGR

NGR New Glass Review (Corning Museum of Glass)
NGR National Guard and Reserve
NGR Net Gaming Revenue
NGR National Grid Reference (UK)
NGR National Guard Regulation
NGR National Grape Registry (UC Davis)
NGR Nursing Grand Rounds (various organizations)
NGR Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen (scientist)
NGR Non Grain Raising (wood finish)
NGR New Generation Rolling Stock (Queensland, Australia)
NGR National Geochemical Reconnaissance (Program of Canada)
NGR Nightly Garbage Run (Pokémon)
NGR National Game Review
NGR Neutral Ground Resistor
NGR No Gym Required
NGR Neutron Generator Report
NGR Navy Growth Radio
 
What is this? Are we reporting on an outrage or outraged at the outrage?

Sounds like someone thought one three-letter string of words could be offensive.

But is that a crazy idea? The article says here:

"We are also looking at the practicality of withdrawing the series from circulation. We are reviewing our processes to ensure that future number plate combinations are more thoroughly assessed before being manufactured and released."

Some three-letter combinations have previously been withheld.
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I bet they have indeed, and for the same reason.

I think the guy raises a perfectly good point, and I don't know why it has people getting their knickers in a twist about it here.

And now my mildly humourous story: My parents drove around with a car that had the numberplate "FML" for a while causing much mirth to my sisters and their friends and probably a number of road users, and no doubt my parents were completely oblivious to it.
 
angrysoba said:
And now my mildly humourous story: My parents drove around with a car that had the numberplate "FML" for a while causing much mirth to my sisters and their friends and probably a number of road users, and no doubt my parents were completely oblivious to it.
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I was completely oblivious to it as well, so I had to look it up. Still seems pretty obscure to me.
 
angrysoba said:
What is this? Are we reporting on an outrage or outraged at the outrage?
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Neither, its reporting on an idiot creating outrage (or more precisely correctly, "poutrage") from a NothinGbergeR.

angrysoba said:
Sounds like someone thought one three-letter string of words could be offensive.
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If his first thought was "NGR, that's offensive", that probably means he was predisposed to find something to be outraged about.... honestly, prior to this idiot pointing it out, for mine, the letters NGR as the first three letters on a number plate would have looked like exactly what it is - the first three letters on a number plate (not that I even look at number plates anyway unless there is a reason to)

If "NGR" is supposed to be so bloody offensive, why isn't NIR, or NER, or GGR, or IGR, or GGE , or IGG? They're all letters, in order, from the same word. Wanna ban all of them? Maybe we should ban MTH, OFR, EFR, UKR, UCE and UCR?

As an atheist, I would be happy to have NGR on a number plate.... No God Required (maybe NGR666)

angrysoba said:
I think the guy raises a perfectly good point, and I don't know why it has people getting their knickers in a twist about it here.
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I don't. He's a politician looking to make a headline. Fine, let him have a different plate if he is sooooo offended by it.

Worth nothing that the plate number this idiot was issued is in the 300s range, which likely means that at hundreds of people have been issued an NGR plate with ZERO complaints - I wonder why they were not offended?

angrysoba said:
And now my mildly humourous story: My parents drove around with a car that had the numberplate "FML" for a while causing much mirth to my sisters and their friends and probably a number of road users, and no doubt my parents were completely oblivious to it.
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Lucky it wasn't "MLF"
 
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smartcooky said:
Neither, its reporting on an idiot creating outrage (or more precisely correctly, "poutrage") from a NothinGbergeR.



If his first thought was "NGR, that's offensive", that probably means he was predisposed to find something to be outraged about.... honestly, prior to this idiot pointing it out, for mine, the letters NGR as the first three letters on a number plate would have looked like exactly what it is - the first three letters on a number plate (not that I even look at number plates anyway unless there is a reason to)

If "NGR" is supposed to be so bloody offensive, why isn't NIR, or NER, or GGR, or IGR, or GGE , or IGG? They're all letters, in order, from the same word. Wanna ban all of them? Maybe we should ban MTH, OFR, EFR, UKR, UCE and UCR?

As an atheist, I would be happy to have NGR on a number plate.... No God Required (maybe NGR666)



I don't. He's a politician looking to make a headline. Fine, let him have a different plate if he is sooooo offended by it.

Worth nothing that the plate number this idiot was issued is in the 300s range, which likely means that at hundreds of people have been issued an NGR plate with ZERO complaints - I wonder why they were not offended?
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I guess this story should have come with a trigger warning: May upset snowflakes.

smartcooky said:
Lucky it wasn't "MLF"
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Would have to be GLF.
 
angrysoba said:
I guess this story should have come with a trigger warning: May upset snowflakes.
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You have it arse about face as usual.

Its the people who get upset about three letters on a number plate who are the triggered snowflakes.

Me, I don't give a fat rat's arse. He's an idiot, and I just see another example of poutrage by idiots looking for things to get poutraged about.

If this guy really is concerned about racism, there is plenty of other REAL racism he needs to get outraged about, like this for example...

https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-national/labour-mp-kiri-allan-reveals-grim-cancer-prognosis

Politician Kiri Allen is fighting a recent cervical cancer diagnosis - her chances of survival are slim, but that didn't stop a few ignorant ******* racists from "schooling" her on Social Media about how its promiscuity that caused her cancer.

There are many things in this world that are real, and are vile and outrageous, and that deserve condemnation and public outrage. Three letters on a ******* number plate is not one of them


angrysoba said:
Would have to be GLF.
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Nope, MLF is what I said and MLF is what I meant...
 
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I hear he's sent letters to Niger and Nigeria demanding they change their names.

Just wait till he finds the word niggardly in the dictionary.
 
mgidm86 said:
The first three characters on mine are CRP. Or CRAP.

And ya I've dumped money into this thing already :(

What does NGR stand for?

https://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/NGR

NGR New Glass Review (Corning Museum of Glass)
NGR National Guard and Reserve
NGR Net Gaming Revenue
NGR National Grid Reference (UK)
NGR National Guard Regulation
NGR National Grape Registry (UC Davis)
NGR Nursing Grand Rounds (various organizations)
NGR Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen (scientist)
NGR Non Grain Raising (wood finish)
NGR New Generation Rolling Stock (Queensland, Australia)
NGR National Geochemical Reconnaissance (Program of Canada)
NGR Nightly Garbage Run (Pokémon)
NGR National Game Review
NGR Neutral Ground Resistor
NGR No Gym Required
NGR Neutron Generator Report
NGR Navy Growth Radio
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James Crow was probably concerned about the disparaging word for a black person (NGR).
 
smartcooky said:
You have it arse about face as usual.

Its the people who get upset about three letters on a number plate who are the triggered snowflakes.

Me, I don't give a fat rat's arse. He's an idiot, and I just see another example of poutrage by idiots looking for things to get poutraged about.

If this guy really is concerned about racism, there is plenty of other REAL racism he needs to get outraged about, like this for example...

https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-national/labour-mp-kiri-allan-reveals-grim-cancer-prognosis

Politician Kiri Allen is fighting a recent cervical cancer diagnosis - her chances of survival are slim, but that didn't stop a few ignorant ******* racists from "schooling" her on Social Media about how its promiscuity that caused her cancer.

There are many things in this world that are real, and are vile and outrageous, and that deserve condemnation and public outrage. Three letters on a ******* number plate is not one of them
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Maybe you are getting a bit too worked up about this as well then?

smartcooky said:
Nope, MLF is what I said and MLF is what I meant...
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Well, okay then.
 
mgidm86 said:
The first three characters on mine are CRP. Or CRAP.

And ya I've dumped money into this thing already :(

What does NGR stand for?

https://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/NGR

NGR New Glass Review (Corning Museum of Glass)
NGR National Guard and Reserve
NGR Net Gaming Revenue
NGR National Grid Reference (UK)
NGR National Guard Regulation
NGR National Grape Registry (UC Davis)
NGR Nursing Grand Rounds (various organizations)
NGR Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen (scientist)
NGR Non Grain Raising (wood finish)
NGR New Generation Rolling Stock (Queensland, Australia)
NGR National Geochemical Reconnaissance (Program of Canada)
NGR Nightly Garbage Run (Pokémon)
NGR National Game Review
NGR Neutral Ground Resistor
NGR No Gym Required
NGR Neutron Generator Report
NGR Navy Growth Radio
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I thought I would just add a few to this list give some more perspective

NGR is an official acronym for each of the following...

- No Grade Reported (When a grade is left blank by the instructor, the US Office of Academic Records will record a grade of NGR).
- National Glaucoma Research
- Natural Grease Resistant
- Next Generation Reforestation
- Next Generation Research
- Natural Green ReLeaf (don't ask, I have no idea)
- New German Review
- Net Growth Rate
- No Grade Repetition
- Next Generation Robotics
- Non-Generating Resource
- No Good Reason (internet/text chat code)


It is also

- the IATA Airport code for Ningerum, Papua New Guinea :eye-poppi
- the ITU letter code for the Republic of the Niger :eye-poppi


Incidentally

NGA is the IBAN Alpha 3 letter code for Nigeria :jaw-dropp , and
NIG is the ITU letter code for the Federal Republic of Nigeria :eek:


I can just imagine all the snowflakes furiously writing letters of protest to IATA, IBAN and the ITU accusing them of racist dog-whistles! :thumbsup::D
 
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