A Florida retiree opened her mail to find a license plate reading "SQZ A55" — a combination that, from a distance, looks like a highly suggestive phrase.
Nancy Dello Stritto, 77, lives in a quiet senior community in Pompano Beach. She was expecting a routine vehicle registration renewal when she discovered the questionable plate.
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Her initial reaction was far from amused. She wondered how such an obviously crude combination had slipped past the state's automated screening.
After asking around her retirement community, the response was overwhelmingly positive.
Her sons and an 89-year-old neighbor convinced her to keep the plate on her Hyundai Sonata sedan.
Nancy joked that at her age, she wouldn't mind a few extra honks on the highway.
Speaking to CBS News, she said: "I'm resigned to it; maybe it was destined for it to be on my car."
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How Did It Happen?
Florida's license plates are stamped by inmates at a state prison in North Florida.
Despite digital filters meant to block offensive language, random alphanumeric generation occasionally slips through the cracks.
This isn't the first accidental plate comedy from Florida. In 2004, the DMV issued plates beginning with "A55," which paired disastrously with the central orange graphic.
The resulting "A55 RGY" plate on a Lincoln LS became an internet sensation.
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Florida residents who receive an offensive plate can swap it for a replacement at no charge, according to the Broward County Property Tax Collector's office.
