Its The End Of The Numberplate Game (As We Know It)

Do you play the numberplate game?
Do you know what it is?

I read about it in an obscure "Travel Game" book when I was younger.
Basically, you take the 3 letters on the numberplate in front of you, and try to make a word with those 3 letters.
So HDL 363 GP could be HuDdLe, HurDLe, HanDLe or others.
There are variations, where no 2 letters in the numberplate must touch in the word, ie: SLT coudl be SLoT, but the S and L are touching, so a better word would be SiLenT.
Also, some numberplates lend themselves to a 3 word soundbyte, ie: DRC could be DiReCt, or Democratic Republic of Congo.

If you didnt know about the game, and it piques your interest, I have bad news.
Gauteng has now run out of unassigned numberplates in the classic format, so they are now moving to a 2 letter, 2 number, 2 letter format... XX ## XX GP.
But 2 letters is a bit too easy, and all 4 letters seems quite hard. I suppose 4 letters will be easier than the recent V,W,X,Y and z combinations closing off the classic format, but I cant help feel that this simple game will never hold the same fascination it used to.

I guess time will tell.

Here I am, but in case you were wondering why.

Hi

I'm Ian.

A lot of crap runs though my head, some of it ramblings, some of it genius, most of it somewhere in between.

What I dont have is the (drive, motivation, manageable workload, time) to Blog every week. Which I'm told is suicide for a blog.

So simple solution, ask my buddy Odd for a spot on his highly efficient weekly updates geeks and greatness blog.

I reserve the right to blog weekly, if I find the time or inspiration, but expect an occasional contribution.

The benefit of this to you is that while some bloggers write drivel to make sure theres a post this week, the drivel I write will be driven by a need to express something. or tell a cool joke I heard, or to rant.'

So as and when, I'll be posting the posts for my old neglected blog, so as to keep you all in full and proper fear of the rollercoaster of my phyche.  But for now, here's my intro, and watch this space...

A new contributor...

Hey all,

We're soon to have a new contributor on The Odd Blog. Ian is going to be bringing us his mad ravings (don't tell him I called them that) and you'll be able to find them on the home page (as they're published) or under the new IanSights tab.

So watch this space and show him some love. Also... you could remind him to lose the game.

-Odd

"Though our communication wanes at times of absence, I'm aware of a strength that emanates in the background." -Claudette Renner