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to assume my new neighbour is a massive racist?

178 replies

QoFE · 11/02/2019 13:06

New neighbours over the road moved in over the weekend.

They have 3 vehicles, one car each and a sports car.

The sports car has what can only be a personalised number plate reading XXXX KKK (obvs not actually XXXX but a combination of letters and numbers that would definitely be one you'd have to pay for).

So... Why would you pay for a number plate with KKK on? DP thinks I'm being judgemental and maybe it was the only one with the first part that they wanted so they overlooked the ending but surely nobody would do that? I mean it's like having a number plate reading N4ZI - you just wouldn't would you?

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Helmetbymidnight · 11/02/2019 13:08

yeuccchhhhh.

i hate them already.

ChariotsofFish · 11/02/2019 13:10

Potentially they’re just really really thick. They don’t sound promising.

WarpedGalaxy · 11/02/2019 13:10

Maybe they’re Kardashians or bought the car from Kardashians?

FriarTuck · 11/02/2019 13:11

If the first bit is obviously personalised then I'd assume they got landed with KKK or went with it because it didn't detract as much from the personalised bit as say AFH would i.e. it makes the personalised bit look personalised whereas ending in AFH wouldn't. Not everyone would immediately think Klu Klux Klan, particularly if they were excited about bagging their personalised plate, and possibly also if they were younger and hadn't heard so much about them.

Igotthemheavyboobs · 11/02/2019 13:11

The could have bought the car with that plate. I wouldn't notice something like that until it was too late

Helmetbymidnight · 11/02/2019 13:12

i suppose they might have 3 k kids...

MeredithGrey1 · 11/02/2019 13:13

DP thinks I'm being judgemental and maybe it was the only one with the first part that they wanted so they overlooked the ending but surely nobody would do that?

I agree, but I'd say there is also a possibility they're just ignorant and don't actually know/care about the meaning.

Lifecraft · 11/02/2019 13:13

Are you sure it's personalised? My friend has a car which has the last 3 letters PPP. Just random, that's the plate that was allocated to the car.

If it is personalised, it might be their initials. Of perhaps 3 in the family whose first names all start with K.

They might never have heard of the KKK. Not sure you have enough info to declare them racists.

stevie69 · 11/02/2019 13:18

Not sure you have enough info to declare them racists.

I'm sure. And you don't Blush

derxa · 11/02/2019 13:20

Who cares

ChardonnaysPrettySister · 11/02/2019 13:20

I thought offensive letters combination weren’t uses?

WWWWicked · 11/02/2019 13:20

I wouldn't pick KKK - but I just told a colleague about this thread (we're on our lunch break) and she looked at me really blankly. She genuinely hasn't a clue what KKK stands for.

Helmetbymidnight · 11/02/2019 13:21

Blimey. Tell her she's dim from me.

ApolloandDaphne · 11/02/2019 13:22

And maybe they are called Kev and Kim with the surname Kerry?

Justgivemesomepeace · 11/02/2019 13:22

Might they just be a bit thick? I can think of about 3 people i know who wouldnt have a clue what the KKK were.

Seniorschoolmum · 11/02/2019 13:24

Why don’t you give them the benefit of the doubt until you’ve met them.

I can’t imagine anyone normal would choose KKK as their plate so it should become clear fairly quickly.

Maybe they bought the car with the plate already on it and can’t afford to change it.

Heronymous · 11/02/2019 13:25

They’re either kkk fans (and massive racists), or it means something unrelated and they just don’t care about the kkk angle (arguably still racist), or they don’t know what kkk stands for (i.e. they’re thick as shit).

Either way I would be giving them a wide berth.

highheelsandbobblehats · 11/02/2019 13:26

Our old Ford Orion had the registration F729 PPP (we got it when I was 9, and it's still the only one I can recite perfectly, I forgot my current one regularly. Could be randomly and unfortunately generated.

Is their name Kevin Keith King? Unfortunate initials? My old teacher had the initials PIG. He made fun of it before we could.

RoastOx · 11/02/2019 13:28

YABU

A lot of youngsters in my office dont know what the KKK is. And if DVLA doesn't deem it offensive, maybe you shouldn't.

Jesus wept this world is easily offended

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 11/02/2019 13:29

They sound very thick.

highheelsandbobblehats · 11/02/2019 13:30

That all said, to quote Under Seige 2....

'Assumption is the mother of all fuck ups'.

Let it go, stop judging, take a bunch of flowers and go introduce yourself.

Halloumimuffin · 11/02/2019 13:32

It might be that KKK was the cheapest option (because noone wants the association) and they just didn't think about it or assumed noone else would.

Onlyjoinedforthisthread · 11/02/2019 13:33

You're being a judgemental snob what does it matter how many cars and what kind they are?,

we used to eat in an Indian restaurant house special had the initials KKK and that's what they called it.

It might be the owners initials or anything

SaveKevin · 11/02/2019 13:35

I had a used car that had KKK as the plate, hated driving about in it for that reason!! But I'm not a massive racist (or even a little one).

DGRossetti · 11/02/2019 13:36

I thought the DVLA were supposed to remove "contentious" plates from sale ?

Alternatively, you might have found the shy owners of Krispy Kreme Kings ?

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