Larry and I have personalized tags on our cute Honda Element. It is a play on his business name and also plays on our silly personalities. We live in an area that is about 80% Hispanic. This area was a part of Mexico until about 1853 and there are still a lot of old, old family owned farms around here.
We had to make a quick run to Home Depot one day and as we are heading through the parking lot back to our vehicle, we see about 4 to 5 Mexicans staring at our license plate. They seemed to be perplexed by it, scratched their heads then walked on past us. As they passed us, they were saying something and Larry started giggling. "What did they say?", I asked. "They were asking each other who Amuseus (pronounced A-ma-sue-us) was."
Our plate is Amuseus, pronounced Amuse Us.
I guess that just shows that sometimes things can have different meanings. Life can be amusing or it can be some Amuseus dude. Just depends on where you are from and how you want to look at it.
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