BABYRUS
Hello again from the road. It has been a long couple of days and I’ve actually had to reverse some of my thinking as of late. As I search the license plates around me for something good to write about, I really am amazed by the people that we meet. So many different people, with interesting stories, and only so many that I can record. Anyway, the person I ran in to today had the tag BABYRUS. I didn’t need to do a reverse license plate search to find this person; I just walked up to them on the street. License Plate was spending the day at the local vet getting a check up and a grooming. Even though I travel around a lot, I still take care of that pup.
The woman I ended up talking to about her license plate is a nursery designer. I’d never heard of this occupation, but apparently it is all the rage in Europe, where she happens to be from. The south of France to be more specific. Her car is a business expense or so she is able to say because her license plate helps her find clients. It is interesting, actually, because her business card says the same thing. BABYRUS. I asked her how she got started in the business and she told me that both her parents were nursery designers. I couldn’t figure out if her family were the only ones to ever do this type of thing or if it really is a popular occupation in Europe. I wonder if you take an aptitude test as a child, if that is one of the options that you have. Maybe.
In talking with her, I found out that her license plate was a relatively recent purchase. When she first arrived in the US, she was trying to come up with a clever name. Apparently she was shopping at a mall in the Midwest when she came across a ToysR’Us and thought it would be a great name for her business if she replaced Toys with Babies. It took her a little while to figure out that there is already a business with that name and that they sell all types of baby accessories, including stuff for the nursery. Frustrated in that attempt, she decided she would try the singular version. She figured it would fit nicely on a license plate and after she did a reverse license plate lookup online, she found it was open in her state, Ohio. From that, she said that everything had fallen into place for her.
Despite the emphasis that I place on license plates and my goal of writing a book about them, I think she is even more passionate about them than I am. I’m always happy to meet people like that on my travels. I’m always excited to learn about new occupations that exist that I’ve never heard of. Time to pick up License Plate and get on our way.