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Can Tofu be obscene?

One Colorado woman's love for tofu has been judged X-rated by state officials. Kelly Coffman-Lee wanted to tell the world about her fondness for bean curd by picking certain letters for her SUV's license plate. Her suggestion for the plate: "ILVTOFU". But the Division of Motor Vehicles blocked her plan because they thought the combination of letters could be interpreted as obscene. Says Department of Revenues spokesman Mark Couch: "We don't allow 'FU' because some people could read that as street language for sex ". Officials meet periodically to ensure state plates stay free of letters that abbreviate gang slang, drug terms or obscene phrases. The 38-year-old Coffman-Lee says DMV misinterpreted her message.

In Houston Chronicle, Thursday, April 9, 2009, Vol. 108, No 178, $1



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PS: Esta lembra a velha proibição salazarista das matrículas com as letras CU ou o Kurtz no Apocalypse Now: We train young men to drop fire on people. But their commanders won't allow them to write "fuck" on their airplanes because it's obscene!