Woman’s Love For Tofu Too Obscene for Colorado DMV

Kelley Coffman-Lee, a 38-year-old mother of three, asked the DMV to approve a special plate that said "ILVTOFU". 

DENIED.

The agency turned down the request, saying the plate might be offensive to some people.

"My whole family is vegan, so tofu is like a staple for us. I was just going to have a cool license plate, and the DMV misinterpreted my message," the tofu-lover said.

It turns out that "FU" is on a long list of letter combinations barred by the division, said Mark Couch, spokesman for Colorado’s Department of Revenue. Think of it as "Eff you," he said.

"We don't allow 'FU' because some people could read that as street language for sex," Couch said.

In the meantime, I'm still waiting to hear from the California DMV to see if they'll approve my homage to a certain pizza restaurant:

I wonder what's taking them so long?

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