New License Plates suck :(

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quote:Originally posted by PonderInc

I was fine with "Oklahoma is OK."

Short and to the point.

I first saw that on an license in 71 shortly before the family moved here from PA.  I thought it was corney.  Was it in reference to the 2 letter postal abbreviations?  Was it saying the state was just OK, not great, not terrible, just OK?  Something else?

Short yes. Point, which one?

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the 70s were a bad time for slogans.  Arkansas had a slogan "Land of Opportunity" on their plates.  Ponder on that.....well I guess Bill C took it to heart.

[Hawkins]

"Oklahoma is OK" was awful.

This new tag is 1,000 times better.

[cannon_fodder]

quote:Originally posted by Hawkins

"Oklahoma is OK" was awful.

This new tag is 1,000 times better.

+1.

Sure it was clever, but the essentially message was "Oklahoma is mediocre."  Woohoo!  I want to visit/move/start a business there.  Not that Native America sells the place entirely, but certainly says something about the state other than we are mediocre.

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quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder

quote:Originally posted by Hawkins

"Oklahoma is OK" was awful.

This new tag is 1,000 times better.

+1.

Sure it was clever, but the essentially message was "Oklahoma is mediocre."  Woohoo!  I want to visit/move/start a business there.  Not that Native America sells the place entirely, but certainly says something about the state other than we are mediocre.

I like native america, because when I hear native america I think of this guy:



and this guy:






but not really this guy, though we'll throw him in too.  DDL IS native america haha

[waterboy]

quote:Originally posted by Hawkins

"Oklahoma is OK" was awful.

This new tag is 1,000 times better.

At the time, I believe folks related to the musical 'Oklahoma" where the last line is "Oklahoma...OK!" thus Oklahoma is OK. But it wasn't OK even then!

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Why do we have a picture of a Samurai Warrior on our liscense plates?

That's the statue in front of Gilcrease, FYI

So think of it this way. Tulsa won something for once.

[TUalum0982]

I personally like the new tags, if anything, we were glad to get rid of our old tag that started with 666.  I do admit they look somewhat cheap, but many states are going to the ones like OK has now.  So it isn't just OK being cheap.

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I noticed yesterday that on one plate, in the lower right, the Osage shield is still present.  But I don't see it on the official version from the State online.  So perhaps someone just put a sticker on there.

So, ahh, never mind then.

Official image (large):
http://www.tax.ok.gov/images/OK-Archer-Plate2.gif