A couple of weekends back I was walking in the of Paris, when I came across this number plate on a BMW. The number plate is nothing if not ostentatious, especially in the India where you cannot get a custom number plate (like in the US, where you can get any number plate using alpha numeric code unless it is previously registered) The number is definitely CE 07 LBX, guess it's an imported car, ( C E Zero, not C E O) since the British number plates are in that manner 2 alphabets and then 2 numbers followed by more alphabets. The owner definitely must be a chief executive officer (if only of his own start up) and most probably an alumni of London Business School (CE07LBS might have been taken or X is for ex-LBS) I have heard after the credit crunch when the Cross Over Index (called XOVER colloquially on the trading floor) blew out and since it was the series 8 which experienced the most volatility some one bid GBP 10,000 for a number plate ending in X8VER and X0VER quite and emphatic statement that the person has made money from trading the Cross Over Index. (I read it in a free newspaper Mid day) The columnist said with the credit market crashing if no one else atleast the transport authorities in london made some money out of Cross Over. I have had relatives (really religious ones) who had number plates "AUM SHAKTI" and "CHAMUNDA" I am sure if I would want the plate LOSER would have already been taken. Could all of you readers suggest any name plates worth a mention which shows the personality of the owner?
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