I know it's a cultural difference, and I know that you could probably do the same thing in New York or LA, but the "Distinguished Number Plates Auctions" in the United Arab Emirates always baffle me.

Here's a Gulf News article about the recent sale, "Auction: Dubai plate fetches Dh1.3m".

That's $378,642.95.

For one license plate.

And it's not even "A 1".

It's "G 60".

Yeah, I got a plate for that guy:



You'll remember that a year and a half ago the World's record for biggest jackass most expensive license plate sold in an Abu Dhabi auction for $14.3 million.

Of course February of 2008 was in different economic times.

It was also license plate "1".