This plate was on one of my previous cars about 14 years ago when we first purchased our townhouse in A.C. After the home closing, when I pulled into our shared driveway for the first time along side of our brand new neighbor's car ... I noticed his car had a license plate "PRETZEL". Turns out his family owned the famous Reisman's Pretzel Co. in Philadelphia. Here are two cars side by side in a common driveway, one with "M CHIPS" license plate ... the other with "PRETZEL". What are the odds of that happening?

At that time, New Jersey had a limit of six characters on all personalized license plates. A few years later, the NJ law was changed to permit seven characters. I applied for, and received a new NJ plate that was embossed "MR CHIPS". When I purchased a newer automobile a few years ago, Brenda would not let me transfer the plates over to the new car... saying that she was not comfortable driving around in Atlantic City with a MR CHIPS license plate. My argument was that the personalized plate could be for 'computer chips' or 'chocolate chips' or 'fish & chips' ... but she won and my MR CHIPS plate is currently hanging on my computer work station in A.C. while the M CHIPS plate shown here is hanging on my wall in Brick, NJ.