THE BIRTH OF "F4GREEN." And my wife's naughty Vanity Plates.

The parent company of Take-It-From-Us.com is Evergreen Marketing. As computer illiterates back in 1988, we eventually took the leap into the vast unknown...the internet. By the time we applied, "evergreen.com" was already taken. So was "evergreenmarketing.com" If I remember correctly, "evergreenmarketingincorporated.com" was available but, obviously, way too unwieldy. Heck, "antidisestablishmentarianism.com" would have been shorter!

Hence, the birth of f4green. Say it fast, and there we are!

I went to the Department of Motor Vehicles and got F4GREEN Vanity Plates for my wife's car. (Gotta change colors. Mind if I work a little blue here? This is somewhere between PG-13 and R.) An acquaintance actually chastised me for letting my wife drive around town with those plates. I asked him what he was talking about. He wanted to know if I called it the "Pimp Mobile" when I was behind the wheel. HUH??!! He then proceeded to ask me if my wife was a hooker!! WHAT!? Apparently she is, he said. When she's driving, she's advertising that she will "F for green!" By the way, it was a minivan. Perfect.

I couldn't have made that up if I tried.

I haven't the faintest idea who this fellow Erol is/was. Over the years, erols.com mutated into starpower.com and then rcn.com. But I just kept my old buddy Erol. And will continue to (too many business cards printed). As long as he doesn't ride around town with my wife.

OK. Ready for a contest? The Vanity Plates on my car read "2K US" ...Any ideas? Hint: My acquaintance would guess "To Cuss." His mind remains in the gutter. He would have guessed wrong. Use CONTACT US. Come up with the right answer and I'll mail you one of our products. It won't be a Glo-Ball. But something's better than nothing!