For many, self-publicity has always been the motivation for owning a personalised plate, even if sometimes they represent a previous incarnation. Jimmy Tarbuck always has the last laugh with COM 1C, Paul Daniels gets one up on Harry Potter with MAG 1C but ventriloquist Keith Harris is stuck with his feathered friend ORV 1L.
and riptracker..... you must almost be as rich as the incredible Mr Ripley....either that or as rich as Baron Munchausen or maybe as the equally famous Walter Mittty ;-)