Pesaro Car Number Plates!!!

[Dream Academy]

Just a bit of light hearted banter on the subject of Pesaro.
Being on the border of Le Marche and Emilia Romagna, there has always been some rivalry between the 2 regions.

The main road leading from Pesaro to Cattolica (the first town in Emilia Romagna as you come from Pesaro) is called La Siligata.
Locals in Cattolica used to get somewhat angry as I Pesaresi would "fare la siligata" in flash fancy cars and conquer and steal the local female talent from them!!!

The car number plates from Pesaro bore the leters PS and so on arriving in Cattolica, it was easy to identify them and the letters came to stand for PS= Proprio Schemo or PS= Proprio Stronzo!!!! (Sorry can I say that here?).

In 1999, the population of Cattolica were a bit sad when the new number plates came into force and didn't want to see an end to their fun with the introduction of new letters in place of the old PS!!!!
You can immagine their joy when the new Pesaro and Urbino "targa" was announced-----------PU !!!!! (pronounced POO)!!!!!

My husband on buying a new car, whilst living in Cattolica but having a hotel in Pesaro and the vehicle registered there, refused to have the new number plate letters.
I bought not one but 2 of the new stickers and so for a week he went back and forth with PUPU on the back of his car. Much to the delight of his friends!!!

[Anastasia]

Thanks for sharing this, it really made me laugh, especially the "PS" number plate definitions and it shows how much "rivalry" there is between all the different areas.

I've know this type of rivalry to exist even between the residents of two buildings next door to each other! Each one trying to "out do" the other on which one has the best flower displays on the balconies or the nicest inner courtyard! I love it! :D

[Charles Joseph]

If we did the same for Pisa...we would have PuPu and PiPi :D

[Anastasia]

I'm glad I don't live or have a car in Cagliari! :D

[Dream Academy]

Love it !!! lol x:D

[Anastasia]

Perhaps only pink poodles drive in Firenze? :p

Best stop now, before I get deleted, or worse! :D

[Charles Joseph]

Now on the other hand...if you had three cars:

one registered in Bologna, one in Livorno and the other in Catanzaro:) :D

[Anastasia]

Now lets see, some may say its all a load of Cremona and Ascoli Piceno, but I believe there really are space rockets in Napoli and Salerno! :D

[Dream Academy]

How about a car in Cuneo and one in Lodi ????

[Anastasia]

How daft would you be to have one car in Lodi and another in Como? :D