Central Virginia is full of custom license plates. It seems to be a local fad to come up with weird plates, often a riddle which helps drivers forget the frustration of a slow traffic light.

Some license plates are questionably sensible, however, like the one on the picture: “Carpe PM”. — I guess it wants to be a pun on Carpe Diem — Seize the Day, a phrase made immortal for our generation by Robin Williams in Dead Poets’ Society.

Interpreting Carpe PM

So what would you read into “Carpe PM”, if you were this driver’s employer? Would you applaud him for doing today’s work today, or for not letting the afternoon slowing him down? This could be impressive as many of us feel less energetic after lunch and tend to procrastinate on difficult “Rocks” in the afternoon, as…