What is the significance of the license plate number GNU556?
Does anyone know why the license plate GNU556 shows up in a lot of JB’s stories? The first time I noticed it was FF #249. I’ve seen it all over the place since then, my favorite was in Danger Unlimited on a boat. JB: When I was a lad I was introduced to the comedy stylings of musical team Flanders & Swann. One of their pieces was about a Gnu (the animal), and in setting up the song, Michael Flanders told the story of how he was inspired to write it by the licence plate number of a car that was park for some prolonged period in front of his flat. That number installed itself in my memory as GNU556, tho on several different recordings Flanders varied the number slightly. The CD version I purchased in England a few years back, for instance, has the number as 596GNU. Anyway, Flanders and Swann are both dead now, and have been for quite some time, but GNU556 is my little tribute to them.
