Scots trade van goes viral online after eagle-eyed driver spots hilarious license plate

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An Aberdeen-based plumbing, heating and sewerage company is being praised for its excellent patter after a photo of one of its vans went viral on Reddit.Drain Surgeon, based in Bridge of Don, is a local independent business first established in 2014, and from the name of the company alone you can tell that the owner has a good sense of humour.

However, it was actually the van's unique and very Scottish number plate that caught the eye of a fellow driver recently. Its registration officially reads SH11 TES.After snapping a quick photo of the hilarious sight, social media user @phase_lag uploaded it to the Scotland subreddit, where it quickly went viral, getting over 1000 "upvotes" and 31 comments.

The photo sparked a few people's memories, who shared that they'd seen similar funny number plates on their travels. One of the top replies is: "Lol, nice.

There is one in Edinburgh as well, Brown & Co plumbing. Their number plate is P00 805S," while someone else joked: "I bet they are number one for number twos."Another person wrote: "There's also another plumber's van I've seen about that has reg WH05 HYT."A fourth commenter also couldn't resist joining in, saying: "My favourite is still Grant Henderson Tankers from over in Hamilton.