I can't have Nevada license plate SMOF because James Stanley Daugherty already has it on his van. In deference to the late Bruce Pelz, who claimed SMOF2 (and as I recall wouldn't say who SMOF1 was), I picked SMOF3.

Effectively, it's a homage to the late Bruce Pelz. I would have felt too arrogant using SMOF1 or SMOF2.