I’ve been trying to ignore this story circulating in the blogosphere for a week now, but its value as a brief diversion from the standard barcode and GS1 fare is too inviting. But I’ll make it brief. Rumor has it Steve Jobs’ fancy car doesn’t have a license plate. It has a tiny barcode where the plate should be. That, as this one of a million recent stories attests, has California conspiracy theorists and other creative thinkers coming up with all sort of stories explaining the absent plate and present barcode.

Got a theory of your own?