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In our tradition of bringing you the wackiest real photos from around the world, check out this guy’s car:
I happened to run into him at the local gas station while paying entirely too much per gallon this morning. He claims every object in the car has some relation to a Disney film/cartoon/series – part of the Imagineering team. I guess that now includes Pixar, but wait, isn’t that the donkey from DreamWorks’ Shrek hanging in the trunk? Hmmmm, what’s he trying to tell us there?
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Creeeeeeeeeeeeepy.
posted by Lindsay D. on 4-23-2007 at 8:53 am
what insanity! I think he has a great future in interior design.
posted by Mangesh on 4-23-2007 at 9:08 am
Also featured next to Donkey are two figures from ‘Robots’; also not products of a Disney studio.
Is this guy expressing admiration for these non-Disney films or is he suggesting that Disney has lost its creative edge and will simply buy all animated competition that is successful?
posted by n2y2 on 4-23-2007 at 9:19 am
n2: the latter, me thinks!
posted by David on 4-23-2007 at 9:33 am
Oh, the donkey definitely belongs back there. It’s the ass end of the car.
posted by Dick Pilz on 4-23-2007 at 9:37 am
I don’t think it’s the Shrek donkey – I think it’s Pumba, the warthog from The Lion King.
posted by Sara on 4-23-2007 at 10:01 am
It would certainyly make traffic stops interesting. And is that Jack Skellington in the bottom seft corner of the third picture?!
posted by heather on 4-23-2007 at 1:54 pm
I meant left corner. Sorry, folks!
posted by heather on 4-23-2007 at 1:55 pm
Nooooo, I think it is Donkey. Pumba’s more pinkish, isn’t he?
posted by Pointy-Hatted Geek on 4-23-2007 at 5:35 pm
it’s donkey. i saw it up close. rest assured… it’s donkey.
posted by David on 4-23-2007 at 7:10 pm
Ummm, where does the driver sit when he wants to use the car? Plus, what if he got into a wreck? Something could go flying and hit him or someone else in the head or something and cause real damage. (I saw that they were duct taped down, but you never know!)
posted by greenstrawberries on 4-23-2007 at 10:51 pm
And just think of all those times you caught hell from a cop for having an air freshner hanging from the rear view mirror because it was a “distraction”.
posted by Dan on 4-25-2007 at 6:01 am
Wow, I wonder where his girlfriend sits when she’s in the car……
posted by E to the M on 4-25-2007 at 7:27 am
I bet this guy gets the worst road rage.
posted by Josh Lapekas on 4-25-2007 at 9:10 am
To me it looks like the duct tape is holding the front window down I don’t see any animals being attached to it.
posted by kim on 4-25-2007 at 10:59 am
E to the M – Girlfriend???? Something tells me this lad is SINGLE…
posted by Lisa on 4-25-2007 at 11:27 am
Single? Can’t be with that kickin’ speaker in the trunk (and I do mean speaker, not speakers). Guess it’s not such a small world in Neverland after all!! Was the driver’s initials MJ, and I am not talking about Michael Jordan.
posted by Jigs on 4-25-2007 at 12:58 pm
I can’t imagine this car actually gets driven. I hope to never run into it on the road at least!
posted by Sarah W on 4-25-2007 at 1:37 pm
You think this guy’s creepy, check out the guy at pixyland. org, who dresses up like peter pan and other such, (the ‘fashion pages’ part)
posted by Sarah P on 4-25-2007 at 2:00 pm
Ok, does a grown up drive this car, or a four year old? Grow up!
posted by Jay on 4-25-2007 at 6:12 pm
If this guy wrecks, his air bag will suffocate him.
Guess he doesn’t shop much.
posted by Cindy Lou on 4-25-2007 at 6:40 pm
Mustang drivers, enthusiasts, and appreciators of the world hang their heads in shame.
posted by Rach on 4-26-2007 at 7:17 pm
Actually, the donkey could be Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh. Although his ears aren’t hanging down…
posted by Dan on 4-27-2007 at 12:55 pm
That is most definitely Donkey from Shrek — chek out the bit of hair from the chin. The Eeyore plush toys are more bluish as well as have the droopy ears and the bow on the tail.
Have a child, see the movies ad nauseum.
He is expressing some kind of hero worship and respect for a certain creativity. Is the guy a computer geek? I have one particular hacker on staff who loves toys of any computer animated character, plush or action
Just a thought.
posted by ellaminnowpea on 4-29-2007 at 1:42 pm
Heather, it sure looks like him.
And Jay, nobody is too old for good Disney, just too stupid. I mean that in the least insulting way, in the sense that it is something one could easily fix. Remember, it’s what suits your fancy, not what fancies your suit. Of course if you just plain old don’t like good Disney, then you don’t, that’s fine, but it’s not because you’re 4 or 40, it’s your natural taste buds.
posted by JT on 4-29-2007 at 10:12 pm
I do believe in fairies, I do, I do.
The duct tape is a nice touch, I think.
posted by Christia on 7-11-2007 at 4:08 pm
Maybe he’s trying to say that Donkey and the Robots figures aren’t good enough to merit a ride with the rest of the Disney characters… You know, like “Donkey don’t deserve to ride in MY car. You can sleep in the trunk”
posted by Tyler on 12-24-2007 at 10:01 am
Doesn’t someone steal all that if he leaves his windows open?
posted by Anonymous on 12-24-2007 at 1:28 pm
No, they just take pictures and think he’s crazy…
:)
posted by Anonymous on 12-25-2007 at 9:38 am