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    Elhigh: Bibendum is the fruit of the unholy union of Mr. Staypuft and a giant Goodyear mining tire, mistaken for a Godzilla-sized cock ring. more »
    Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .: You might want to try Uncyclopedia- Its just like this article, but for, well, everything. [uncyclopedia.wikia.com] more »
    sos10: POTD! more »
    yellofury :JPNs OEM JDM: so that guy got banned from Wikipedia for vandalizing the Michelin page but not before he defaced the Boo Berry page: == History of "Boo Berry"''' == ... more »
    Six Flags Over Tomsk: I'm not sure I want to know what this dude says Bib did after the 2005 U.S. Grand Prix. more »
    brandegee: FWIW, the real history features a gloriously naive example of early advertising: "Nunc est bibendum" - "Now is the time to drink!" more »
    Maymar: I think this calls for a fictionalized account of Jalopnik's errant mascot, or as some call him, the Stig's sugar addicted club-going brother. He once... more »
    Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness: Hey Graverobber. Did you write this?? more »
    Franzouse: Brilliant post Ben! thanks more »
    pres: Did Al Gore invent the Michelin Man too? Or did Ray just imagine the most harmless thing possible? more »
  • #novelties

    Adventures In Wikipedia Fiction: The Origins Of The Michelin Man

    The brilliance of Wikipedia is vigorous peer review on even the most minute detail and completely humorless administrators. That genius produces a fairly reliable and constantly evolving public encyclopedia. Unfortunately, it also manages to kill some absolutely brilliant fiction in favor of maintaining the "truth" about past events. Take for instance the origins of the Michelin Man, an advertising icon almost as old as the tire company it represents. In the real world Bibendum, the actual name of the character, was created by an artist specifically for advertising purposes. In Wikipedia's revisionist record, the origins of the Michelin Man show the murderous past of an out of control robot on a rampage. More »
  • #news

    Ranchero: Spanish for Untamed

    For some people it's Mustang vs. Camaro, F-150 vs. Silverado, or uh, Focus vs. Cobalt. But back in the day you had another choice: Ranchero vs. El Camino! In 1957, two full years before the El Camino was born, Ford grafted a pickup bed onto a Fairlane and created the Ranchero. Which means that all these Camino clones are actually Ranchero clones. The Ranchero was so dominant that the first El Camino only lasted two years before Chevy pulled it off the market and went back to the drawing board. But there's so much more to learn about the Ranchero after the jump. More »