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    Adventures In Wikipedia Fiction: The Origins Of The Michelin Man

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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    11/20/08

    In reply to Adventures In Wikipedia Fiction: The Origins Of The Michelin Man
    Bibendum is the fruit of the unholy union of Mr. Staypuft and a giant Goodyear mining tire, mistaken for a Godzilla-sized cock ring.
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    11/20/08

    In reply to Adventures In Wikipedia Fiction: The Origins Of The Michelin Man
    You might want to try Uncyclopedia- Its just like this article, but for, well, everything.


    [uncyclopedia.wikia.com]

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    Image of sos10 sos10
    11/20/08

    In reply to Adventures In Wikipedia Fiction: The Origins Of The Michelin Man
    POTD!
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    Image of yellofury :JPNs OEM JDM yellofury :JPNs OEM JDM
    11/20/08

    In reply to Adventures In Wikipedia Fiction: The Origins Of The Michelin Man
    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"''' ==

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    Booberry is what appears to be a drunk, stoned blue ghost who is vaguely interested in consuming the crusty, ancient cereal created by General Mills in his name. Despite being a ghost and taking an ectoplasmic form, Booberry is still able to wear a horribly tacky orange and red derby from 1920, as well as a bright red bowtie. What physics prevent Booberry's hat from falling right through him? How was he able to staple that bowtie to his blobby wad of neck? Occasionally Booberry displays his ability to move basic objects such as spoons and spoons containing his wretched, cursed breakfast product, so we can merely guess how powerful he can truly become when he's backed into a corner or is attacked by bats infected with AIDS.

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    HISTORY: Our researches have determined that Booberry is the ghost of Frank Buerins, a New York playwright born in 1878. Buerins wrote numerous plays from 1912 through 1914, but none of them met with any success whatsoever. In fact, all his plays were critical flops; during one performance of his romantic comedy "Wacky Work Wench," the theater burned down and killed 13 people, nine of them being wenches of some sort. Buerins soon found himself down and out, owing thousands of dollars and unable to find a steady job. During the summer of 1915, he met with The Devil (c) and agreed to sell his soul in exchange for a series of successful plays. This resulted in a string of blockbuster hits for Buerins, ranging from the mystery "Who Killed the Rich Guy In the Kitchen When All the Other Guests Were in the Other Room and Then the Lights Went Out?" to "Who Killed the Rich Guy In the Kitchen When All the Other Guests Were in the Other Room and Then the Lights Went Out 2: Revenge of the Butler Who Killed the Rich Guy in the Previous Play."

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    Buerins died of scurvy in 1920 and his soul was immediately turned over to the Prince of Darkness. When Satan realized that the soul of Frank Buerins was very annoying and had a tendency to break things, he sold the rights of the soul to General Mills in 1973 in exchange for $100 and three minor league players to be named later. Many analysts believe ol' Scratch was the winner in this trade, as General Mills has had to put up with Booberry's notorious tirades and radical anti-government protests for years.

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    Image of bzr bzr
    11/20/08

    @yellofury * * * * *: John Hodgman strikes again!
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    11/20/08

    In reply to Adventures In Wikipedia Fiction: The Origins Of The Michelin Man
    I'm not sure I want to know what this dude says Bib did after the 2005 U.S. Grand Prix.
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    11/20/08

    In reply to Adventures In Wikipedia Fiction: The Origins Of The Michelin Man
    FWIW, the real history features a gloriously naive example of early advertising: "Nunc est bibendum" - "Now is the time to drink!"
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    11/20/08

    In reply to Adventures In Wikipedia Fiction: The Origins Of The Michelin Man
    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 composed an entire album of house music using only the recordings of an Iron Duke misfiring on cylinder #3.
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    Image of Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness
    11/20/08

    In reply to Adventures In Wikipedia Fiction: The Origins Of The Michelin Man
    Hey Graverobber. Did you write this??
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    Image of Franzouse Franzouse
    11/20/08

    In reply to Adventures In Wikipedia Fiction: The Origins Of The Michelin Man
    Brilliant post Ben! thanks
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    Image of pres pres
    11/20/08

    In reply to Adventures In Wikipedia Fiction: The Origins Of The Michelin Man
    Did Al Gore invent the Michelin Man too? Or did Ray just imagine the most harmless thing possible?
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    Image of layabout layabout
    11/20/08

    In reply to Adventures In Wikipedia Fiction: The Origins Of The Michelin Man
    Ah,good old Michelin ditch finders.
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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    11/20/08

    In reply to Adventures In Wikipedia Fiction: The Origins Of The Michelin Man
    Hey, that sounds an awful lot like the Chuck Norris bio. Just saying.
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    Image of bzr bzr
    11/20/08

    @The Name's Ash78, Housewares: Chuck Norris could anally violate 23 men and nobody would consider it gay.
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    11/20/08

    In reply to Adventures In Wikipedia Fiction: The Origins Of The Michelin Man
    "the most trustworthy lump of talking tires that will mostly certainly never immediately murder you."


    That has got to be the funniest line I've read in a while.

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    Image of LuciferV8 LuciferV8
    11/20/08

    In reply to Adventures In Wikipedia Fiction: The Origins Of The Michelin Man
    Michelin - A better way into oblivion.
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