Well, if you follow the link in the message you replied to, you'll find
other pictures from other angles. You'll also see that your
explanation of the board going through the roof is incorrect as there
is a pile of lumber on the passenger-side that makes the rest of it
tilt at an angle, not lie parallel to the ground.
Now was this a joke or stunt? Possibly. But the picture(s) appear
legit, and to be honest, if Snopes thinks it's true, it probably is.
He's been featured worldwide regarding urban legends.
--- Alex Avery <aavery@rica.net> wrote:
> I'm so sick of this junk photo being claimed as real. It aint real
> people.
>
> 1. Take a straight edge and follow the path of the underlying
> 2x4s--you'll
> see the lumber goes right through the roof of the car by mid-roof.
> The back
> passenger window would've broken when the door frame was crushed by
> the
> lumber, as would the back windshield. They're fine, defying all
> physics.
>
> 2. Try putting that many 4x4s and plywood stacked up at that steep
> angle,
> with the only thing holding them together being some badly tied nylon
> cord.
> It won't hold, and even if it did hold, it would slide/splay
> downhill like
> a deck of cards. In the pic they're amazingly held all together and
> with
> barely any sliding at all.
>
> 3. The lumber is tied to the car by the windshield wipers, driver's
> seat or
> some other silly attachment point, rather than going under the car as
> would
> be logical. This makes absolutely no sense.
>
> Just because there's a web page claiming its real with a bunch of
> superfluous details (Home Depot, Rt. 925, the police showed up, etc.)
> doesn't make it so. For that matter, if the whole thing was that big
> a
> spectacle, with police, etc. where were the pics of the car after
> they took
> all the lumber off? Why only one picture, and not a dozen. If I'd
> gone to
> all the trouble to buy a camera to take a picture of something that
> amazing, I'd shoot the whole roll.
>
> Use common sense people!
> Alex in VA
>
> At 09:23 AM 11/16/01 -0500, Mark Sedlack wrote:
> >Not a hoax folks - see
> http://www.snopes2.com/spoons/photos/lumber.htm for
> >more pictures and newspaper articles of same car.
> >
> >Mark Sedlack
> >OROC
> >Cuyahoga Falls OH
> >66 1600 http://home.neo.rr.com/mark2000/images/datsun1600/
> >77 280Z http://home.neo.rr.com/mark2000/Myz.jpg
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "roadster" <roadster@rcn.com>
> >To: <Eschcool2@aol.com>; <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> >Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 5:44 AM
> >Subject: Re: O.T. Idiot of the Month Award
> >
> >
> >> Fake! I don't doubt that some people actually try things like
> that, but
> >this
> >> picture was debunked as an urban legend and was doctored.
> >>
> >> Fred - So.SF
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: <Eschcool2@aol.com>
> >> To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> >> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 8:49 PM
> >> Subject: Re: O.T. Idiot of the Month Award
> >>
> >>
> >> > This isnt a roadster but, well you just got to see it.
> >> >
> >> > http://www.yellowdogracing.com/losers/jetta_ply.jpg
> >>
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