Car Traditions
June 14, 2004 11:40 AM Subscribe
Show Me Your Motor! "Some guy once said he had an awesome car he imported from Japan. No one believed him so we said "take a picture of a carton of milk, bread, and a sign that says "Initial D World" or "IDW" in your passenger seat". He responded saying "Ok, when I get milk tomorrow". We never heard from him again but it has evolved into doing it on the hood instead." Tradition! Tradition! Car traditions! [Via AlexChat]
Which was the original picture though?
posted by PWA_BadBoy at 11:57 AM on June 14, 2004
posted by PWA_BadBoy at 11:57 AM on June 14, 2004
xmutex: North American bread and milk would be hard to get in Japan, so if the car was imported and in this guy's possession, it wouldn't be hard to take a picture of the car with the bread and milk.
You can fake it (mailing milk carton and bread packaging to Japan, organizing a picture to be taken of the car), but then you're going to a lot more trouble it is worth.
Unless you're confused about why everybody else started taking these pictures?
posted by sleslie at 12:01 PM on June 14, 2004
You can fake it (mailing milk carton and bread packaging to Japan, organizing a picture to be taken of the car), but then you're going to a lot more trouble it is worth.
Unless you're confused about why everybody else started taking these pictures?
posted by sleslie at 12:01 PM on June 14, 2004
The "Tradition!" link points to a page that attempts to install all sorts of adware on your computer. Don't click it!
posted by VulcanMike at 12:03 PM on June 14, 2004
posted by VulcanMike at 12:03 PM on June 14, 2004
Neat, but why not just take a picture of the car that shows the steering wheel on the opposite side?
posted by armage at 1:52 PM on June 14, 2004
posted by armage at 1:52 PM on June 14, 2004
...though the thought occurs to me that Japanese imported cars could have world-standard left-side steering wheels.
But that would take the fun out of it all.
posted by armage at 1:56 PM on June 14, 2004
But that would take the fun out of it all.
posted by armage at 1:56 PM on June 14, 2004
I was half expecting that it had evolved to something else entirely.
posted by madamjujujive at 2:04 PM on June 14, 2004
posted by madamjujujive at 2:04 PM on June 14, 2004
MJJ, at the risk of oxymoronizing, I believe you've opened the door (so to speak) to a brand spanking new tradition!
Who wants to go first?
(Actual spanking optional.)
posted by chicobangs at 2:29 PM on June 14, 2004
Who wants to go first?
(Actual spanking optional.)
posted by chicobangs at 2:29 PM on June 14, 2004
Well, you could do a sandwich on the hood. If you had some margarine.
posted by carter at 4:20 PM on June 14, 2004
posted by carter at 4:20 PM on June 14, 2004
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