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- If he were my Uber, I would tip so much.by JackFr
- Get on the horn to British Intelligence and let them know about this!by DonHopkins
- I enjoyed this, in all of its silly big banana energy.
I have an overdeveloped anti-authority streak, and I did not like to read that he was pulled over so often, but... I mean... that surely isn't a surprise, right? It's almost like reverse entrapment of the officers :)
by schmookeeg - ACAB (All Cops Appreciate Banana)by sixsided
- (1) Obtain a vehicle that commands attention. (2) Enjoy everyone's attention! (3) There's no point three.by nine_k
- The issue is false pretext
- Straight out of Richard Scarry's "Cars and Trucks and Things That Go": https://a.co/d/0778Ou0A
If you are a parent of a small child, you will be amazed by the depth and fun of this book. I am always surprised it is not more commonly read.
by lubujackson - We have a lot of the richard scarry books. I've gotten so many laughs out of them with my child.
> you will be amazed by the depth and fun of this book
+100. These are so fun to read and look at. There are stories in stories. These books are a treasure.
by postalcoder - Every time he gets pulled over for a selfie it's an abuse of power. If he can't ignore it, they shouldn't be doing it. Wait for a random encounter in a parking lot or gas station like the rest of us.by init2null
- In some purer version of the universe where laws are absolute, you might be right.
In the world as it is, with laws interpreted by humans along notions of what society generally finds acceptable: if you drive a funny car or where an especially funny hat, expect to get a lot of attention from all kinds of people, including cops.
by eru - The thing is, you can be reasonably sure when you pull over a big banana car, that the driver won't be a curmudgeonly prick who invokes the fourth amendment.by TurdF3rguson
- The "(s)he was asking for it" defense is fairly ripe here. I'd say we can all let this one slip.by 1970-01-01
- Meh, you might technically be right but the world is better if everyone can have a bit of fun, even police. I’m not super sympathetic to the “I was minding my own business driving a giant banana when the police pulled me over to ask me about it” argument - this guy seems fine with it too, but it’s not like there’s any reason to drive it other than for the attention.
And the “I pulled you over because you peeled out” - I mean it’s fun. Anyway, if it’s harmless I don’t really see the problem.
by andy99 - Do some reading on all the 1000X-worse abuses of police power which are sadly routine in America.
Banana cars getting pulled over for selfies is a massive improvement.
by bell-cot - Yup. That's a clear Fourth Amendment violation.
Same with the "pulled over to give you an ice cream" feel-good ops they do. https://abc7ny.com/post/video-police-hand-out-ice-cream-inst...
An illegal detention is still an illegal detention if it's being done nicely.
by ceejayoz - Well this headline is certainly a crash blossom: https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/crash-blossom-words...by dcrazy
- Mainly because the colon from the original was omitted, imo.by jacobgkau
- I'm presuming the original headline was some variant of "Giant Banana Pulled Over in Montana: Driver Says Cops Have Stopped Him 100s Of Times" (originally submitted URL, since changed).by dredmorbius
- English has a lot more of these crash blossoms--not just in headlines--than eg German or other more inflected languages.
It's sometimes charming, sometimes annoying. (But it makes for some cheap joke material that tends to make Poms think they are especially funny.)
by eru - > World Needs More Whimsy
100% that! When did everything get serious and look-alike? Anyway, I am taking off, shopping cart racing in the mall...
by alentred - In the early 2000s the media ecosystem decided to re-tell every story, but darker & “grittier”. Then 9/11 happened and the darkness became permanent. It would be nice if we were coming out of that phase!by Henchman21
- I hosted Steve on my couch (remember Couchsurfing?) when he was taking his Big Banana Car to a local art festival. Awesome guy, awesome car. I got to ride along for a bit. It was thrilling to see every single person's face light up as soon as they saw it, like a moving happiness machine. I hope somebody sees this and decides to make their own bit of whimsyby 0xbadcafebee
- The movement is still alive. I hosted a couchsurfer last week.by lproven
- I feel like we’ve got to at least link to the guy’s website: https://bigbananacar.com/by tsherb
- It’s like looking at an adult Richard Scary tale.by Klonoar
- "current project is a “Diesel punk” vehicle called the Starfield Dragonwing Intergalactic Speedster"by fsckboy
- Agreed, the lede should be unburied! I've made that the top link and will put the submitted link in the toptext. Thanks!by dang
- Let me be the first to say that this is a lovely website in a lovely, slightly modernized turn-of-the-millennium style.by Cockbrand
- I used to drive a 1991 Suzuki Cappuccino - a tiny right-hand drive kei sports car. The first couple of years I drove it, the police pulled me over on a regular basis - no tickets issued but lots of questions asked.
One time while I was waiting for a light, an officer knocked on my window (which is somewhat startling)... I rolled it down and he excitedly asked "What kind of car is this?!"
by harwoodr - That's just not enough motive to waste someone's time.
And, no offense intended, that car is not that interesting. I guess policing must be boring.
by forinti