When was the last time you saw all white tires? I mean I know there are white walls, but the Michelin man is all white. Is he ashamed of his black roots? What is the Michelin Man trying to hide?
2006-08-05 17:37:07 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Vandalism......all it took was a few cans of white spray paint. it's a shame, but he has taken it well and been able to carry on.....
2006-08-05 17:41:26 · answer #1 · answered by Sylvia H 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Now that is something to think about...along with, Why is Barney purple, I've never seen a purple dinosaur in museums or books and certainly not ion Jurassic Park.
Why is a parkway something you drive on and why is a driveway something you park on? Another mystery!
I know it's human nature to ask why...but I just don't see the reasoning behind trying to find a conspiracy in every aspect of life. I would guess that the Michelin Man is white simply because of the ease with dealing in graphics. A white Michelin Man also means that when printing, they save on ink since only outlines would be needed.
2006-08-05 17:44:07 · answer #2 · answered by cbharr10 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Original sythetic rubber was carbonless, thus white. Andre commissioned the creation of this jolly, rotund figure after his brother Edouard, observed that a display of stacked tires resembled a human form in 1898. The artist's sketches of a bloated man made of tires was exactly what the brothers had in mind. Thus, the birth of the Michelin man, race really had nothing to do with it, although the Micheline brothers were white Frenchmen.
2006-08-05 18:09:44 · answer #3 · answered by amy_2006 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL. I didn't even know he was tires. I just assumed he was some freak of nature that Michelin came up with. I guess because he's white, that's why I didn't think he was tires. Maybe he's the Michael Jackson of the tire species.
2006-08-05 17:40:49 · answer #4 · answered by summer_ella_06 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
white walls? they were big in the 60's. maybe the michelin man needs a new ad campaign to target a younger audience?
2006-08-05 17:41:36 · answer #5 · answered by s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Michelin as a company as publicly said that they don't like black people.
2006-08-05 17:39:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ya know, that's a very good question. Damn, people should be more proud of who they are! Yeah, I agree...who's ever seen an entirely white tire? Maybe something threw a bucket of bleach on him... or he's a relative of Michael Jackson :P
2006-08-05 17:41:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Synthetic rubber is yellowish. The carbon is added for appearances. Originally, tires were yellowish, then they went to white, and when asphalt became so popular for roads, they standardized the color to not show road film..
(Addendum: Responder #31 addresses this better than I do)
However, he could use a good exercise program.
Oh, and his name is Bibendum.
2006-08-05 17:40:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't have an answer but so far I'm Batman has the best one! Give him the 10 points, unless someone better comes along.
Made me laugh! Have a good rest of the weekend!
2006-08-05 17:41:11 · answer #9 · answered by Firefly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the Michelin Man had his first movie role in Ghostbusters as the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. he did really well!
http://www.sonypictures.com/cthe/ghostbusters/HTML/index.html
2006-08-05 17:46:04 · answer #10 · answered by yer daddy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont know? sounds like some raciest crap to me! down with michelin! i will never buy a tire again! psych
2006-08-05 17:40:18 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋