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Levar Burton (Geordi) NOT killed in truck accident!
Posted: 2003-04-01 09:57pm
by BlkbrryTheGreat
I was utterly shocked when I read this, Geordi was one of my favorite characters.....
OBITUARY
Levar Burton, 46, killed in a truck accident; victimized by post-mortem insults.
By The Associated Press
Sequoia Indian Reserve, Monday, March 31-- Levar Burton, star of Roots and Star Trek fame, was killed in an accident with a tractor trailer Sequoia Police Chief C. Mugiw revealed today.
Information thus far indicates that Burton, who was vacationing at the local Indian Casino on the Reserve, had returned to his limo to retrieve his cell phone when a tractor trailer slammed into the parked vehicle, instantly killing Burton.
Chief Mugiw said that while the investigation was still in progress certain information could be released to the public. Apparently, the driver of the tractor trailer, whose name has not yet been revealed, was receiving sexual favors from a local prostitute when he lost control of the vehicle and slammed into Burton's limo. The driver has been detained, with charges pending.
Eye Witness's indicate that police quickly rushed to the scene but acted completely unprofessionally after discovering the identity of the victim. To quote eyewitness J. Cammel "You should have heard them, they were acting completely inappropriately, they were making jokes at the his expense. I mean come on, the guy was barely dead for 10 minutes and they were making jokes about how this was a "transporter accident" and how this would have never happened if had he taken his "communicator" with him when he left his car the first time."
Chief Mugiw denied that the incident took place but indicated that an investigation would be forth coming.
Here's the link.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/31/obitu ... 1BURT.html
Posted: 2003-04-01 09:59pm
by Spanky The Dolphin
Doesn't read like a real news report. It's written unproffessionally.
I smell fish, and of the April variety...
Posted: 2003-04-01 10:01pm
by Joe
If this is a joke, it's sick.
Posted: 2003-04-01 10:02pm
by Spanky The Dolphin
Eyewitness "J. Cammel"? Give me a break...
Posted: 2003-04-01 10:02pm
by neoolong
J. Cammel? Sounds like a bad joke.
Posted: 2003-04-01 10:03pm
by Alex Moon
neoolong wrote:J. Cammel? Sounds like a bad joke.
Chief C. Mugiw= Chief C. Wigum
it's a joke.
Posted: 2003-04-01 10:03pm
by Sea Skimmer
Look fake and I'd trust little on this day
Posted: 2003-04-01 10:05pm
by neoolong
Alex Moon wrote:neoolong wrote:J. Cammel? Sounds like a bad joke.
Chief C. Mugiw= Chief C. Wigum
it's a joke.
I know, that one sounds a little less obvious though. At least they didn't go O'Brien.
Posted: 2003-04-01 10:09pm
by Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi
It's probably a joke. We'll just have to wait a few days to get it confirmed. I would hate to see him die.
Posted: 2003-04-01 10:14pm
by Montcalm
I hope its just a joke but whoever did it is a sick fucktard.
Posted: 2003-04-01 10:59pm
by RedImperator
Why would the NY Times print an April Fool's joke? I admit it sounds like a joke, but I had thought the Times editors had the rod shoved MUCH too far up their collective asses for something like that.
Posted: 2003-04-01 11:03pm
by Gandalf
WTF is wrong with these people if this is a joke?
Posted: 2003-04-01 11:08pm
by phongn
RedImperator wrote:Why would the NY Times print an April Fool's joke? I admit it sounds like a joke, but I had thought the Times editors had the rod shoved MUCH too far up their collective asses for something like that.
They published the infamous Taco Bell advertisment, remember?
Posted: 2003-04-01 11:11pm
by une
That's the sickest april fools prank I've ever seen.
Re: Levar Burton (Geordi) killed in truck accident!
Posted: 2003-04-01 11:11pm
by Hotfoot
Funny, the link doesn't work. Not only that, but I search the site and found nothing.
Googled it, and guess what? That's right, more nothing.
Come on man, that was weak.
Re: Levar Burton (Geordi) killed in truck accident!
Posted: 2003-04-01 11:14pm
by neoolong
Hotfoot wrote:
Funny, the link doesn't work. Not only that, but I search the site and found nothing.
Googled it, and guess what? That's right, more nothing.
Come on man, that was weak.
Do you have an account? Because when I click on it, I get the register page.
Posted: 2003-04-01 11:14pm
by JodoForce
oops, neoolong beat me to it
Posted: 2003-04-01 11:21pm
by fgalkin
Apparently, the driver of the tractor trailer, whose name has not yet been revealed, was receiving sexual favors from a local prostitute when he lost control of the vehicle and slammed into Burton's limo
Yeah, right.
Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
Re: Levar Burton (Geordi) killed in truck accident!
Posted: 2003-04-01 11:21pm
by Hotfoot
neoolong wrote:Do you have an account? Because when I click on it, I get the register page.
Accounts are free, or at least they were last I checked. Here's what I saw:
Faulty Link wrote:Page Not Found
The page you've requested does not exist at this address. Please note:
If you typed in the address, used a bookmark or followed a link from another Web-site, the page is no longer available. Most articles remain online for seven days after publication.
Most articles remain online for a full week after publication. This one was nowhere to be found on the same
day of publication? Bullshit.
This is what I got when I searched the NYTimes website for the article:
There were no matches for your search "Levar Burton" / past 30 days.
Hmmm, suspicious, wouldn't you agree?
Add to the mix the fact that Google didn't come up with jack shit on this, and I'd say it's a pretty open and shut case.
Posted: 2003-04-01 11:29pm
by Spanky The Dolphin
It's too over-the-top to be even possibly believable.
LAME
Posted: 2003-04-01 11:36pm
by Hamel
I was laughing like a madman by the end of the article~ what a sick joke that was
Posted: 2003-04-01 11:36pm
by BlkbrryTheGreat
Alright, I admit it. I'm caught!
I wrote the article and posted a phoney link that would take people to the NY times, but ask them for their password to access the "article". In other words I was counting on people's laziness for registering with the NY times just to verify the arcticle! I must say, it worked decently well and I at least managed to fool people (or keep them guessing) longer then with Mike did with his "subspacedestroyer.net" prank. I'm kind of proud of myself because I actually managed to construct the prank/joke to work on several levels.
1. Make people think that Levar Burton had actually died.
2. Funny names within the "article".
3. Make people actually think that the NY times POSTED the article.
4. The communicator and transporter jokes within the article.
So people, what do you think of the article as a prank, its convincingness as an article, and the jokes within it?
(I thought they were pretty good
)
(edited for a spelling mistake)
Posted: 2003-04-01 11:38pm
by Superman
"Victimized by post mortem instults?" This IS a joke. It is very strange though...
Posted: 2003-04-01 11:40pm
by Spanky The Dolphin
I thought it was retarded and sick.
You should have written it so that it was actually believable.
But no....you had to be dumb...
Posted: 2003-04-01 11:42pm
by Dalton
Spanky The Dolphin wrote:I thought it was retarded and sick.
You should have written it so that it was actually believable.
But no....you had to be dumb...
Oh, just shut down Spanky. It's harmless. Let it go.