Levar Burton (Geordi) NOT killed in truck accident!

BlkbrryTheGreat · Post by **BlkbrryTheGreat** » 2003-04-01 09:57pm

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

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-04-01 09:59pm

Doesn't read like a real news report. It's written unproffessionally.

I smell fish, and of the April variety...

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-04-01 10:01pm

If this is a joke, it's sick.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-04-01 10:02pm

Eyewitness "J. Cammel"? Give me a break...

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-04-01 10:02pm

J. Cammel? Sounds like a bad joke.

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2003-04-01 10:03pm

neoolong wrote:J. Cammel? Sounds like a bad joke.

Chief C. Mugiw= Chief C. Wigum

it's a joke.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-04-01 10:03pm

Look fake and I'd trust little on this day

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-04-01 10:05pm

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.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-04-01 10:09pm

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.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-04-01 10:14pm

I hope its just a joke but whoever did it is a sick fucktard.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-04-01 10:59pm

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.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-04-01 11:03pm

WTF is wrong with these people if this is a joke?

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-04-01 11:08pm

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?

une · Post by **une** » 2003-04-01 11:11pm

That's the sickest april fools prank I've ever seen.

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2003-04-01 11:11pm

BlkbrryTheGreat wrote:I was utterly shocked when I read this, Geordi was one of my favorite characters.....

Here's the link.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/31/obitu ... 1BURT.html

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.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-04-01 11:14pm

Hotfoot wrote:
BlkbrryTheGreat wrote:I was utterly shocked when I read this, Geordi was one of my favorite characters.....

Here's the link.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/31/obitu ... 1BURT.html
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.

JodoForce · Post by **JodoForce** » 2003-04-01 11:14pm

oops, neoolong beat me to it

Post by **fgalkin** » 2003-04-01 11:21pm

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

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2003-04-01 11:21pm

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.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-04-01 11:29pm

It's too over-the-top to be even possibly believable.

LAME

Hamel · Post by **Hamel** » 2003-04-01 11:36pm

I was laughing like a madman by the end of the article~ what a sick joke that was

BlkbrryTheGreat · Post by **BlkbrryTheGreat** » 2003-04-01 11:36pm

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)

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2003-04-01 11:38pm

"Victimized by post mortem instults?" This IS a joke. It is very strange though...

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-04-01 11:40pm

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...

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-04-01 11:42pm

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.

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