To: South40
I have always wanted to know this... maybe you can answer this for me...
WHY IS THE MICHELIN MAN WHITE???
To: Captainpaintball
When I lived in Germany, I noticed that new tires came sealed in some kind of plastic to keep them from getting scuffed.
At the prices they paid, I'd expect virgin Reifen too.
To: Captainpaintball
WHY IS THE MICHELIN MAN WHITE??? Michelin is a French company, isn't it? We should pose this question enmasse to France, and then sit back and enjoy the show as the sniveling little socialist appeasers work themselves up into yet another PC-induced frenzy!
To: Captainpaintball
When tires were a brand new invention, Michelin used natural rubber, which is white, to make it's tires.
Later, they added carbon black to the rubber mix, but by that time, the white Michelin Man was already out there.
41 posted on
11/28/2002 12:54:49 PM PST by
spoiler2
To: Captainpaintball
WHY IS THE MICHELIN MAN WHITE??? Raw rubber is sap from the rubber tree. It is white.
To: Captainpaintball
WHY IS THE MICHELIN MAN WHITE??? Can you imagine the hassle they would get for having the Michelin man in blackface?
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