Posted on 11/19/2001 4:20:04 PM PST by testforecho
I was going through my inbox today and was scanning through the numerous pictures that usually come in. I came across an email that sounded sincere, and was from a man who said he was the tourist guy.
Initially I shrugged it off as another person looking for his 15 minutes. I read the email over and he again sounded really serious, so as instructed I opened up the attached pictures. As I was looking at them the feeling of amazement came over me, that was him, there is no doubt in my mind that THE tourist guy has finally come forward. The attached pictures not only show the original unedited photo (which I requested as proof) but two other pictures from different angles from the observation deck of the World Trade Center. These three pictures clearly show that this person is actually the tourist guy, and the long search to uncover the identity of him is finally over.
Another site claims to be the "Official" Tourist Guy Website, but now that we know who he is, that claim no longer holds any water. This discovery may also make Volkswagon rethink the deal it made with the Brazilian national for its advertising campaign. Everyone was trying to capitalize on the Tourist Guy buzz that was all over the internet, looking for a quick buck. The actual tourist guy is not looking for money or even recognition, the only reason he came forward was to dispel the claim of who the tourist guy actually is.
Now we know, and so the final chapter of the Tourist Guy book is finally closed. Now what?
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Oh, come on...everyone knows. He and Ted Nugent surfed down on the wreckage and were met by Chelsea who gave them latte's. George Carlin was there too, and he gave them each five pounds of Wisconsin cheese. There was a moose up there as well, but it bit Chelsea on the arm and ran away.
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I'm trying to make an index of Tourist Guy web sites with galleries of pics. Does anyone have any to add to the following?
P.s. 2: I would appreciate if you wouldn't publish the other two (not the original one) photos in full size, but in smaller size, just to make it harder for the photoshoppers.
Curses! Foiled again!
I doubt it. Usually a scanned photo or one that is taken directly by a digital camera will give you pics that are hundreds of kilobytes in size for each pic. These new pics are only 28k and 44k. So I assume that they did indeed shrink it down, but not enough to prevent them from being used :-)
We still don't know who he is, though.
Looks like he likes cheese.
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