The City of Key West, Fla., put out a call for help to find the owner of a most unusual illegally parked vehicle -- a replica of a car from The Flintstones. Image.
The City of Key West, Fla., put out a call for help to find the owner of a most unusual illegally parked vehicle -- a replica of a car from The Flintstones.
The city said in a Facebook post that a Stone Age vehicle resembling that driven by Fred Flintstone and company in the classic cartoon series (and live-action films) was found illegally parked without anyone around to claim the unique piece of property.
"This Flintstone car is in front of 828 Emma Street. It is illegally parked in the public right of way. It's been red tagged, but the City would really like to find the owner before we have to take it away. The owner has not yet come forward. Please, if you know whose it is, let them know. Please help us find the owner of this ride... QUICKLY!" the post said.
The post yielded several tongue-in-cheek comments recommending city officials look up Fred Flintstone and buddy Barney Rubble in the local telephone directory or "check with Mr. Slate at the rock quarry."
Even the official Facebook account for The Flintstones got in on the action, commenting: "Sorry about that! - Fred Flintstone."
The city later updated the post to say the vehicle's owner had been identified.
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(Score: 4, Funny) by Yog-Yogguth on Thursday September 15 2016, @09:31AM
:P
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 15 2016, @12:53PM
He parked on the wrong side of the street
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 15 2016, @01:12PM
I'll bet it belongs to Florida Man [twitter.com].
(Score: 2) by Yog-Yogguth on Thursday September 15 2016, @03:35PM
Giant radar penis and dressing up as Tactical Police Dinosaur? Wow :D
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 15 2016, @09:32PM
I came here for florida man comments. Thanks.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 15 2016, @04:27PM
This lame fluff piece belongs on AOL Autoblog, not Soylent news.
(Score: 2) by edIII on Friday September 16 2016, @12:16AM
Totally disagree.
While I expect some high falutin' book larning articles around here, I really enjoy the occasional WTF moments with articles like these.
At the moment, I was screaming at my monitor for a continually failing pg_restore command. Seeing Fred Flintstone having lost his vehicle in Florida is a welcome comical reprieve.
The fact that Fred is lost somewhere and the city has to put out an advisory is just amusingly bizarre.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday September 15 2016, @06:29PM
TRIGGER WARNING: Mention of Flintstones live-action move.
Ouch, my PTSD!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 15 2016, @09:27PM
Is it a licensed vehicle? I cannot see a license plate.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 15 2016, @09:57PM
I didn't read the article, but having lived in Key West, I would guess this car is meant for the annual Fantasy Fest parade that takes place in October. It's probably the biggest event in Key West, and everyone participates in costume.