- I had to be the first to post a note. - lee★fly
- This is my note on the post-it notes - ashi
- Hello! Good to see you found a contest for this! You're Post-it marathon is not over. Drive Safely! - Ethan Ableman
- Hi Walt! Hope you didn't get a littering fine driving home LOL - ~Lessaweaver
- i love this! - Samantha Piorkowski
The Post-It Note Car (The Original Post-it Note Jaguar!).
What we did to Walt's Jaguar on Friday (not that I was there or anything...).
Read the story and view the video from ABC World News .
This photo was a Yahoo! pick of the day. It is also now featured in a "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" book.
Now the 3M Post-It people have copied it without permission.
View the entire set including links to sites from around the world that have written about them.
UPDATE: All of these images are posted under a Creative Commons Attribution license, which means that you may post these photos on your site or in an email provided that you ALWAYS ATTRIBUTE AND LINK back to the source (this page is fine).
Comments and faves
f2g2, supernova17, atonewell, Sylvain Filteau, and 332 other people added this photo to their favorites.
alvin pastrana (66 months ago | reply)
pretty funny, LOL. Someone had way too much time on their hands.
Reminds me of a car they might have on 'the Simpsons'...
Seen at my Contact photos...
Vegas ER (66 months ago | reply)
I think Walt is going to be a little upset. Oh well. Cool Jag!
seen in my contacts photos.
mavric11 (66 months ago | reply)
what did Walt do to deserve that? it looks awesome
eugmir (66 months ago | reply)
This is too funny! Did you a shot of Walt when he saw this?
Scott Ableman (66 months ago | reply)
Unfortunately, no cameras were present when he found it, but he enjoyed the joke. He drove it home with most of the Post-Its intact so his kids could see it.
Derek Purdy (66 months ago | reply)
Talk about polluting, when he drove home it must of went everywhere.
atonewell (66 months ago | reply)
Why do this?!? Poor Jag... :-)
pixelplayer703 (66 months ago | reply)
Got any tips for anyone wanting to do this to their friends? How many pads of Post-Its do you think you used for the Jag? How much time would you need to accomplish this? Would a mixture of big Post-Its and small ones have worked better?
Scott Ableman (66 months ago | reply)
It only took a couple of hours but as you can see we had a lot of volunteer helpers down in the garage. I was just a participant -- not by any means the mastermind. I know we started with 14,000 Post-Its (purchased for the ocassion -- not from the supply closet) and we did not use them all (though we used most of them). I'm sure a mix of large and small might make for more precise detail work, but would take a lot longer and in my opinion would not be necessary. They stayed in place pretty well. They did no damage to the car, nor did they fly off, because as we applied them we all made sure to rotate them so they weren't all facing the same direction. This made them more secure and prevented them from being easily peeled off in large clumps.
moobys (66 months ago | reply)
It looks like a Jaguar Pinata!
lostinjersey (66 months ago | reply)
jaguar pinata, lol.
very cool job guys, it's like pimp my ride meets office depot.
steelblazer20 (66 months ago | reply)
I would do a wind tunnel application sticky side first so no wind would cup underneath like... winshield notes upside down,door notes sideways and the back of the car rightside up.
This way less would be blown off by driving.
Mark Grealish (66 months ago | reply)
lol
shimmertje (66 months ago | reply)
:)
nicolas.vautier (66 months ago | reply)
Are the post-it more valuable than the car here ?
Because that's a sh*tload of post-its if you ask me.
:o)
Komshiki (66 months ago | reply)
Amazing shot and nice combination of post-it colors too !!
(seen in boingboing)
Henk Eisema (66 months ago | reply)
great joke!!
darekr77 (66 months ago | reply)
ROFL (maniacs).
supernova9 (66 months ago | reply)
This is hilarious! Great shot!
*Micky (66 months ago | reply)
CONGRATS!! That is so awesome, I love it!
Davichi (66 months ago | reply)
very very unique... is a wonderful idea...
*~Jenn~* (66 months ago | reply)
haha, that is an awesome idea. I might have to use that sometime ;)
Nicolas Valentin (66 months ago | reply)
would be great to go for a spin!!
10gis (66 months ago | reply)
Wow, this is a really cool idea!!!
marcela paz* (66 months ago | reply)
really funny xD
and kinda cute that you even wrote the guy's name
shutters closed and nobodys home (66 months ago | reply)
what a fantastic job :o) deserves all the publicity it got you (although I hope for your sakes there is no office policy re use of supplies, and office hours). fantastic creativity and originality. So what was Walt's response??
ancawonka (66 months ago | reply)
I love this. I saw it on BoingBoing. Amazing bit of creativity and fun.
(see others for this week)
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mclgreenville / memorymotel (66 months ago | reply)
You better have scanned the post its out of inventory.
tyler the tiger [deleted] (66 months ago | reply)
great job!
benefit of hindsight (66 months ago | reply)
Congratulations Scott! Your funny photo is a
Please post it to the pool.
Purrrpl_Haze (66 months ago | reply)
Haha, this must be the greatest prank ever! Such a fun and creative idea. Kudos to you guys!!
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24 Hour Humanity (66 months ago | reply)
lol, that's great, but who removed the post-it ? :)
Scott Ableman (66 months ago | reply)
Read above. Walt's kids removed them.
aid85 (66 months ago | reply)
Incredibile \ Figata \ !
bitrot (66 months ago | reply)
LOL! Now that's dedication. ;-)
shepoots (66 months ago | reply)
Fabulous prank! I am sure that 3M will be contacting you for advertising! You will be famous...again!
vividzone [deleted] (66 months ago | reply)
man... it's awesome... but you're just wasting lots time for that huh :D
dlemieux (66 months ago | reply)
i laughed til i cried over this lastnight...took 12 people TWO hours!!! talk about inspiring!
~BranchDesign (66 months ago | reply)
That's funny.
Two things stick out in my head:
one time we padded a friends car which was parked in his high school parking lot while he was on a school ski trip (stuck maxi-pads all over his car) so when he got off the bus him and all his friends saw the pads.
another time we poured liquid dish detergent all over a friends car and then poured boxes of rice krispies all over it.
Both were really mad at us, but we got alot of laughs.....
sieNNa. (66 months ago | reply)
amazing. I love Jaguar, I love postit! it's a perfect foto for me!!!
RyanjHallett (66 months ago | reply)
lookin good, i love stickey notes
melanie.phung (66 months ago | reply)
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aleka® (66 months ago | reply)
i like it!!
tiggsybabes (66 months ago | reply)
Love it :)
amandaellis (66 months ago | reply)
Adding this one to my favourites! :)
carrotheadgrl7 (66 months ago | reply)
HAHA!!!! thats halarious!!!!!! great joke!!!!!!!! *I've always wanted a neon car* LOL!!!!!!
SheyC (66 months ago | reply)
Absolutely brilliant! How long did it take? And was much alcohol involved???
Linda B (Wine Diva) (66 months ago | reply)
This is priceless! I saw the photo on the Flickr Blog. Too funny!
Roger Lynn (66 months ago | reply)
that is just way too funny for words - wow - thanks for sharing this huge bit of silliness with us
I saw this in KARMA - "a bit of silliness" thread
Brad Gillette (65 months ago | reply)
Congrats on being featured on the Flickr Blog! If you could, please join the flickr|BLOGGED group and add a few of your blogged photos!
Thanks!
- Brad