Filed under: Macworld, Humor, Odds and ends
Mac rumors gone too far: Steve gets into a car

I'm as big a fan of all the pre-keynote whispers as the next guy, as long as the next guy isn't working for Apple, but I think that it has gone too far when MacGuardian posts pictures of Steve getting into a car.
I don't read German so I have no idea what the article says, but what has the world come to when a man can't get into a car without having someone spy on him?
Photo from MacGuardian.


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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
the_guy said 9:13AM on 1-10-2006
the usual German envy - does Steve really need this big car? why is it black? is that why his jumepr is black, or the new iPods? can we expect black iBooks? - gone too far, indeed.
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Dan Bruno said 9:14AM on 1-10-2006
This coming from the blog that just asked "What will Steve wear?"
Pot, kettle, black? :)
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LD said 9:14AM on 1-10-2006
Do you get so outraged with other celebrities? Or was this post a poor attempt at humor?
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Matt Grover said 9:16AM on 1-10-2006
Well, unless he's gonna change, I guess that's the "what he's wearing" question answered ;)
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Eric B. said 9:16AM on 1-10-2006
Seriously?
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Paul said 9:27AM on 1-10-2006
These days we call it, celebrity status.
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LD said 9:33AM on 1-10-2006
Why do comments keep getting deleted?
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Paul said 9:35AM on 1-10-2006
Its a little thing called, Celebrity Status.
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Zach said 9:35AM on 1-10-2006
Wait, new iCar? Is that what someone said. Quick, to the presses! We gotta get the word out, new iCar!
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Samuel McConnell said 9:40AM on 1-10-2006
That car is actually an iTransformer!
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SubGenius said 9:44AM on 1-10-2006
Look, you can even see the guy that carries the nuclear football!
What I wouldn't give to look inside that briefcase!
I've heard it holds the only PowerBook G6 with the launch codes for a full out assault against Redmond. It is always just a few steps away and with his fingerprint and a few keystrokes, he could release Apple Office and Mac OS X for Intel.
Its also a rare picture of the Stevemiester going casual - his shirt isn't tucked in!
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chief said 9:51AM on 1-10-2006
What is the "usual German envy"? Must be nice to live in a world of stereotypes...
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Chris said 9:52AM on 1-10-2006
Hey, I I utilized the power of four people with blackberries scattered throughout a building to hunt Mr. J down at a recent opening.... all just to shake his hand, and even I think the the getting into the car thing is a bit stalker-ish
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Ingo said 10:12AM on 1-10-2006
The german text is saturated with irony, it is a pastiche of rumour-sites going insane the weeks before a keynote, imitating their language.
And the pot calles the kettle black, right you are.
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Mark said 10:17AM on 1-10-2006
The article at Macguardian is actualy more about the car then Steve. Having lived there a few years I found the Germans to be more obsesed with cars then us Americans.
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Kip Davis said 10:22AM on 1-10-2006
on a normal day, i think this would be a bit creepy, but seeing as this may be the biggest keynote in a long time (at least its one of the most hyped) its kind of funny, people are so excited we are now freaking out that jobs is en route
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jonathan Wilson Jr. said 10:29AM on 1-10-2006
so you repost the picture for everyone to see...are you any better?
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JazzDude said 10:40AM on 1-10-2006
Jeez, guys, calm down. That 'article' was written with a self-ironic attitude. No harm done.
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Allgemeine Zweckentfremdung said 10:49AM on 1-10-2006
In fact, we're just proud like hell he drives a german car. :-)
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babelfish said 11:15AM on 1-10-2006
First paragraph according to bablefish - too funny:
The V8-Daimler without characteristics became shielded from a fuelligen guard. Which confirmed our suspicion that possibly, perhaps, now... Briefly after 16 o'clock, briefly after at the stage entrance to the Esplanade Ballroom the door came up and the Apple workers after obviously getaner work committed the well-deserved cigarette break, left still someone the place of the tomorrow's key note happening...
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