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Disney Making Fake Crop Circles?

Posted by timothy on from the throwing-off-the-fake-crop-circle-curve dept.

GuNgA-DiN writes: "It seems that Disney has been busy trying to promote their upcoming movie 'Signs' (by M. Night Shyamalan). There is an interesting article from some guys who REALLY follow and study crop signs: Paul Anderson of the Canadian Crop Circle Research Network has reason to believe that they will be creating some man-made formations to promote the forthcoming movie. Anderson cites a competition or sweepstakes currently being promoted on the official 'Signs' website." Remember, patronize only genuine alien-swirled crop circles!

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  1. Easy to Spot by philipsblows · · Score: 5, Funny

    Any Disney crop circles will have a little (C) mark somewhere nearby.

    And maybe some mouse ears.

    1. Re:Easy to Spot by _Sprocket_ · · Score: 4, Funny

      Great. Not only will we have the usual series of people hunting for hidden meaning in "crop circle" patterns... but we'll have another group hunting for hidden Mickeys.

  2. Are they really made by aliens? by guttentag · · Score: 5, Funny
    Why is the Canadian Crop Circle Research Network concerned about crop circles in America? If Disney makes crop circles in its own country, there's nothing alien about it. However, if the Canadians are searching for these American crop circles, the Canadians would be the aliens in our midst.

    On the other hand, if Disney goes to Canada to make crop circles, we can reasonably claim the crop circles were made by aliens. But if Disney hires Canadians to make the crop circles in Canada, are the circles still considered to be the work of aliens? This is actually a very important topic of discussion, because crop circles have historically been produced by illegal aliens who are not only underpaid and overworked, they're not paying income tax. I don't know about Canada, but the IRS has a whole division devoted to hunting these tax evaders.

    The only thing certain is that these circles will probably appear in threes -- two smaller circles sitting atop a larger circle -- and a pop musician will be performing in the center of each one.

  3. What about IP? by saphena · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will Disney be able to sue for IP infringement if "real" crop circles look similar to the Disney ones?

  4. What's next? by Ed+Avis · · Score: 5, Funny

    How long before IBM starts creating crop Tuxen?

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  5. Re:Crop circle originators -- Bower and Chorley by frank249 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Were they ever charged? I hear it is a pretty serious offence to be convicted as a 'cereal killer'.

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  6. Re:Disney only Knows how to fake! by ProfMoriarty · · Score: 5, Funny
    Disney only knows how to fake!

    Heh ... they even have a Fake Senator.

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