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We're no strangers to love
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You know the rules and so do I
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{{ibimage|Timetraveler.jpg}}
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
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{{iboriginal|timetraveler|Safety Not Guaranteed}}
You wouldn't get this from any other guy
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{{ibprofile|axlbonbach|axlbonbach}}
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{{ibdate|October 2005|October 27, 2005}}
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|spinoff1=totsafety
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|title1=Temple of Time: Safety Not Guaranteed!
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|spinoff2=civilwarsafety
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|title2=Safety Not Guaranteed Civil War
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|spinoff3=timesafety
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|title3=Time Magazine: Nov. 5, 1955 Edition: Safety Not Guaranteed
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|spinoff4=aotssafetyinvestigation
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|title4=Safety Not Guaranteed: The Investigation
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|spinoff5=lafontainesafety
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|title5=Don Lafontaine: Safety Not Guaranteed
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}}
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{{ibt|Used Music}}
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{{ibm|Paul Engemann|[http://ytmnd.com/assets/39f9703decaa1178fc7f10084aeffadc Scarface (Push It To The Limit)]}}
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I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
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<table width="340px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3">
Gotta make you understand
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<tr><td bgcolor="#e6dfcb">[[Image:Mullet_man.jpg]]</td><td>
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<DIV align="justify">
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<P><b>WANTED:</b> Somebody to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. P.O. Box {{c|322}} Oakview, CA 93022. You'll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. Safety not guaranteed. I have only done this once before.</P>
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Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down
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'''Safety Not Guaranteed''' is a YTMND site that incorporates an image of a stone-faced young man wearing a mullet is placed on the left of the text, although this was not included in the original newspaper advertisement. The ad, which insists that it is not a joke and even provides contact information, warns that a potential respondent's safety is not guaranteed as he only tried once before; the image is accompanied by Paul Engemann's song "Push It To The Limit" from the movie Scarface (1983). The nature of the man's hair and serious tone of the ad (''This is not a joke'') adds to the humor.  The photo and newspaper advertisement originally appeared on the Jay Leno Show. Another ad similar to this was found, with an image at this link [http://img211.imageshack.us/my.php?image=whatthexq4.png]. It gives a phone number of 850-537-6278.
Never gonna run around and desert you
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Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye
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Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
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We've known each other for so long
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== Fad Structure ==
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
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Inside we both know what's been going on
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We know the game and we're gonna play it
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And if you ask me how I'm feeling
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Safety Not Guranateed has spawned a fad that come in 3 different varieties:
Don't tell me you're too blind to see
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*Some sites will show the traveler in different time periods starting with the civil war. Most recently this has evolved into a variant of the [[Wikipedia Vandalism Fad]], in which users would try to edit wikipedia material such as the "safety" entry, with such footnotes as "when you push it to the limit, safety is not guaranteed". [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Safety&diff=39980765&oldid=39925426]
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*Some sites will parodize the original ad for other people.
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*Other sites will show the Time Traveler in action either traveling back in time or assisting other people.
  
Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down
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The song "Scarface (Push It To The Limit)" is on Volume 8 of the [[YTMND Soundtrack]].  Most fad sites including the original "Safety Not Guaranteed" have the entire 3 minute song.
Never gonna run around and desert you
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Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye
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Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
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Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down
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==Influence==
Never gonna run around and desert you
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The Time Traveler has become a popular icon of YTMND.  Several fad spin offs placed the Traveler in various time periods.
Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye
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Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
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(Ooh give you up)
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The fad mixed with the [[PTKFGS]] fad, with the creation of {{link|ptkfgstothelimit|Safety Not Guaranteed Changes Internet History}}, which depicted the Time Traveler going back in time and replacing [[YTMND]] with PTKFGS, creating the Alternate Universe Fad. It also had its own PTKFGS version, {{link|ptkfgstimetraveler|Security Not Ensured}}.
(Ooh give you up)
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(Ooh) never gonna give, never gonna give (give you up)
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(Ooh) never gonna give, never gonna give (give you up)
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We've known each other for so long
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==Investigation==
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
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Inside we both know what's been going on
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We know the game and we're gonna play it
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I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
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On January 16, 2006, YTMND user {{profile 2|scrow|scrow}}, posted [http://content.ytmnd.com/content/b/d/7/bd7c8c27aebc0512535dca8f7554cea4.jpg a picture he claims he found in his attic]. This picture seems to show the same man, mullet and all, taken during the American Civil War.
Gotta make you understand
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Within this investigation, {{profile 2|vex5|vex5}} claims that after calling the number of those believed to own the P.O. box, he received very suspicious reactions. When asked about time travel, the person on the other end of the phone allowed a short pause, replied "never call here again" and hung up the phone.
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Another YTMND user, {{profile 2|guano|guano}}, called the same number, getting the answering machine. He announced that the message asks to "leave a message for Mark, Debra... also, Moses or Caesar!"
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Since this announcement, several others have tried calling, also getting the same message. Some have even managed to [http://content.ytmnd.com/content/c/f/3/cf32f5a7e7467a9d401a3cdcf04e877f.wav record it].
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In response to these calls, the answering machine message has been changed to say that this number has nothing to do with "Time travel" or "Going back in time". It also asks for the persons who started the fad's name and number to be stated so that she can turn him over to the proper authorities.
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This was too late however, for many to hypothesize that Moses and Caesar are the actual Moses and Caesar of history, giving more evidence to the argument that perhaps somebody has actually gone back through time.
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However, as the time traveler has only done it once before, he would have been unable to have gotten both Moses and Caesar, or either if he had gone to the Civil War. Unless, of course, his one experience consisted of him jumping across time to several different periods before returning to his own.
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Some argument remains as to where the original "Safety not Guaranteed" photo came from. Many believe, with the civil war photo, that this may actually be the time traveler himself, and that the woman who answers the phone is possibly his mother. It is now known that the woman is just an old woman from Southern California named Debra. Moses and Caesar are just her pet dog and bird. This is in contrast to {{ytmnd|mysafetyisindanger|Maybe my safety isn't}}, in which someone calling asked for Ceasar, and was given a person, not a dog or bird. Mark, being the only name left in the original message that still has no person to be identified with, is now presumed to be this man's name. However, research says he was born in 1953, only a few years older than Debra. His name is also rumored to be Dwane Jones (Brother of Allen Jones). It should also be noted that pictures taken of Mark at various events in the Oak View area suggest that he, in fact, is 53 or 54 years of age, however to rule him out as a suspect is impossible as temporal jumps can cause aging variants.
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Recently, user {{profile 2|I-Found-The-Mullet-Man|I-Found-The-Mullet-Man}} claimed he'd actually found and gone to the house in the ad and found an empty lot, but found a piece of paper on a fence linking the "mullet man" with another time traveling legend "John Titor". I-Found-The-Mullet-Man's site can be seen here: {{ytmnd|saftey-guarantee-found|saftey guarantee found}}. However the creator has been ridiculed to be falsely claiming this because, amongst other things, his site is very badly done, but is open to be seen for yourself
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A photo taken by NASA shows another face on Mars, looking very similar to the Mullet man. It brings some to curiosity whether the Mullet man has went to Mars or not during his time travel. The photo can be seen [http://marstimetraveler.ytmnd.com/ here].
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==Safety Not Guaranteed outside YTMND==
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In June 2006, user [[Jewson]] and his friends made a short film about the story of mullet man.[http://youtube.com/watch?v=2qUx5vQ14ic]. The fad also appears to have made it into the ''The Movies'' community, where someone has created a movie called '[http://movies.lionhead.com/movie/93455 Safety Not Guaranteed]' which contains several references to YTMND.
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The online game "World of Warcraft" has also given caution to the need for safety while travelling through (the Caverns of) Time.  Mousing over the dragon on the '[http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burningcrusade/townhall/cavernsoftime.html Caverns of Time]' page warns that Safety is Not Guaranteed.
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== NARV Status ==
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While SNG sites are rarely created these days, there have been numerous effortless attempts at a SNG site.  These might be "lazy edits" with text or poorly-done photoshopping involving the head of the Mullet Man.
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== Don LaFontaine Reading ==
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On October 31, 2007, user {{profile 2|Blackadders2|Blackadders2}} posted [http://lafontainesafety.ytmnd.com/ a YTMND] featuring a recording that he was able to get  the late famous movie trailer voiceover artist Don LaFontaine to read.  On September 2, 2008, almost 1 year after the site was made, the reading returned to the top 15 due to LaFontaine's death, and was later placed by max into the Hall of Fame.
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{{From Wikipedia}}
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[[Category:Hall of Fame]]
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{{fads}}{{fad}}
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[[Category:NARVish Fads]]
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The Don LaFontaine Reading was later made into a movie trailer ytmnd known as "hard safety" made by ytmnd user "fearcondom"

Revision as of 15:46, July 20, 2010

Safety Not Guaranteed
Preview image
Original YTMND:
Safety Not Guaranteed
by axlbonbach
October 27, 2005
Worthy Spinoffs:
Used Music:
Mullet man.jpg

WANTED: Somebody to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. P.O. Box 322 Oakview, CA 93022. You'll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. Safety not guaranteed. I have only done this once before.

Safety Not Guaranteed is a YTMND site that incorporates an image of a stone-faced young man wearing a mullet is placed on the left of the text, although this was not included in the original newspaper advertisement. The ad, which insists that it is not a joke and even provides contact information, warns that a potential respondent's safety is not guaranteed as he only tried once before; the image is accompanied by Paul Engemann's song "Push It To The Limit" from the movie Scarface (1983). The nature of the man's hair and serious tone of the ad (This is not a joke) adds to the humor. The photo and newspaper advertisement originally appeared on the Jay Leno Show. Another ad similar to this was found, with an image at this link [1]. It gives a phone number of 850-537-6278.

Fad Structure

Safety Not Guranateed has spawned a fad that come in 3 different varieties:

  • Some sites will show the traveler in different time periods starting with the civil war. Most recently this has evolved into a variant of the Wikipedia Vandalism Fad, in which users would try to edit wikipedia material such as the "safety" entry, with such footnotes as "when you push it to the limit, safety is not guaranteed". [2]
  • Some sites will parodize the original ad for other people.
  • Other sites will show the Time Traveler in action either traveling back in time or assisting other people.

The song "Scarface (Push It To The Limit)" is on Volume 8 of the YTMND Soundtrack. Most fad sites including the original "Safety Not Guaranteed" have the entire 3 minute song.

Influence

The Time Traveler has become a popular icon of YTMND. Several fad spin offs placed the Traveler in various time periods.

The fad mixed with the PTKFGS fad, with the creation of Safety Not Guaranteed Changes Internet History, which depicted the Time Traveler going back in time and replacing YTMND with PTKFGS, creating the Alternate Universe Fad. It also had its own PTKFGS version, Security Not Ensured.

Investigation

On January 16, 2006, YTMND user scrow, posted a picture he claims he found in his attic. This picture seems to show the same man, mullet and all, taken during the American Civil War.

Within this investigation, vex5 claims that after calling the number of those believed to own the P.O. box, he received very suspicious reactions. When asked about time travel, the person on the other end of the phone allowed a short pause, replied "never call here again" and hung up the phone.

Another YTMND user, guano, called the same number, getting the answering machine. He announced that the message asks to "leave a message for Mark, Debra... also, Moses or Caesar!"

Since this announcement, several others have tried calling, also getting the same message. Some have even managed to record it.

In response to these calls, the answering machine message has been changed to say that this number has nothing to do with "Time travel" or "Going back in time". It also asks for the persons who started the fad's name and number to be stated so that she can turn him over to the proper authorities. This was too late however, for many to hypothesize that Moses and Caesar are the actual Moses and Caesar of history, giving more evidence to the argument that perhaps somebody has actually gone back through time. However, as the time traveler has only done it once before, he would have been unable to have gotten both Moses and Caesar, or either if he had gone to the Civil War. Unless, of course, his one experience consisted of him jumping across time to several different periods before returning to his own.

Some argument remains as to where the original "Safety not Guaranteed" photo came from. Many believe, with the civil war photo, that this may actually be the time traveler himself, and that the woman who answers the phone is possibly his mother. It is now known that the woman is just an old woman from Southern California named Debra. Moses and Caesar are just her pet dog and bird. This is in contrast to Maybe my safety isn't, in which someone calling asked for Ceasar, and was given a person, not a dog or bird. Mark, being the only name left in the original message that still has no person to be identified with, is now presumed to be this man's name. However, research says he was born in 1953, only a few years older than Debra. His name is also rumored to be Dwane Jones (Brother of Allen Jones). It should also be noted that pictures taken of Mark at various events in the Oak View area suggest that he, in fact, is 53 or 54 years of age, however to rule him out as a suspect is impossible as temporal jumps can cause aging variants.

Recently, user I-Found-The-Mullet-Man claimed he'd actually found and gone to the house in the ad and found an empty lot, but found a piece of paper on a fence linking the "mullet man" with another time traveling legend "John Titor". I-Found-The-Mullet-Man's site can be seen here: saftey guarantee found. However the creator has been ridiculed to be falsely claiming this because, amongst other things, his site is very badly done, but is open to be seen for yourself

A photo taken by NASA shows another face on Mars, looking very similar to the Mullet man. It brings some to curiosity whether the Mullet man has went to Mars or not during his time travel. The photo can be seen here.

Safety Not Guaranteed outside YTMND

In June 2006, user Jewson and his friends made a short film about the story of mullet man.[3]. The fad also appears to have made it into the The Movies community, where someone has created a movie called 'Safety Not Guaranteed' which contains several references to YTMND.

The online game "World of Warcraft" has also given caution to the need for safety while travelling through (the Caverns of) Time. Mousing over the dragon on the 'Caverns of Time' page warns that Safety is Not Guaranteed.

NARV Status

While SNG sites are rarely created these days, there have been numerous effortless attempts at a SNG site. These might be "lazy edits" with text or poorly-done photoshopping involving the head of the Mullet Man.

Don LaFontaine Reading

On October 31, 2007, user Blackadders2 posted a YTMND featuring a recording that he was able to get the late famous movie trailer voiceover artist Don LaFontaine to read. On September 2, 2008, almost 1 year after the site was made, the reading returned to the top 15 due to LaFontaine's death, and was later placed by max into the Hall of Fame.

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