{"id":3908,"date":"2013-12-30T21:59:11","date_gmt":"2013-12-30T21:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/?page_id=2586"},"modified":"2016-08-06T13:37:37","modified_gmt":"2016-08-06T19:37:37","slug":"fun-faqs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/fun-faqs\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section admin_label=”section” fullwidth=”off” background_color=”#a8cf45″ inner_shadow=”on” parallax=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Fun FAQs Header” background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”left”]\n

Fun FAQs about Miguelito’s Little Green Car<\/strong><\/h2>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section admin_label=”section” fullwidth=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Miguelito Knows” title=”Does Miguelito know about the project?” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/gift_80px.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

Yep.\u00a0 He knows he’ll get it back as a gift and a book of photos and stories when he turns 18 in 2022.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”#1 Strategy” title=”#1 strategy for getting photos” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/strategy_80px2.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

Be friendly.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”First Person” title=”First Person” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/profile_80px1.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

My dad<\/strong><\/a> was the first person in the project, just after he underwent treatment for cancer at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Buy The Book” title=”Can I buy the book?” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cart_80px.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

You sure can, once it’s released.\u00a0 The tentative publication date for the first volume is 2014.\u00a0 Sign up for the mailing list<\/a><\/strong> to be notified when that happens.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Does anyone get paid?” title=”Does anyone get paid to be part of the project?” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/wallet_80px.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

Nope. \u00a0One of the themes of this project is the idea of good will between strangers.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Sponsorship” title=”I’d like to help sponsor the project.” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/genius_80px1.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

Excellent.\u00a0 Let’s talk. Please have a look at the sponsorship opportunities page<\/strong><\/a> or contact me<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Most Indulgent” title=”Most indulgent photo” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dial_80px.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

Japan Airlines kindly bumped me up to first class<\/strong> on a flight from Vancouver to Tokyo.\u00a0 Not just first class, but first class on a Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet.\u00a0 And not just first class on a Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet, but first class exit row<\/em> on a Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet.\u00a0 My 6’3″ frame enjoyed over 15 feet of legroom.\u00a0 If you’re not the jealous type, I invite you to see the photo here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Sneak TV Appearances” title=”Sneak television appearances” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/desktop_80px.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

Two.\u00a0 Once during Global Edmonton’s news broadcast when anchor and producer Gord Steinke rolled Miguelito’s Little Green Car out from behind his laptop during the broadcast<\/strong><\/a> and during another television news coverage of a visit by The Jackson Brothers<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Meaning of Miguelito” title=”What does Miguelito mean?” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/globe_80px.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

Miguelito is Spanish for “little Michael”.\u00a0 Miguel was his great-grandfather’s name.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Shortest photo shoot” title=”Shortest photo shoot” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/clock_80px.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

Less than 30 seconds, with Kate Middleton<\/strong><\/a>, the Duchess of Cambridge.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Favorite Poem” title=”Favorite poem” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/document_80px1.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

Doug Hicton<\/strong><\/a>, an alumnus of the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions, wrote a poem about Miguelito’s Little Green Car.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”#3 Strategy” title=”#3 strategy for getting photos” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/strategy_80px2.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

Be flexible.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”First Photo” title=”When did this start?” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/calendar_80px.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

The first photo<\/a><\/strong> was taken August 23, 2007 in Paris, France.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Ideas” title=”I have an idea for the project. Want to hear it?” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/lightbulb_80px.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

Absolutely!\u00a0 Please contact me<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Washed” title=”How often does the car get washed?” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/recycle_80px.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

With apologies to germophobes and hypochondriacs, not very often. \u00a0But it does occasionally get dunked by participants into a glass of wine<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Who Qualifies?” title=”Who qualifies to be in the project?” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/profile_80px.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

If you’re alive, you qualify.\u00a0 Click here to find out how<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Almost Could-Haves” title=”Notable almost could-haves” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/scissors_80px.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

With the help of Global Edmonton news anchor and producer Gord Steinke<\/a> <\/strong>we almost succeeded in getting a photo with Oprah.\u00a0 A few years earlier Dwayne Johnson, The Rock, posted on my Facebook wall about meeting up for a photo before vanishing.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Miguelito’s Age” title=”Miguelito’s Age in 2014″ url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/calendar_80px.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

Ten.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”#2 Strategy” title=”#2 strategy for getting photos” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/strategy_80px2.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

Be ready.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Longest Photo Shoot” title=”Longest photo shoot” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/clock_80px.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

I don’t remember, but many people have been gracious enough to give a generous amount of time for their photos, including Sarah Uytterhagen<\/strong><\/a> (it took a lot of takes to get the car flying through the air pointing right at her) and Anne McLellan, former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada<\/strong><\/a> (we went as far as to move the photo of her dog into a different frame so it would fit in the bookshelf).<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Favorite Inscription” title=”Favorite Illustration Inscription” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/image_80px.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

Graphic designer Heather Nissan<\/strong><\/a> signed her illustration with “may the forces of creativity drive you always!<\/em>”<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Most Photographed” title=”Most photographed person” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/profile_80px1.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

Most people only have a single photo in the project, but Miguelito has several.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”How to get involved” title=”How can I get involved?” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/support_80px.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

Have a look at this page<\/a><\/strong> or contact me<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”What Kind of Car?” title=”What kind of car is it?” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/clipboard_80px1.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

It\u2019s a 1972 Buick Riviera<\/strong>. \u00a0It was manufactured in 2005 by Johnny Lightning<\/strong><\/a> and was only sold in a set of five collectible cars called Big Boats<\/strong>. \u00a0The other cars in the set were a white 1959 Cadillac Eldorado convertible, a red and wood 1960 Ford Country Squire, an orange and yellow 1974 Royal Monaco Taxi, and a blue 1961 Lincoln Continental Convertible. \u00a0I bought the set at a Walmart in Edmonton, Canada as a Christmas present for Miguelito.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”#4 Strategy” title=”#4 strategy for getting photos” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/strategy_80px2.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

Be thankful.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Losing the car” title=”What happens if you lose the car?” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/puzzle_80px.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

I have thirteen backups, none of which will be used unless something happens to the current car.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Non-humans” title=”Non-humans in the project” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/document_80px.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

There are dogs, cats, birds, a wallaby and an elephant.\u00a0 We are connected to animals, too.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Fastest Photo” title=”Fastest photo on land” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/speedometer_80px.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

This photo<\/strong><\/a> was taken at a little under 110 km\/hour, making it the fastest photo on land.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Generals” title=”Generals in the project” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ribbon-_80px.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

Two so far.\u00a0 Canadian Lieutenant-General Rom\u00e9o Dallaire<\/strong><\/a> and United States Marine Corps four-star General James Cartwright<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Most Photographed Place” title=”Most photographed place” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/global_80px1.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, where I am based.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”How Often No?” title=”How often does someone say no?” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/scissors_80px.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

Once in a while, although most people are very accommodating.\u00a0 The first person who declined was a police officer in Toronto, citing dubitable reasons. \u00a0One high-profile decline was Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge. He very quickly declined to hold the car, but you can see the moments after that interaction here<\/strong><\/a>. However, seconds later the Duchess of Cambridge (Kate Middleton) agreed to hold the car<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”MLGC Movie?” title=”Will there ever be a Miguelito’s Little Green Car movie?” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/movie_80px.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

I’m up for it!\u00a0 Filmmakers. producers. agents and others with fist-fulls of money, please contact me<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Car Name” title=”Does the car have a name?” url_new_window=”off” image=”http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/chat_80px1.png” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left”]\n

When I met with CBC broadcaster, writer, musician and producer Jian Ghomeshi<\/strong><\/a> for his photo with the car, he asked if it had a name.\u00a0 Until then it did not, so I offered to let him name it.\u00a0 He named it Markus “with a K”<\/strong>.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section admin_label=”Green Full-Width Section” global_module=”5751″ fullwidth=”on” specialty=”off” transparent_background=”off” background_color=”#a8cf45″ allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” padding_mobile=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off”][et_pb_fullwidth_header global_parent=”5751″ admin_label=”We Are All Connected Header” title=”We Are All Connected” background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”center” header_fullscreen=”off” header_scroll_down=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” content_orientation=”center” image_orientation=”center” custom_button_one=”off” button_one_letter_spacing=”0″ button_one_use_icon=”default” button_one_icon_placement=”right” button_one_on_hover=”on” button_one_letter_spacing_hover=”0″ custom_button_two=”off” button_two_letter_spacing=”0″ button_two_use_icon=”default” button_two_icon_placement=”right” button_two_on_hover=”on” button_two_letter_spacing_hover=”0″ title_font=”|on|||” title_font_size=”34px”]\n[\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fun FAQs about Miguelito’s Little Green Car Yep.\u00a0 He knows he’ll get it back as a gift and a book of photos and stories when he turns 18 in 2022. Be friendly. My dad was the first person in the project, just after he underwent treatment for cancer at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3908"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3908"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5771,"href":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3908\/revisions\/5771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}