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    Shabbat Shalom, M*****F****R: Team T-Shirts Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons!

    A Treasury Of 24 Hours Of LeMons Team Costumes

    So What's The Deal With This People's Curse Business?

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    Image of FrankGrimes FrankGrimes
    11/14/09

    In reply to Shabbat Shalom, M*****F****R: Team T-Shirts Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons!
    I would wear these with pride only equaled by a high schooler with a rented prom tuxedo. #tshirt
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    11/14/09

    In reply to Shabbat Shalom, M*****F****R: Team T-Shirts Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons!

    I have two suggestions for your T-shirts:

    l. Tape or pin them to your garage walls.

    2. Have some quilts made from them. Then you could raffle them off and donate proceeds to charity. #tshirt
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    11/14/09

    @skaycog: Whoa, a quilt would be pretty damn cool. #tshirt
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    Image of sardonicbastard sardonicbastard
    11/15/09

    @skaycog: Clearly it needs to not only be a quilt, but then turned into a snuggie, so that you could comfortably wear that much awesomeness and not get cold reaching for the remote. #tshirt
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/16/09

    @Murilee Martin: Old t-shirts get stretchy and stretchy stuff doesn't work well on quilts. I had an old collection of 60s/early 70s Fender t-shirts--Fender has brought back some of them, but not all of them, strangely enough. We tried various ways to save them but the only one left is "The World's Favorite Love Machine" with some cartoonish birds and bees on it--after seeing the rest fail as pillows, throws and such, I can tell you that this kind of material is really made for t-shirts, period and I'm glad I didn't risk the "Love Machine" one, which is currently in hiding in the bottom of a drawer. #tshirt
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    Image of LTDScott LTDScott
    11/14/09

    In reply to Shabbat Shalom, M*****F****R: Team T-Shirts Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons!
    I am sad to say I lost my Faster Farms T-shirt somewhere when I moved :( #tshirt
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/14/09

    @LTDScott: Have you looked in a mirror? Are you wearing it? If not, wow, you should never have taken that off. Way too cool. With "cool" meaning of course "clever, neat, and demented." #tshirt
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    11/14/09

    @LTDScott: I'm sure Adrian will be selling them at Thunderhill. #tshirt
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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    11/14/09

    In reply to Shabbat Shalom, M*****F****R: Team T-Shirts Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons!
    Oh man - can I buy a copy of #61 (Frogmasters) anywhere?

    You could probably start an internet T-shirt business with these designs and do handsomely with it. #tshirt
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/14/09

    In reply to Shabbat Shalom, M*****F****R: Team T-Shirts Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons!
    This, my friends, is why American will never fail. #tshirt
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    Image of BlueBomb BlueBomb
    11/14/09

    @Novaload: Hahaha - don't you mean CHINA will never fail? #tshirt
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/14/09

    @BlueBomb: No, no, this is homegrown talent, regardless of the fabric its on. #tshirt
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    Image of BlueBomb BlueBomb
    11/15/09

    @Novaload: I'm starting a sweat shop in Manhattan like the good ole days of manufacturing. Using sweat shops abroad is killing our GNP. #tshirt
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/16/09

    @BlueBomb: That's very patriotic of you, sir. We have to start re-building our economy some damn where!
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    Edited by Novaload at 11/16/09 9:01 AM Novaload was starred Novaload was unstarred
    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    11/14/09

    In reply to Shabbat Shalom, M*****F****R: Team T-Shirts Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons!
    I have seen Heaven, and it is good. #tshirt
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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    07/19/09

    In reply to A Treasury Of 24 Hours Of LeMons Team Costumes
    I've had a suprising number of LeMons candidates flow through my hands at Benz Towers of late, a 230TE and an Omega 3.0 (nee Cadillac Catera), Need LeMons UK NOW. And bagsy us the "Suckers" style car salesman theme....
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    Image of bzr bzr
    07/19/09

    In reply to A Treasury Of 24 Hours Of LeMons Team Costumes
    I'm strangely drawn to #14.

    Girls who work on cars and race them AND have a sense of humor? Be still, my beating heart...
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    07/19/09

    In reply to A Treasury Of 24 Hours Of LeMons Team Costumes
    The really great thing about Lemons is that it actually does restore my faith in human nature--the creativity, the humor, the lunacy, the ultimate kindness and cooperation--seriously, it may become the route to world peace. At the very least there will be (someday!) a Lemons International.
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    Image of eggwich del fiero eggwich del fiero
    07/19/09

    In reply to A Treasury Of 24 Hours Of LeMons Team Costumes
    Wow, the D&D guys built 20-sided fuzzy dice? I never though LeMons would change the world, but there ya go.

    D&D, Mooks on Dyno Fresstyle bikes, and the team that looks like they just walked out of Monty Python's Holy Grail are my new Favorite People. I am glad that Crazy German Guy got some deserved coverage here, too.
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    Image of DON_BOT DON_BOT
    07/19/09

    In reply to A Treasury Of 24 Hours Of LeMons Team Costumes
    I can see a future where this will be more popular than even F1 and nascar.....

    "closes eyes and smiles"
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    07/19/09

    In reply to A Treasury Of 24 Hours Of LeMons Team Costumes
    Should I enter, I doubt I have the creativity necessitated to pull off such costumes...

    Not having a good theme, I think, might be a bigger problem than not having a race car.

    At least if you have a good theme, you have a chance to win.
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    Edited by Plecostomus [Tyrrell] at 07/19/09 2:51 PM Plecostomus [Tyrrell] was starred Plecostomus [Tyrrell] was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    07/19/09

    @fuzzy plecoroom: Having a good car (e.g., Fiat Strada, Rover 3500, Omni GLH, etc) is just as good as having a good theme.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    07/19/09

    @fuzzy plecoroom: That makes two of us.

    I'm plenty creative with JB Weld and parts which shouldn't go together, or even be used, but costumes...not so much. The Corporate Machine took the only idea I had, Cadillac and all...though I was shooting for a different Caddy.

    I have another idea for a Cadillac, but, shhhh, y'never know... I might hit a big lottery...if I should "play".

    Funny how "running the numbers" has changed?
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    07/19/09

    @Murilee Martin: It just occurred to me, is it possible to be both winning and be voted something by the people, I'm thinking The Curse, so even though you lead the field, you lose? Just wondering with my fingers....

    It's likely in the rules, but I can't be bothered with all that readin' and whatnot. Bah!!!
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    07/19/09

    @can't find no job, that's why I ain't go no...: I'm sure I could think of a good team theme for you.

    Lets see. . . European Stereotypes, Sacha Baron Cohen Characters, S and M Harry Potter Characters, Vampires, Max Mosley Impersonaters (Complete with Nazi hookers). . I could go on.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    07/19/09

    @can't find no job, that's why I ain't go no...: The First Blood truck got both the People's Curse and the People's Choice at last year's Toledo race.

    Several Curse victims were the race leaders at the time of their destruction, too.
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    07/19/09

    @Murilee Martin: Listen to Ms. Martin. Look at my team, no theme, except fo the car. I won't be able to get away with that again.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    07/19/09

    @UDMan: Sure you will. LeMons cars that are 40+ years old, Italian, British, or French don't need themes.
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    07/20/09

    @Murilee Martin: What if you entered a Hearse?
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    06/14/09

    In reply to So What's The Deal With This People's Curse Business?
    I think I might deliberately enter a car that's rusted to shit with the theme of tetanus and billetproof.


    You know, something completely unsafe looking and badass, that looks like someone probably did build it for $500, mostly out of scrap they found lying in some farmer's field somewhere.

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    06/14/09

    @Plecostomus needs GALVANIZED SCREWS: We've seen at least one rusty car (Neon) with a tetanus theme.
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    Image of Jim Hubert Jim Hubert
    06/14/09

    In reply to So What's The Deal With This People's Curse Business?
    Muri, I dun care if these guys are neo-Nazi skinheads, destroying their car three times, for the amusement of all the peopple whose cars weren't destroyed, is over the top.


    These guys may not be loveable, but they worked just as hard on their car as anyone else, putting in (most likely) hundreds of hours to build their car, and while the Curse can and should be liable to fall upon anyone at least once, three times...especially out of 90+ different competitors...makes a good case for "If your car was previously Cursed, it is ineligible for a second such...:ahem:...award."


    You may not be able to vote on the Curse, but your failure to protect these guys from persecution places you squarely in the "conspiracy" seat, and deservedly so.

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    06/14/09

    @Jim Hubert: No, failing to protect them places me in the "executioner" seat; I'd be a conspirator only if I'd worked to disregard the ballots in order to crush some other car (e.g., the Cajun Jihad, who would have enjoyed being the curse). And you know what? I have no problem pulling the Destructo switch on a 3-time or even 10-time Curse winner, if that's how the vote goes (though actually you give me credit for too much influence on the process; Jay Lamm tends to make such decisions singlehandedly, though in this case we were all behind him 100%).


    Without the People's Curse, the only safety valve for the racers who get pissed off about some other team that they hate is whining. At us. All weekend long. Without the Curse, hair-splitting paddock lawyers would be creating and/or exploiting endless loopholes and gray areas in the rules (even more than they are now), and the best lawyer's team would run away with the race... which would make the race much less fun for 90% of the racers.


    Now that we have a "nobody" option on the Curse, we may well have many races in which no cars get crushed. But when a team wins the Curse vote, we expect to see them accept it with dignity and humor.

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    Image of 3304HL 3304HL
    06/13/09

    In reply to So What's The Deal With This People's Curse Business?
    Let's see if I've got this straight.
    When the gvm't pays people to crush old cars, it's evil
    When a bunch of drunken hoons wants to do crush one, that's cool.


    riiiiight

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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    06/13/09

    @3304HL: You're overlooking the condition/nature of the car being crushed.
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