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bmoreDLJ
06/03/09

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Just hurry up and join NASCAR, already!
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Six Flags Over Tomsk
06/03/09

@bmoreDLJ: That way we can watch Carl Edwards pick her up with one hand.
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Tanshanomi
06/03/09

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I forget who said it, but some bicycle racer once said, "You think these guys will stop doping because of some ethics code? These are men who have already decided that winning is worth their liver..."
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mzs
06/03/09

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I'm more concerned about performance enhancing surgery in the sport of tennis than this. Simona Halep states, "This fall I'll have a breast reduction operation. The breasts make me uncomfortable when I play. It's the weight that troubles me - my ability to react quickly."

This poor girl needs to be prevented from sullying the sport of tennis with performance enhancing medical procedures. She was the Junior French Open champ, so she has potential.

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Kudos to breaking the rules yet staying within the rule book rules in motorsports, a looong tradition of that. But in tennis, there is the long tradition of young women in sweat drenched tops and short skirts making primal sounds. Just look to luminaries and champions of the sport like Steffi Graf, Mary Pierce, or the up and coming recent upset winner Agnes Szavay.
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Six Flags Over Tomsk
06/03/09

@mzs: Why can't the WTA make Ms. Halep's competitors wear weighted bras instead? That way, everybody wins!
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413wedge
06/03/09

In reply to Danica Patrick Says Yes To Drugs As Long As She Doesn't Get Caught
Is someone auditioning for a job w/MSNBC or Glibb's? Obviously taken out of context, Danica is a passionate racer who'd do damn near anything to win Indy, what REAL racer wouldn't? She also has one of the sweetest looking asses in professional motorsports.
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Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness
06/03/09

@413wedge: Too true on being taken out of context... how many of us have said stupid shit like this that if taken out of context would make us sound like morons? Granted, she needs to be a little more circumspect in interviews, but if Paul Tracy said this, would there be as big a furor?

@something_unique_and_descriptive: @SCROGGS!!: Even at our level of racing - if it's not specifically proscribed in the reg's, I'll try to find an advantage.
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leavethegun-takethecannoli
06/03/09

In reply to Danica Patrick Says Yes To Drugs As Long As She Doesn't Get Caught
In the radio interview you could hear her snorting blow in the background.
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scroggzilla raids again
06/03/09

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Smokey Yunick, Sterling Moss and Mark Donahue applaud this statement.
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Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness
06/03/09

@SCROGGS!!: +1
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something_unique_and_descriptive
06/03/09

In reply to Danica Patrick Says Yes To Drugs As Long As She Doesn't Get Caught
What's the old saying in racing? Something like "If you're not cheating, you're not trying".
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Ubiquitous Silver Honda
06/03/09

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What drugs would enhance your performance in motorsports?

I can just think of;
Meth-Ritalin (Increase of concentration?Wakefulness?)
Provigil (Increase of wakefulness-no twitching)
LSD (Heard it helps when pitching no-hitters)

Any other ideas?
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engineerd
06/03/09

@Ubiquitous Silver Honda: Ask Jeremy Mayfield.
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Deartháir II
06/03/09

@Ubiquitous Silver Honda: I find that Scotch enhances my performance in motorsports considerably.

Or... at least... I feel like it does. Which, really, is all I care about.
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.357
06/03/09

@Ubiquitous Silver Honda: CRACK!
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smalleyxb122
06/03/09

In reply to Danica Patrick Says Yes To Drugs As Long As She Doesn't Get Caught
The implication that I take from that exchange is that she's okay with use of a performance enhancing drug that is not currently banned by the league.

Her first statement, I disagree with. Not getting caught is not the line that defines what is or is not cheating.

Her talk of "gray areas" is less about blatant cheating, and more about stretching the boundaries by exploiting oversights in the rulebook.

Not getting caught using a banned substance is still cheating. Using a substance that is not explicitly outlawed (yet), is just savvy.
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Graverobber
06/03/09

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And I say yes to roofies in Danica's Chardonnay, as long as she doesn't catch me.
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Deartháir II
06/03/09

@Graverobber: Dammit, every time I start thinking I'm clever, Graverobber has to throw down the trump card.
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Jo Schmo
06/03/09

@Graverobber: I believe she goes for the roofie-colada.
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If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
06/03/09

In reply to Danica Patrick Says Yes To Drugs As Long As She Doesn't Get Caught
But she would get caught. People would start asking questions if she actually, you know, won something.
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engineerd
06/03/09

@FromaBuick6: Oooh...good point.
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Maxx Cracker
06/03/09

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I love how this attitude is condemned, but everyone cheats. Imagine how much lower the unemployment rate would be if Wall Street wasn't full of cheaters.
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SirNotAppearing
06/03/09

@Maxx Cracker: Way to bring down the mood in the room here. Great.
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leavethegun-takethecannoli
06/03/09

@Maxx Cracker: I thought everybody poops-
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Jo Schmo
06/03/09

In reply to Danica Patrick Says Yes To Drugs As Long As She Doesn't Get Caught
This is why we can't have nice things. The year Viagra came out is the same year I stopped entering the Human Tripod competitions.
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Mad_Science
06/03/09

@Rambo Harrynads: cotd.
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WheatKing
06/03/09

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wait..

racing car drivers talk?
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Mobius
06/03/09

@WheatKing: The best doesn't.
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Deartháir II
06/03/09

@WheatKing: Sure! In morse code.
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Jo Schmo
06/03/09

@WheatKing: Yes, but they rarely speak very good English if at all.
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Deartháir II
06/03/09

In reply to Danica Patrick Says Yes To Drugs As Long As She Doesn't Get Caught
Never heard of her. Does she play cricket or something? Betcha she'd look good in a bikini.
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SirNotAppearing
06/03/09

@Deartháir: I bet, and I'm just pulling this out of my ass here, that she'd look good draped over a Cobra 427.
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Deartháir II
06/03/09

@SirNotAppearing: Dude... ANYTHING would look good draped over a Cobra 427.
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Dr. H. F. Danger
06/03/09

@Deartháir: You spend too much time in the imaginary land of Canada
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pauljones
06/03/09

@Deartháir:

Having been to a number of local hot rod/muscle car meet-ups since I was a wee lad, I am going to have to disagree with that. When it came time to beholding things that looked good draped over cars, there is a reason that I chose Hot Import Night events.
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Deartháir II
06/03/09

@Dr.Danger...now with more smarm®: It's not imaginary! We have a Prime Minister and everything!

Okay, he's made of wood and from Calgary, which is practically part of the 'States, and nobody's actually seen him move or show any expression... but still! We have a Prime Minister!

And if it's imaginary, where do you think poutine comes from, hmm? HMM? Yeah, that's what I thought.
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leavethegun-takethecannoli
06/03/09

@SirNotAppearing: Shouldn't she be in the trunk?
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Jo Schmo
06/03/09

@Deartháir: mmmmmm poutine...

/drool
//heart attack
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engineerd
06/03/09

@Deartháir: Your Prime Minister is Al Gore? Weird.

Oh, and I believe she's an author. Yeah, there it is: "Danica: Crossing the Line" published in 2006.
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Deartháir II
06/03/09

@engineerd: Man, our PM makes Al Gore look dynamic and exciting. By comparison, Al Gore looks like he's about to break into a Broadway Showtune, complete with jazz-hands and tap-dancing. You should look him up on YouTube. His name is either "Asshole" or "Our Saviour", depending on which province you're from.

@johnnylafontaine: And we thank the heavens above for that, each and every day when we wake up and before we go to sleep.
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Dr. H. F. Danger
06/03/09

@engineerd: I don't know, Al was pretty good on 30Rock.
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MushyHeirloom
06/03/09

@Deartháir: Sandra Day O'Connor.
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