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    Ze Germans Vill Race Anything!
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    Image of MadcowsDiseased MadcowsDiseased
    04/29/09

    In reply to Ze Germans Vill Race Anything!
    Can I enter it in LeMons if I can buy a beater "race" office chair for under $500?
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/29/09

    @madcows is pleased with all the Group B love: Under $10.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/29/09

    In reply to Ze Germans Vill Race Anything!
    I've done this, guys. Except in beat-to-hell free chairs. Down a mostly-paved driveway.


    We were entirely sober.

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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    04/29/09

    In reply to Ze Germans Vill Race Anything!
    I was in Ikea yesterday, wondering how much of the showroom I could race through on a chair before I was thrown out. I mean, this is impressive, but cornering a chair takes real skill.
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    04/29/09

    In reply to Ze Germans Vill Race Anything!
    Those Germans ... always making the good stuff.
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    04/29/09

    @Alfisted ... now with only two Chryslers: ...but they've clearly smoked it all themselves.
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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    04/29/09

    In reply to Ze Germans Vill Race Anything!
    Wow, I had no idea that "first post" was so frowned upon. I mean, it's old-school and annoying, but he did have a comment, too.


    Anyway: LAST POST!!1


    (please nobody post after me)

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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    04/29/09

    @Ash78: I, too, give the guy credit for having some actual content in his banworthy "First" post, but thems the rules. Ignorance of the law is no excuse. (at least that's what the magistrate tells me)


    /how do they steer the chairs?

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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    04/29/09

    @Ash78: "Damn other posters posting after Ash has told them not too. Always messing up his s***."
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    04/29/09

    In reply to Ze Germans Vill Race Anything!
    Perhaps, but this has a better 'ring time and, with a low center of gravity, no need for launch control.


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    Image of cynep cynep
    04/29/09

    @Alfisted ... now with only two Chryslers:


    Ricer vs German engineering? Typical fanboism. We know who wins.

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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    04/29/09

    @cynep: Well if we are playing out stereo types, the german engineered chair would break down on the last lap...


    So yes, we do know who would win...

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    Image of discontinuuity has left the Jalop until further notice discontinuuity has left the Jalop until further notice
    04/29/09

    In reply to Ze Germans Vill Race Anything!
    I heard a story about cadets at the Air Force Academy doing something called "terrazzo surfing" which involves sitting in an office chair holding a bedsheet between two ski poles to make a sale and sailing across the main plaza on campus (the "terrazzo"). Sounds like quite a bit of fun until your CO shows up.
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    04/29/09

    In reply to Ze Germans Vill Race Anything!
    Race-ified office chair: $400
    Helmet, boots, lycra clothes: $200
    Beer and peanuts for the trip: Priceless
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    Image of WpgJets WpgJets
    04/29/09

    In reply to Ze Germans Vill Race Anything!
    Not only will they race anything - they don't skimp on the creature comforts either. Check out the cupholder on the leader's chair. But I guess it only makes sense; if you're gonna race down a hill on an office chair, might as well have a 'froster' at your disposal.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    04/29/09

    @WpgJets: In gravity based races of all sorts, it pays to be the fatguy that can figure out how to bring the most weight, I mean "supplies"...


    So I guess that 2" ramp is sponsored by WD40???

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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    04/29/09

    In reply to Ze Germans Vill Race Anything!
    Is that flame surfacing or body fat ripples on the leader?
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    04/29/09

    In reply to Ze Germans Vill Race Anything!
    Yes, Germans will race pretty much anything, but will they race llamas?



    Probably.

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    Image of Pew Pew BOOM Pew Pew BOOM
    04/29/09

    @engineerd: WTF is this?
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    04/29/09

    @Ninja for hire: I don't know but it looks like Bruce Campbell is racing a llama.
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    04/29/09

    In reply to Ze Germans Vill Race Anything!
    Ironically, it must have been a slow day at work for these guys.
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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    04/29/09

    In reply to Ze Germans Vill Race Anything!
    Sorry for the non-sequitur, but saw this on fark recently:


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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    04/29/09

    @Ash78: The Third Reich 1941 Bestseller, I heard. Famous for his rants about WoW, PS3 and Tesla Roadster, which have since been made into films by enterprising internet filmmakers.


    And it is relevant, since he was in a race with Mussolini to London. (He was a big Top Gear fan)

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/29/09

    @Ash78: It's the leather recliner from Schwitz! This beautiful hand crafted, adjustable chair reclines to five different positions at the touch of a button - a chair so comfortable you'll be saying "ahh, Schwitz!" And it can be yours if the price is right!
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    04/29/09

    In reply to Ze Germans Vill Race Anything!
    Can an office chair have Bruce?
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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    04/29/09

    @SCROGGZILLA!!: I believe this photo proves that yes, indeed they can.
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    Image of jpech jpech
    04/29/09

    In reply to Ze Germans Vill Race Anything!
    Ever take it over any sweet jumps?
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    Image of Bullitt417 Bullitt417
    04/29/09

    @jpech: look at the picture carfully.. hes in mid-air off that little ledge of a jump. I don't know, however, if that qualifies as a sweet jump as I have never raced and office chair outdoors... inside a dorm hall is a different story.
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    Image of Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    04/29/09

    @Bullitt417: The guy's doing that in an office chair. I'd call any jump on a conveyance that isn't really meant to be jumped (much less raced) a 'sweet jump.'
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    Image of Scandinavian Flick Scandinavian Flick
    04/29/09

    @jpech: Your mom goes to college!


    Heart click for the well played reference

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