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ArtForge
11/17/09

In reply to VIDEO: Jeremy Clarkson On Audi R8 5.2 FSI: "Perfect"
Who cares? It doesn't have a diamond dust paint job! ;P #audir8v10
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ArtForge
11/17/09

In reply to VIDEO: Jeremy Clarkson On Audi R8 5.2 FSI: "Perfect"
Love me some top Gear but I won't take driving tips from a man who has to wear a grandfather clock as a wristwatch. That and the part where the supercar sticks to the track thing. Give me a 60k Atom, then we will talk about tracks and engineering. #audir8v10
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DoctorNine
11/17/09

In reply to VIDEO: Jeremy Clarkson On Audi R8 5.2 FSI: "Perfect"
There must always be a fast blue car, which resides in a little corner of heaven, in my mind. It isn't the realization of this dream which beckons; I could stretch and actually make it mine, with a small exercise of effort and intent. Rather, this car exists more as an icon in the pantheon of my desire. As such, it is better to leave the appetite unwhetted. Because to appreciate the psychic pull of this desire, is to be alive. Yes? #audir8v10
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Uncle Bo
11/17/09

In reply to VIDEO: Jeremy Clarkson On Audi R8 5.2 FSI: "Perfect"
Love it in blue. Would love it more if a blue ZR-1 drove up behind it and flashed its headlights. #audir8v10
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Ford Tempo Fanatic
11/17/09

In reply to VIDEO: Jeremy Clarkson On Audi R8 5.2 FSI: "Perfect"
Perfection is over rated anyway. #audir8v10
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Pessimippopotamus
11/17/09

In reply to VIDEO: Jeremy Clarkson On Audi R8 5.2 FSI: "Perfect"
Once there was an elephant,
Who tried to use the telephant
No! no! I mean an elephone
Who tried to use the telephone
(Dear me! I am not certain quite
That even now I've got it right.)
Howe'er it was, he got his trunk
Entangled in the telephunk;
The more he tried to get it free,
The louder buzzed the telephee
(I fear I'd better drop the song
Of elephop and telephong!)

So I read this when I was in 11th grade in a poetry jam, and broke out laughing uncontrollably, no doubt frightening the a classroom full of younger students and their teachers. There's no way my teacher can forget me. No way. #audir8v10
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skaycog was here
11/17/09

@Pessimippopotamus: You're unbelievable. I had to memorize something in school that I can't forget either. It was part of the "Ancient Mariner".

And then there came both mist and snow.
And it grew wondrous cold.
And ice mast high came floating by, as green as emerald.
And through the drifts the snowy cliffs did send their dismal sheen.
Blah, blah, blah.

I like your elephant poem better. #audir8v10
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Touched
11/17/09

@skaycog: You sir have memorized part of a classic and wondrous poem.

It may not fit well into a Jalopnik comment, but you can feel assured that poem will last the test of time when the elephant poem is long gone.

As for me we had to memorize the opening lines of the Canterbury Tales (in Ye Olde English to boot). I can't even spell them close to correctly, so I won't attempt to reproduce them here, but rest assured I have found no use for them whatsoever. However, I am quite pleased that I can remember them word for word now many years later. #audir8v10
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golferal - Now with no Segway!
11/17/09

@skaycog:
There once was anold lady that lived in a shoe
She had so many kids
Her uterus fell out..

-Andrew Dice Clay #audir8v10
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skaycog was here
11/17/09

@Touched: You'll never forget it, even if you try. BTW, I'm not a sir. #audir8v10
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Touched
11/17/09

@skaycog: Humble apologies.

It is also worthwhile to re-read many of those old books from literature class. As an adult, I've found quite a bit of interest in several of the books which I could barely finish in my high school/college days. #audir8v10
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skaycog was here
11/17/09

@Touched: No apologies needed....how were you to know?

I wish I'd paid more attention to lots of things in school, now that I'm an adult. Oh well, no use looking back. #audir8v10
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DoctorNine
11/17/09

@skaycog: If you keep looking back, you end up tripping over your feet, on the way down the road to where ever you are going. #audir8v10
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skaycog was here
11/18/09

@DoctorNine: Exactly! I guess that's why they call the past history. ;)
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Pessimippopotamus
11/17/09

In reply to VIDEO: Jeremy Clarkson On Audi R8 5.2 FSI: "Perfect"
Where is he? Klaas Zwart's summer home? #audir8v10
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fstrthnu
11/18/09

@Pessimippopotamus: Ascari's track actually
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Pessimippopotamus
11/18/09

@fstrthnu: Ascari's track, which is owned by Klass Zwart as with Ascari itself.
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fstrthnu
11/18/09

@Pessimippopotamus: ...and you have officially owned me.

#tips
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bmoreDLJ
11/17/09

In reply to Top Gear Season 14, Episode 1: YouTube Open Thread
This show is gorgeous in HD. #topgear
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Mobius
11/16/09

In reply to Top Gear Season 14, Episode 1: YouTube Open Thread
"BBC iPlayer is down for maintenance. We'll be back shortly."

Aww F*** #topgear
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not_a_virus.exe.vbs
11/16/09

In reply to Top Gear Season 14, Episode 1: YouTube Open Thread
Anyone know what the Stig was fiddling with on the BMW during the hot lap? Something on the center console, I know it can't be the shifter because both are automatics. #topgear
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daemonoid
11/16/09

@not_a_virus.exe.vbs: The 7 series has semi-auto options so it probably is the 'shifter'. May does the same in the earlier video too. #topgear
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Big_Adam
11/16/09

@not_a_virus.exe.vbs: Think that's the i-drive. Controls all the spangly bits of the BMW. #topgear
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not_a_virus.exe.vbs
11/16/09

@Big_Adam: The iDrive is the last thing you want to fiddle with at 150 mph! #topgear
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not_a_virus.exe.vbs
11/16/09

@daemonoid: Didn't know those semi autos were so effective. I always thought the dual clutch was the best, didn't know semi-suto slushboxes were effective at apeed. #topgear
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A strolling player
11/16/09

@not_a_virus.exe.vbs: I wouldn't call it a 'slushbox'. Remember how quickly the IS-F's 8-speed "automatic" shifts? #topgear
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not_a_virus.exe.vbs
11/16/09

@A strolling player: SLUSH SLUSH SLUSH. Well at least till I drive it I will call it a slushbox. I REALLY like the dual clutch in the new M3, really smooth takeoff, no chunking like a regular automatic. #topgear
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Six Flags Over Tomsk
11/16/09

In reply to Top Gear Season 14, Episode 1: YouTube Open Thread
Awesome stuff. Can't wait to see what the rest of the series has in store.
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Pessimippopotamus
11/16/09

In reply to Top Gear Season 14, Episode 1: YouTube Open Thread
Shhhhhh. You're not supposed to admit the existence of Top Gear on torrent. It's like admitting you can get free porn online.

It so happens that they both result in the same thing. #topgear
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an gucci skyline mane
11/16/09

@Pessimippopotamus: Interest for 5 minutes, then moving on?

.. #topgear
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Pessimippopotamus
11/16/09

@an gucci skyline mane: Where is the disapprove commenter button?

You watch the last 5 minutes of this episode and tell me that it was uninteresting, I'd break your nose for lying. #topgear
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lilwillie
11/15/09

In reply to Top Gear Season 14, Episode 1: YouTube Open Thread
That was a God Damn big Dam. #topgear
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lilwillie
11/15/09

In reply to Top Gear Season 14, Episode 1: YouTube Open Thread
that is some cotomer sevis. #topgear
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eggwich del fiero
11/15/09

@lilwillie: Seriously! #topgear
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ArtForge
11/10/09

In reply to Have the Taliban Abandoned Toyotas for American Pickup Trucks?
"My name is Ram and I have a bed full of terrorists." Has a nice ring to it.

Whre is the "Do Not Attempt" tag? #pickuptrucks
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