in a different thread,
The_Jed said:
I can't be 100% sure who said it at the moment but I think it was AngryCorvair. He said that about 1% of the population are shiny happy people. Clearly that's false... it's waaay more than 1%.
i have two comments to make about this: first, just like the guy in the wife beater who gets grabbed by the boys in blue while scaling a chain link fence after ditching his pickup, it wasn't me; second, i totally agree it's way more than 1%.
:-)
On a consistent and irritating basis. It's a major reason I live where I do and keep my family at an arms length. They like to misquote and believe dumb E36 M3 about me. I've gotten tired of defending myself.
Yep.
Including in mainstream newspapers, TV news, and on THIS site.
Ive even had my words edited to say something I did not say.
SV reX said:Yep.
Including words I did say.
In reply to wae :
Haha
"America is all about speed, hot nasty bad-ass speed" -AngryCorvair
"I stand by all the misstatements that I've made."
AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) said: and that right there is why 90% of the time i think ZW is a berkeleying douchebag.
I don't know about you being misquoted but you making misstatements yeah.
AngryCorvair said:IDK what I'm building yet, but I've been so inspired by the members of this community that I am announcing right now that I will be bringing a car to the $2019 Challenge
I don't need to be misquoted, I say dumb things all on my own that I then regret for a long time afterwards, all by myself.
SV reX said:Yep.
Including in mainstream newspapers, TV news, and on THIS site.Ive even had my words edited to say something I did not say.
Ditto. It was an effort to get me fired for being the wrong tone of skin. I didn't deserve a nice job and therefore must be a white supremacist. That one still grates me.
bobzilla said:SV reX said:Yep.
Including in mainstream newspapers, TV news, and on THIS site.Ive even had my words edited to say something I did not say.
Ditto. It was an effort to get me fired for being the wrong tone of skin. I didn't deserve a nice job and therefore must be a white supremacist. That one still grates me.
BTDT.
Stampie said:I don't know about you being misquoted but you making misstatements yeah.
AngryCorvair said:IDK what I'm building yet, but I've been so inspired by the members of this community that I am announcing right now that I will be bringing a car to the $2019 Challenge
I am AngryCorvair, and I definitely approve of that message!
You weren't only misquoted, you where stereotyped.
"They" just assume all Covair people are the same....
(it was my quote, and I was trying to be conservative, the primary point is that the vast majority of people are not a-holes)
So.... 5%? 
Peabody said:AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) said: and that right there is why 90% of the time i think ZW is a berkeleying douchebag.
Peabody is OK, but that ZW guy was 36 grit. ;-)
aircooled said:You weren't only misquoted, you where stereotyped.
"They" just assume all Covair people are the same....
(it was my quote, and I was trying to be conservative, the primary point is that the vast majority of people are not a-holes)
So.... 5%?
10% of people are shiny happy people, 10% are worth knowing, 80% exist to create traffic jams.
not sure this counts, but my sons ratted me out to my wife yesterday. They (8 & 7) told her that I took them around the race track in the RX7 without seatbelts at 90mph.
Truth: they rode on my lap for a lap at around 30mph at a private test at a short track.
In reply to jmabarone :
Well if you're already in trouble for it
jmabarone said:not sure this counts, but my sons ratted me out to my wife yesterday. They (8 & 7) told her that I took them around the race track in the RX7 without seatbelts at 90mph.
Truth: they rode on my lap for a lap at around 30mph at a private test at a short track.
So the part about the no seatbelts.......
Problem I have is that often I don't flesh out my comments enough, so I get misquoted or misunderstood a lot.
Mndsm said:jmabarone said:not sure this counts, but my sons ratted me out to my wife yesterday. They (8 & 7) told her that I took them around the race track in the RX7 without seatbelts at 90mph.
Truth: they rode on my lap for a lap at around 30mph at a private test at a short track.
So the part about the no seatbelts.......
Oh, I was buckled in.
Speaking to the owner of a morbidly obese, dog, "stop feeding him Vienna sausages, if you have to give him a treat give him a single dry cheerio."
Two months later, owner informs me he's been giving the dog bowls of Cheerios with milk (and he's gained 3 pounds), because "you told me to."
Yes, on this forum, among other places. It required moderator intervention. The particular person's signature still tangentially refers to the incident.
In reply to Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) :
Thanks! I needed a laugh this morning.
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