What's the best BS story you've heard?

[SnipeMasterJ13]

Originally posted by: Arkaign

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: Arkaign
Ah yeah, for the people who thought an Accord w/H22 couldn't win against an old Vette :

Non-boosted H22 Accord = 14.76 1/4 @ 95.97mph http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3ZMmijnX4o

Stock 1990 Corvette (240hp/345tq) = 15.1 1/4 @ 93mph http://www.corvetteguys.com/19...hevrolet-corvette.html

Not trying to thread-crap, and I don't know Zanejohnson from a hole in the ground. He could be FOS for all I know, but I do know for a fact that C4 Vettes weren't all that fast (not a lot was back then), and the H22 Hondas easily run 14s in the 1/4 without boost. Makes it a pretty even race, though both are slow by todays standards.

You are comparing a modified accord to a stock vette, apples - oranges.

I realize that entirely. However, that was the situation described in the OP in the other thread. No Accord came with an H22. ZJ (assuming the story is true at all) has an H22 motor in an Accord (a fairly easy swap). Hence, it's not unreasonable at all to think that it would hang with an average stock C4 Vette. Hell, a new Camry V6 w/manual tranny would hand most C4s their ass.

Now moddability, the C4 can be STUPIDLY fast very easy. Those 5.7s are a dream to work with as far as getting more power.

In short :

Stock Accord < Stock C4 Vette
H22 Accord = or > Stock C4 Vette
H22 Accord < Modded C4 Vette

Better? 🙂

Not exactly. It depends on the year. "C4" is a very broad term. Yes some came with only 230hp, but others came with 300, 375, and even 405(ZR1). That is stock from the factory. A new Camry isn't going to touch those specific builds.

Not trying to bash you, just pointing out that more specifics should be used instead of the broad "C4 Stock" term.

 

[Arkaign]

Originally posted by: SnipeMasterJ13

Originally posted by: Arkaign

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: Arkaign
Ah yeah, for the people who thought an Accord w/H22 couldn't win against an old Vette :

Non-boosted H22 Accord = 14.76 1/4 @ 95.97mph http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3ZMmijnX4o

Stock 1990 Corvette (240hp/345tq) = 15.1 1/4 @ 93mph http://www.corvetteguys.com/19...hevrolet-corvette.html

Not trying to thread-crap, and I don't know Zanejohnson from a hole in the ground. He could be FOS for all I know, but I do know for a fact that C4 Vettes weren't all that fast (not a lot was back then), and the H22 Hondas easily run 14s in the 1/4 without boost. Makes it a pretty even race, though both are slow by todays standards.

You are comparing a modified accord to a stock vette, apples - oranges.

I realize that entirely. However, that was the situation described in the OP in the other thread. No Accord came with an H22. ZJ (assuming the story is true at all) has an H22 motor in an Accord (a fairly easy swap). Hence, it's not unreasonable at all to think that it would hang with an average stock C4 Vette. Hell, a new Camry V6 w/manual tranny would hand most C4s their ass.

Now moddability, the C4 can be STUPIDLY fast very easy. Those 5.7s are a dream to work with as far as getting more power.

In short :

Stock Accord < Stock C4 Vette
H22 Accord = or > Stock C4 Vette
H22 Accord < Modded C4 Vette

Better? 🙂

Not exactly. It depends on the year. "C4" is a very broad term. Yes some came with only 230hp, but others came with 300, 375, and even 405(ZR1). That is stock from the factory. A new Camry isn't going to touch those specific builds.

Not trying to bash you, just pointing out that more specifics should be used instead of the broad "C4 Stock" term.

I'm aware of that. That's why I put 'average' in my post. Early C4 vettes actually had the L83 with 205HP(!!).

So, we have :

1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991

With between 205-240hp

Then

1992
1993
1994
1995
1996

With 300+HP

So, the Camry V6 w/MT would pretty much walk the 84-91 crowd (8 model years), and get pwned by the 92-96 models (5 model years), as well as any decently modded early model or the ZR1 🙂

Edit : Note to Car trivia buffs, the reason I listed the 1983 under the C4 legacy, but only listed 8 model years as being available, is because the '83 was manufactured (full C4 setup), but never sold to the public. They are *very* rare.

http://www.corvetteblog.com/ar...ing-1983-corvette.html

 

[SSSnail]

Originally posted by: MrWizzard

Originally posted by: SSSnail
Fooled me once, shame on me; fool me twice... "There are WMDs in Iraq".

Now, if that's not the biggest BS story that I've ever heard, I don't know what is. Although there's this other story about a guy in the sky 😉

LAME

Yes, it was lame... only if you believed in any of those things I mentioned.

Oh wait...

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: MrWizzard

Originally posted by: SSSnail
Fooled me once, shame on me; fool me twice... "There are WMDs in Iraq".

Now, if that's not the biggest BS story that I've ever heard, I don't know what is. Although there's this other story about a guy in the sky 😉

LAME

Fixed link

 

[jonks]

Originally posted by: Arkaign

Originally posted by: SnipeMasterJ13

Originally posted by: Arkaign

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: Arkaign
Ah yeah, for the people who thought an Accord w/H22 couldn't win against an old Vette :

Non-boosted H22 Accord = 14.76 1/4 @ 95.97mph http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3ZMmijnX4o

Stock 1990 Corvette (240hp/345tq) = 15.1 1/4 @ 93mph http://www.corvetteguys.com/19...hevrolet-corvette.html

Not trying to thread-crap, and I don't know Zanejohnson from a hole in the ground. He could be FOS for all I know, but I do know for a fact that C4 Vettes weren't all that fast (not a lot was back then), and the H22 Hondas easily run 14s in the 1/4 without boost. Makes it a pretty even race, though both are slow by todays standards.

You are comparing a modified accord to a stock vette, apples - oranges.

I realize that entirely. However, that was the situation described in the OP in the other thread. No Accord came with an H22. ZJ (assuming the story is true at all) has an H22 motor in an Accord (a fairly easy swap). Hence, it's not unreasonable at all to think that it would hang with an average stock C4 Vette. Hell, a new Camry V6 w/manual tranny would hand most C4s their ass.

Now moddability, the C4 can be STUPIDLY fast very easy. Those 5.7s are a dream to work with as far as getting more power.

In short :

Stock Accord < Stock C4 Vette
H22 Accord = or > Stock C4 Vette
H22 Accord < Modded C4 Vette

Better? 🙂

Not exactly. It depends on the year. "C4" is a very broad term. Yes some came with only 230hp, but others came with 300, 375, and even 405(ZR1). That is stock from the factory. A new Camry isn't going to touch those specific builds.

Not trying to bash you, just pointing out that more specifics should be used instead of the broad "C4 Stock" term.

I'm aware of that. That's why I put 'average' in my post. Early C4 vettes actually had the L83 with 205HP(!!).

So, we have :

1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991

With between 205-240hp

Then

1992
1993
1994
1995
1996

With 300+HP

So, the Camry V6 w/MT would pretty much walk the 84-91 crowd (8 model years), and get pwned by the 92-96 models (5 model years), as well as any decently modded early model or the ZR1 🙂

Edit : Note to Car trivia buffs, the reason I listed the 1983 under the C4 legacy, but only listed 8 model years as being available, is because the '83 was manufactured (full C4 setup), but never sold to the public. They are *very* rare.

http://www.corvetteblog.com/ar...ing-1983-corvette.html

Friends, the thread that inspired this one would be a better place for this discussion, no?

 

[m1ldslide1]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: lozina
That drinking fluoridated water is good for you

Obligatory:

"Do you realize that in addition to fluoridating water, why, there are studies underway to fluoridate salt, flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, milk, ice cream? Ice cream, Mandrake? Children's ice cream!...You know when fluoridation began?...1946. 1946, Mandrake. How does that coincide with your post-war Commie conspiracy, huh? It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual, and certainly without any choice. That's the way your hard-core Commie works. I first became aware of it, Mandrake, during the physical act of love...Yes, a profound sense of fatigue, a feeling of emptiness followed. Luckily I-I was able to interpret these feelings correctly. Loss of essence. I can assure you it has not recurred, Mandrake. Women, er, women sense my power, and they seek the life essence. I do not avoid women, Mandrake...but I do deny them my essence."

ZV

Yep, that pretty much sums it up. Man I love that movie. :thumbsup:

 

[Noobtastic]

vitamin water is better than regular water.

 

[BudAshes]

Originally posted by: IGBT
..algore and his global warming shite. and all the morons that are falling for it. same mob that fell for the Y2K con. Y2K con = carbon-con.

Oh well if you think so then it must be true. LOL.

The ozone doesn't have a hole in it either, and air polution is good for you. Im going to go suck on a tail pipe right now for a little extra boost this morning.

 

[lozina]

Originally posted by: Born2bwire

Originally posted by: sirjonk

Originally posted by: amdhunter

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: lozina
That drinking fluoridated water is good for you

😕

???

It's not good for you?

There exists a fairly sizeable community of dissenters based upon not totally laughable evidence pointing out the limited benefits of ingested vs topically applied fluroide. Ultimately not a major issue for most people, but fun for conspiracy theorists.

Lot's of fun. The only people that I've seen bring this up seriously are ones that can only explain why we still fluoridate water is that it is a huge government conspiracy that includes all peer reviewed research and dentists. I remember one guy on another forum telling a poster, whose dad was a dentist and believed that flouridated water did improve the overall dental health of his patients, that his dad was a flatout liar and in on the conspiracy.

The problem is there is no peer-reviewed study which supports that actually ingesting fluoridated water improves your dental health. The only studies which show fluoride strengthens the enamel on your teeth is when it comes in direct contact with your teeth. NOT your stomach and your bloodstream. Therefore, why drink it? There are countless controversies on how your body handles fluoride so why take the risk if there is absolutely no benefit to ingesting it? That makes absolutely no sense at all.

If we want to help kids with fluoride, we have fluoridated tooth pastes and fluoride treatments at the dentist. Things which you do not ingest. Besides, how many kids do you know that drink any significant quantity of water? The kids I know drink Pepsi or bottled Iced-Teas, not tap water. And I know Pepsi for example uses water purified by a reverse osmosis system which eliminates fluoride if it is in the water. But I don't know you may live in some kind of utopia where kids do their homework, don't smoke and eat their vegetables.

But no, we can't question authority. We can't challenge government policies or practices endorsed by the government because the government knows best, they are never corrupt, they never lie and anything else is a conspiracy. :roll:

 

[IGBT]

Originally posted by: BudAshes

Originally posted by: IGBT
..algore and his global warming shite. and all the morons that are falling for it. same mob that fell for the Y2K con. Y2K con = carbon-con.

Oh well if you think so then it must be true. LOL.

The ozone doesn't have a hole in it either, and air polution is good for you. Im going to go suck on a tail pipe right now for a little extra boost this morning.

..emissions trading scams are another. may as well make money off a hoax.

 

[Darthvoy]

My buddy once told me that he knows a guy who got gonorrhea in his eye because a striper threw her panties at him and hit his face.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

When it comes to bullshit, big-time, major league bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims, religion. No contest. No contest. Religion. Religion easily has the greatest bullshit story ever told. Think about it. Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time!

But He loves you.

He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money! Religion takes in billions of dollars, they pay no taxes, and they always need a little more. Now, you talk about a good bullshit story! Holy Shit!

-George Carlin

When it comes to bullshit stories from friends, well, I'm the person in the group who tells those. I convinced my aunt, a woman who has known me my whole life, lives in the same city as me, that I spent a summer in Costa Rica. She probably saw me at some point that summer, but she was totally convinced that I had lived in Costa Rica for a summer in college. The jig was up when she mentioned it to my mother several weeks later (my mother's reaction: "... did you spend a summer in Costa Rica? I would remember that, right?"). But hell, that's not bad, right?

I also convinced one of my best friend's girlfriends that I was radioactive, but she couldn't match wits with a brick, so I wasn't as proud of that one. It's like telling a retard there's no Santa because he was killed by zombies... there's no joy to be had in that.

 

[jonks]

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy

When it comes to bullshit, big-time, major league bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims, religion. No contest. No contest. Religion. Religion easily has the greatest bullshit story ever told. Think about it. Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time!

But He loves you.

He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money! Religion takes in billions of dollars, they pay no taxes, and they always need a little more. Now, you talk about a good bullshit story! Holy Shit!

-George Carlin

When it comes to bullshit stories from friends, well, I'm the person in the group who tells those. I convinced my aunt, a woman who has known me my whole life, lives in the same city as me, that I spent a summer in Costa Rica. She probably saw me at some point that summer, but she was totally convinced that I had lived in Costa Rica for a summer in college. The jig was up when she mentioned it to my mother several weeks later (my mother's reaction: "... did you spend a summer in Costa Rica? I would remember that, right?"). But hell, that's not bad, right?

I also convinced one of my best friend's girlfriends that I was radioactive, but she couldn't match wits with a brick, so I wasn't as proud of that one. It's like telling a retard there's no Santa because he was killed by zombies... there's no joy to be had in that.

'Retard' is pejorative and not politically correct nowadays. The preferred term is 'tardo'. Please try not to offend anyone in the future.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

My cousin once told me that his teacher couldn't make it to school because she hit a 500lb. white-tail deer. The wierdest part was that it was his teacher who told him that crap..

 

[Mr. Lennon]

JohnOfSheffield claiming to be in SAS.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Originally posted by: Zeppelin2282
JohnOfSheffield claiming to be in SAS.

I loled. Then I changed my contact information, cause if he is in SAS, I don't want him hunting me down and killing me.

 

[foghorn67]

When my friends and I were in HS, we watched Spaceballs religiously.
One of them said as a joke, "Did you hear they are making a sequel, it will be called Spaceballs 3: The Search for Part 2."
We busted up at that. Well another friend repeated that to others and passed on the joke. But after telling it to others so many times, he started to fib and claimed he heard hollywood rumors about an upcoming sequel. He got caught up in so much, he tried to tell that to us. We had a good laugh again when we explained that was a joke told when he was present.

Okay it's not that funny, but you had to be there.

 

[RandomFool]

I had a roommate who told me this long involved story about a pair of panties he found in his laundry and the girl who owned them.

In reality, the day before I had thrown those same panties in his pile of laundry. I came across them mixed in with my laundry after I came back from the laundromat.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Darthvoy
My buddy once told me that he knows a guy who got gonorrhea in his eye because a striper threw her panties at him and hit his face.

Are you sure he didn't say diarrhea? That's plausible. 😛

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: IGBT

Originally posted by: BudAshes

Originally posted by: IGBT
..algore and his global warming shite. and all the morons that are falling for it. same mob that fell for the Y2K con. Y2K con = carbon-con.

Oh well if you think so then it must be true. LOL.

The ozone doesn't have a hole in it either, and air polution is good for you. Im going to go suck on a tail pipe right now for a little extra boost this morning.

..emissions trading scams are another. may as well make money off a hoax.

I'm sure that someone who is too stupid to understand the topic of this thread is an authority on science. :thumbsup: I love that you brought up Y2k though, because that just illustrates that you make claims about things that you don't understand. As if anyone ever thought your posts had any credibility, you just destroyed it. gg. :thumbsup:

Maybe you should stop listening to talk radio.

 

[WildHorse]

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[Mr. Lennon]

Originally posted by: scott
the official government explanation for 911

:thumbsup:

 

[CptCrunch]

ethanol is a good alternative energy source

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: scott
the official government explanation for 911

You mean it's not a phone number that you should dial in an emergency? :Q

 

[BoomerD]

Not from a "bud", but the most outrageous story I can remember (other than the whole Bible thing) would be:

"WMD'S! They got WMD'S and we know where they are!"

We all know how true that turned out to be...