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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 04:01 PM
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inspiration for the new MINI...

Ever since I saw the first pictures of the newly designed MINI it has reminded me of something/someone... well I finally figured it out



I had to take down my "fun" picture. Seems poking fun at the new R56 made me a spamming "bad apple"... and that I'm not sensitve to the folks who admire the sleek, shiny, and vastly improved R56
 
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 04:49 PM
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Hey, I know that guy, googles we call him, ha ha ha.....
 
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 04:50 PM
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Marty Feldman. Of course. =o)

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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 05:00 PM
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Jaja, this is really going downhill....
 
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 05:14 PM
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Yeah, it looks a bit Abby Normal
 
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 05:56 PM
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 05:59 PM
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Progress my friend! Resistance is futile!
 
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 06:21 PM
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How many times

How many times and threads are you going to post this picture? i've seen it in 4 different places. Funny once, maybe even twice...
 
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by glangford
How many times and threads are you going to post this picture? i've seen it in 4 different places. Funny once, maybe even twice...
As many times as I please...
 
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by slag1911
As many times as I please...
I am curious about something. Since you are so anti-R56 why do you spend so much time on this forum? Why not go play on the R53 forum and attempt to contribute something positive to the community?

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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by reelsmith.
I am curious about something. Since you are so anti-R56 why do you spend so much time on this forum? Why not go play on the R53 forum and attempt to contribute something positive to the community?

dean.

Oh he is most certainly contributing something positive to the community
 
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 06:47 PM
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He is most certainly contributing something positive to the community
Silliness??
 
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by slag1911
As many times as I please...
Until people report you? lol..
 
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 08:03 PM
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I'm not without a sense of humor, but I've seen this posted in several threads.

Are there any threads in the R53 forum where R56 buyers are gloating, goading, or poking fun of the R53? Is there? Please show me.

Is this community so lightly moderated that this is acceptable?
 
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 08:06 PM
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Yeah, I'd say its pretty trollish, sorry I posted to it but I didn't look at the forum it was in or anything, just happened to click it, saw Marty which made me smile and make my Young Frankenstein reference.
 
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by slag1911
Ever since I saw the first pictures of the newly designed MINI it has reminded me of something/someone... well I finally figured it out

 
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by lava
I'm not without a sense of humor, but I've seen this posted in several threads.

Are there any threads in the R53 forum where R56 buyers are gloating, goading, or poking fun of the R53? Is there? Please show me.

Is this community so lightly moderated that this is acceptable?
Ok - wait. Are you actually an R56? Is that why you're taking this so personally? Did a bolt of electricity zap one of the early production models into sentience? Are you some ghost-in-the-machine ECU map program gone awry?

No?

Then lighten up, it's just a joke.
 
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 08:34 PM
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Homme, you are one of the R56 haters, so don't make yourself to be above it all.
This I admit was funny the first time I saw because I liked Marty Feldman. The way I have seen this posted makes me think it isn't light hearted in it's intent.
 
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 10:49 PM
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 10:58 PM
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I apologize for feeding the trolls, however, I would like to make a suggestion that if they are in such dire need of an outlet for the "hater-ade" that they visit an xB board, or a new Civic board. IMHO, there are a number of vehicles out there more deserving of this animosity.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2007 | 06:08 AM
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It was funny one time.

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Old Feb 21, 2007 | 06:12 AM
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personally I think this was much funnier

 
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Old Feb 21, 2007 | 06:42 AM
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Originally Posted by designerMINI
Homme, you are one of the R56 haters, so don't make yourself to be above it all.
Don't presume to tell me what I am and what I'm not. I've never once said I hated the R56.

If you want to create this schism, go for it - but I don't see what you have to gain.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2007 | 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by lurch70
personally I think this was much funnier


*spew* there goes pepsi out my nose.

ouch.. I can't deny that was funny!
 
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Old Feb 21, 2007 | 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by MotorMouth
*spew* there goes pepsi out my nose.

ouch.. I can't deny that was funny!

 
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