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Where's the guy from last year with the vanity license plate "25LAPR"? |
| Flagpole |
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I'm not a bumper sticker kind of guy, so my Honda Accord is s ticker free, but my Ford Windstar does have an OBX sticker on it. That's it though. |
| W. Olverine |
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Flagpole, why do you have an OBX sticker? I thought you were from Ohio. |
| Satansmouf |
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I have an oval stick that simply says "run", no distance, no time, no Iron man.. |
| Flagpole |
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Because I have vacationed there a lot and like it. |
| pnw runner |
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I have a USATF sticker on my car that says I'm a member. Then I lie and tell people I was in the Olympics. |
| W. Olverine |
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I'm not criticizing, but to me it's a foreign concept to put a sticker on my car advertising where I take my vacations. |
| Abbie Norml |
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My brother says the guy that came up with the OBX was the inventor of the oval sticker concept and is now loaded. He also claims that said guy also prohibits those who sell the OBX oval from selling any other. Not sure about all that but I did go to the OBX once and I did not understand the appeal. Too freaking crowded. Weather was unpredictable and the undertow and riptide was awful. To the point that swimming in the ocean was not safe and I saw more than a couple people have to be rescued after being swept away and one person drowned the week I was there. Maybe I just went on a bad week... |
| Abbie Norml |
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OBX - how about that? My brother is usually full of it. http://valawyersweekly.com/blog/2009/03/09/oval-and-out-%E2%80%98obx%E2%80%99-can%E2%80%99t-be-trademarked/ http://books.google.com/books?id=ru4-CkauWOkC&pg=PA170&lpg=PA170&dq=OBX+sticker+origin&source=bl&ots=3dQHgTC4g4&sig=Xs3z5admiilez8p6ZQbSUMDoN0I&hl=en&ei=q1PGSuj9EMne8Qa--7xC&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#v=onepage&q=OBX%20sticker%20origin&f=false |
| W. Olverine |
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I like the part where they say the X in OBX subliminally borrowed from everything X in our culture, from Gen X to X Games to everything X-treme. Here's a research project for any of you college age letsrunners: do a correlation study between those who have the OBX sticker and those who consume Mountain Dew. |
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Actually when you look at a lot of threads, you find that a lot of the people who post on here are decent but not great runners. The type who weren't good enough to run in college but are better than the masses, and like that special feeling of being called "fast." They get into it as an identity thing, and then they disparage others who take it up as a hobby or just enjoy it regardless of pace, rather than embracing the growth of the community. Seeing a 13.1 sticker prompts them to think "you suck", rather than "hey there is someone else who is into running who may not be quick, but can appreciate what I do instead of asking how far is that marathon?" |
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My dad drives an SUV with a 13.1 sticker on the back. I'm sure there are countless SUVs with this on the back, but did you see this in Ohio? |
| Morpheus |
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I wish I had a C-note for every SUV in OH with a 13.1 sticker on it. you have no idea how common they are. |
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I worked at a sports store for a few years and we sold all the various 26.2, TRI, IM, 13.1, etc. stickers. Often we would have customers buying them days, weeks, even months before their "big time" event (typically a Team in Training Half Marathon). A few customers even put them on their car before right then; long before the date of their race. I always wondered how many of them ended up actually doing them. That said, I agree that the 13.1 is a "one-timer" sticker for people who eecked-out a 2:12 half marathon with the iPod, race t-shirt, and gel/water belt. But hey, I guess it could be worse... |
| DontFeedTheTroll |
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Well aren't you a special little bunny? |
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If you think that was when SNL was funny, you're too young to be posting here.
I think you missed the joke here. Look at his Name: Bill Brasky. It's a Saturday Night Live thing if you are old enough to remember when the show was funny.[/quote] |
| B.l.S.P. |
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Not good enough to run in college, Nintendo dweeb?
You're a dumbass, have you ever seen people with XC stickers? Seriously, do you have a problem with that too? I mean hell, that's only like 8k in most NCAA races!! Who the f*** takes pride in completing 8k?!?![/quote] |
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I could care less if any random douche knows how far a marathon is.
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Why do you assume it has anything to do with running? It's probably the length of the owner's d**k in inches. |
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I think you missed the joke here. Look at his Name: Bill Brasky. It's a Saturday Night Live thing if you are old enough to remember when the show was funny.[/quote][/quote] Nobody's "old enough" to remember when SNL was funny, because it's always been lame! Andy Kaufman is about the only person who ever brought a cutting edge to that show, the rest have been hacks in a network censorship stupor. |