All Gas No Brakes

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  1. mezzavo

    mezzavo Well-Known Member

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  2. mezzavo

    mezzavo Well-Known Member

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    The engines have been disabled due to F.O.D. (Foreign Object Damage) A very real term that so applies to this situation. What a flippin' mess.
     
  3. jetophile

    jetophile Bruce Coslet's Daughter

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    That phrase never meant what it was supposed to translate to from where I'm sitting. I took it to mean cut your own brake lines, gun the car 90 miles an hour into a ravine, die. o_O
     
  4. jetophile

    jetophile Bruce Coslet's Daughter

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    Is this where I roll my eyes? o_O

    J/K, pun intended.
     
  5. HackettSuxTNG

    HackettSuxTNG Well-Known Member

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  6. The_Darksider

    The_Darksider Well-Known Member

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    No gas, all brakes.
     
  7. westiedog1

    westiedog1 Well-Known Member

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    "All gas, break wind"
     
  8. truthbtold

    truthbtold Well-Known Member

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    The motto of the Jets Fan -
    All gas and heartburn … no breaks.
     
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    JoeWalton Well-Known Member

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    All gaslighting with no breaks.
     
  10. teamgreen

    teamgreen Well-Known Member

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    All gas no brakes loosely translated means "3 - 14 record in the division so far over 3 seasons".
    At best, it'd be 4-14 over 3 seasons if the Jets beat the Pats; otherwise it'll be 3-15 over 3 seasons. I can't think of any HC/GM combination that's ever assembled anything near to that awful over such an extended time and retained their jobs.
     
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