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Title: Complete the sentence
Post by: Wizzo on September 26, 2007, 05:10:57 PM
The Competition
Complete the following sentence:

You know you've watched too much F1 when.............

Answers can be funny, clever, witty or serious, just complete the sentence with whatever you think of - it's that simple.

The Prize
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Good luck guys



The Rules
All entries must be posted on or before 14/10/07
Each member can post as many answers as they like.
The winner will be chosen by Mr Wiz (snigger)
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Dare on September 26, 2007, 09:20:26 PM
you check out GP Wizard first thing
upon rising in the morning,then you
fix your coffee
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: cosworth151 on September 26, 2007, 09:43:10 PM
1. when you tell the speed cop, "I wasn't speeding, I was qualifying!

2. (Men only) when you go to the image gallery and skip past the babes to look at the race pix.
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Ian on September 26, 2007, 10:47:56 PM
When you pull into the garage and trash the pump attendant
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: cosworth151 on September 26, 2007, 10:55:20 PM
When you start to think that the stuff in store section of "The Official Formula 1 Website" might actually be worth what they charge for them.
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Steven Roy on September 26, 2007, 11:15:50 PM
When you can't understand why people think it is strange that you get up at 3am to watch a race in Japan.
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Dare on September 27, 2007, 04:20:24 AM
When Max Mosely makes any statement and you
think it makes perfect sense
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Dare on September 27, 2007, 04:33:54 AM
you remove the fenders off your auto so
you'll have a open wheel racer
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: romephius on September 27, 2007, 04:48:48 AM
You try to find ways of getting more aero devices and cabon fibre components on your Ford Focus

Rom
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: romephius on September 27, 2007, 04:49:27 AM
You look for ways to getter better ground effect on your road car....

Rom
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: romephius on September 27, 2007, 04:50:03 AM
You try to do pit stop procedures at the petrol station.....

Rom
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Dare on September 27, 2007, 04:58:44 AM
you go to a plastic surgeon and tell the
doctor to make you look like Kubica
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: cosworth151 on September 27, 2007, 05:49:14 AM
someone asks you the time and you reply "4 days, 12 hours, 5 minutes and 38 seconds until Fuji.
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: SennaMan on September 27, 2007, 05:49:28 AM

..................when you wake up screaming after dreaming Bernie Ecclestone was the first President of a World Government.............. and Max Mosley was his Deputy!
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: SennaMan on September 27, 2007, 05:59:31 AM

when you consider Kimi Raikkonen is the most exhilarating and wittiest "post-race" speaker on the planet.
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: SennaMan on September 27, 2007, 06:05:13 AM

when, while watching another F1 GP, you yell out,
 
"Only another hour to go, honey!"

to your hot new chick who wants you to come back to bed! 
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: SennaMan on September 27, 2007, 06:09:03 AM
you swore,

 "I'll never buy another f*****g FORD!"

after they pulled the plug on the JAGUAR F1 team.......................

and traded yours the very next day on a bloody FWD TOYOTA Corolla!

Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: SennaMan on September 27, 2007, 06:18:34 AM
before ya take delivery of aforesaid TOYOTA Corolla sedan, you negotiate for all the tyre treads to be painted with two separate white bands.................

including the "space saver" spare!   
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: cosworth151 on September 27, 2007, 06:24:46 AM
you can remember the chassis number of the Williams-Cosworth FW-28 that Webber drove at Monaco last year, but not where you left your car keys.
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Alianora La Canta on September 27, 2007, 11:54:47 AM
when you tell the surveyer that the most famous Japanese person you know is Takuma Sato.

(NB - this happened to me in July this year).
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: romephius on September 27, 2007, 12:05:21 PM
Everytime you see a blue shirt on the side of the road you pull over to let the leaders through.....

Rom
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: romephius on September 27, 2007, 12:06:36 PM
You get annoyed when you keep missing the apex of the corners.....

Rom
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: romephius on September 27, 2007, 12:07:27 PM
You can't understand why your hubcaps don't do the same job as the Ferrari....

Rom
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Dare on September 27, 2007, 02:00:08 PM
when you park your car in the garage you
put a monitor on the hood so you can
check out the telemetry
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: romephius on September 27, 2007, 02:00:33 PM
When it comes time to renew your licence, you ask the transport department if the FIA has approved your super licence........

Rom
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: romephius on September 27, 2007, 02:01:14 PM
you call in a team of 16 engineers just to turn your car on.......

Rom
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: cosworth151 on September 27, 2007, 05:40:56 PM
you try to pull off the steering wheel when you park.
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Alianora La Canta on September 27, 2007, 10:24:22 PM
you say that you were late for your appointment because "unfortunately I failed to optimise the fuel strategy for the first stint of my journey down to the chip shop, resulting in a Honda passing me and ruining my expected pace across the second phase down the back lanes, and then I received a 10-minute stop/go penalty for speeding down the lane..."
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Dare on September 27, 2007, 10:29:21 PM
you try to pull off the steering wheel when you park.



You pull the steering wheel off your car when you park
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Steven Roy on September 27, 2007, 10:40:06 PM
When you look at a stylised model and try to figure out which car it is based on.
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Steven Roy on September 27, 2007, 10:41:14 PM
When you think there must be some conspiracy behind the prize being a red car.
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Dare on September 28, 2007, 03:28:20 AM
you keep a set of rain tires in the
trunk,just in case
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Dare on September 28, 2007, 03:56:19 AM
you know the French,German,English,and
the Italian national anthlems by heart
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Alianora La Canta on September 28, 2007, 10:44:27 AM
When you put garlic and stakes in your car to ward off evil FIA officials...
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: cosworth151 on September 28, 2007, 03:12:11 PM
the ring tone on your cell (mobile) phone is Georges Bizet's Overture from Carmen.
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Steven Roy on September 28, 2007, 07:50:12 PM
When you know the parent company of every tobacco brand in the world.
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Steven Roy on September 28, 2007, 07:51:25 PM
When you can recognise any circuit in the world within 0.2s of it appearing on TV.
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: cosworth151 on September 28, 2007, 09:20:24 PM
When you can recognise any circuit in the world within 0.2s of it appearing on TV.

and name every corner, in order.
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: romephius on September 28, 2007, 11:28:38 PM
the ring tone on your cell (mobile) phone is Georges Bizet's Overture from Carmen.

when your phones background is an F1 car and the ringtone is the sound of an F1 engine....

Rom
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Ian on September 28, 2007, 11:37:14 PM
When the car in front on the motorway won't move over and your screaming ' BLUE FLAG, BLUE FLAG '
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: SennaMan on September 29, 2007, 12:57:02 AM

you only keep your car clean and shiny to reduce it's "drag"
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Chameleon on September 29, 2007, 02:40:06 AM
This is silly.  There's no way you can have watched too much F1...











 :yahoo:
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Alianora La Canta on September 29, 2007, 12:49:35 PM
when you spend half the morning looking for your F1 notes folder and refuse to have breakfast until you've found it.
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Dare on September 29, 2007, 04:15:01 PM
when you brake check the car
behind you
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: romephius on September 29, 2007, 04:18:54 PM
your boss at work expects you to be tired on the monday after a race......and he knows he can't change it.....

Rom
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Dare on September 29, 2007, 07:18:52 PM
you build a podium in the backyard and climb
on the top step when you beat the better half home
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: SennaMan on September 30, 2007, 04:09:11 AM
This is silly.  There's no way you can have watched too much F1...

Hahahaha, :yahoo: bloody brilliant Chameleon!

you are quite right mate but makes for a cool comp











 :yahoo:
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: SennaMan on September 30, 2007, 04:13:51 AM
To be honest.....I prefer the higher pitch and smoother sound of the modern day F1 engine....I don't know what it is that I love so much about it...but I love it...I have even taken a sound file and made it my mobile ringtone......

Rom [quote from a post of Rom's on another topic]

perfect Rom :good:

so: "........when you make a sound file of a modern day F1 engine and use it as ya mobile's ringtone!"
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: SennaMan on September 30, 2007, 04:21:41 AM
................you spend hours being fascinated by "GPWizard" rather than cleaning up ya messy house. :nono:
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Alianora La Canta on September 30, 2007, 09:27:18 AM
when you insist on watching the re-run of a race that only finished four hours earlier.
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Steven Roy on September 30, 2007, 02:30:27 PM
When you get up in the middle of the night to watch half an hour of cars following the safety car and don't think this is strange.  Guess we have become used to processional races.
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Alianora La Canta on September 30, 2007, 03:07:21 PM
when you go on the internet to find out what on earth the company on your favourite team's nosecone side does all day...
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: romephius on September 30, 2007, 03:13:38 PM
you spend most of the 33 hours you have been awake out of 38 has been focused on Formula 1 chat, watching websites and the race.


Rom
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Steven Roy on September 30, 2007, 03:36:25 PM
Quote
when you go on the internet to find out what on earth the company on your favourite team's nosecone side does all day...

I always find it strange that there are so many companies using F1 to raise brand awareness but most have no idea what it is they do.
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: cosworth151 on October 01, 2007, 04:29:00 PM
................you spend hours being fascinated by "GPWizard" rather than cleaning up ya messy house. :nono:

That's just good sense! ;)
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Dare on October 01, 2007, 07:15:27 PM
When your family has a interventions and
tries to make you think your hooked on
GPWizard,but you already knew it
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Dare on October 01, 2007, 07:17:35 PM
When you'd rather chat with your GPWizard friends
than your friends in the real world
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Scott on October 01, 2007, 07:55:02 PM
...you log on and there aren't any 'unread posts since last visit'
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Scott on October 01, 2007, 07:58:33 PM
...you actually DO buy or boycott the sponsors depending on your fav's and least fav's.
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Dare on October 03, 2007, 03:05:12 AM
you cancel your Enzo order in protest
of Luca's shenanigans
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Dare on October 03, 2007, 03:06:56 AM
you wear a helmet complete with a
hans device when driving your family car
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Steven Roy on October 03, 2007, 10:24:39 AM
When you phone up your local indoor kart track and insist they send you a CAD model of the track so that you and your engineer can plan how to get the best lap time.
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: SennaMan on October 03, 2007, 01:00:39 PM
when you feel the curves on your favourite 2007 F1 car are sexier than your girlfriend's!  :-[
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: SennaMan on October 03, 2007, 01:13:30 PM
you cancel your Enzo order in protest
of Luca's shenanigans

when you snap up dare's cancelled FERRARI ENZO order

[principles may be important but pale when confronted with owning the "supercar" of the age!]
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Steven Roy on October 03, 2007, 02:36:19 PM
When you continually go to the Autosport site and check the countdown timer to the next race.  3 days 16 hours 26 minutes 22 seconds.
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Dare on October 03, 2007, 02:45:10 PM
When you continually go to the Autosport site and check the countdown timer to the next race.  3 days 16 hours 26 minutes 22 seconds.


when you countdown the time to the
next Friday practice
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: SennaMan on October 04, 2007, 03:41:58 PM

when you want the 2007 season to end because you want the 2008 season to begin with it's new set of possibilities
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Dare on October 04, 2007, 04:01:35 PM
when your heading out the door you gotta stop and
go back and see if there's any new posts
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Dare on October 04, 2007, 11:21:05 PM
you know every f1 drivers birthday but have'nt
the foggest when your families b'days are :o
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: SennaMan on October 04, 2007, 11:31:38 PM
when you must check out GPWIZARD before you go to work - even when it will make ya late! :nono:
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Steven Roy on October 05, 2007, 12:28:11 AM
When you go to formula1.com to check the countdown timer to first practise.
2 hours 34 minutes 28 seconds
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: romephius on October 05, 2007, 02:04:22 AM
When the only two things in life are work and FORMULA 1.......

Rom
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Dare on October 05, 2007, 02:38:17 AM
 computer                        $500
 monthly internet charges   $35
 lcd monitor                      $225
 
 GPWizard.com                   priceless
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Ian on October 07, 2007, 06:50:43 AM
When you wake up suddenly, your wifes squealing and your mumbling,  " my paddles are'nt working "
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Steven Roy on October 07, 2007, 02:11:59 PM
When you sit in front of your TV early on a Sunday morning shouting at Ron Dennis to pit Lewis Hamilton and forget about trying to win the race.
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Dare on October 07, 2007, 04:06:25 PM
when you wish you could hibernate when the 07 season
is over to awake at the start of the 08 season
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Dare on October 08, 2007, 02:29:53 AM
when you wish you could hibernate when the 07 season
is over to awake at the start of the 08 season



You'd rather hear the wail
of a f1 engine than hear the
angels sing
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: SennaMan on October 08, 2007, 03:19:50 AM

when you support and sympathise with ya favourite TEAM/PRINCIPAL/DRIVER when they are being slagged by others!
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: SennaMan on October 08, 2007, 03:25:17 AM
When you sit in front of your TV early on a Sunday morning shouting at Ron Dennis to pit Lewis Hamilton and forget about trying to win the race.

exactly SR - you too mate.

I was swearing at them for being effin TOO smart and poor ole LH panicked and slid off track at the b pit entrance

very embarrassing that even if understandable

McLAREN race engineers should have known better
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: SennaMan on October 08, 2007, 03:28:06 AM
when you wish you could hibernate when the 07 season
is over to awake at the start of the 08 season



You'd rather hear the wail
of a f1 engine than hear the
angels sing

well "Dare":

I'd rather hear F1 engines singing on song than angels wailing
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Alianora La Canta on October 08, 2007, 11:45:19 AM
You start thinking about how to buy Orange India/Spyker/whatever-it's-called-this-week - and don't stop yourself because you don't care about losing a couple of million pounds you haven't got...
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Dare on October 11, 2007, 01:34:30 PM
when your late for work and you tell
your boss it's because your team had
you on a 3 stop strategy
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Dare on October 11, 2007, 01:35:55 PM
you sell your Honda and buy a Toyota
so you can change teams next year
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Alianora La Canta on October 12, 2007, 09:18:23 PM
you keep a record of what penalties drivers would have got had next year's four-race gearbox rule been in place this year, and put the results of said record on your blog.
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Wizzo on October 14, 2007, 10:26:02 PM

After much deliberation I have decided the winning entry is:

You know you've watched too much F1 when you go to a plastic surgeon and tell the doctor to make you look like Kubica by Dare.  :yahoo:

Well done to all of you who entered, it was a really close competition and at one stage I had 15 possible winning entries!!  :good: I'm sure you will join me in congratulating Lord Dare.

Watch out for another competition coming soon, I have some really cool prizes to give away.

Thanks again everybody for all your valued input which has made the site what it is today.
 
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Ian on October 14, 2007, 11:00:56 PM
Hey you yankee doodle dandy, well done Dare, nice one pal, talk to you later no doubt.  :good:  :yahoo:
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: romephius on October 15, 2007, 03:44:23 AM
 :yahoo: CONGRATS Dare,

Surely this means the Wiz is gonna get some 'bonus' point in the GG???

Well done to you mate,

Rom
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: Alianora La Canta on October 15, 2007, 12:27:20 PM
Dare, your Kubica entry was absolutely hilarious - I'm delighted to hear you won! Enjoy your prize, and congratulations! :yahoo:
Title: Re: Complete the sentence
Post by: cosworth151 on October 15, 2007, 03:35:43 PM
Congrats, old pal! :yahoo: Well done!
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