In the spirit of the holidays, a poem for ricers

RiceRocket · 12-05-2004, 09:04 PM

Twas the night before Christmas...

Twas the night before Christmas and caught at the light,
was a Pontiac GTP and no cops in sight,

I will try, I will try, I will try with this small motor,
To beat this black Grand Prix, even with it's Eaton blower,

As the light goes green and I pull like no joke,
The GTP next to me erupts in clouds of front tire smoke,

Now Smasher, now Revver, now Stroker, now Blitzin,
These are the names of my four VTEC pistons,

Racing ahead I'm the star of the action,
But I know I'm in trouble when that supercharged V6 gets traction,

Grabbing second, I hear the RPM sing,
My rear view mirror is blocked by my three foot wing,

I now hear the roar, of that supercharged V6 gaining,
It is all I can do to keep this four-banger straining,

In a second, the shockwave hits with a blast,
And my stickers go flying now, all things of the past,

Don't bother with third, cause now it's too late,
Just try to act cool, like you can relate,

Looking up at the taillights as they got smaller,
The driver backs off just long enough to give me a holler,

"You can't win them all," he says waving,
"You may not win any at all in that silly little thing"

I smile and revved my four banger as he pulled out of sight,
With my new mods tomorrow... I'm sure it will be a better night.

my99sl1 · 12-05-2004, 10:47 PM

was that your creation? if so good job

Shmi · 12-05-2004, 11:08 PM

hah... good job

ausgeflippt13 · 12-05-2004, 11:22 PM

very excellent. you do that yourself?

hiechimu · 12-06-2004, 01:26 PM

Did you write that after cruise night on the pike? You should write this in chalk in the Burger king parking lot. HA! :P

Anony00GT · 12-07-2004, 02:09 AM

That's a couple years old now, surfaces every Christmas. The original was about a Mustang (someone from a Grand Prix board must have got ahold of it), and the original did not have the last three stanzas.

The original definitely flows better:

Twas the night before Christmas and caught at the light,
was a Mustang GT and no cops in sight,

I will try, I will try, I will try with this small motor,
To beat this V8, even with it's big blower,

As the light goes green and I pull like no joke,
The Stang next to me erupts in clouds of tire smoke,

Now Smasher, now Revver, now Stroker, now Blitzin,
These are the names of my four VTEC pistons,

Racing ahead I'm the star of the action,
But I know I'm in trouble when that V8 gets traction,

Grabbing second, I hear the RPM sing,
My rear view mirror is blocked by my three foot wing,

I now hear the roar, of that Mustang is gaining,
All I can do is keep this four-banger straining,

In a second, the shockwave hits with a blast,
And my stickers go flying now, a thing of the past,

Don't bother with third, cause now it's too late,
Just try to act cool, like you can relate

ausgeflippt13 · 12-07-2004, 02:58 AM

what do you mean it flows better? it's damn near identical!

RiceRocket · 12-07-2004, 06:34 PM

Actually the original was about just a V8 in general, no specific car. But leave it to a mustang owner to claim that the original was about a stang.

Quote:

Originally Posted by hiechimu

Did you write that after cruise night on the pike? You should write this in chalk in the Burger king parking lot. HA!

Better yet, we should go halves on a billboard and put it up there.

hiechimu · 12-07-2004, 09:48 PM

The billboard might be a bit much. Billboards in metro Hartford rent for about $5,000 for 1 month, production costs add about $2,000, agency fees, $1500. That's about $8,500 for one month.

OR you could just spam other boards, like www.thepike.net