B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for February 17, 2023

Perception is everything.

THINKING: (“I better not tell him that I also had a turbocharger installed…..and where.”)

Better hold on tight then.

Yeah baby.

When I was a kid I built a model of a 1932 Ford Roadster hot rod that had flames like that. Cherry red. Nice-looking car.

But the question is: Will it be a girl magnet?

Well as any racecar driver can tell you, you know you got horse power when you got flames shooting out of the tailpipe.

Image is everything

Pimp my shell

Cars have decals. So why not turtles?

Does it also improve his swimming ability? I.e., does it make him flame-buoyant?

Maybe it was something he ate.

I think the flames are coming out of the wrong end.

Ahh .. the Danny Koker treatment …

It’s true!

Zoom!

Beep, Beep!

Let’s hear from the hot-rodders out there. Has anyone painted or decalled flames on their car?

An increase of 1.02 picom/s

He took his shell in for a custom look!

Shouldn’t the flames come out the back? That is where mine come from…

I knew a couple that painted a flame job on their garage refrigerator. Don’t ask me why because I have no idea.

My pappy said, “Son, you’re gonna drive me to drinkin’ if you don’t stop drivin’ that Hot Rod Turtle”

Wait till he puts on a couple STP stickers! If he hangs two or three of those scented trees… he’s a real Bad Boy’.

A few years ago, I parked next to a Prius that had flames painted on the side.

Ah, the power of suggestion. I might just have to get some flames for my Nissan Leaf. Wouldn’t that be a hoot. It is really fantastic on the start. The EV nature.

Faster?? In three panes he hasn’t completed a step…

Very similar to my reticular activating system.

Someone explain this to me! WHY would you Want FLAMES coming out of your Engine!?! Wouldn’t that be a BAD thing!?!

Ah! Memories of intercontinental flying in a Lockheed Tristar back in the 50s with the noise and the flames coming out of the exhausts lulling one to sleep at night. Didn’t like it when they were superceded by the ‘Whispering Giant’ turboprop Bristol Britannia – quieter but somehow less comforting.

Needs more red. Red ones go faster.

It’s a beautiful demonstration of how psychological bias works.

A guy I know has flame decals on the sides of his Volvo sedan.

That’s what you call a slow burn.