Funny picture from Japan

Post by **Legacy777** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 6:25 pm

I took this while I was in Japan this past August. I got a good chuckle out of it.

Dynamic Entry · Post by **Dynamic Entry** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:35 am

I'm laughing and I don't even know why, lol.

Redlined · Post by **Redlined** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 3:21 am

Be funnier on like a reinforced steel bumper on a huge 4x4

magicmike · Post by **magicmike** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 4:06 am

now that is funny

ericem · Post by **ericem** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 4:24 am

Dynamic Entry wrote:I'm laughing and I don't even know why, lol.

lol same

fishbone79 · Post by **fishbone79** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 4:45 am

Dude... I took that exact same picture when I was there! My wife could not understand why I thought it was so hysterical....

kimokalihi · Post by **kimokalihi** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:59 pm

Is it funny just because it says TARD or is there a deeper meaning to this?

Post by **Legacy777** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 6:44 pm

fishbone79 wrote:Dude... I took that exact same picture when I was there! My wife could not understand why I thought it was so hysterical....

Now that is funny!! Yeah I was laughing quite a bit, and I don't think my friends got it.

Post by **Legacy777** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 6:47 pm

kimokalihi wrote:Is it funny just because it says TARD or is there a deeper meaning to this?

The most obvious is because it says powertard.

I guess the second is because this is one of those phrases/words that was translated from Japanese to English and went horribly wrong. Ever heard of Engrish? They have shirts and other clothes that have english words on them, but make absolutely no sense when put together in the order they have.

I believe I know what they were trying to imply by "Powertard Brake", but they totally missed it on that translation.

fishbone79 · Post by **fishbone79** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:13 pm

Yeah, "powertard!" Pretty low-brow, really... but I'm just glad I'm not the only one who thought it was hilarious.

Redlined · Post by **Redlined** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:17 pm

what I got out of it is. Its what is used by "Powertards" as breaks the rear bumper of your car that is. or. THEY use the rear bumper of YOUR car as a break.

Redlined · Post by **Redlined** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:20 pm

Hmm on second glance it looks like the cars in both pictures are the same make/model. so i'm guessing that its actually a translation gone wrong thing as Legacy777 said.

suba · Post by **suba** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 1:35 am

well, if I'm not mistaken thats actually on a bus, mitsubishi I think has that system

http://www.sae.org/technical/papers/920085

Its something developed by Mitsubishi and Jacobs (jake brakes) of the US

Apex3 · Post by **Apex3** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:01 pm

I never saw that when I was there...They have shit written all over everything there though

N1446 · Post by **N1446** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:07 am

powertard 3 thumbs up
A foolish or incompetent person. Originally found on the back of a bus in Japan "Powertard Braking System"
It ironically sounds like a cross between power and retard and hence powertard was born

"Dont be such a powertard all your life"
"Hey powertard, what time are we leaving?"

Compliments Urban D

[img]Insert%20PowerTard%20Image%20here[/img]

N1446 · Post by **N1446** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:21 am

Post by **Legacy777** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:02 pm

suba wrote:well, if I'm not mistaken thats actually on a bus, mitsubishi I think has that system

http://www.sae.org/technical/papers/920085

Its something developed by Mitsubishi and Jacobs (jake brakes) of the US

Yeah it was on a bus.....and yes jake brake was what I was trying to compare it to.

Smithcraft · Post by **Smithcraft** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:44 am

Now that's hilarious!

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Funny picture from Japan

Funny picture from Japan