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Posted: **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.

Posted: **Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:35 am**

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

Posted: **Tue Sep 15, 2009 3:21 am**

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

Posted: **Tue Sep 15, 2009 4:06 am**

now that is funny

Posted: **Tue Sep 15, 2009 4:24 am**

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

lol same

Posted: **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....

Posted: **Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:59 pm**

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

Posted: **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.

Posted: **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.

Posted: **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.

Posted: **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.

Posted: **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.

Posted: **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

Posted: **Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:01 pm**

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

Posted: **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]

Posted: **Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:21 am**

Posted: **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.

Posted: **Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:44 am**

Now that's hilarious!

SC

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