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To have your car's engine run with the exhaust manifold bare, rendering it obnoxiously loud, according to rice boy standards.

Your general stock cars are by itself equipped with these items, that guide, muffle, and clean exhaust gases, as well as reduce performance by increasing backpressure:

Exhaust Manifold - A sturdy structure that covers the exit paths after your exhaust gases has left when the exhaust valve opens. It purpose is to collect exhaust gases so it can be either pumped with air to burn undercombusted hydrocarbons (provides no power, but better smog tests) via air injection, or further send down the tailpipe, where further methods are undertaken to quiet and clean the expanding exhaust gases.

Tailpipe - Narrow metal tube, that not only directs the exhaust gases to the back of the car (or to the sides), but because of its small diameter, slows the flow of gases, quieting the motor significantly (an a explosion for example is basically a loud expansion of gases). Slant eyed rice enthusiasts would take the hint, and install gigantic fart cans to their tailpipes to turn their tranquil hum of their civics into a vomit-inducing whine. Like they even need it anyways.

Muffler - As it's name states, it further "muffles" the sound of the still rapidly traveling exhaust gases by forcing it through a series of small intricate pipes.

Catalytic Converters - Helps burn excess uncombusted hydrocarbons that have unfortunately had not be burned up after introducing air into the exhaust manifolds (temperature still hot enough to ignite raw fuel), via air injectors operated by a air pump. Also, it helps get rid of Oxides of Nitrogen (Unuseable, unlike Nitrous Oxide), and changes carbon monoxide into less lethal, carbon dioxide. Catalytic converters reduce performance and sound just as much as mufflers, though if overworked (if your car has rich-fuel problems), it would glow and strain, melting the honeycomb like structures inside, further clogging the path in which exhaust can escape.

A obstructed path for exhaust gases to escape is very bad for engine performance, if nearly completed plugged, exhaust gases have nowhere to go but back into the combustion chamber, causing the motor to run terribly, or stall.

The idea of running your car, preferably a hot rod open header, is to increase performance, lessen the strain on the engine, make it sound louder and more macho, as well as to impress your friends.

Unless your attending a open header contest with other like gearheads, removing any of the above components is ILLEGAL as stated by the DMV. But at least this definition gives you something about exhaust and performance.
"Bling a Ding Chong" thought that by sawing off his catalytic converter on his slick green rice rocket, he can beat Mary Anne on her pink 72 Chevelle. But instead, he serves jailtime with fellow burly prison rapist Tyrone Smith after flipping off a police officer.
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Jimi Hendrix remains ahead of his time way past his all to unfortunate death.he paralyzes,inspires and defines evocative music. My mom played his music endlessly hence I his Voodoo Child.
If you have Jimi HenDrix and Janis Joplin you have a complete music collection.
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The act of cocking back a hard right hook for just the right moment. Ducking down and bringing it full force into the face of your opponent. Followed by jumping in the air and landing a second right hook directly into their already unconscious head on the ground.

You achieve maximum effectiveness if this is done to a British shit talker and followed by standing and walking away as if it was nothing.
Did you see that? Dan Henderson just knocked the shit out of Bisping with that Henderson Hammer.
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1. To be or get in the way of.
2. To obstruct or delay the progress of.
I hate red lights, they always hinder me as I'm on my way to work.
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Jimi Hendrix

1. By far one of the greatest people who have ever live and not because he was the first widely famous black guitarist.

2. Mastered ever possible guitar technique, including playing a guitar on fire and play it with his teeth.

3. Recorded songs while high on LSD's and Purple Haze.
By far one of the greatest men in the music industry, no one is as good as him and no one ever will be, fuck Slash, fuck Van Halen and any other fucking turdburgler who picked up a guitar and thought they will ever be as good as him.

Some Hits:
1. Purple Haze
2. Manic Depression
3. Foxy Lady
4. Star Spangled Banner (with his teeth)
5. Easy Rider
6. Are you Experienced?
7. Can you see me?
8. Fire
9. I Don't live today
10. Stone Free

Just to begin with...
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A guy who is tall and handsome and is very kind hearted and sharing amongst his family. He can be very cunny but is very smart to and is money driven. He looks like a friendly giant most will say.
Guy 1: Did u see that guy?
Guy 2: He’s a real Hendry he is
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