Shi: The original design was to make it like a flagpole, with the pipes up top.

史：这设计当时我想它像个旗杆，上面插上管子。

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You can, if you wish, run all the way through a stage, hit the flagpole, and call yourself a winner, just like in the old days.

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The off-throttle overrun sounds like ripped bodices flapping on a flagpole.

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