Tour de France - What I've learned during this year's tour...

I've learned that maybe $13.95/mo for TiVo really IS worth it.

Hey SAAB , it'c called a turbo-charger and it's not that big a deal! AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!

/rant over
//feel better

i'm tempted to buy the ShamWow! 8 shamwows for only 19.95!!!

I always think that commercial is a parody, every time I see it.

I mean nobody seriously does commercials with the mall kiosk headset setup. Do they?

I've learned that maybe $13.95/mo for TiVo really IS worth it.

ftw

I learned that Amy Winehouse has decided to get herself straight, make a brand new start, and is now working for Progressive.

Oh yeah, and if a 2,000 pound bull steps on you, something's gotta give.

Also, you're exposed to about 2,000 pounds of bull during three weeks of commercials.

I've also learned that contrary to what's shown on the map, there's only one road to Paris.

You're not really a champion until you defend your title. For me to lose, someone's going to have to pummel me.

beef jerky gives you the cojones to mess with bigfoot.

beef jerky gives you the cojones to mess with bigfoot.

I thought beef jerky was made from Big Foot's cojones?

my bad

my bad

Anything made from Big Foot's cojones would be bad. :)

(Although it would explain a burger I got at Wendy's late one night. God that was nasty.)

If I ride my bike to AutoZone enough, I won't have to ride my bike any more.












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I've learned that Tapout was just obnoxious and heinous enough to get great ratings, and there'll be another season. Any of those 'tards would make me cry like a little girl in hand-to-hand, but that's okay because it would give me much greater pleasure to shoot them all in the face.


Especially the guy in the boonie hat. :mad:

I've learned that Tapout was just obnoxious and heinous ...

I remember that friggin' oversized rear window decal from back in the mid '90's out here. Thought it was some hardcore band. Still see lots of their gear around SoCal. Huntington Beach must be world headquarters for that sheit. Freaky knucklehead crews.

The 'Mask' and that other weirdo? I don't get whatevathehell they're dressed up as/acting like. Around the typical MMA crowd, I'd be leavin' the red feather-boa arm warmers out of my kit.

The VS is one odd channel.

I've learned that Craig Hummer needs one of these...
http://www.tiedupgame.com/product/images/Mouth/m0718b.gif

I've learned that Tapout makes the clothes that make the man.

LOL

geez, if i hear michelob tell me again that they've learned that my life isn't one-dimensional, i'm gonna go down to the grocery store and shoot all their beer bottles. has anyone tried michelob ultra? this is the worst stuff i've ever had. i'm too old to drink ****ty beer, and this stuff is the worst. a bartender once told me he couldn't even give the stuff away. really bad beer, really annoying commercial...strike two

That commercial reminds me why I: 1. Ride a Harley Davidson, 2. Fly colors, 3. Wear my hair in a mullet, 4. Drink Pabst Blue Ribbon.

Great thread. HigherGround is on a roll. :thumb:

Nobody plans to get lost in the Adirondacks.

Versus has started showing the last two of the advertising floats/vehicles that precede the riders. I want to see the entire parade without buying a recording or flying to France.

I learned the expression "lost his bottle" means something like 'lost his nerve,' and when I looked it up, I learned a bit more.

http://www.londonslang.com/db/b/

threadjack: i think Michelob Ultra is the world's biggest mystery. If it's marketed to people who exercise all the time, then why can't they drink regular beer? They should be marketing the Ultra to the fat idiots who sit on their asses all day, because they never burn off the calories.

I've learned that if I drink Michelob Ultra, my life will be multi-dimensional, but it will also be monochromatic. Seriously, what's with the blue filter? So annoying.

i've learned something about some mixed drink and a bartender and hot chicks shimmying their booties, but even though i gaze at the commercial every time it's on i still cannot tell you the product

I learned the new young professionals way to party is to do shots of kaopectate in train restrooms.

I'm sure we'll see that guy on an episode of "intervention" soon

jumping out of car at 40 in your skivvies replicates a bike crash

Michelob Ultra was a direct result of the Atkin's fad diet, and it is nasty, overpriced and near impossible to get drunk off of. Mich light on the other hand isn't bad as far as light beers go.

Oh, and I couldn't wait until they got rid of Al Trautwig until they actually did, and I had to sit through that young numbskull's ramblings.

That brits have no ability to pronounce names from outside their island.
Pardon me? Phil's pronunciation of French names and place names is excellent.

Pardon me? Phil's pronunciation of French names and place names is excellent.

As an Englishman, I'm with rousseau on this one

Back on topic, I've learned that Versus summary show appears to be minimally about showing you bicycle racing, and more focused on blurb, fillers, mojitos, turbos and cage fights. Sheesh. Whoever said it, Tivo FTW.

I've learned that even though they recycle the exhaust recycle the exhaust recycle the exhaust, SAABs still only get 18mpg city/27mpg hwy, whereas my FIFTEEN YEAR OLD Toyota gets 35/40.

Yeah. Try this one one for size:
When shopping for a new car, I consider fuel efficiency; so I never consider a SAAB.
When shopping for a new car, I consider fuel efficiency; so I never consider a SAAB.
When shopping for a new car, I consider fuel efficiency; so I never consider a SAAB.

If things go pear shaped, the sh!t has hit the fan.

I've learned that the tiny country of Luxembourg has some very good cyclists.

We knew that before this tour started

I have learned that when an Aussie sucks wheel everyone will call him weak and boring yet when an american does it he becomes a hero and everyone cheers him on.

I have learned that when an Aussie sucks wheel everyone will call him weak and boring yet when an american does it he becomes a hero and everyone cheers him on.

sounds fair to me.

What I've learned...

It's not healthy to taunt Big Foot

The guy mixing drinks behind the bar is the engine that creates all the dancing. If he stops mixing, the dancing stops.

I can get cash for all my "junk" gold jewelry.

I also learned there is someone out there that really "trusts me" and will give me money without a credit check. I just have to make sure I can "afford the monthly payments ":rolleyes:

I can get cash for all my "junk" gold jewelry.

Please leave your "junk" out of this! ;)

I like how Saab "Recycles Exhaust" because it makes their cars "green". I looked into this breakthrough technology and then discovered they'd found a novel way to incorrectly describe a garden variety turbocharger.

i've learned something about some mixed drink and a bartender and hot chicks shimmying their booties, but even though i gaze at the commercial every time it's on i still cannot tell you the product

My #1. Hypnotic booty shake ftw!

Pardon me? Phil's pronunciation of French names and place names is excellent.

Sure, with the stress on the wrong syllable, inconsistent pronunciation of team and rider names? I am not impressed.

If things go pear shaped, the sh!t has hit the fan.

Courtesy of Malkin above: http://www.londonslang.com/db/p/

i miss phil and paul....i get the tour on CANAL EVASION, it's the same feed, the guys are okay but i've really come to miss phil, paul and bob. No more Phil and Paul Bingo!

crossed swords! heads of state! narstee!

My #1. Hypnotic booty shake ftw!

"i've learned something about some mixed drink and a bartender and hot chicks shimmying their booties, but even though i gaze at the commercial every time it's on i still cannot tell you the product"

+1

I want to go to that bar.

And yes, the repetition of the Saab turbo ad's are mind-numbing.

Sure, with the stress on the wrong syllable, inconsistent pronunciation of team and rider names? I am not impressed.

As someone fluent in both English and French, I'm not really noticing Phil butchering French. Maybe it's there, but it's not standing out for me.

Any noteworthy examples?

Maybe it's some language(s) other than French he's having problems with?

For the record, I find the commercial complaints oddly heartening. The first time I watched the Tour on OLN Canada, they had 3 sponsors - Bowflex, Subaru and Cervelo.

Nobody else had a single commercial for the whole tour.

V

Sure, with the stress on the wrong syllable, inconsistent pronunciation of team and rider names? I am not impressed.
Here's a word to the wise: the unique thing about French is how individual syllables are not given a particular stress in the same way that they are in other languages. If you knew anything about French instead of making ridiculous comments about something you clearly know nothing about, then you would have noticed that Phil Liggett, far from Anglicizing French words and names, actually gives them enough of a Gallic reading to satisfy any French-speaker who might be listening. While he may indeed be inconsistent now and then (though I haven't noticed myself), on the whole he does an excellent job on French names as a non-native speaker of French. Your criticisms are misplaced and ignorant.

Cavemen like to boogie!!!!

and they are world travelers.

Craig Hummer's pronuciation of "Cervelo" drives me insane.

Bob must be married to a nymphomaniac.