Podium girls
02-23-09, 04:50 PM
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surely the issue isn't that there are podium girls, just that there are no podium boys for women's races
02-23-09, 04:52 PM
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**** that
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yes misogyny woven into the fabric of society, and we've got to undo it - one thread at a time... even the little ones.
02-23-09, 04:53 PM
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02-23-09, 04:54 PM
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<bleeding heart liberal rant>
you'd hope that society has gotten beyond the whole "look at that object, oops i meant woman" but.... nope. leave it to pro cycling to dredge up old and tired images of what it means to be female in a "man's world"
maybe things will turn around next century?
</bleeding heart liberal rant>
(ok, you can have the locker room back now)
you'd hope that society has gotten beyond the whole "look at that object, oops i meant woman" but.... nope. leave it to pro cycling to dredge up old and tired images of what it means to be female in a "man's world"
maybe things will turn around next century?
</bleeding heart liberal rant>
(ok, you can have the locker room back now)
02-23-09, 04:56 PM
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02-23-09, 04:59 PM
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Easy guys, those girls belong to Michael Ball's harem, that's right, they are the Rock Racing Podium Girls.
02-23-09, 05:01 PM
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02-23-09, 05:05 PM
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You make a good point. Mankind has evolved past the butt sniffing stage. That's enough progress for me.
02-23-09, 05:09 PM
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02-23-09, 05:45 PM
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02-23-09, 05:55 PM
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02-23-09, 05:59 PM
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Was anybody watching the tour tracker stream during the presentation? I swear I can remember one of them saying something funny/awkward during the champagne spray down. Like, "I just love it when the podium girls get wet." or some variation of that but in a really pervy monotone.
02-23-09, 06:08 PM
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02-23-09, 06:09 PM
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02-23-09, 06:12 PM
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It aired on Versus, just prior to the Tour of CA broadcast. I don't know when the race was actually held, but there were riders in it that were also in the Tour of CA.
02-23-09, 06:24 PM
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02-23-09, 07:04 PM
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I'm sure those poor abused girls cried all the way to the bank and their next 20 gigs.
02-23-09, 07:09 PM
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Those who Dis California.. Of course.... . Jealousy..
... Question tho. Ever been to Romania. ?There are reasons for the expression.
Romanian mail order wives.
....
I been all around this great big world
And I seen all kinds of girls
Yeah, but I couldnt wait to get back in the states
Back to the cutest girls in the world
I wish they all could be california
I wish they all could be california
I wish they all could be california girls
... Question tho. Ever been to Romania. ?There are reasons for the expression.
Romanian mail order wives.
....
I been all around this great big world
And I seen all kinds of girls
Yeah, but I couldnt wait to get back in the states
Back to the cutest girls in the world
I wish they all could be california
I wish they all could be california
I wish they all could be california girls
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