American cycling legend Lance Armstrong notes that many French cycling enthusiasts are stupid and gauche:
Since he started dominating the Tour in 1999, Armstrong has heard accusations of drug use. He steadfastly denies using performance enhancers and never has failed a drug test.
He said he couldn’t understand the behavior of fans who jeer him.
‘I think it’s an indication of their intelligence,’ he said. ‘I’m not here to be friends with a bunch of people who stand at the side of the road, who’ve had too much to drink, and want to yell.
‘It’s an issue of class: Do you have class, or do you not have class? That’s not the way a classy person acts.’
To recap, then: Lance Armstrong points out that many French don’t like Americans (but that they do like their drink).
In related “news”…my wife’s breasts point out that were it not for gravity, they’d be a pair of fleshy, nipple-studded earmuffs.
Yup. I said it.
You might be interested that a French favorite in the race was suspended for using banned substances, and his entire team was removed from a 1998 competition because of banned substances being found in their vehicle. For them to be accusing Lance of using performance enhancing drugs is – indeed – a sign of their intelligence.
(Did you happen to listen to 95.7 this morning as well?)
andy, please, expound on that. That cyclist, Virenque, is their hero. They have lionized him and cheer him on with unwavering support.
Hypocrisy doesn’t even begin to explain them.
Didn’t catch that, Andy. But I wouldn’t put anything past those cheese-munching nationalists…
(I kid the French! Or not).
You know, I googled “nipple-studded earmuffs” and didn’t get you. What the hell’s wrong with Google, anyhow?
And you would have been the only one, too.