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The Stage winner at the TdF today came across the line, all posed for
the cameras, just like everyone else does. Except that he had a pacifier in his mouth. As he was coming into the finish area, instead of madly zipping up his jersey and smoothing himself out for the cameras like everyone else, he was madly digging in his jersey pockets. And came up with the pacifier. Just imagine someone pedaling thousands of kilometers, uphill and down, carrying a goddamn pacifier in his jersey -- just in case he won a stage somehow and had to have his picture taken. It boggles my feeble mind. |
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In article m,
Zippy the Pinhead writes: Just imagine someone pedaling thousands of kilometers, uphill and down, carrying a goddamn pacifier in his jersey -- just in case he won a stage somehow and had to have his picture taken. Maybe he dedicated his effort on that stage to his newborn kid, and the pacifier was some sort of mojo, amulet or charm to him? Or maybe it was just a sneaky drug delivery system w cheers, Tom -- -- Powered by FreeBSD Above address is just a spam midden. I'm really at: tkeats [curlicue] vcn [point] bc [point] ca |
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Kevan Smith at // wrote on 7/19/03 12:33 PM:
He probably carried it as a good luck charm. Here's what Velonews wrote: snipped "It's a dream come true for any professional rider to win a stage on the Tour," said the Spaniard, who spent three years at ONCE without a single win. "I was thinking about my wife and daughter who are the two most important things in my life." Quoted in the same article: "I have it in my pocket every day I race, so I remember my baby and don't take too many risks on the descents" - Carlos Sastre |
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Zippy the Pinhead wrote in message m... The Stage winner at the TdF today came across the line, all posed for the cameras, just like everyone else does. Except that he had a pacifier in his mouth. It must be a Spanish thing, the other day that other Spanish guy Flecha did that lame bow and arrow thing. I remember back in the1993 TdF when I took the stage of Saint-Lary-Soulan / Pla d'Adet. I made a big D and B symbol when I came across the line. You see Drew Barrymore was in Soulan the night before, she was in between filming Wayne's World 2 and Bjergen Kjergen Amy Fisher Story and out for a good time in France! That was before she let herself get old and fat. |
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Zippy the Pinhead wrote in message ws.com...
On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 23:35:19 GMT, Jim Edgar wrote: "I have it in my pocket every day I race, so I remember my baby and don't take too many risks on the descents" - That is cool. In fact, that is downright classy. But it still leaves the question: why the HELL did he have to cross the finish line with it stopping up his gob? Binkies, pacifiers, dummies (British term), are these days commonly seen in the possession of people much over the age of 5. They are used for enjoyment while using the drug Ecstasy (an MDMA for the inhibition of seratonin reuptake which induces a sense of happiness) popular in the last 10 years among teenagers and college students going to "raves". I'm really relieved that Sastre was expressing his love for his family and not for the drug. I hate to say it, but Ecstasy was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the adult sucking a pacifier. I agree with Zippy that holding the thing up in the air would have made more sense than sucking on it. john// |
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