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Don't make Lance Mad
After wading through nearly two hours of Lance Commercial re-runs, they
finally get to the new stuff. "Yesterday was for all the German fans who spit on us all the way up Alpe du'Huez. They were spittin', yellin', cussin', screaming. Kloden attacked... Then I remembered a couple lugies in the face and I said, 'No, he can't win. He's not supposed to win.'" (And then my tape runs out five minutes later. That sucks.) -- -- Lynn Wallace http://www.xmission.com/~lawall "We should not march into Baghdad. ... Assigning young soldiers to a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning them to fight in what would be an unwinnable urban guerilla war, it could only plunge that part of the world into ever greater instability." George Bush Sr. in his 1998 book "A World Transformed" |
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"Raptor" wrote in message ... After wading through nearly two hours of Lance Commercial re-runs, they finally get to the new stuff. "Yesterday was for all the German fans who spit on us all the way up Alpe du'Huez. They were spittin', yellin', cussin', screaming. Kloden attacked... Then I remembered a couple lugies in the face and I said, 'No, he can't win. He's not supposed to win.'" That is really nasty. I would understand his reaction, but then a few moments (if that) later I would remember that it was not Kloden that spit at me. Also, maybe Lance needs to spend a little more time with the real cycling legends to see what they had to endure. AFAIK, Lance has never had a finger touch him nor has he ever been impeded (unless you count the 10 year old that was holding the bag he ran in to last year). Look at what has happened to guys like Belli, Guerini, (not to mention Eddy) etc. I guess a lot of Lance-o-files never notice how many damn negative stories he has to tell about the Tour and his competitors, fans and so on. If you want to hear about a hero, he will talk about himself forever and a day (or at least enough for a few books). He sure does not like people much. (And then my tape runs out five minutes later. That sucks.) |
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"Chris" wrote in message . .. That is really nasty. I would understand his reaction, but then a few moments (if that) later I would remember that it was not Kloden that spit at me. But letting Kloden win would satisfy the fans that spit at you/him. |
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"Jiyang Chen" wrote in message ... "Chris" wrote in message . .. That is really nasty. I would understand his reaction, but then a few moments (if that) later I would remember that it was not Kloden that spit at me. But letting Kloden win would satisfy the fans that spit at you/him. Yeah, that is what sports are all about. Getting back at fans. I would hope he can come up with better motivation than that. Knowing what I do about Lance, that probably explains why he won 5 stages this year. |
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Raptor wrote: After wading through nearly two hours of Lance Commercial re-runs, they finally get to the new stuff. "Yesterday was for all the German fans who spit on us all the way up Alpe du'Huez. They were spittin', yellin', cussin', screaming. Kloden attacked... Then I remembered a couple lugies in the face and I said, 'No, he can't win. He's not supposed to win.'" (And then my tape runs out five minutes later. That sucks.) Interesting. http://groups.google.co.nz/groups?se...&output=gplain |
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"Chris" wrote in message . .. "Jiyang Chen" wrote in message ... "Chris" wrote in message . .. That is really nasty. I would understand his reaction, but then a few moments (if that) later I would remember that it was not Kloden that spit at me. But letting Kloden win would satisfy the fans that spit at you/him. Yeah, that is what sports are all about. Getting back at fans. I guess there are two ways to react to fan harrassment-- 1) Quit 2) Use it as motivation Obviously Lance used #2. |
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"gooserider" schreef in bericht
.. . "Chris" wrote in message . .. "Jiyang Chen" wrote in message ... "Chris" wrote in message . .. That is really nasty. I would understand his reaction, but then a few moments (if that) later I would remember that it was not Kloden that spit at me. But letting Kloden win would satisfy the fans that spit at you/him. Yeah, that is what sports are all about. Getting back at fans. I guess there are two ways to react to fan harrassment-- 1) Quit 2) Use it as motivation Obviously Lance used #2. There are different ways of motivating yourself, and trying to prove oneself is a method worthy of more respect than just trying to make others miserable. But then again, if Armstrong emptied a machinegun at the fans there would probably still be people defending him, so these discussions don't really matter. Jonathan. |
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That is really nasty. I would understand his reaction, but then a few
moments (if that) later I would remember that it was not Kloden that spit at me. Also, maybe Lance needs to spend a little more time with the real cycling legends to see what they had to endure. It was either Eddie M. or Bernard H., who made the comment "NO GIFTS" and applauded lance after beating Kloden in the sprint. They were quite happy that he choose to sprint instead of just letting Kloden win. If LA has any fault, it's that he has shown mercy on the peloton and given too many stage victories away. ie. Ivan Basso AFAIK, Lance has never had a finger touch him nor has he ever been impeded (unless you count the 10 year old that was holding the bag he ran in to last year). Look at what has happened to guys like Belli, Guerini, (not to mention Eddy) etc. I guess a lot of Lance-o-files never notice how many damn negative stories he has to tell about the Tour and his competitors, fans and so on. If you want to hear about a hero, he will talk about himself forever and a day (or at least enough for a few books). He sure does not like people much. Maybe you need to visit Childrens Hospital in Dallas and talk to some cancer patients? |
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Jonathan v.d. Sluis wrote:
"gooserider" schreef in bericht .. . "Chris" wrote in message m... "Jiyang Chen" wrote in message ... "Chris" wrote in message . com... That is really nasty. I would understand his reaction, but then a few moments (if that) later I would remember that it was not Kloden that spit at me. But letting Kloden win would satisfy the fans that spit at you/him. Yeah, that is what sports are all about. Getting back at fans. I guess there are two ways to react to fan harrassment-- 1) Quit 2) Use it as motivation Obviously Lance used #2. There are different ways of motivating yourself, and trying to prove oneself is a method worthy of more respect than just trying to make others miserable. But then again, if Armstrong emptied a machinegun at the fans there would probably still be people defending him, so these discussions don't really matter. Jonathan. 1) Armstrong didn't empty a machine gun. 2) Who would defend him, the Branch Davidians? Why would you take such a gratuitous swipe at his fans? Steve -- Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS http://www.dentaltwins.com Brooklyn, NY 718-258-5001 |
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"Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS" schreef in
bericht ... Jonathan v.d. Sluis wrote: "gooserider" schreef in bericht .. . "Chris" wrote in message m... "Jiyang Chen" wrote in message ... "Chris" wrote in message . com... That is really nasty. I would understand his reaction, but then a few moments (if that) later I would remember that it was not Kloden that spit at me. But letting Kloden win would satisfy the fans that spit at you/him. Yeah, that is what sports are all about. Getting back at fans. I guess there are two ways to react to fan harrassment-- 1) Quit 2) Use it as motivation Obviously Lance used #2. There are different ways of motivating yourself, and trying to prove oneself is a method worthy of more respect than just trying to make others miserable. But then again, if Armstrong emptied a machinegun at the fans there would probably still be people defending him, so these discussions don't really matter. Jonathan. 1) Armstrong didn't empty a machine gun. Oh? 2) Who would defend him, the Branch Davidians? Why would you take such a gratuitous swipe at his fans? Steve Because he can say such incredibly ****ty things, but there is still debate about whether he is a Nice Person or not. But he is full of pride, and people like that act like bags of **** every now and then. It just happens and I don't see why it causes such anger. He's just not (always) a nice man. Perhaps he made a bad move by pretending to be a heroic role model rather than a human being, but many people like such a thing and more power to him if that's his way to earn a living. And after being called anti-semitic just because I'm from Europe, this swipe seemed rather mild. Jonathan. |
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