Also wanted to say Congratulation to Lance Armstrong to a marvelous career. 23rd place for a 39yr old man!!! Very nice finish. Hopefully we see him on here
I dunno, seems that the Juicy’s and maybe a Banana are what the kids should get. Besides, what little boy admits to having a stuffed animal these days? (*I’m about to deny mine and have them cleaned/restored for our newborn to have).
Exactly why I kept some of my stuff. There’s memories and sentiment you cannot replace. They’ll get fixed and cleaned, and put up along with some newer ones until the Lil’One’s old enough to play with them. We even went so far as to have them checked to see if they met current standards, even changing the stuffing on a couple.
I’d like to have one of those Credit Lyonnais stuffed lions as seen on the TdF podium (for my grand-niece you understand).
However, diligent online searching unearths only small ones that don’t look much like Leo Lyonnais at all and suggests that the genuine article is very exclusive indeed. I conclude that the only way I’ll get one is to go back in time and get reborn with much more aptitude skill and determination than I currently possess, become a professional road cyclist and win a TdF stage myself. Either that or become best buddies with a prolific stage winner who has already supplied all his kids, nephews and nieces and still has some to spare.
That or be seriously rich w/ friends at their Bank’s highest levels.
Want an old-school Bulldog w/ Detective gear instead, I can’t remember what bank it cam from though, Grandpa had a ton tied up in this one Pacific-northwest institution and they gave it to me.
Actually, it was 32 seconds when the chain went if I remember the broadcast correctly. Which means, if Alberto had been honest and honorable, he’d have won the closest TdF in history. 7 seconds. That’s all we would have needed – another thing for Greg LeMond to get prickly over.
Funny how some people know exactly what WOULD have happened. What powers you have. And enough with the “Honourable” BS. Saxo Bank neutralised stage 2, and attacked the next day, when other contenders were delayed by F. Schleck’s crash. So STFU.
That “‘honorable’ BS” is archaic, dated, old . . . . . . . and something that really adds to the experience of watching the races. Unfortunately, there’s too many out there to whom win, win, win, win, win is all that matters. And no, I don’t know what would have happened. I do know that jumping Schleck when he was broken down turned a 32 second deficit into an 8 second advantage. And suddenly the next day, when Sanchez went down early in the stage, Contador suddenly remembered the old traditions. Amazing what a memory jogger the yellow can be.
My gosh, is there NOTHING you people won’t get all picky, technical, and argumentative about?? This cartoon is about a bunch of kids who just finished riding their tricycles and are now feeling good about it. The KSC people are cheering them on. C’mon people–lighten up!
Just thinking how Fizz isn’t a baby anymore. On looking back I find that it’s around two years and one month since we first met Thistle and Fizz, a heavier Thistle who had just divorced her car. And it’s two years and two days since Joe faced reality and stuck a “Help Wanted” sign in the front window. Look at Thistle now, getting out on a Rapid drop-bar roadster for fun, thirty pounds lighter and shs’s turned the shop organisation around despite the objections of the troglodydtes who own the place. Happy (late) anniversary Thistle.
If one is talking about a live sporting event there is no such thing as spoiling. The responsibility lies with the individual hiding him/herself from the results to plug his/her own ears.
Regarding ‘Spoiler’ – I watch Formula 1 racing and have many times had my excitement dulled by getting the result in a newsflash before I got the chance to watch the recording. So I keep away from sport-news, TV news and anything car related before seeing the race if I miss the live stuff. It can be a problem tonight as I will be watching ‘Top Gear’ when it is possible that an F1-related comment will be made to ruin the fun. So while we can watch the Tour, there seems no reason to anymore, as R&B have given the result. I should have avoided this strip, just in case!
I forgot to add that the post above was written in a humorous vein. I stopped minding about the outcome of sports when I died in 2006! I was trying to say something about the way I felt when I read the word ‘spoiler’ above with an attempt to make it funny, but failed. Sorry.
I made the mistake of surfing over to a German news channel in the middle of a tape-delayed F1 race. Needless to say, it took a bit of fun out of the experience to know that Felipe Massa was the eventual winner.
Spoiler?! Really? The race was essentially over yesterday. The ride into Paris is essentially that. Tradition (like the ones Captain Fingerbang” blew off) dictates that the GC is over prior to the ride in. The only real competition in the final stage is for the stage / green jersey.
Strange, isn’t it, how competition brings out simutaneously the best and worst of human nature, and the TdF is competition at its most brutal and honourable. The magnificence of testing human endeavor against the best of itself is fundamental to competitive sport, but the result is always to create more losers than winners (otherwise, what would be special about winning), and for partisan support to degenerate into lack of empathy with those of other affiliations, hence the chain incident discussion.
Congratulations Alberto and Fizz anyway!
Incidentally, I carry a bit of a torch for Thistle, and actually preferred her with the thirty pounds she’s lost-more Thistle to love.
In my opinion, Jens Voight wins the Tour every year. Everyone else merely participates. Albert the Fingerbangin’ Accountant is a corporate logo looking for a personality. Good luck to Andy next year.
Hey, K-tesh! Obi takes the “First Post Stage Win”!
I bow to you…
You know I’ve totally been planning that right? Sneak attack TDF style.
As you can tell… it’s a game of seconds…
Hehehe hmmm le Tour de Moon?? Obi and Ktesh?
Also wanted to say Congratulation to Lance Armstrong to a marvelous career. 23rd place for a 39yr old man!!! Very nice finish. Hopefully we see him on here
*I don’t do much road though.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Obi1speedonly
can i come over???????
What no teddy bears or flowers?
I dunno, seems that the Juicy’s and maybe a Banana are what the kids should get. Besides, what little boy admits to having a stuffed animal these days? (*I’m about to deny mine and have them cleaned/restored for our newborn to have).
I’ve got a teddy bear that’s pretty special to me, and a couple of other stuffed animals that were gifts over the years.
Exactly why I kept some of my stuff. There’s memories and sentiment you cannot replace. They’ll get fixed and cleaned, and put up along with some newer ones until the Lil’One’s old enough to play with them. We even went so far as to have them checked to see if they met current standards, even changing the stuffing on a couple.
*Re-reading that I realize that the topic of the Stuffed Animals also aplied to bikes, kinda Zen huh?
I’d like to have one of those Credit Lyonnais stuffed lions as seen on the TdF podium (for my grand-niece you understand).
However, diligent online searching unearths only small ones that don’t look much like Leo Lyonnais at all and suggests that the genuine article is very exclusive indeed. I conclude that the only way I’ll get one is to go back in time and get reborn with much more aptitude skill and determination than I currently possess, become a professional road cyclist and win a TdF stage myself. Either that or become best buddies with a prolific stage winner who has already supplied all his kids, nephews and nieces and still has some to spare.
Somewhere along the line, you know one is going to pop up on eBay.
That or be seriously rich w/ friends at their Bank’s highest levels.
Want an old-school Bulldog w/ Detective gear instead, I can’t remember what bank it cam from though, Grandpa had a ton tied up in this one Pacific-northwest institution and they gave it to me.
Search on eBay with those words: peluche crédit lyonnais
Here is one for 20 euros
http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270608706970
So you know Obi, I have a stuffed bear that means the world to me. Had it since I was 6 years old. Never been afraid to admit it either.
Well done Fizz!
…and well done Contador… even if 39 seconds is coincidentally the same amount of time he gained when Schleck had his chain problem the other day…
Actually, it was 32 seconds when the chain went if I remember the broadcast correctly. Which means, if Alberto had been honest and honorable, he’d have won the closest TdF in history. 7 seconds. That’s all we would have needed – another thing for Greg LeMond to get prickly over.
Funny how some people know exactly what WOULD have happened. What powers you have. And enough with the “Honourable” BS. Saxo Bank neutralised stage 2, and attacked the next day, when other contenders were delayed by F. Schleck’s crash. So STFU.
That “‘honorable’ BS” is archaic, dated, old . . . . . . . and something that really adds to the experience of watching the races. Unfortunately, there’s too many out there to whom win, win, win, win, win is all that matters. And no, I don’t know what would have happened. I do know that jumping Schleck when he was broken down turned a 32 second deficit into an 8 second advantage. And suddenly the next day, when Sanchez went down early in the stage, Contador suddenly remembered the old traditions. Amazing what a memory jogger the yellow can be.
“another thing for Greg LeMond to get prickly over”? Spoken like a Lance cultist!
“cultist”? In America we call ‘em fans.
@Syke… 32 + 7 =…
Well, that’s just not true. Do you really think Contador would have let Schleck win on Col de Tourmalet if it wasn’t for the chain incident?
I rode for the Motts Apple Juice team back in ’80.
Rumour has you guys on team Motts were juicing BIG TIME back in the eighties.
the code of silence begins to crack….
My gosh, is there NOTHING you people won’t get all picky, technical, and argumentative about?? This cartoon is about a bunch of kids who just finished riding their tricycles and are now feeling good about it. The KSC people are cheering them on. C’mon people–lighten up!
Are you sure you aren’t the one that needs to lighten up?
Just thinking how Fizz isn’t a baby anymore. On looking back I find that it’s around two years and one month since we first met Thistle and Fizz, a heavier Thistle who had just divorced her car. And it’s two years and two days since Joe faced reality and stuck a “Help Wanted” sign in the front window. Look at Thistle now, getting out on a Rapid drop-bar roadster for fun, thirty pounds lighter and shs’s turned the shop organisation around despite the objections of the troglodydtes who own the place. Happy (late) anniversary Thistle.
Thanks for the spoiler (grumble).
My cable has been out for a few days.
If one is talking about a live sporting event there is no such thing as spoiling. The responsibility lies with the individual hiding him/herself from the results to plug his/her own ears.
Yeah, how about a spoiler alert? I had the finished dvr’ed and ready to watch.
Regarding ‘Spoiler’ – I watch Formula 1 racing and have many times had my excitement dulled by getting the result in a newsflash before I got the chance to watch the recording. So I keep away from sport-news, TV news and anything car related before seeing the race if I miss the live stuff. It can be a problem tonight as I will be watching ‘Top Gear’ when it is possible that an F1-related comment will be made to ruin the fun. So while we can watch the Tour, there seems no reason to anymore, as R&B have given the result. I should have avoided this strip, just in case!
Seriously. If I didn’t want to know who won the TdF, I wouldn’t be going to the webpage for a comic devoted to cycling. Der.
I forgot to add that the post above was written in a humorous vein. I stopped minding about the outcome of sports when I died in 2006! I was trying to say something about the way I felt when I read the word ‘spoiler’ above with an attempt to make it funny, but failed. Sorry.
I made the mistake of surfing over to a German news channel in the middle of a tape-delayed F1 race. Needless to say, it took a bit of fun out of the experience to know that Felipe Massa was the eventual winner.
Spoiler?! Really? The race was essentially over yesterday. The ride into Paris is essentially that. Tradition (like the ones Captain Fingerbang” blew off) dictates that the GC is over prior to the ride in. The only real competition in the final stage is for the stage / green jersey.
Damn! I was hoping Andy would win, ah well.
ezcellent sprint by Cavendish mind, brilliant little finish.
Rick – There’s a double “the” in the last panel. “…the the Kickstand…”
Thank you! Fixed.
You spelt Cycery instead of Cyclery at the last panel.
Strange, isn’t it, how competition brings out simutaneously the best and worst of human nature, and the TdF is competition at its most brutal and honourable. The magnificence of testing human endeavor against the best of itself is fundamental to competitive sport, but the result is always to create more losers than winners (otherwise, what would be special about winning), and for partisan support to degenerate into lack of empathy with those of other affiliations, hence the chain incident discussion.
Congratulations Alberto and Fizz anyway!
Incidentally, I carry a bit of a torch for Thistle, and actually preferred her with the thirty pounds she’s lost-more Thistle to love.
The Native American name for sport was “little brother of war”. Seems quite fitting, as their game of choice was lacrosse.
Back in the 1950s, the Lumbee Lacrosse team chased the KKK out of Robeson Co., NC.
http://tinyurl.com/WVMSRideBAW
About a month away! Please help if you can.
In my opinion, Jens Voight wins the Tour every year. Everyone else merely participates. Albert the Fingerbangin’ Accountant is a corporate logo looking for a personality. Good luck to Andy next year.
I guess the last panel should congratulate Andy Schleck on his 2010 TdF victory?