Author Topic: Tour de France Commentary Gems (Read 12499 times)

Wowbagger · « **Reply #125 on:** 19 July, 2014, 03:15:00 pm »

"a seven-and-a half-thousand-dollar prize..."

Wowbagger · « **Reply #126 on:** 19 July, 2014, 03:25:52 pm »

"...there's no trees grow up here..." while the camera shows what look dangerously like ... trees with cyclists riding past them.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #127 on:** 19 July, 2014, 03:56:20 pm »

"Ritchie Porte is not having another good day..."

Canardly · « **Reply #128 on:** 19 July, 2014, 05:10:32 pm »

From yesterday....he was French national champion 59 times. (Don't think so) and ...last year he was over confident...this year he is confident...

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #129 on:** 19 July, 2014, 05:12:35 pm »

If I'd thrown something heavy at the anbaric WWP every time those two charlies mentioned the race's recent visit to the Yorkshire Moors, I'd have:

run out of heavy things, and
broken the WWP

Also if there is such a word as "descendancy", there shouldn't be

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #130 on:** 22 July, 2014, 05:34:14 pm »

Sherwen is banging on about "big diesel engines" again.

(Exits, envisioning Sherwen being run over by a tank)

Asterix, the former Gaul. · « **Reply #131 on:** 22 July, 2014, 05:49:16 pm »

Here is a diesel engine on a bike:

..not very big though.

bumper · « **Reply #132 on:** 22 July, 2014, 07:10:21 pm »

moustachioed

perpetual dan · « **Reply #133 on:** 22 July, 2014, 10:22:50 pm »

Michael Rogers is apparently of CAMRA. A team I could get behind.

bumper · « **Reply #134 on:** 23 July, 2014, 01:01:52 pm »

Tinko Saxoff

citoyen · « **Reply #135 on:** 23 July, 2014, 03:56:21 pm »

I noticed the other day that Phil was referring to Majka as "Madge-ker" but I guess someone put him right because today he has reverted to the more conventional "Mike-er".

His pronunciation of Jeannesson does sound amusingly like he's saying "Johnson" with a vaguely French accent though.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #136 on:** 23 July, 2014, 06:08:49 pm »

Gary Imlach seems actually to be able to pronounce FOREIGN properly. Another reason to take those two dinosaurs behind the barn.

bumper · « **Reply #137 on:** 23 July, 2014, 06:13:11 pm »

To be fair to them, it's not as easy as you think waffling on for 5hours +.

They do make a fair amount of cock ups but so do Eurosport. This year SK has stopped saying certainTly and fateeguew

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #138 on:** 25 July, 2014, 03:35:07 pm »

Shut up already with Rafal Majka and the Aston Martin

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #139 on:** 25 July, 2014, 04:00:15 pm »

How far was Jack Bauer from the finish when het got caught the other day? The public has a right to know!

Also, are you sure it wasn't 24 metres?

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #140 on:** 25 July, 2014, 08:08:30 pm »

Many visitations on today's stage, but it was not the PF to blame, but rather the rain washing the "small flintstones" into the road.

What, Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm?

Yes, I know about Bamm-Bamm's parentage, thank you

bumper · « **Reply #141 on:** 26 July, 2014, 02:05:38 pm »

I'm not sure I heard this, I may be wrong

Tony Margins, Martin of victory

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #142 on:** 26 July, 2014, 02:45:00 pm »

Quote from: bumper on 26 July, 2014, 02:05:38 pm

I'm not sure I heard this, I may be wrong

Tony Margins, Martin of victory

Nope, I heard that as well.

bumper · « **Reply #143 on:** 26 July, 2014, 03:01:21 pm »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 26 July, 2014, 02:45:00 pm

Quote from: bumper on 26 July, 2014, 02:05:38 pm
I'm not sure I heard this, I may be wrong

Tony Margins, Martin of victory

Nope, I heard that as well.

It was one of those, unsure I heard it moments.

StuAff · « **Reply #144 on:** 26 July, 2014, 03:59:05 pm »

Only just found this thread....
Earlier on today they referred to Leopold König as German.

I'm sure that on stage one they claimed Jens speaks English with an Australian accent (any confusion with Henrich Haussler is not understandable)

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #145 on:** 26 July, 2014, 07:53:03 pm »

Quote from: StuAff on 26 July, 2014, 03:59:05 pm

I'm sure that on stage one they claimed Jens speaks English with an Australian accent (any confusion with Henrich Haussler is not understandable)

That one's a hardy perennial. I can almost hear it...

Thor · « **Reply #146 on:** 27 July, 2014, 05:54:10 pm »

(Carlton Kirby, on Eurosport, referring to the riders' wrists, subjected to the cobbles)

Quote

shaking like a banshee

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #147 on:** 27 July, 2014, 08:27:26 pm »

Yes, Phil, technically Nibbles wore the Maillot Jaune on all but two days, but wearing it on the podium on Day 2 hardly counts, does it?

Edit: and if it does count, then Nibbles wore it on le quatorze Juillet as well.