Tour de France starts tomorrow, 9:35pm on your SBS. First stage beginning and ending in Lille.

Don’t know how much of this tour I’ll be following on these icy nights, but I’ll start the thread regardless :)

I’ll be with you. It’s perfect night owl viewing.

becklefreckle said:

I’ll be with you. It’s perfect night owl viewing.

Goodo.

We’ve lost some of our Tour followers over the years, notably sibeen.

I wandered away from le tour too, but will watch a good chunk of this one I should expect.

As you say, it’s a pleasant place to be late at night when you’re in the mood.

Now riding on SBS on Demand.

Ou est le televisual spectacle ces’t magnifique et le grande chateau, l’eglise belle et la haute mont et le bicyclettes de la Tour del la Frog!!

L’etape une.

And they’ve said it already!!!

Biniam is moi word du jour! You go gerwl!!

And they’ve said it again!!!

10 x Aussies in this tour. High hopes for Ben O’Connor.

Delicious cream mussels with chips and mayo.

Sadly I’ve already scoffed all my mussels.

Bubblecar said:

Delicious cream mussels with chips and mayo.

Sadly I’ve already scoffed all my mussels.

I scoffed TWO tubs.

First crash took two off their bikes.

Woodie said:

Bubblecar said:

Delicious cream mussels with chips and mayo.

Sadly I’ve already scoffed all my mussels.

I scoffed TWO tubs.

I’m going to order SIX tubs with my next Coles order.

Another fall!

Crashy crashy boom boom……. Just the one.

Bubblecar said:

Woodie said:

Bubblecar said:

Delicious cream mussels with chips and mayo.

Sadly I’ve already scoffed all my mussels.

I scoffed TWO tubs.

I’m going to order SIX tubs with my next Coles order.

Ou est le grande extravagance!!!

Don’t want to be scoring injuries on the very first day of the tour.

Woodie said:

Bubblecar said:

Woodie said:

I scoffed TWO tubs.

I’m going to order SIX tubs with my next Coles order.

Ou est le grande extravagance!!!

You shouldn’t be encouraging such gluttony.

Witty Rejoinder said:

Woodie said:

Bubblecar said:

I’m going to order SIX tubs with my next Coles order.

Ou est le grande extravagance!!!

You shouldn’t be encouraging such gluttony.

Mussels are very good for you.

Bubblecar said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

Woodie said:

Ou est le grande extravagance!!!

You shouldn’t be encouraging such gluttony.

Mussels are very good for you.

In moderation.

ou est le Monsewer Biniam ou est the trois pour le sprint intermediate

Woodie said:

ou est le Monsewer Biniam ou est the trois pour le sprint intermediate

Gesundheit!

Nice little preserved tank loco.

Bubblecar said:

Nice little preserved tank loco.

Le TOOT!! 🚂🚂

Damn, both French sprinters down on this Category 4.

Bubblecar said:

Damn, both French sprinters down on this Category 4.

…on the cobbles.

Ou est le speccy exact au mont et le line!!!!

First abandonment of the tour. The first rider to go down has not recovered.

Bubblecar said:

First abandonment of the tour. The first rider to go down has not recovered.

Poor bastard. That must be such a let-down. Having spent weeks or months in the preparation and planning.

party_pants said:

Bubblecar said:

First abandonment of the tour. The first rider to go down has not recovered.

Poor bastard. That must be such a let-down. Having spent weeks or months in the preparation and planning.

This stage has been more chaotic than people expected.

57km to go, last glass of wine.

Bubblecar said:

57km to go, last glass of wine.

Have one for the road, Parypone.

Ou est le Monsewer Biniam??? 🚴🚴🚴

Woodie said:

Ou est le Monsewer Biniam??? 🚴🚴🚴

He’s well hidden in the peloton.

Ou est le ad break? Je suis le piddle de la bustin’.

Woodie said:

Ou est le ad break? Je suis le piddle de la bustin’.

Take a nature break while you can. We’re coming up to the last 10km.

Damn. Aussie O’Connor has gone down.

Bubblecar said:

Damn. Aussie O’Connor has gone down.

Hopefully he’ll get the group time.

CAR’N BINIAM!!! 🚴🚴🚴

Jasper Philipsen wins the stage.

Woodie said:

CAR’N BINIAM!!! 🚴🚴🚴

Bugger. deuxieme………………….

Woodie said:

Woodie said:

CAR’N BINIAM!!! 🚴🚴🚴

Bugger. deuxieme………………….

Still did well, and it’s only stage 1 :)

Ben O’Connor will get the leading group time.

OK. Je suis continuer le televish et le boudoir mit blanket de la lecky.

Au revoir. Bon nuit.

Well, thank fuck the topic heading didn’t have naff little bicycle images in it to irritate the visual look of the forum’s View By Time.

Stage Two tonight, starting at 8:30, is the longest stage of the whole Tour at 209km, and with 2.5km of vertical gain.

Bubblecar said:

Stage Two tonight, starting at 8:30, is the longest stage of the whole Tour at 209km, and with 2.5km of vertical gain.

…and it’s raining!

Ou est l’etape deux pour the bicyclettes le Tour de Frog.

212 km comence au ment et le Lauwin-Planque et el finito et le Boulogne-sur-Mer.

Admirer le grande chateau, le bon l’eglise, et le spectaculaire vista. Hasta la vista!!

Le Monsewer Biniam et le vainqueur pour le jour!!! 🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴

Macca thinks Biniam will win this stage.

They’re still in the Neutral Zone and I’m already on the second bowl of Twisties.

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Stage Two tonight, starting at 8:30, is the longest stage of the whole Tour at 209km, and with 2.5km of vertical gain.

…and it’s raining!

Ou est le grande skiddy et le bum bum et le derriere.

Bubblecar said:

They’re still in the Neutral Zone and I’m already on the second bowl of Twisties.

I don’t bother with a bowl. Straight outa the party sized bag for me, hey what but!

I’m watching a bit for a while.

it is raining in the UK too. England starting the last day of the test at 3/72 needing 611 to win. Realistically on India can win by bowling them out, but no play has been possible to far. India might be robbed by the weather.

party_pants said:

I’m watching a bit for a while.

it is raining in the UK too. England starting the last day of the test at 3/72 needing 611 to win. Realistically on India can win by bowling them out, but no play has been possible to far. India might be robbed by the weather.

they should have declared earlier.

A wet road tumble in the breakaway.

Have to say it’s a fairly dreary stage this one. Long, non-descript and wet. Good thing the crowd are bringing the party.

becklefreckle said:

Have to say it’s a fairly dreary stage this one. Long, non-descript and wet. Good thing the crowd are bringing the party.

It’s not as pretty as yesterday’s, but it might improve.

I get a bit tired of the yackety commentary at times so I mute them for a while and play some music.

Odd little crash there, looked like the rider just nodded off.

Bike had bees.

It’s happened to me before. Road bikes can be unforgiving.

Une grande crashy crashy bang bang!!!!

Woodie said:

Une grande crashy crashy bang bang!!!!

No indication of what caused that tumble.

Next advert I’m going to cut up a bowl of dill pickles.

I’m off to fetch an icecream out of the fridge. Then do the final copy of these drawings…. and see if that lasts to the end of l’etape.

Bubblecar said:

Next advert I’m going to cut up a bowl of dill pickles.

Run out of Twisties?

Woodie said:

Bubblecar said:

Next advert I’m going to cut up a bowl of dill pickles.

Run out of Twisties?

Plenty of those left but I’m sick of them :)

Voila non grande l’eglise. Voila non beau maison, Voila non c’est magnifique chateau. Voila non jolie village. Voila non pittoresque vista!! ppffffft.

Woodie said:

Voila non grande l’eglise. Voila non beau maison, Voila non c’est magnifique chateau. Voila non jolie village. Voila non pittoresque vista!! ppffffft.

becklefreckle said:

Woodie said:

Voila non grande l’eglise. Voila non beau maison, Voila non c’est magnifique chateau. Voila non jolie village. Voila non pittoresque vista!! ppffffft.

make funny GIFs like this at MakeaGif

I am Feerunch, you silly English kerrrrr-niggit!

Je suis ou est le nodding off.

Je suis le retire au ment voila le boudoir mit moi lecky blanket et le televish mit le bicyclettes.

Au revoir. Bon nuit.

Woodie said:

Je suis ou est le nodding off.

Je suis le retire au ment voila le boudoir mit moi lecky blanket et le televish mit le bicyclettes.

Au revoir. Bon nuit.

Nighto then.

Bubblecar said:

Woodie said:

Je suis ou est le nodding off.

Je suis le retire au ment voila le boudoir mit moi lecky blanket et le televish mit le bicyclettes.

Au revoir. Bon nuit.

Nighto then.

I too was too tired to finish the stage, but it seems that Mathieu van der Poel won it.

Ou est le hour pour le televisual festin pour le bicyclettes du Frog!!

CAR’N et le acclamation pour Monsewer Biniam!!!! 🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴

Starting in the wet again today.

178 km route starting in Valenciennes and finishing in Dunkerque.

I’ve ettened all my Twisties.

Woodie said:

I’ve ettened all my Twisties.

I have some left but still too full up of dinner to bother with nibbles yet.

I’ll watch the start for a few minutes but then I’ll need an extended nature break.

Must be really difficult for the riders, when they need to attend to number twos.

Delayed start.

Bubblecar said:

Woodie said:

I’ve ettened all my Twisties.

I have some left but still too full up of dinner to bother with nibbles yet.

Moi fare de nuit will be similar to last nuit. ‘cept 500gm of marinara mix, chopped onion, capsicum done in oil, cuppla drops of sesame oil, chilli garlic and ginger. Deglazed with a little cream, finished of with a cuppla glugs of fish sauce, Mix in a good helping of spirali pasta.

I reckon nom noms. Wadda ya reckon?

Woodie said:

Bubblecar said:

Woodie said:

I’ve ettened all my Twisties.

I have some left but still too full up of dinner to bother with nibbles yet.

Moi fare de nuit will be similar to last nuit. ‘cept 500gm of marinara mix, chopped onion, capsicum done in oil, cuppla drops of sesame oil, chilli garlic and ginger. Deglazed with a little cream, finished of with a cuppla glugs of fish sauce, Mix in a good helping of spirali pasta.

I reckon nom noms. Wadda ya reckon?

Should work well. Some fresh dill would be good in that too.

Finally they’re off.

Bubblecar said:

I’ll watch the start for a few minutes but then I’ll need an extended nature break.

Must be really difficult for the riders, when they need to attend to number twos.

Turn over to the tennis, and turn it up. All that gruntin’ and groanin’ may provide some encouragement, incentive and support in managing your own ablutory requirements.

Back, and there are mass weewees happening there by the side of the road.

Lots of chatting, eating, drinking, weewees, but not much racing so far.

Any slower and they’ll take all day to get there.

Woodie said:

Bubblecar said:

Woodie said:

I’ve ettened all my Twisties.

I have some left but still too full up of dinner to bother with nibbles yet.

Moi fare de nuit will be similar to last nuit. ‘cept 500gm of marinara mix, chopped onion, capsicum done in oil, cuppla drops of sesame oil, chilli garlic and ginger. Deglazed with a little cream, finished of with a cuppla glugs of fish sauce, Mix in a good helping of spirali pasta.

I reckon nom noms. Wadda ya reckon?

Le dejeurner et le servie!!! Mit une verre (or deux) van rouge Riddoch Conawarra 2023.

Time for a bowl of cheese Twisties and I’ll tell you what greatly improves them – a shake of white pepper.

Woodie said:

Woodie said:

Bubblecar said:

I have some left but still too full up of dinner to bother with nibbles yet.

Moi fare de nuit will be similar to last nuit. ‘cept 500gm of marinara mix, chopped onion, capsicum done in oil, cuppla drops of sesame oil, chilli garlic and ginger. Deglazed with a little cream, finished of with a cuppla glugs of fish sauce, Mix in a good helping of spirali pasta.

I reckon nom noms. Wadda ya reckon?

Le dejeurner et le servie!!! Mit une verre (or deux) van rouge Riddoch Conawarra 2023.

licks plate squeaky clean

Think that says it all, don’t you??

Woodie said:

Woodie said:

Woodie said:

Moi fare de nuit will be similar to last nuit. ‘cept 500gm of marinara mix, chopped onion, capsicum done in oil, cuppla drops of sesame oil, chilli garlic and ginger. Deglazed with a little cream, finished of with a cuppla glugs of fish sauce, Mix in a good helping of spirali pasta.

I reckon nom noms. Wadda ya reckon?

Le dejeurner et le servie!!! Mit une verre (or deux) van rouge Riddoch Conawarra 2023.

licks plate squeaky clean

Think that says it all, don’t you??

Any dessert coming up?

Bubblecar said:

Woodie said:

Woodie said:

Le dejeurner et le servie!!! Mit une verre (or deux) van rouge Riddoch Conawarra 2023.

licks plate squeaky clean

Think that says it all, don’t you??

Any dessert coming up?

Famblee sized block of fruit’n‘nut chocy.

But gimme a cuppla minnies before that gets served.

pats full tummy

Bubblecar said:

Time for a bowl of cheese Twisties and I’ll tell you what greatly improves them – a shake of white pepper.

Try dipping them in my sauce de speciale last night. That’s why I’ve got no Twisties left.

Can’t see me finishing this one, but it’s not compulsory.

This slowish ride is actually quite relaxing if you turn the commentary down and play some slow ambient music.

How rude of me to keep it all to myself!!

My sincere apologies.

Anyone for a piece of fruit’n‘nut choccy?

Woodie said:

How rude of me to keep it all to myself!!

My sincere apologies.

Anyone for a piece of fruit’n‘nut choccy?

I’ll have a couple squares, ta.

Ooh, bad crash.

That one woulda hurt.

Bubblecar said:

Woodie said:

How rude of me to keep it all to myself!!

My sincere apologies.

Anyone for a piece of fruit’n‘nut choccy?

I’ll have a couple squares, ta.

Just coz I’m a good bloke. passes Parpyone THREE squares

It’s the first stage winner, Jasper Philipsen.

Woodie said:

Bubblecar said:

Woodie said:

How rude of me to keep it all to myself!!

My sincere apologies.

Anyone for a piece of fruit’n‘nut choccy?

I’ll have a couple squares, ta.

Just coz I’m a good bloke. passes Parpyone THREE squares

That might help me stay up until the end, ta.

Finally a breakaway, albeit a lone rider.

Bubblecar said:

Finally a breakaway, albeit a lone rider.

Is Wellens after the pokey dots?

Woodie said:

Bubblecar said:

Finally a breakaway, albeit a lone rider.

Is Wellens after the pokey dots?

Aye and he’s scored them.

Ou est le Monsewer BIniam?

Woodie said:

Ou est le Monsewer BIniam?

He’s amongst the front riders.

Creeping up for the sprint. Going to explode at some point.

Inside 5km.

Le bicyclettes go AOT!!!!!

Bad crash.

Another crash.

Merlier apparently wins ahead of Milan…

This bicyclette stuff.

Bloody dangerous business, hey what but!

Biniam came 6th.

Bubblecar said:

Another crash.

Merlier apparently wins ahead of Milan…

No sign of Monsewer Biniam. 😢

Oright then. One ciggie then I’m orf.

Woodie said:

Bubblecar said:

Another crash.

Merlier apparently wins ahead of Milan…

No sign of Monsewer Biniam. 😢

See my last post :)

Bubblecar said:

Biniam came 6th.

He did too. All got the same time.

It was an odd sort of stage. Virtually no racing until the end.

Bubblecar said:

It was an odd sort of stage. Virtually no racing until the end.

Then they all fell off.

Woodie said:

Bubblecar said:

It was an odd sort of stage. Virtually no racing until the end.

Then they all fell off.

Too much sitting down, gravity then tempts them.

Au revoir. Bon nuit.

Bubblecar said:

Creeping up for the sprint. Going to explode at some point.

Would lighting farts be considered as cheating. Avoiding the flame could cause panic.

Ou est le commence au mont le bicyclettes le Tour de Frog, l’etape quarte, 173 km route commence Amiens Metropole et finito Rouen.

L’eglise beaucoup, le chateau beaucoup, et le grande mont et vista.

apprécier.

Should be a more active stage, compared with yesterday.

Bubblecar said:

Should be a more active stage, compared with yesterday.

Acclamation pour le Monsewer Biniam!!!! 🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴

I’ll have to leave them to it tonight, too tired to ride another 80km.

So it’s bonne nuit et fais de beaux rêves.

Ou est moi de la je suis ala nodded off.

Tonight, individual time trials. Circuit beginning and ending in Caen, Normandy.

Starting any moment now on your SBS.

Où est Woodie??

Matthew Keenan has just said the Normandy invasion was called “Operation Overland”.

He meant Overlord.

Bubblecar said:

Matthew Keenan has just said the Normandy invasion was called “Operation Overland”.

He meant Overlord.

Good lord.

Bubblecar said:

Où est Woodie??

Ou est le uver channel. De la footy stuff.

Anyhoo, not much point in time trials til the pointy end. Starting order is last to first in overall race time.

Bubblecar said:

Matthew Keenan has just said the Normandy invasion was called “Operation Overland”.

He meant Overlord.

But, it did go over land.

Had to go over sea first, sure, but it was just about all over land after that.

Hmm, that dish was supposed to have been invented by William the Conqueror, even though it includes tomatoes and tomato paste…

Ou est le heurs pour le bicyclettes du Frog pour moi. 🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴

Bubblecar said:

Hmm, that dish was supposed to have been invented by William the Conqueror, even though it includes tomatoes and tomato paste…

Which dish?

captain_spalding said:

Bubblecar said:

Hmm, that dish was supposed to have been invented by William the Conqueror, even though it includes tomatoes and tomato paste…

Which dish?

A complicated tripe dish presented by Guillaume Brahimi in their cuisine break.

It would have been an old medieval dish with all the apples and cider accompanying the tripe, but the tomatoes would have to wait until they were introduced from America in the 16th century.

Bubblecar said:

captain_spalding said:

Bubblecar said:

Hmm, that dish was supposed to have been invented by William the Conqueror, even though it includes tomatoes and tomato paste…

Which dish?

A complicated tripe dish presented by Guillaume Brahimi in their cuisine break.

It would have been an old medieval dish with all the apples and cider accompanying the tripe, but the tomatoes would have to wait until they were introduced from America in the 16th century.

It’s a little-known aspect of his character, but when Billy the C wasn’t invading neighbouring countries, slaughtering their inhabitants, overthrowing long-established monarchies, and imposing his own ideas of government and administration on the subjugated populaces, you’d often find him down in the enormous castle kitchens, up to his elbows in the innards of some sheep or cow, whipping up some new treat for the guests at his next dinner party.

Ou est grande l’amore et le bicyclettes voila et le Europa. “C’est magnifique” elles parlez.

Ahhhh…………Ou est et le business fin et le bicyclettes du trial de le heurs. 🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴

Kick-off in Bayeux tonight and 200km later we end in Vire Normandie, if we’re still awake.

…and once again Matt tells us the invasion of Normandy was “Operation Overland”.

Bubblecar said:

…and once again Matt tells us the invasion of Normandy was “Operation Overland”.

Matt may be stupid, but at least he’s reliably and consistently stupid.

captain_spalding said:

Bubblecar said:

…and once again Matt tells us the invasion of Normandy was “Operation Overland”.

Matt may be stupid, but at least he’s reliably and consistently stupid.

He’s a bright enough lad but someone needs to correct him.

Ou est le footy et le premiere televish alors le bicyclettes du Frog. 🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴

Woodie said:

Ou est le footy et le premiere televish alors le bicyclettes du Frog. 🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴

Oh……… Monsewer Parpyone, ou est le DUEX tubs al la Greenshell Mussels pour le bicyclettes televish. Combien et vous?

Bubblecar said:

Kick-off in Bayeux tonight and 200km later we end in Vire Normandie, if we’re still awake.

Life’s a tapestry.

Woodie said:

Woodie said:

Ou est le footy et le premiere televish alors le bicyclettes du Frog. 🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴

Oh……… Monsewer Parpyone, ou est le DUEX tubs al la Greenshell Mussels pour le bicyclettes televish. Combien et vous?

No tubs here until my next Coles order, next week.

Bubblecar said:

Woodie said:

Woodie said:

Ou est le footy et le premiere televish alors le bicyclettes du Frog. 🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴

Oh……… Monsewer Parpyone, ou est le DUEX tubs al la Greenshell Mussels pour le bicyclettes televish. Combien et vous?

No tubs here until my next Coles order, next week.

Ou et le ici grande sachet de le familie Twisties depuis the Monsewer Coles et le voyage et le village ce jour. Et vous al la Twisites?

Woodie said:

Bubblecar said:

Woodie said:

Oh……… Monsewer Parpyone, ou est le DUEX tubs al la Greenshell Mussels pour le bicyclettes televish. Combien et vous?

No tubs here until my next Coles order, next week.

Ou et le ici grande sachet de le familie Twisties depuis the Monsewer Coles et le voyage et le village ce jour. Et vous al la Twisites?

All Twisties gone here. Not much nibbles at all, but I’m still full up of dinner, donc je ne me plains pas.

Woodie said:

Bubblecar said:

Woodie said:

Oh……… Monsewer Parpyone, ou est le DUEX tubs al la Greenshell Mussels pour le bicyclettes televish. Combien et vous?

No tubs here until my next Coles order, next week.

Ou et le ici grande sachet de le familie Twisties depuis the Monsewer Coles et le voyage et le village ce jour. Et vous al la Twisites?

Ou est le jour beau soliel jour voila et le Tour de Frog et le bicyclettes.

Ou est le groupe Maillot Vert et le grande heurs derrier!!!!

Woodie said:

Ou est le groupe Maillot Vert et le grande heurs derrier!!!!

Aussie Michael Storer is in the breakaway. Might have a chance of a stage win.

Ou et le derniere chateau et le wreck. Je ne c’est pas resider voila.

Woodie said:

Ou et le derniere chateau et le wreck. Je ne c’est pas resider voila.

They should mend more of these.

Woodie said:

Woodie said:

Ou est le footy et le premiere televish alors le bicyclettes du Frog. 🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴

Oh……… Monsewer Parpyone, ou est le DUEX tubs al la Greenshell Mussels pour le bicyclettes televish. Combien et vous?

‘…DUEX…’?

Woodie said:

Ou et le derniere chateau et le wreck. Je ne c’est pas resider voila.

I suspect that Woodie speaks French reasonably well, in order to speak it as badly as he does.

captain_spalding said:

Woodie said:

Woodie said:

Ou est le footy et le premiere televish alors le bicyclettes du Frog. 🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴

Oh……… Monsewer Parpyone, ou est le DUEX tubs al la Greenshell Mussels pour le bicyclettes televish. Combien et vous?

‘…DUEX…’?

Pardon et excuse moi Monsewer Spalding. Ou est voila de la typo. Reparer et le “deux”.

captain_spalding said:

Woodie said:

Ou et le derniere chateau et le wreck. Je ne c’est pas resider voila.

I suspect that Woodie speaks French reasonably well, in order to speak it as badly as he does.

Ou est vous non coprendre moi parlez de le Frog? Non?

Woodie said:

captain_spalding said:

Woodie said:

Ou et le derniere chateau et le wreck. Je ne c’est pas resider voila.

I suspect that Woodie speaks French reasonably well, in order to speak it as badly as he does.

Ou est vous non coprendre moi parlez de le Frog? Non?

Je comprends très bien, merci. C’est votre talent créatif pour adapter le langage à des situations inattendues que j’admire.

captain_spalding said:

Woodie said:

captain_spalding said:

I suspect that Woodie speaks French reasonably well, in order to speak it as badly as he does.

Ou est vous non coprendre moi parlez de le Frog? Non?

Je comprends très bien, merci. C’est votre talent créatif pour adapter le langage à des situations inattendues que j’admire.

Le grande merci beaucoup, Monsewer Spalding. Just bastardise anglaise into frog with lots of oo la la et moi je suis et le voila ala ici !!!

Parpyone, Ou est vous le pense le vainqueur et l’etape six?

Woodie said:

Parpyone, Ou est vous le pense le vainqueur et l’etape six?

Participante ala tete de course?

Woodie said:

Woodie said:

Parpyone, Ou est vous le pense le vainqueur et l’etape six?

Participante ala tete de course?

I wouldn’t like to guess.

Eating nibbles now – a cold pork rissole with a sliced dill pickle.

Tastier than it sounds :)

Ou est le Monsewer Biniam?

Moi le ponder et le Monsewer Biniam et le stuffed.

Woodie said:

Ou est le Monsewer Biniam?

Moi le ponder et le Monsewer Biniam et le stuffed.

It’s a long tour but he hasn’t loomed large so far, that’s for sure.

Michael Storer picks up some King of the Mountains points, and reveals that he’s in good form.

He might even win the stage.

Ben Healy has cut ahead of the breakaway.

Come on Storer, we don’t want another Pom victory.

Bubblecar said:

Ben Healy has cut ahead of the breakaway.

Come on Storer, we don’t want another Pom victory.

Um, Ben Healy is Irish, not a Pom.

So go Healy!

:)

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Ben Healy has cut ahead of the breakaway.

Come on Storer, we don’t want another Pom victory.

Um, Ben Healy is Irish, not a Pom.

So go Healy!

:)

It’ll be Healy or Storer for the stage. I don’t mind which one wins.

Bubblecar said:

It’ll be Healy or Storer for the stage. I don’t mind which one wins.

I trust no one in front of the peloton is less than 7 mins behind in the overall standings as of stage 5.

Healy has only 7km to go.

I see considerable changes at the top of the general classification list.

Healy is at 2km now, and also increasing his GC chances.

Ben Healy wins comfortably.

Congrats to Healy. All on his own too. 😎

I propose a new rule:

Fucking English.

party_pants said:

I propose a new rule:

Fucking English.

Speak, yes.

party_pants said:

I propose a new rule:

Fucking English.

Oh, you mean putain d’anglais.

captain_spalding said:

party_pants said:

I propose a new rule:

Fucking English.

Oh, you mean putain d’anglais.

No.

We’re in Brittany tonight and already racing.

Bubblecar said:

We’re in Brittany tonight and already racing.

Has anyone made a break for the coast and tried to get to England yet?

Peak Warming Man said:

Bubblecar said:

We’re in Brittany tonight and already racing.

Has anyone made a break for the coast and tried to get to England yet?

No, and fortunately the race hasn’t been dominated by Poms either.

Peak Warming Man said:

Bubblecar said:

We’re in Brittany tonight and already racing.

Has anyone made a break for the coast and tried to get to England yet?

I think that’s against the rules.

In the early days, there were cheating scandals where cyclists would pop down to the station, catch the train a fair part of the way, and cycle home the closing part of the stage.

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

I propose a new rule:

Fucking English.

Speak, yes.

Try that in France and see how far you get.

Woodie said:

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

I propose a new rule:

Fucking English.

Speak, yes.

Try that in France and see how far you get.

Just the 22 days of the race

party_pants said:

captain_spalding said:

party_pants said:

I propose a new rule:

Fucking English.

Oh, you mean putain d’anglais.

No.

I see you understood that.

captain_spalding said:

Je comprends très bien, merci. C’est votre talent créatif pour adapter le langage à des situations inattendues que j’admire.

….. and it’s not too difficult to work out what that says, speak the language or not.

Woodie said:

party_pants said:

captain_spalding said:

Oh, you mean putain d’anglais.

No.

I see you understood that.

I had to copy and paste into Google translate. I can’t do that for absolutely every post in a thread.

Still, we do want to attract the participation of as many friends as we can, knowing that we in this little corner of the cosmos are all native English speakers.

I really like some of these dense and compact little cities.

party_pants said:

I really like some of these dense and compact little cities.

Aye. Villages, most of them. And “villages” is one of those words that’s identical in both languages (but not in pronunciation).

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

I really like some of these dense and compact little cities.

Aye. Villages, most of them. And “villages” is one of those words that’s identical in both languages (but not in pronunciation).

Some of them have 4 or 5 storey buildings in the town centre. I like that.

Interesting to see all these old building with modern gutters and downpipes on the side.

I wonder what they had before modern times – no gutters and the rain just running off the roof?

party_pants said:

Interesting to see all these old building with modern gutters and downpipes on the side.

I wonder what they had before modern times – no gutters and the rain just running off the roof?

In medieval and Renaissance times, most important buildings would have had guttering of some kind. But it would likely have been of wood or for the fancier buildings, lead.

party_pants said:

Interesting to see all these old building with modern gutters and downpipes on the side.

I wonder what they had before modern times – no gutters and the rain just running off the roof?

Gargoyles.

The speeds these guys are going at is remarkable. I have never gone that fats on a bike unless going down a very steep hill, to the point it was feeling scary.

btm said:

party_pants said:

Interesting to see all these old building with modern gutters and downpipes on the side.

I wonder what they had before modern times – no gutters and the rain just running off the roof?

Gargoyles.

Them too.

btm said:

party_pants said:

Interesting to see all these old building with modern gutters and downpipes on the side.

I wonder what they had before modern times – no gutters and the rain just running off the roof?

Gargoyles.

fair call

party_pants said:

The speeds these guys are going at is remarkable. I have never gone that fats on a bike unless going down a very steep hill, to the point it was feeling scary.

My bicycle (which I haven’t ridden for years) isn’t built for those kind of speeds.

It is a French event, the biggest in France. Everything on the TV screen is in French. Try and participate a little in the event, the location, and environment and you might learn something.

I will be realigning my priorities given your xenopholbic tendencies towards someone trying to participate as close to the French environment as I can.

It is not a prerequisite to participate in Le Tour de France threads in any particular language, but to demand that French not be used with regard to a French event is xenophobic at it’s extremity.

Woodie said:

It is a French event, the biggest in France. Everything on the TV screen is in French. Try and participate a little in the event, the location, and environment and you might learn something.

I will be realigning my priorities given your xenopholbic tendencies towards someone trying to participate as close to the French environment as I can.

It is not a prerequisite to participate in Le Tour de France threads in any particular language, but to demand that French not be used with regard to a French event is xenophobic at it’s extremity.

It probably is, but hey, after a while copy and paste every post into Google translate gets a bit tiring

Do you want culture over interaction and spontaneous chat?

you can keep posting in French all you like, but I can’t understand even half of it.

Woodie said:

It is a French event, the biggest in France. Everything on the TV screen is in French. Try and participate a little in the event, the location, and environment and you might learn something.

I will be realigning my priorities given your xenopholbic tendencies towards someone trying to participate as close to the French environment as I can.

It is not a prerequisite to participate in Le Tour de France threads in any particular language, but to demand that French not be used with regard to a French event is xenophobic at it’s extremity.

Yeah but it’s still a bit much to expect non-French speakers to translate your every post :)

A bit off-putting for the thread. And I assumed you were just being jocular anyway.

As the captain pointed out, your French is pas bon which can make translation even more problematic.

Wow, that was an interesting drone shot down the canal

party_pants said:

Wow, that was an interesting drone shot down the canal

Impressive.

I don’t think the break-away group can hold out for another 30 km.

party_pants said:

I don’t think the break-away group can hold out for another 30 km.

Another three climbs coming.

They have increased their lead a little, for now.

time for some cheese and crackers

Big crash in the peloton.

Pogačar wins the stage.

That was a great finish.

Perhaps we could just restrict our French to commonly understood expressions like “sacre bleu!”, ooh-la-la!”, and “hoots mon ami!”

Bubblecar said:

Perhaps we could just restrict our French to commonly understood expressions like “sacre bleu!”, ooh-la-la!”, and “hoots mon ami!”

And

Bubblecar said:

Perhaps we could just restrict our French to commonly understood expressions like “sacre bleu!”, ooh-la-la!”, and “hoots mon ami!”

Well, you can post in French if you want to, but I’m not looking up any translations.

party_pants said:

Bubblecar said:

Perhaps we could just restrict our French to commonly understood expressions like “sacre bleu!”, ooh-la-la!”, and “hoots mon ami!”

Well, you can post in French if you want to, but I’m not looking up any translations.

I’ll post in English and hopefully Woodie will too :)

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

Bubblecar said:

Perhaps we could just restrict our French to commonly understood expressions like “sacre bleu!”, ooh-la-la!”, and “hoots mon ami!”

Well, you can post in French if you want to, but I’m not looking up any translations.

I’ll post in English and hopefully Woodie will too :)

Maybe I was a bit hasty with the “new rule” stuff. I don’t want anyone to be offended to the point where they stop posting altogether. So if you wish to post in French then go ahead. I just won’t understand much of it.

party_pants said:

So if you wish to post in French then go ahead. I just won’t understand much of it.

it’s just wank anyway. Communication is the idea.

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

Bubblecar said:

Perhaps we could just restrict our French to commonly understood expressions like “sacre bleu!”, ooh-la-la!”, and “hoots mon ami!”

Well, you can post in French if you want to, but I’m not looking up any translations.

I’ll post in English and hopefully Woodie will too :)

I think Woodie is being a little silly to get in a huff about it but his mangled French is easy enough to read considering it is basically just a very bad translation of English using common words and French word order.

Bogsnorkler said:

party_pants said:

So if you wish to post in French then go ahead. I just won’t understand much of it.

it’s just wank anyway. Communication is the idea.

Speaking of ‘communication’ we seem to have lost MZL. I hope he didn’t meticulously avoid COVID for 5 years and then end up dying from it.

Unlike Moll he did bring something interesting to the forum.

Witty Rejoinder said:

Bogsnorkler said:

party_pants said:

So if you wish to post in French then go ahead. I just won’t understand much of it.

it’s just wank anyway. Communication is the idea.

Speaking of ‘communication’ we seem to have lost MZL. I hope he didn’t meticulously avoid COVID for 5 years and then end up dying from it.

Unlike Moll he did bring something interesting to the forum.

In his last post he said he’ll be doing something that’s more fun.

But I suspect he’ll reappear eventually.

Witty Rejoinder said:

Bogsnorkler said:

party_pants said:

So if you wish to post in French then go ahead. I just won’t understand much of it.

it’s just wank anyway. Communication is the idea.

Speaking of ‘communication’ we seem to have lost MZL. I hope he didn’t meticulously avoid COVID for 5 years and then end up dying from it.

Unlike Moll he did bring something interesting to the forum.

maybe just taking a break, hopefully.

Bogsnorkler said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

Bogsnorkler said:

it’s just wank anyway. Communication is the idea.

Speaking of ‘communication’ we seem to have lost MZL. I hope he didn’t meticulously avoid COVID for 5 years and then end up dying from it.

Unlike Moll he did bring something interesting to the forum.

maybe just taking a break, hopefully.

Maybe he got cleaned up by a No78 bus on his morning walk.

party_pants said:

Bubblecar said:

Perhaps we could just restrict our French to commonly understood expressions like “sacre bleu!”, ooh-la-la!”, and “hoots mon ami!”

Well, you can post in French if you want to, but I’m not looking up any translations.

A coincidence has just occurred.
We are discussing French and I had quite a conversation with the French barman this morning.

Tamb said:

party_pants said:

Bubblecar said:

Perhaps we could just restrict our French to commonly understood expressions like “sacre bleu!”, ooh-la-la!”, and “hoots mon ami!”

Well, you can post in French if you want to, but I’m not looking up any translations.

A coincidence has just occurred.
We are discussing French and I had quite a conversation with the French barman this morning.

While sipping a finger of Pernod?

Bubblecar said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

Bogsnorkler said:

it’s just wank anyway. Communication is the idea.

Speaking of ‘communication’ we seem to have lost MZL. I hope he didn’t meticulously avoid COVID for 5 years and then end up dying from it.

Unlike Moll he did bring something interesting to the forum.

In his last post he said he’ll be doing something that’s more fun.

But I suspect he’ll reappear eventually.

Excuse my faulty memory but who is MZL please?

Tamb said:

Bubblecar said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

Speaking of ‘communication’ we seem to have lost MZL. I hope he didn’t meticulously avoid COVID for 5 years and then end up dying from it.

Unlike Moll he did bring something interesting to the forum.

In his last post he said he’ll be doing something that’s more fun.

But I suspect he’ll reappear eventually.

Excuse my faulty memory but who is MZL please?

SCIENCE

Bubblecar said:

Tamb said:

party_pants said:

Well, you can post in French if you want to, but I’m not looking up any translations.

A coincidence has just occurred.
We are discussing French and I had quite a conversation with the French barman this morning.

While sipping a finger of Pernod?

I was buying Banrock Startion Crimson Cabernet for tomorrow’s quiz night.

Tamb said:

Bubblecar said:

Tamb said:

A coincidence has just occurred.
We are discussing French and I had quite a conversation with the French barman this morning.

While sipping a finger of Pernod?

I was buying Banrock Startion Crimson Cabernet for tomorrow’s quiz night.

Goodo.

Stage 8: Saint-Méen-le-Grand > Laval Espace Mayenne.

Now playing, SBS on Demand.

I hope Woodie’s happily back in this thread tonight, and his normal cheerful self :)

We all need cheering up.

Not many of these chateaus have proper modern swimming pools.

party_pants said:

Not many of these chateaus have proper modern swimming pools.

Only a few people knew how to swim in the olden days.

40 years since a Frenchman won the Tour de France. It’s a long time.

I like this field art.

A good tractor effort.

Where’s Woodie?

WE WANT WOODIE!

yeap – that’s a forest!

That pie was stimulating my belly juices.

party_pants said:

yeap – that’s a forest!

Very dense, perhaps a bit too dense.

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

yeap – that’s a forest!

Very dense, perhaps a bit too dense.

Yeah, can’t see the forest for all those trees. good thing they’ve got the aerial shot.

Speeding up now, but still no breakaway.

This village looks almost artificial. Too regular and all the houses are too much the same.

it is a real place of course.

party_pants said:

yeap – that’s a forest!

Alors, non, c’est ‘une forêt’.

5km to go…!

3km…

Milan wins the stage.

good finish, Milan looks completely cooked after that, great effort

Aussie Groves comes third.

Bubblecar said:

I hope Woodie’s happily back in this thread tonight, and his normal cheerful self :)

We all need cheering up.

Cheerful self? Well the kabosh has been put on that, hasn’t it.

The arrogance of it all.

All about 1/2 doz or so posts a day, in a single thread, that has a French subject, about an event located in France, where all visual information is in French, and a peoples that will respect any foreigner that makes any attempt to communicate in French (regardless of how feeble or basic). It’s about as “French” as you can get.

Then to be issued with a “cease and desist” when using French (albeit in a jovial and haphazard effort sometimes) in post content.

The arrogance of it all. 🙄

A demand from those that can’t/won’t even make four simple mouse movements and take 5 seconds or so, a few times a day, to learn what might be said, if they are not sure.

1. “Click and drag”, 2. “right click and copy”
3. “click on tab with Google translate open”
4. “right click and paste”.

As previously mentioned, to demand that French not be used (only English) in a thread that is about as French as you can get, to me, is also about as xenophobic as you can get.

The damage has been done.

BTW, I did watch it, and enjoyed it as usual for all the reasons one would expect.