Thor will Smash!

[snapdragen]

Tour day Schmalz is back.:D

Schmalz (http://www.nyvelocity.com/content.php?id=853)

[SadieKate]

Uh, Miss Snap? What happened to spoiler alerts?? :eek: :p :D

I know, the excitement got to you.

[jobob]

Err, technically, it wasn't a spoiler. That happens to be the Tour de Schmalz mantra.

From the preview (posted yesterday):


Thor Hushovd
will continue the tradition of cutting and pasting THOR WILL SMASH! every moment our favorite Norwegian Sprint crusher appears onscreen. You will tire of it, but I shall never tire of the SMASHING!


Thanks for the link, snap. Schmalz will make this Tour a bit more bearable :p

[snapdragen]

HUH? I didn't watch this morning - did Thor smash?

[jobob]

Indeed he did. :D


OK SadieKate, you may slap my wrist now


- jo taking the bullet for her buddy snap bob

[SadieKate]

Yeah, her title was a little bit much of a coincidince. Don't ya think?

[jobob]

OK, then let's get the ground rules established here and now.

At what time are we allowed to discuss the results of the stage?

[Brandy]

Spoiler or not, Thor is a hottie. :D

[snapdragen]

Sorry if I inadvertently posted a spoiler. I actually forgot the race started today.....duh! I suppose OLN will have there usual "expanded" coverage tonight.....are we having to put up with the trout man again?

Spoilers: On "the other board" spoilers are not allowed in any titles, except on the Pro Cycling forum, which is buried at the bottom. Since we don't have a Pro Cycling forum, I'd say no spoilers in the titles. If the thread contains spoilers - put "spoiler" in the title somewhere.

Other suggestions?

[SadieKate]

Example "SPOILER - TdF Prologue"

Everything else in the thread is fair game.

[SadieKate]

Spoiler or not, Thor is a hottie. :DYeah, and he looks like he eats cheeseburgers, at least in moderation.

[Brandy]

Yeah, and he looks like he eats cheeseburgers, at least in moderation.

http://www.tinklebelle.com/Smilies/images/laughinghard.gif

[Lise]

I am I-G-N-O-R-A-N-T about the TdF. There. I've said it. I'll learn a lot more this year!

For anyone else who doesn't know what Thor looks like, here ya go:
http://images.google.com/images?q=Thor+Hushovd&ndsp=20&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&start=0&sa=N

He is awfully good looking! :p

[margo49]

Let's not get started on who is a good looking hottie...
Of course if somebody else *does* I will be in with my $0.02

[Trek420]

Lise "He is awfully good looking! :p"

not as good looking as:

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=george+hincapie&spell=1

[bikerz]

That Thor will SMASH blog is pretty funny - I just read the prologue (http://www.nyvelocity.com/content.php?id=858) review, and I was chuckling even though I don't know what the heck he's talking about most of the time.*

* (Confession: I don't know ANYTHING about professional cycling, although some of those cyclist's names sound familiar... :rolleyes: )

[Kalidurga]

Considering the verb tense used was "will smash" rather than "did smash" or "didn't smash", this thread didn't strike me as a spoiler. I just figured snapdragen is a Thor fan and was excited by the prospect of smashing.

Tour day Schmalz has got to be the funniest thing I've read in a loooong time. "Floyd misses his start time – are you kidding me? Probably drops a few seconds, nothing major. Was he doing Jello shots with Briske?" Is it just me, or does Bobke keep pronouncing Dave's name "Zabrewski"? Oh, and apparently Floyd missed his start time because of a tire change (http://www.bicycling.com/tourdefrance/article/1,6802,s1-7-123-14827-2,00.html).

Too bad it's not in the archives anymore, but on Dave Z's website (http://www.davezabriskie.com/blog/) there used to be one of his one-question-interviews with Thor. DZ asked Thor how it felt to have the coolest name in the peloton. If I recall correctly, Thor had no clue that his name was cool.

Man, this tour's turning out to be tons of fun already, in spite of how awful yesterday's upheaval was.

[spazzdog]

Yup, that's our Snapdragon... she likes being smashed, er... smashing.

(martooni anyone?)

spazz-o-margarita

[margo49]

Man, this tour's turning out to be tons of fun already, in spite of how awful yesterday's upheaval was.

Yeah,I was real gutted; but after a 4 hour ride in the morning I'd got some perspective and by 3 pm (1 hour before Eurosport's coverage was due to start) I was looking forward to it and thinking that it would be w-i-d-e open now and some really new guys would have a chance.
Even when everyone was saying in past years that Lance was a foregone conclusion I would think "Yeah, but he still has to *ride* it"
So it still is - they will all have to ride it; km after km,day after day till Paris

It's still the most amazing thing
and the best man will still win

and I will still say
"I've been there"
to the kids 100 times at least

[jobob]

and I will still say
"I've been there"
to the kids 100 times at least Any good stories to tell ? :)

jo pulling up a chair bob

[margo49]

What more do you-all want ; I already told you my biggest secret : that I can't do up my bra from the back
But as for riding stories from my petit Tour de France 1982...
See the most recent one in the "Inclimate (sic) Weather" thread a couple of days ago

[betagirl]

"Floyd misses his start time – are you kidding me? Probably drops a few seconds, nothing major. Was he doing Jello shots with Briske?"

:D

I've never read the Tour Schmalz. I love it.

And this - "OLN popped for a Who song, “Who are you?” this year is the thirtieth anniversary of the Who selling out. "

[Surlygirl]

We cheer for Thor in this household. Could be because 4 out of 5 of us are Norwegian. Those Norwegians aren't hard on the eyes. Probably why I married one.

[Deanna]

Okay, is there something wrong with my browser or my brain? I can only seem to get to Schmalz's posting for the prologue. How do I get to the following stages?

Thanks!

[Kalidurga]

The Schmalz page listing the Tour stages does seem to be funny. If you go to www.nyvelocity.com (http://www.nyvelocity.com/index.php), you can then click on the most current Tour day Schmalz link. Enjoy!

[Trekhawk]

The Schmalz page listing the Tour stages does seem to be funny. If you go to www.nyvelocity.com (http://www.nyvelocity.com/index.php), you can then click on the most current Tour day Schmalz link. Enjoy!

Funny?? Bl**dy hilarious I think.:)

[Deanna]

The Schmalz page listing the Tour stages does seem to be funny. If you go to www.nyvelocity.com (http://www.nyvelocity.com/index.php), you can then click on the most current Tour day Schmalz link. Enjoy!

Thank you Kalidurga!

[Trekhawk]

The Schmalz page listing the Tour stages does seem to be funny. If you go to www.nyvelocity.com (http://www.nyvelocity.com/index.php), you can then click on the most current Tour day Schmalz link. Enjoy!

Oops see I read that all wrong. Sorry I though you were commenting on the humour factor. I think I need to get a bit more sleep.:)

[Kalidurga]

Oops see I read that all wrong. Sorry I though you were commenting on the humour factor.

Sorry, I should have worded that differently. If I had been commenting on the humour factor, I would have said something more like you did:
Funny?? Bl**dy hilarious I think. Thanks for getting us all hooked on Schmalz, snapdragen. Has anyone else noticed that each day's spoiler posts contain as many comments on Schmalz's commentary as on the more "official" Tour sites? ;)