I missed that commentary! Maybe I was too busy looking. lol.
Today I was struck by how much they used the word "boy" to describe all the riders. "He's a tough boy." "For a boy so,..." crazy. I can't tell if it's fatherly, patronizing, European, or gay. lol.
Karen
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07-23-2007, 08:56 AM #1
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07-23-2007, 09:00 AM #2
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I tend to think of 'em as boys too, but maybe even more often as "kids" -- maybe cuz I'm old enough to be most of their moms?
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07-23-2007, 08:42 PM #3
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Yup, it's hard not to think of them as "boys" when you could be their mom.
(and I'm gay, but that's not why I think of them as "boys"!
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07-24-2007, 01:55 AM #4
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Don't say that, Knotted.
I think I am one of their team-mates and am sitting by the phone with my bag packed ready to save the day in the next Big Tour if someone has a major crash.
(It goes like this: someone will get injured badly and they will say "Only margo can help us now." Then they will phone and I will be flown to a Fancy Training Camp with all the trimmings. Stopping on the way at a Big Shop where I will point at 1000 things and say things like "Perhaps you have that in a lighter shade" or "Do you have that in WSD" and they will pay...they will all call me "Mademoiselle" too!)
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07-24-2007, 12:09 PM #5
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oh Margo, you crack me up!
My "boys" are the same age as the boys on the Tour, and I don't call them boys anymore. They wouldn't like it. They're my lovely, mature, handsome men.
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07-24-2007, 01:03 PM #6
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Calling them "boys" makes me feel like a perv for the things I imagine about them...
they're definitely MEN
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07-24-2007, 03:44 PM #7
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I believe "boys" is used to convey comraderie (sp?). I heard one of the riders refer to the peleton as "the boys". They are all suffering and living through a difficult experience together.
After watching the TdF, I also believe men should be forced to obtain a license before wearing Speedo-type swimsuits. blech!Life is like riding a bicycle. To stay balanced, one must keep moving. - Albert Einstein
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