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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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07-23-2007, 08:42 PM #16
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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 #17
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All you need is love...la-dee-da-dee-da...all you need is love!
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07-24-2007, 12:09 PM #18
Small world, big life!
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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 #19
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Calling them "boys" makes me feel like a perv for the things I imagine about them...
they're definitely MEN
There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness".
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07-24-2007, 03:44 PM #20
Did you see THAT??
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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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07-25-2007, 08:08 AM #21
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Well in this mornings coverage there was a completely naked guy--no "mini, mini, mankini". Not as evenly tanned as the other guy though.
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07-25-2007, 09:28 AM #22
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Did you happen to note at what mile post this occurred?
Originally Posted by Deanna
hmmm?
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07-25-2007, 09:29 AM #23
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No, but of course it was during a climb.
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07-25-2007, 09:42 AM #24
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There were 2 grown men in diapers too.
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07-25-2007, 11:14 AM #25
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ewwww... the mental image is just wrong... Originally Posted by margo49
There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness".
