Another Phil-ism

[scotty72]

Tonight, as Floyd Landis' group of 4 were sprinting down the Col des Aravis, Phil commented that the 4 were decending hard and spreading out.

Switch to a shot of the Peloton and Phil comments that this group was decending in a much more tidy, relaxed group, sticking together.

Good commentary except that the Peloton was still about 1 km from the summit, up out of the saddle on the hoods, straining with all their might to reach the top.

Even my untrained eye could spot the difference between a cyclist tearing down a hill at 80 kms and another struggling up at 15...

Poor Phil

Scotty

 

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scotty72 wrote:
> Tonight, as Floyd Landis' group of 4 were sprinting down the Col des
> Aravis, Phil commented that the 4 were decending hard and spreading
> out.
>
> Switch to a shot of the Peloton and Phil comments that this group was
> decending in a much more tidy, relaxed group, sticking together.
>
> Good commentary except that the Peloton was still about 1 km from the
> summit, up out of the saddle on the hoods, straining with all their
> might to reach the top.
>
> Even my untrained eye could spot the difference between a cyclist
> tearing down a hill at 80 kms and another struggling up at 15...
>
> Poor Phil
>
> Scotty
>
>
> --
> scotty72

And now he's gone into superlative overdrive (mention of Merckx,
Hinault and Fignon in the same sentence is a dead giveaway) with Paul
egging him on as Landis makes GPLama's T-Shirt look a bit silly. Don't
you agree, Mr General Purpose Tibetan Religious figure/wooly quadruped?


MH

 

[scotty72]

Hehe

Both of them are on the agro pills

The usual talk of attacks is being replaced with words like

assassination
asphyxiation
murder
strangling
causing carnage

Geez, I thought they were commentating an SAS raid for a minute.

 

[Aeek]

and how many times has he(or Paul?) called another rider "Landis".

 

[hippy]

and how many times has he(or Paul?) called another rider "Landis".

I keep doing the same thing... and Im not even under pressure commentating

hippy

 

[monsterman]

and how many times has he(or Paul?) called another rider "Landis".

and how many times did they both call Landis "Robbie" when they were talking to Floyd's coach, Robbie ????

 

[DaveB]

The night before we had a classic Paul-ism.

Something along the lines of "back in the yellow jersey's group are a
number of riders including the yellow jersey"

DaveB

 

[petulance]

Aeek wrote:
> and how many times has he(or Paul?) called another rider "Landis".

or mixing up Leipheimer with Landis on Stage 16 ...

Personally, I like their use of the name "Flandis" ...

 

[Bleve]

petulance wrote:
> Aeek wrote:
> > and how many times has he(or Paul?) called another rider "Landis".
>
> or mixing up Leipheimer with Landis on Stage 16 ...
>
> Personally, I like their use of the name "Flandis" ...

Morphing into Flanders any time soon ...

 

[cfsmtb]

The night before we had a classic Paul-ism.

Something along the lines of "back in the yellow jersey's group are a
number of riders including the yellow jersey"

There was another one on the last climb that went something like "he's taken this tour and torn it upside down & inside out". Or something.

 

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cfsmtb wrote:
> DaveB Wrote:
> > The night before we had a classic Paul-ism.
> >
> > Something along the lines of "back in the yellow jersey's group are a
> > number of riders including the yellow jersey"
>
> There was another one on the last climb that went something like "he's
> taken this tour and torn it upside down & inside out". Or something.
>
>
>
> --
> cfsmtb

Let me just Google "Liggettisms" . . .

Here are a collected few.

* and Bo Hamburger is, I dare to say it, fried.
* He's crazy. He's always been crazy. And what on EARTH is he
doing?
* Hinault... is he a superman or a fool
* Are they on the road to stardom, or are they lambs to the
slaughter?
* He's dancing on his pedals in a most immodest way!
* There's no reason to rush into hell.
* Once you pull on that golden fleece, you become two men.
* And Brian, I think Sean Kelly told Fignon in broad Irish exactly
what he thought of that idea
* Though he's bald, he's only 23 years old!
* The fox is in the hen house now
* Zabel, Zabel, Zabel, Zabel, Zabel
* The pirate is about to board the ship
* And again they are crossing swords at the front
* To wear the yellow jersey is to mingle with the gods of cycling
* Don't look back. You know what's going on back there because you
just left
* Here he comes from out of nowhere, that little man in the Green
jersey, Abdoujaparov!

I don't think Paul Sherwen thinks in quite the same curly way as Phil.

MH

 

[cfsmtb]

Ditto the now classic "he leapt across that gap like a scalded cat"

Found this thread from last year .. recall those mirth-inducing moments ... ?
http://cyclingforums.com/t263693-commentary-follie.html

 

[scotty72]

Tonight (Fri)

Camera Pans to a T-Mobile Rider

Phil says, "...and he is really struggling here and losing ground to the main field... looks like he's giving up... No, wait, he's leading..."

 

[TimC]

On 2006-07-21, [email protected] (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> Let me just Google "Liggettisms" . . .
>
> Here are a collected few.
>
> * and Bo Hamburger is, I dare to say it, fried.
> * He's crazy. He's always been crazy. And what on EARTH is he
> doing?
> * Hinault... is he a superman or a fool
> * Are they on the road to stardom, or are they lambs to the
> slaughter?
> * He's dancing on his pedals in a most immodest way!
> * There's no reason to rush into hell.
> * Once you pull on that golden fleece, you become two men.
> * And Brian, I think Sean Kelly told Fignon in broad Irish exactly
> what he thought of that idea
> * Though he's bald, he's only 23 years old!
> * The fox is in the hen house now
> * Zabel, Zabel, Zabel, Zabel, Zabel
> * The pirate is about to board the ship
> * And again they are crossing swords at the front
> * To wear the yellow jersey is to mingle with the gods of cycling
> * Don't look back. You know what's going on back there because you
> just left
> * Here he comes from out of nowhere, that little man in the Green
> jersey, Abdoujaparov!
>
> I don't think Paul Sherwen thinks in quite the same curly way as Phil.

He's very poetic:
http://outside.away.com/outside/features/200407/phil_liggett_paul_sherwen_1.html

(can't remember whether I posted this, or just blogged it)

--
TimC
Just because they are called 'forbidden' transitions does not mean
that they are forbidden. They are less allowed than allowed
transitions, if you see what I mean. --unknown

 

[TimC]

On 2006-07-21, cfsmtb (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
>
> Ditto the now classic -"he leapt across that gap like a scalded cat"-
>
> Found this thread from last year .. recall those mirth-inducing moments
> .. ?
> http://cyclingforums.com/t263693-commentary-follie.html

possible spoiler:


Now that the leading group has split up so badly, I think I just
heard:

"You can throw a blanket over all 15 leaders now."

--
TimC
Usage: fortune -P [-f] -a [xsz] Q: file [rKe9] -v6[+] file1 ...

 

[cfsmtb]

I don't think Paul Sherwen thinks in quite the same curly way as Phil.

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*Sherwin got weird during the final slow-mo reply..

 

[gplama]

C'mon Rupert, get that shirt off and give us a truffleshuffle!!!!

 

[gplama]

someone downloaded "timeaftertime.mid" for the ending credits... the whole SBS production was not as good as last year.. but no cricket this year was good!

Tomarseless must have been popping e's at the speed he was talking at the end...

 

[cfsmtb]

Tomarseless must have been popping e's at the speed he was talking at the end...

pffffffffffff .. Sherwin was definitely dropping a whole fruit tingle by the conclusion