Crankyfeet said:
I posted Seaton's article - as Seaton is a bloody good journo/writer and because he refers to the possible publication of a LeMond book.
And I assumed most members here would like to read Seaton's views.
Crankyfeet said:
oh yeah, his take on it of course was to be his ol' xenophobic self and attacked the Italians by comparing them to the Frenchplectrum said:Ok Bobke getting rinsed in this post was also quite hilarious, but not as funny as Astana being barred from Giro ... hee hee! Too laughs on one forum, must be a record!
Um...read this quote from Drongo's post (#7) and really think about it.bobke said:==using a Proust metaphor in talking about a stupid bike magazine is overreaching and pretentious, and therefor completely predictable that Lim would find it to his liking. Seaton has no idea what Proust did or did not think about.
Nice backtrack and attempt at covering your ass as well. The whole point of your first post was basically to attack Lim as if he wrote it...Drongo said:Bobke might have read Proust, but he has missed the point of the reference entirely.
Seaton wasn't saying that a cycling magazine edited by LeMond was as good as Proust. He was comparing his own experience of reading the magazine to the episode at the end of Overture where he bites into the madeleine and is inexplicably seized with happiness, before realising the source: a memory from his past.
Even the backtrack misses the point. Bobke has said the writer 'has no idea what Proust did or did not think about' as if that is a valid criticism of the piece.Crankyfeet said:Um...read this quote from Drongo's post (#7) and really think about it.
Nice backtrack and attempt at covering your ass as well. The whole point of your first post was basically to attack Lim as if he wrote it...
Welcome Runitout. You are most welcome to post here. But you have to survive by the seat of your pants... as Bobke knows well, despite coming in here with no pants on...Runitout said:Drongo, you have to admit that the unintentional irony about "pretentious strivings" was pretty funny.
I laughed so hard I posted on these forums.
(Yes, it's another refugee from DPF. Hi guys!)
Nostalgia just ain't what it used to be, eh Hombre?bobke said:Proust of course wrote about the power of memory and parts of the self or our past hidden from ourselves that can be unleashed by a sensory experience, a non verbal or preverbal experience such as taste or odor, unlocking a powerful memory...and then of course goes on to write about it for a few thoudans pages.
What in the world looking at a cycling magazine and thinking back on Greg's career has to do with Proust...well, the less said at this point the better.
At any rate, many people yearn for the good old days, until they really think about it and realize that the good old days were generally not all they are cracked up to be.
Looking back is not the way to move forward.
Runitout said:You are a "he", aren't you Drongo?
...at least that is what the CliffsNotes saysbobke said:Proust of course wrote about the power of memory and parts of the self or our past hidden from ourselves that can be unleashed by a sensory experience, a non verbal or preverbal experience such as taste or odor, unlocking a powerful memory...and then of course goes on to write about it for a few thoudans pages.
Don't be like that TFF - we've 'unleashed' some passionate prose from Hombre - I for one, don't want it to stop. We all have to raise the tone of the debate (he says, after three posts) and bobke/Hombre is just doing his bit.thoughtforfood said:...at least that is what the CliffsNotes says
...oh no, I am in a race to the bottom on this one. Debasement and vitriol are that for which I strive. I want threats of driving to my state to slay me with the sword of righteousness and the like. I want him spitting foamy saliva on his keyboard, pounding on the table, and getting his digital camera ready to take pictures of the state signs as he nears closer to my domicile. I am in this one for the sewage. When some ****er starts going on about his doing time reading "Proust in the original" I am gonna start freaking the **** out and doing my damn well best to incite such an asshole...I will verbally RIP THE ASSHOLE OUT OF A ********** LIKE THAT...I MEAN..........RAISE THE LEVEL!!!!!!..................RAISE THE ****ING LEVEL????!!!!!........I WILL RAISE THE LEVEL OF **** AND **** IN THE PRIVY TO OVERFLOWING IF THAT IS WHAT YOU MEAN.....<breathing hard><breathing hard>....I WILL RAISE THE RIGHTEOUS HAND OF THE GO **** YOURSELF FAIRY(edit: thanks Cranky for the spelling help) AND BRING IT DOWN WITH VENGENCE AND MALACE......RAISE THE ****ING LEVEL???!!!!....RAISE THIS MOTHERFUCKER!!!!.......Runitout said:Don't be like that TFF - we've 'unleashed' some passionate prose from Hombre - I for one, don't want it to stop. We all have to raise the tone of the debate (he says, after three posts) and bobke/Hombre is just doing his bit.
edit: plus, I want to find out what a preverbal experience is. Sounds exciting.
Solid gold!thoughtforfood said:...oh no, I am in a race to the bottom on this one. Debasement and vitriol are that for which I strive. I want threats of driving to my state to slay me with the sword of righteousness and the like. I want him spitting foamy saliva on his keyboard, pounding on the table, and getting his digital camera ready to take pictures of the state signs as he nears closer to my domicile. I am in this one for the sewage. When some ****er starts going on about his doing time reading "Proust in the original" I am gonna start freaking the **** out and doing my damn well best to incite such an asshole...I will verbally RIP THE ASSHOLE OUT OF A ********** LIKE THAT...I MEAN..........RAISE THE LEVEL!!!!!!..................RAISE THE ****ING LEVEL????!!!!!........I WILL RAISE THE LEVEL OF **** AND **** IN THE PRIVY TO OVERFLOWING IF THAT IS WHAT YOU MEAN.....<breathing hard><breathing hard>....I WILL RAISE THE RIGHTEOUS HAND OF THE GO **** YOURSELF FAIRY AND BRING IT DOWN WITH VENGENCE AND MALACE......RAISE THE ****ING LEVEL???!!!!....RAISE THIS MOTHERFUCKER!!!!.......
Hey, anybody catch American Idol last night? I was busy watching Duke pound Carolina..
I think we have a late entry for the All-time Best Posts thread....thoughtforfood said:...oh no, I am in a race to the bottom on this one. Debasement and vitriol are that for which I strive. I want threats of driving to my state to slay me with the sword of righteousness and the like. I want him spitting foamy saliva on his keyboard, pounding on the table, and getting his digital camera ready to take pictures of the state signs as he nears closer to my domicile. I am in this one for the sewage. When some ****er starts going on about his doing time reading "Proust in the original" I am gonna start freaking the **** out and doing my damn well best to incite such an asshole...I will verbally RIP THE ASSHOLE OUT OF A ********** LIKE THAT...I MEAN..........RAISE THE LEVEL!!!!!!..................RAISE THE ****ING LEVEL????!!!!!........I WILL RAISE THE LEVEL OF **** AND **** IN THE PRIVY TO OVERFLOWING IF THAT IS WHAT YOU MEAN.....<breathing hard><breathing hard>....I WILL RAISE THE RIGHTEOUS HAND OF THE GO **** YOURSELF FAIRY(edit: thanks Cranky for the spelling help) AND BRING IT DOWN WITH VENGENCE AND MALACE......RAISE THE ****ING LEVEL???!!!!....RAISE THIS MOTHERFUCKER!!!!.......
Hey, anybody catch American Idol last night? I was busy watching Duke pound Carolina..
Hey, you don't stop to spell check when you are on a roll....SAT vocabulary and a 1st grade level of spelling...dyslexia is a *****..also, if I'm being honest, using "asshole" twice in such close proximity and using "righteous" twice in the same paragraph lead me to the conclusion that it is a B- at best, maybe even a C+. It is never in the writing, it is in the re-writing, which with the quote function, make it impossible to erase mistakes...<sulks away with his head down>Crankyfeet said:I think we have a late entry for the All-time Best Posts thread....
And nice play on the spelling reference followed by "VENGENCE AND MALACE". LOL...
[And I would never kick a UNC guy when he was down. Never. Especially a friend.]
Nah, it's Hombre, dpf's resident polymath. Sometimes Hombredsubaru too, IIRC.thoughtforfood said:Hey, you don't stop to spell check when you are on a roll....SAT vocabulary and a 1st grade level of spelling...dyslexia is a *****..also, if I'm being honest, using "asshole" twice in such close proximity and using "righteous" twice in the same paragraph lead me to the conclusion that it is a B- at best, maybe even a C+. It is never in the writing, it is in the re-writing, which with the quote function, make it impossible to erase mistakes...<sulks away with his head down>
Oh, if this bobke fella is really Bob Roll, dude, I had coffee with you in Athens GA once when you rode for Soft-Ride with a bunch of guys from Sunshine Cycles
I love the way that Obergruppenfuhrer Vaugn felt compelled to stamp his little foot on the thread with this inevitable warning:-Runitout said:Nah, it's Hombre, dpf's resident polymath. Sometimes Hombredsubaru too, IIRC.
Famous for posts such as this one:
http://www.dailypelotonforums.com/main/index.php?s=&showtopic=5671&view=findpost&p=92274
Still not sure what it was about the scream that convinced him.
Definitely beats a C+ though: I think tenor of the prose needs the repetition - it all meshes with the obsessive character you were channelling - just like the repetition of 'raise the level' - you're just inhabiting your character, like Carey did in the True History of the Kelly Gang or whatever it's called - and that got him a Booker Prize.
Holy twisted logic, Batman.Runitout said:Nah, it's Hombre, dpf's resident polymath. Sometimes Hombredsubaru too, IIRC.
Famous for posts such as this one:
http://www.dailypelotonforums.com/main/index.php?s=&showtopic=5671&view=findpost&p=92274
Still not sure what it was about the scream that convinced him.
Definitely beats a C+ though: I think tenor of the prose needs the repetition - it all meshes with the obsessive character you were channelling - just like the repetition of 'raise the level' - you're just inhabiting your character, like Carey did in the True History of the Kelly Gang or whatever it's called - and that got him a Booker Prize.
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