That's a damned good point.

I can't wait until Sunday. Making the frogs play our national anthem AGAIN right there in Paris is one of the greatest things in the world.

The commentators on OLN have been pronouncing the race Tour DEE France (with a long "a" in france) - it's some sort of joke. I don't understand the origins, but I get the joke...

Dude! He's dating Sheryl Crow!

Proof that dorks on bikes pull the cuties.

Okay, let's put it to a vote. Lance Armstrong's greatest acheivement is:
a) banging Sheryl Crow
b) Winning the Tour DEEE France a record six times
c) Overcoming cancer
d)Wearing a yellow jersey for five years without looking like a complete panty waist.

I put it to you.

The yellow jersey was not only a way to ID the lead rider, it was a way to sell more newspapers. The Tour day France was originally sponsored by a now-defunct frog sports newspaper that was printed on yellow paper. Yellow paper, yellow jersey...get it?

As for Bob Roll pronouncing it Tour day France, when he first rode the Tour with 7-11, he noticed how snotty the Europeans in general, and the cheese-eaters in particular, were toward the American team (the only member of the team to get good press was their beautiful blond team masseuse, whose name escapes me). Everything bad was blamed on the Americans.

Crash in the rear, when 7-11 was up front? Americain!
Dropped your water bottle? Americain!
Your great aunt has gout? Americain!
You get the idea, non?
Bob said if you didn't pronounce everything just right, the Surrender Monkeys would pretend they didn't understand you. No water for you!

Mispronouncing the name of the race in interviews became their way of getting back at the the unbathed grape-stomping masses.

Of course, by now, even the douchebags are joking about it. Bobke tells how the Tour Director, Jean-Marie LeBlanc (what kind of person gives a guy two girls names, anyway?) has gone up to him and asked, "How's your Tour day France, Bob?"

Thanks for the insight & history Victor - I figured as much. It makes me like Bob Roll all that much more. At first I thought he was annoying - now I think he's hilarious.

Shank - It's (e), all of the above.

Frogs Hock Loogies on Lance

From NewsJerks.com
During a time trial on some mountain in France, several Frogs spit on Lance Armstrong, who is now kicking the derrieres of their French heroes on his way to win a record sixth Tour de Frog bicycle race. "There were lots of aggressive fans surrounding the riders and I even saw two idiots spit at Lance Armstrong," said French bicycle jaunt director Jean Marie-Leblanc (pronounced Jan Mary doo-Blank - yeah, I know, it's a girls name, but he's French, so . . .). "Unfortunately I doubt you can put barriers on the 14 kilometers of the climb." The French ought to know. After World War I, the ingenious snailchewers built a 150-mile-long wall to keep the Germans out, only to watch them walk right around the end of it into Paris. Smooth. Anyway, Lance ignored the cowards' spit and won the time trial. According to reports, when the Frenchies saw Lance ride right through the lungers, they dropped to their knees and began waving white flags. "The crowds were animated, I should say," said Armstrong, who didn't pay any attention to the Frog loogers but was annoyed by Kraut fans, whose spit, NewsJerks has been told, smelled like dark beer, headcheese sausage and filthy hookers' skanky coochies. "Although I enjoyed my day, I still think it's a bad idea to have a time trial on this mountain." Next year, Tour planners may consider a gay jaunt over the Mont de Peuw-Peuw landfill, where only the the Spanish fans hang out, and they have to save their saliva for kissing al Qaeda's ass.

Wow!!! I'd heard americans were ignorant and yet pompus. After meeting a few that were intellegent, accepting individulas. I thought hey maybe its a sterotype that I should let go of. Then I came across this page and realised that the reason the other americans were such nice people was that they were intellegent enough to see america for what it is and get the hell out as soon as humanly possible.

Also if you want to make fun of the French you should at least get your jokes right. There is no language or dialect where " LE " is pronounced doo.
As well Jean is not pronounced Jan (as in Brady ) its pronounced more like John without an O. The female version of Jean is Jeanne which IS pronounced like Jan.

Last but not least the biggest terrorist group you should fear is not the Al Qaeda but the Carlyle group; a group that your own president is part of as well as Carlucci and Baker as is the bin Laden family.

Better loosen the straps on your tin foil hat, Jenn. You keep that thing too tight and you'll restrict bloodflow to your brain.

Oops. Too late.