french are right on with le tour de

French Are Right on With Le Tour de France

France is one of those countries that always gets picked on. In a

preview for Rush Hour 3, Chris Tucker grabs a Chinese guy, shakes him,

and starts interrogating him over something. The Chinese man starts

speaking some gibberish to which Chris Tucker replies, "What did you

say boy?!?!" Jackie Chan pipes up, "I think he is speaking French."

Chris Tucker then shakes the poor man more violently while yelling,

"Stop insulting yourself, you're Chinese!" The other day my little

sister in grade school had a joke for me. "What's the shortest book

ever written?" I stood there flabbergasted racking my brain for the

answer. "French war heroes," she replied. Ah, now that made perfect

sense. (I must say though, French soccer player Zidane looked like a

war hero when he headbutted that Italian guy in the '06 World Cup)

However, amongst all these scrutinies, the French have got it right

with Le Tour de France. One night I found myself flipping through

channels and Le Tour was on. I ended up watching it for an hour, and

I'm not going to lie, it was exciting. There, riding those bicycles,

with those tight clothes and funky helmets, are well conditioned

athletes. Not only that, but it's quite entertaining to watch the

crazy spectators on the side of the road that further validate the

stupid things people do when they know they are on TV. I love it when

I see people on cell phones talking to a family member/friend watching

at home and waiting for the camera to pass by them so they can point

and waive to the camera, "DO YOU SEE ME?!?! HERE I AM!!!"

Last night's stage of the race was exciting because it had yet another

stray dog. This time the dog wandered onto the road and took out a

couple of riders. One of the riders slid on the road and got some

pretty bad road rash on his back side, he later when on to win the

stage. That will be a story to tell the grand children, "Yeah, I ran

over Old Yeller with my bike and then went on to win!" I've always

said that if you want to make a commercial better, you add a monkey.