I’ve seen so many people quoted saying that the number of positive drug tests proves that the testing environment is working. No it doesn’t. It proves that some people are getting caught. The fact that my neighbor gets arrested doesn’t mean I’m not a thief too, though.
Bad analogy. Fat Cyclist says it much better, and with irony.
Here’s one of the best answers I’ve seen to the question of “whose blood did you use?” From cyclingnews.com:
Vinokourov did manage a joke about his situation. “I heard that I made a transfusion with my father’s blood,” Vinokourov said. “That’s absurd, I can tell you that with his blood, I would have tested positive for vodka.”
Ha! With that, I think I’m done talking about Vino. For now.
I love Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen. They get things wrong, they say the wrong names, they get overexcited about nothing, sure, but they add great color to bike racing.
I do *not*, however, rely on them for pronunciation guides, particularly in French. To wit, they refer continually to the final mountaintop climb on today’s stage of the Tour de France, the Plateau de Beille, as thought it is one of the United Arab Emirates, i.e. Dubai. They’ve done it for years in fact.
I’m pretty sure they’re wrong and it is pronounced like “duh Bay”. Then again, what do I know? I sure don’t speak French.
*Update: I’m watching now and Paul Sherwen just said it my way. Good work, Paul!
My father’s friend found this letter in a collection of old papers belonging to James Douglas, Secretary of the Air Force during the 1950s. I found it so funny I couldn’t resist posting it here. I can’t decide which I find more amusing: the fact the E.B. White took time to write the letter, or that Mr. Douglas enjoyed it enough to hold into it for 50+ years (apologies for the small type- follow the link for a larger, more readable version).
