Monday, June 14, 2010

This is Jim. Some tidbits from Le Mans:
  • The stereotype about the French being pussies- absolutely true. We saw a soldier carrying a puppy and a vanload of French police officers merrily singing soccer carols. My first day here, Vinnie and I walked past six cops trying- and failing- to wrestle some North African dude to the ground in a mall.
    Later, we were asking people at the race if they knew how to get to Mulsanne.
    The English response: "Shit if I know! My arse would be hopping the fence there if I did!"
    The French: "Eet ees forbeedden. Daungeaurous."

  • The English are a nation of kind, big-toothed receptionists. We attended the USA-England game and were promptly called out and heckled by exorbitantly drunk British soccer hooligans. They started comparing American and British inventions, the greatest American accomplishment being the concept of Spring Break. Then they got us drunk and cooked us ribs. Awesome people.

  • German women are awesome. In every way. We talked to a group of them at the Audi booth for an hour on Sunday morning; if we had engagement rings on us, we'd be married.

    And of course, the race. I've never seen anything like it, and I'll never see it again, most likely. I don't know how to describe it. It's 24 hours of pure violence, the summit of automotive engineering being tested. Everyone should go. There's more to say, but it'll take more time than I have.

1 comment:

  1. jesus vinnie the next time you have a wine bottle you can't open just shove a pen down the cork and push the cork into the wine... u won't be able to close it anymore but know yall that won't be a problem :)

    sid

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