Phil & Paul's Cycling Cliche Bingo

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  • edhornby
    edhornby Posts: 1,780
    surely an instant gazillion points if you get an email question answered on air !!!

    'and keep those questions coming in' +1pt
    "I get paid to make other people suffer on my wheel, how good is that"
    --Jens Voight
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,811
    Paul mentions Kenya, or speaks Afrikaans - 10 points
  • MrChuck
    MrChuck Posts: 1,663
    "Those legs will be feeling like jelly now" - 5 points
  • northernneil
    northernneil Posts: 1,549
    Pauls 'reading from a book' knowledge about any french chateau
  • steve_pushbiker
    steve_pushbiker Posts: 91
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    Paul mentions Kenya, or speaks Afrikaans - 10 points

    Last year, did he cast a weird spell in Afrikaans? Have I remembered that right? or was it a terrible dream. Whatever, it's definitely a 10 pointer.
  • MrChuck
    MrChuck Posts: 1,663
    steve_pushbiker wrote:
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    Paul mentions Kenya, or speaks Afrikaans - 10 points

    Last year, did he cast a weird spell in Afrikaans? Have I remembered that right? or was it a terrible dream. Whatever, it's definitely a 10 pointer.

    Yeah, I think he did! He won't do that again though... will he? :?
  • SpaceJunk
    SpaceJunk Posts: 1,157
    He (rider X) is going through all sorts of purgartory

    or

    re: Moncoutie or Flecha being last wheel in the peloton during the flat stages.
  • richard wants a baum
    richard wants a baum Posts: 744
    2 points for Phil and Paul arguing over bannana's (was the highlight of last years tour for me, Paul seemed really pissed Phil didnt like them anymore)
    Take care of the luxuries and the necessites will take care of themselves.
  • amt27
    amt27 Posts: 320
    "they are playing cat and mouse" or "its a game of cat and mouse"

    "he is riding his own personal time trial........"

    "they have to work together for this breakaway to work"

    "you can see some of the riders are grabbing newspapers before the downhill to......, that's to........"

    "the supporters have watched the drama unfold on television.........."
  • skavanagh.bikeradar
    skavanagh.bikeradar Posts: 1,097
    If you spot the re-recorded commentary so they don't call the wrong riders at the finish - 50pts
  • Simon Notley
    Simon Notley Posts: 1,263
    Any personification of body parts, 1pt. For example

    "his legs/lungs will be screaming at him"
  • andyrac
    andyrac Posts: 1,174
    northernneil wrote:
    Pauls 'reading from a book' knowledge about any french chateau

    Definately!!

    Paul: " Here we are approaching Le Chateau de ........., built in 1167 by King Henry II, it's the first of it's kind in France..."

    And 'Big' George Hincapie doing his turn on the front/ 'Big' Julian Dean - The Champion of NZ.....
    All Road/ Gravel: tbcWinter: tbcMTB: tbcRoad: tbc"Look at the time...." "he's fallen like an old lady on a cruise ship..."
  • a_n_t
    a_n_t Posts: 2,011
    on ESPN classics yesterday from the 2001 tour,

    "He's digging deep into the suitcase of courage"
    Manchester wheelers

    PB's
    10m 20:21 2014
    25m 53:18 20:13
    50m 1:57:12 2013
    100m Yeah right.
  • Agent57
    Agent57 Posts: 2,300
    "Tom Simpson", "Tom Simpson memorial" or 1967 on the penultimate stage up Mont Ventoux.

    Maybe it's not a bad cliché, I think Simpson's worth remembering.
    MTB commuter / 531c commuter / CR1 Team 2009 / RockHopper Pro Disc / 10 mile PB: 25:52 (Jun 2014)
  • FullFrameRob
    FullFrameRob Posts: 188
    Must be worth 1 point for everytime Phil say Leakygas
  • moorjohn
    moorjohn Posts: 89
    Any mention of 'a natural break' or 'a comfort break', alongside pictures of some young domestique trying to solve the t*dg*r/bibshorts problem.

    5 pts

    Discussion of whether Paul was able to do it on the move during his professional career

    15pts
  • moorjohn
    moorjohn Posts: 89
    Any personification of body parts, 1pt. For example ...

    "his legs/lungs will be screaming at him"


    ...I read the first sentence and thought of 'little chappies'...

    please tell me I'm not the only one

    :oops:
  • Roger Rogue
    Roger Rogue Posts: 23
    When the peleton chase back in a break-away - "They always leave/time it until the last 10k" or "He's dangling there like a carrott" - 1 pt
  • Alex_Simmons/RST
    Alex_Simmons/RST Posts: 4,161
    You guys are tough :lol:

    How about "Lance's distinctively incredibly high pedalling rate- we haven't seen that since, well, er, last time he rode le Tour..."
    1/2 a point. but should score early on with the opening ITT.

    "Lance Armstrong, the only man to have won the tour 7 times...."

    "Tour has visited this <insert col name> x times in it's 106 year history"

    how many points for a mention of "Erik the photographer and Guerini" when the crowd gets a bit close on the climbs?

    or "this is the biggest annual sporting event in the world - one really can't grasp how big it is....."

    all in good fun.

    I gotta say, all my non-cycling friends and family, who only ever watch the tour, really enjoy their commentary, which is what matters. gets them interested and involved.
    RST Sport : Coaching - Training Plans - Powermeters -- My blog -- AeroCoach Australia
  • moorjohn
    moorjohn Posts: 89
    I agree, all the above said with affection, no doubt

    It's part of looking forward to the next 25 days
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,813
    "harry potters cloak of invisibility"

    HOUSE!
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • drenkrom
    drenkrom Posts: 1,062
    Oh! I'd forgotten McEwen's Harry Potter cloak of invisibility!

    That's my favorite.
  • gregssmirkingrevenge
    gregssmirkingrevenge Posts: 64
    Paul referring to a "nasty little climb" near the finish

    or "the strong men of the tour..."

    someone's face being; "a picture of pain"

    probably whilst "doing the ride of their life"

    and maybe even "riding with the strength of ten men" while adorned in the "golden fleece"
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Let's not forget the 'few bad apples' that are doping - 3 points and a two year ban
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • all show no go
    all show no go Posts: 542
    Paul - "They're going at it mano-a-mano" at some point within the first four stages.
    Phil - " And the elastic has broken" at most points within the next three weeks.
    Let's close our eyes and see what happens
  • APIII
    APIII Posts: 2,010
    It's a shame Ullrich's no longer about, as we won't get the 'locomotive' reference from Paul.

    Also, Boom! xxxx is out the back

    Phil - He's suffering like he's never suffered before.
  • The complaining tadpole
    The complaining tadpole Posts: 56
    Paul - " He's burying himself into the tarmac here "
  • fast as fupp
    fast as fupp Posts: 2,277
    "for those of you new to the sport".......................... followed by an idiots guide as to why bikes have wheels


    or something :D
    'dont forget lads, one evertonian is worth twenty kopites'
  • all show no go
    all show no go Posts: 542
    Phil Liggett, a youtube celebration.....

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dTEjERoQbk
    Let's close our eyes and see what happens
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    moorjohn wrote:
    Any mention of 'a natural break' or 'a comfort break', alongside pictures of some young domestique trying to solve the t*dg*r/bibshorts problem.

    5 pts

    Discussion of whether Paul was able to do it on the move during his professional career

    15pts

    Followed by an explanation of why Gaul was referred to as "Monsieur Pee-pee"

    50 pts

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