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Offline Peter B

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Lance Armstrong and the Apollo Hoax (...what?)
« on: January 19, 2013, 09:56:42 AM »
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/photogallery/act-news/cartoons-of-the-week-january-1420-20130119-2d032.html

Select the second cartoon for (I think) a pretty good mash-up of the two above topics.

Offline Echnaton

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Re: Lance Armstrong and the Apollo Hoax (...what?)
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2013, 01:15:00 PM »
This Armstrong has an unfailing ability to shoot himself in the foot for the sake of his massive what-ever-it-takes competitive drive.  There is a much to answer for.
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Re: Lance Armstrong and the Apollo Hoax (...what?)
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2013, 12:24:15 PM »
Didn't somebody in his legal team tip him the nod....that maybe...just maybe, confessing his wrong doings on national TV may result in the odd lawsuit or 10 from his old sponsors?

He is the archetypal fallen hero - no excuses whatsoever, everything he's ever accomplished...now in the gutter.

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Re: Lance Armstrong and the Apollo Hoax (...what?)
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2013, 01:01:39 PM »
Be grateful.  An American hero falls because he did took substances to improve his performance (which probably all his competitors were too).

We have Jimmy Saville!  Now that's a fallen hero.

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Re: Lance Armstrong and the Apollo Hoax (...what?)
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2013, 03:34:09 PM »
"Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall."  Words to live by Lance, words to live by.

Armstrong's problems stem, in part, from his long standing public insentience that he did not dope.  If he had just kept his mouth shut the situation might have passed on to some other sod who wanted to maintain a lie in public without understanding the ultimate cost.
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Re: Lance Armstrong and the Apollo Hoax (...what?)
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2013, 03:36:22 PM »
"Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall."  Words to live by Lance, words to live by.

Armstrong's problems stem, in part, from his long standing public insentience that he did not dope.  If he had just kept his mouth shut the situation might have passed on to some other sod who wanted to maintain a lie in public without understanding the ultimate cost.

And suing people who said he did.
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Re: Lance Armstrong and the Apollo Hoax (...what?)
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2013, 04:36:51 PM »
And suing people who said he did.

Ditto, Double Ditto, Double Super Ditto!
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Re: Lance Armstrong and the Apollo Hoax (...what?)
« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2013, 04:50:59 PM »
"Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall."  Words to live by Lance, words to live by.

Armstrong's problems stem, in part, from his long standing public insentience that he did not dope.  If he had just kept his mouth shut the situation might have passed on to some other sod who wanted to maintain a lie in public without understanding the ultimate cost.

And suing people who said he did.

Heck, that's how Oscar Wilde ended up serving hard labour a hundred years ago.
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Re: Lance Armstrong and the Apollo Hoax (...what?)
« Reply #8 on: January 21, 2013, 06:21:08 PM »
Heck, that's how Oscar Wilde ended up serving hard labour a hundred years ago.

Unlike Wilde, Armstrong would probably thrive under harsh labor conditions.  It would be easier than his race training regimen, even without the roids.
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Re: Lance Armstrong and the Apollo Hoax (...what?)
« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2013, 12:09:10 PM »
And suing people who said he did.

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