Well…other than I hate his Tour DAAAAAY France shit that makes all people from the US seem like as big of idiots as we are…so far I have heard him say
“French are a lazy people”
“French want more time off to trim the hedges”
“French roads were thought out by a Frech guy…and they stink”
“yeah, that castle like many things was destroyed by war, but then they rebuild things the way they were before and pretend nothing happened”
and many more
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lol those aer great
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That makes him cool in my book.
he is a sad clown.
Comparitively… Europeans in general do not work as much as Americans. Bob is dead on here… they get more holidays, work less hours.
Doesn’t sound so bad to me?
I’d rather be out cycling than working 50+ hours a week (with a lousy two weeks holidays) like the average american. We only get slightly more in Canada.
We can trash the Euro’s for being lazy, but I think we secretly envy all the free time they have in thier lives.
“yeah, that castle like many things was destroyed by war, but then they rebuild things the way they were before and pretend nothing happened”
Does any American talk about the war of 1812 when the Brits burnt down the White house and the Capitol? I think not…
No question Bobke is a character. I think that jury is still out on whether the schtick is just that . . an act or it’s the real deal. If you have ever met the man in person, he’s “out there” for sure. Say what you want, he keeps things interesting. I have decided to put him in the same category as other crazy commentators such as John Madden for Footbal and Don Cherry for Hockey.
Fleck
“when the Brits burnt down the White house and the Capitol?”
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I thought it was the French or Canadians that did that. Obviously, not!
I think you ought to try a 35 hour working week, 6 weeks annual leave ,plus public holidays.
i cannot see the attraction of spending 50 or 60 hours a week at work!!!
Err… umm… might have been a few Canadians (90%) in there… shhh!!! 
We were still technically Britains bitch until we patriated our constitution in 1982.
He also had a crack that a rider tested positive for three substances that were banned in France … Deodorant, Tooth Paste and Mouthwash. Trautwig, Liggett and Sherwin let it slide but I was dying
Works for me, even though we have the least number of Bank holidays in Europe.
Same comments every year. I think Bob is mostly schtick. He has no problem with pronouncing any other French words except for the title of the race.
What the hell is “schtick”?
I think the joke is given away when he says:
“Tour DAAAY Georgia”!
“Shtick” comes from Yiddish and means and act or a show-business routine. It means that I think Bob’s “Tour day France” is basically something he does on purpose in an attempt to amuse.
I thought it would be Yiddish from the prefix, but didn’t know the meaning. THanks.
A lot of economies plus a lot of marriages would probably be far better off if we could all do that. FWIW, most tech firms in Vancouver here are at 37.5h/week, no more (unless there’s a big fire). But we’re still no where close to the amount of vacation time the French get. Some of our customers are French and it’s impossible to work with them in July and Aug.
I’m always amazed that people get anything done working only 35 or 40 hrs a week. I’d guess my job has me at work closer to 70 or more hrs a week, although much of that is military specific stuff that doesn’t translate to the business world.
I’m always amazed that people get anything done working only 35 or 40 hrs a week. I’d guess my job has me at work closer to 70 or more hrs a week, although much of that is military specific stuff that doesn’t translate to the business world.
Maybe we are just more efficient and get it done quicker
70 hours a week is 2 peoples jobs, hope you get double pay!