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A Prayer for Greg on the Morning of Alpe D'Huez

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Dave Hill Harvey

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Jul 23, 1991, 12:50:37 PM7/23/91
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Heavenly Father, we, the readers of rec.bicycles, ask you to watch and
guide Greg Lemond as he pits the cardio-vascular intensity of his thighs
against the steepness of Alpe D'Huez,

that he may sense every break and crush it righteously to rise from the
ashes like a Phoenix and breakaway on his own, with or without his team-
mates of Z who may have made a pact with the devil to abandon him,

that he may cross the finish line alone with his hands outstretched to
touch your holy feet in Heaven, while his enemies are littered below on
the mountain vainly speaking in tongues to their team directors,

that he may fulfill your dreams for America by vanquishing the cycling
forces of Satan who ride for the heathen countries where English is not
spoken,

that he may warp the time-space continuum for a measly 4:42+ and wear the
Yellow Jersey of Jesus, the Son, into the City of Wickedness, the City with
a monument to the Arch-Angel's Triumph, where the armies of Satan drink
powerful dark liquids on the sidewalks and plot the downfall of America with
Moslem expatriates.

Lord, the Father, of this we pray.

Your faithful groveling supplicant,
Dave Harvey

Alex Lopez-Ortiz

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Jul 23, 1991, 2:19:43 PM7/23/91
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In article <910723165...@hardy.u.washington.edu>, har...@cs.idaho.edu (Dave "Hill" Harvey) writes:
> Heavenly Father, we, the readers of rec.bicycles, ask you to watch and
^^

WE? Get a life, the universe extends beyond the USA... and
not everybody roots for Le Monster.

Thie reminds me of a commercial on TV aired in Mexico a
while ago. The Lone Ranger and Tonto are fighting a group
of indians, and the Lone Ranger runs out of ammo, and turns
around and says to Tonto: "Tonto, there's no hope, we're
surrounded", at which point Tonto looks at his red coloured
skin and asks WE, keehmo sabee?


Flemond, oops, I meant: flame on!!

Alex

Dave Hill Harvey

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Jul 23, 1991, 4:47:52 PM7/23/91
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In article <1991Jul23....@morrow.stanford.edu> (Tricia Richter) writes:

> p.s. Dave Harvey refers to himself as a "groveling supplicant"???
> There MUST be a God!

Just exactly what are you implying, Trixie? I've known many, many, many
women and you're the first one to suggest that I, Dave Harvey, might not
be as HUMBLE as I should!

Dave Harvey

Marcus Harvey

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Jul 25, 1991, 7:56:03 AM7/25/91
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In article <1991Jul23....@maytag.waterloo.edu> alop...@maytag.waterloo.edu (Alex Lopez-Ortiz) writes:
>In article <910723165...@hardy.u.washington.edu>, har...@cs.idaho.edu (Dave "Hill" Harvey) writes:
>> Heavenly Father, we, the readers of rec.bicycles, ask you to watch and
> ^^
>
>WE? Get a life, the universe extends beyond the USA... and
>not everybody roots for Le Monster.
>
Well I'm a European and I thought Dave Harvey's (great surname!) posting
was very amusing. I think what's needed here is an ascii representation of a
tongue firmly planted in a cheek... I think Dave's little prayer was a parody
of the attitude that makes me avoid all Americans like the plague except through
the levelling filter of USENET's ASCII interface ;-) (Please no flames, I love
y'all really!).

I like the Tonto story too, but I think the little it may have done to provoke
thought in a few gringos is somewhat outweighed by making Tonto speak that dumb
pigeon english all through the series.

- Marcus Harvey (Not one of God's Chosen People)

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marcus%sun.pcl.ac.uk@ukacrl - BITNET/EARN

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