It takes real couilles to rally a Citroen DS through the snow during the 1964 Monte Carlo Rally, while smoking a cigarette and looking completely nonchalant about the whole affair. Lucien Bianchi (an Italian-born Belgian, actually), my hat’s off to you. May those filthy Americans and rosbifs never insult the glorious mère patrie again! La Marseillaise toujours!
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Last Call – Who Says the French Are a Bunch of Wimps? Edition
By Hooniverse
Jul 19, 2010
Jeff Glucker
Their business is
warracing, and [the French] do their business.– Rudyard Kipling (more or less).
And if you keep trying without winning, just disqualify the four cars that finish ahead of you! Viva la Frog!
The snow. The cigarette. The Goddess.
I'm not sure this photograph could be better, unless it was at a higher resolution.
Oh, hey, it gets bigger… yeah, I'm all set, thanks.
The snow. The cigarette. The Goddess.
I'm not sure this photograph could be better, unless it was at a higher resolution.
Oh, hey, it gets bigger… yeah, I'm all set, thanks.
The snow. The cigarette. The Goddess.
I'm not sure this photograph could be better, unless it was at a higher resolution.
Oh, hey, it gets bigger… yeah, I'm all set, thanks.
Props? Where are my mad props?
I don't know about mad props, but here's your massive props:
<img src="http://www.langhamindustries.co.uk/PIX/85tonne_propeller.jpg">
I don't know about mad props, but here's your massive props:
<img src="http://www.langhamindustries.co.uk/PIX/85tonne_propeller.jpg">
I think it is a requirement to smoke a cigarette while racing a Citroen DS.
Or, one from a wind tunnel (BMW AVZ designed and built by my company).
<img src="http://www.autobild.de/ir_img/67121274_2a14913a96.jpg">
It's hard to tell from the picture, but he's actually driving in reverse.
/Fun with French stereotypes
//Driving a Citroen DS in the snow in reverse while smoking a cig probably takes more couilles.
That looks like a goddamn bicycle tire! Oh Frenchie, you so cool!
Cool. That's not a job you hear about every day. I'll skip the blowhard jokes…
Dang, look at the skinny bicycle tires on that thing! At least they were keeping the unsprung weight down.