Re: Re:
the delgados said:
RedheadDane said:
re Simon Clarke: I don't know! Maybe he placed a few Euros-- or pounds or whatever the hell currency the Brits use nowadays--on the guy and is willing him to win. Maybe Clarke sidled up to the Kirbster before the race and whispered a few nothings in his ear about having great legs. Who knows?!
Just sit back with some bon bons and enjoy, my friend.
Every single year? Kirby must really have too much money if he keeps betting on a guy with no chance to win. And I don't think Clarke would continue trying to trick Kirby into thinking he has great legs...
(I'm just looking forward to the year Clarke doesn't ride, and he
still gets Kirby-hyped...)
re Refusing to accept: Honestly, I have no clue what you're talking about. These days Kirby apologizes for stepping on his own shadow. Seriously, it seems he's developed post-traumatic-stress disorder after reading the constant abuse he receives. Poor guy needs to lighten up a little and realize he's a gawddamn legend.
Again, I'm simply referring to (multiple) posts I've seen around here.
Oh, I almost forgot. To all those who say they'd rather watch the race on mute or in a foreign language than listen to Kirby, I'm calling BS.
Technically, for me listening to Kirby
would be listening in a foreign language. Which I don't really mind, I've listened to Dutch commentating...
RedheadDane:
I would like to start by saying I've enjoyed reading your posts for quite some time.
But (and there's always a "but') I have to take issue with you saying you're simply "referring to (multiple) posts" you've seen.
Circumstantial evidence does not cut it when my man Carlton Kirby is pilloried on social media.
I encourage you to turn off the mute button and listen to what the legend says.
He's a funny guy who is clearly passionate about cycling.
I simply asked a question, referring to several posts I - vaguely - remember seeing around here, and since it seems some people at least agree with me, I can't have been too far off. However, it also seems this is the thing that annoys people the
least, and maybe he actually learned and stopped doing it.
Besides, when I asked that question it was in reference to you being all
So what if he makes a few mistakes? while also ignoring those other complains. It honestly seems to me that the (understandable) mistakes aren't what bugs people the most.
And, like I sorta said, I'm not listening with the mute button on (except when I'm watching two races at once and have one on them of mute, because listening to two sets of commentating at once would be really confusing) but I still don't listen to Kirby - or Quigley, or Hatch, or Stephens, or whatever they're called - why
would I? I've got my own* commentators, in fact whenever possible I prefer watching on TV2 (and TV2 Sport) rather than Eurosport, because there are fewer breaks. In fact, I don't even know
how to get English commentating.
*Well, not
mine as such. I have to share them with the rest of the country.
Zinoviev Letter said:
Also his fixation on a few riders who are good but not great, like Clarke and Reichenbach, is kind of endearing. It's better than commentators who are all about a couple of favourite big stars.
I can see how it can get a bit annoyed when he becomes so fixated on a few random riders that he refuses to talk about what's
actually happening. I seem to recall someone mentioned that he basically claimed Pinot was riding for Reichenbach, or Reichenbach pulled because he was being really strong and would go for the stage win, or something like that.
BTW, I'm a bit concerned about the
lots of people who don't really understand the sport listen to him, so it's okay if he makes mistakes argument. Surely, if lots of people who don't really understand the sport listen to him it just makes it even
more important that he's correct. Isn't the job of the commentators to explain what's happening to the people who don't understand?