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Last updated on July 23rd, 2017 at 07:48 am
French tyres may have doomed Formula One in the US. Now French donkeys are trying to stop the sport in France:
This weekend’s French Grand Prix at Magny-Cours is being targeted by a group of donkey-riding protestors, determined to drive Formula One out of the country.
The protest sees an anti-consumerism group mount their fourth annual attempt at “the suppression of the French Grand Prix of Formula One” by riding a donkey convey from Lyon to Magny-Cours.
The socialist group condemn Formula One as an “anachronistic leisure reserved for a score of spoilt rich brats”, complaining that the sport causes pollution and wastes the world’s resources.
Actually, considering the left’s large trustafarian component, that description—“an anachronistic leisure reserved for a score of spoilt rich brats”—sounds more like socialism.
The group is being led by Francois Schneider and his donkey Jujube. He has already mounted several donkey-centred-protests to support socialist causes.
How … apt. Francois, for your information, is “living now carfree in an organic farm near a small train station” where he “promotes conviviality, cycling, folk dance, acorn pâté and recently crepes of Jerusalem artichokes.”
I’m going to make a tired old joke about French hygiene, but what the hell . . . the donkeys will smell better than their riders.
Posted by Young and Free on 07/02 at 03:20 AM • #
The group is being led by Francois Schneider and his donkey Jujube. He has already mounted several donkeys
Posted by Young and Free on 07/02 at 03:21 AM • #
Aaarrgh . . . I meant to say (using MoDo editing):
The group is being led by Francois Schneider and his donkey Jujube. He has already mounted several donkey . . . (s) . . . to support socialist causes.
Posted by Young and Free on 07/02 at 03:23 AM • #
- Posted by arnienelly on 07/02 at 03:36 AM • #
“promotes conviviality, cycling, folk dance, acorn pâté and recently crepes of Jerusalem artichokes.”
I believe it is now politically incorrect to talk about Jerusalem artichokes.
This has been changed to th Palestinian artichoke. (lefties please note).
the Palestinian artichoke is now exempt from boycott by the Anglican Church.
see melanie phillips
http://www.melaniephillips.com/diary/
Ok, Bob Bellis’ ‘Goodbye Jerusalem’ becomes ‘Goodbye Palestine’? fitting really…
Posted by Deo Vindice on 07/02 at 04:24 AM • #
- eeyore-o/t
Did I hear correctly yesterday(briefly on anty radio)that two brothers from Rwanda who had been charged with war crimes and genocide,got off with a 2 year and a 10 year sentence?
So much for the International War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague.USELESS.
Anty’s “Verbatim” today featured Nick Kermit Greiner.
Interviewer variously described him as dry,cold,arrogant, aloof,deceptive,dopey and corrupt.Nick bore it all with a cheerful equanimity that showed up the presenter as being more than somewhat churlish.
My only problem with these protesters riding donkeys is that I can’t tell who are the asses.
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 07/02 at 06:00 AM • #
Crash: it wasn’t the International Court of Justice, in fact it was the Belgian supreme court (?), acting under their extraordinary assertion of jurisdiction to try any ‘human rights crime’ anywhere in the world. In the case of Rwanda, hmm maybe, but of course the moonbats are itching for Belgium – home of the waffle – to indict ‘criminals’ like George Bush, under these same provisions.
This reminds me of a Simpsons episode:
Bart: (in French) You gotta help me. These two guys work me night and day. They don’t feed me. They make me sleep on the floor. They put anti-freeze in the wine, and they gave my red hat to the donkey.
Policeman: Anti-freeze in the wine? That is a very serious crime.
Speaking of the Simpsons, is it possible that the last word in “cheese-eating surrender monkeys” is a typo?
Posted by Paul Zrimsek on 07/02 at 07:50 AM • #
Are you sure they’re French? They could be Americans affiliated with Democrats Abroad, after all the Democrats symbol is the donkey.
From Wikipedia:
On January 19, 1870, a political cartoon by Thomas Nast appearing in Harper’s Weekly titled “A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion” for the first time symbolized the Democratic Party as a donkey. Since then, the donkey has been widely used as a symbol of the Party, though unlike the Republican elephant, the donkey has never been officially adopted as the Party’s logo.I guess the Democrats have been practicing the Politics of Personal Destruction for a long time, attacking a dead Republican earns them their symbol. And they accept it.
Posted by Jabba the Tutt on 07/02 at 09:32 AM • #
Some sports drone on CBS last Sunday, covering F1, was dissing NASCAR, saying that F1 was of course much bigger in the rest of the world.
No shit. Try running NASCAR in a Renault or Fiat. “Well, it fits under the template, Jimmy Joe Bob…” “Bubba, three of them fit under the template…”
Posted by richard mcenroe on 07/02 at 10:32 AM • #
Maybe Formula One should have raced donkeys at Indy. It couldn’t have been any less entertaining than the “race” they did put on.
Posted by Randal Robinson on 07/02 at 11:24 AM • #
The socialist group condemn Formula One as an “anachronistic leisure reserved for a score of spoilt rich brats”, complaining that the sport causes pollution and wastes the world’s resources.
That’s a real knee-slapper, that bit about pollution and wasting resources. Did they have a designated pooper-scooper following along behind with a shovel, or don’t they realize what donkeys would leave on the road? Do they discount the resources needed to grow feed for donkeys, or do they assume donkeys can live healthy on grass and weeds? What do donkeys contribute to today’s modern society, except amusement for rich, spoiled brats who are the only ones who can afford to keep them?
It seems socialists are still riding democrat symbols to their Grand Pricks…Errr, sorry…Preeners.
I’d be a bit more impressed if they tried that organic acorn-eating stunt at a Busch Series event.
Michelin: Because so much is riding on your hooves.
Posted by Paul Zrimsek on 07/02 at 04:45 PM • #
Gruntled — Shoot, there’s spinouts and skids and barrel rolls and end-swaps and loops…
Posted by richard mcenroe on 07/02 at 08:05 PM • #
Yes, but they’re not shooting Blue Collar TV on François’ farm…
Posted by richard mcenroe on 07/02 at 11:12 PM • #
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Ahhh, how cute the French are. They use donkeys in their protests.
And their world famous tire manufacturer, Michelin, cannot develop a tire that can withstand a gentle 8 degree curve, even after months and months of research & development, and spending millions and millions of Euros.
And yes, those seven F-1 teams should be fined heavily—for signing a contract with such an obviously incompetent tire company. Michelin is French for god’s sake. To expect the French to apply anything approaching diligence, or competence, or a hard-working effort to solve a problem is like expecting a dog not to lick his own balls.