The Team Philosophe riders are waiting for their turn in the time trials. They have mixed feelings about racing through Bordeaux.
The VeloDrone: What a crime to ride past all those wineries without stopping!
Le Bon David: After all the wine we drank last night? I don't think so!
Jean Paul Sartre: When's our turn?
The VeloDrone: David's next! He's the slowest.
Le Bon David: Here I go! Wheeeee! Wish me luck!
Jean Paul Sartre: Existentialists don't wish people luck.
The VeloDrone: Oh, put a cork in it, Jean Paul! Good luck David!
Jean Paul Sartre: That wasn't to say that I didn't hope he would do well.
The VeloDrone: Hmm.
Jean Paul Sartre: Everyone always misunderstands me.
The VeloDrone: Stop feeling sorry for yourself. To be misunderstood is perfectly normal.
Jean Paul Sartre: My father died when I was fifteen months old.
The VeloDrone: So what?
Jean Paul Sartre: I was raised by my mother and grandfather. Oh, how I loved my mother. Then, when I was twelve, she married again. My step-father bullied me.
The VeloDrone: Poor little Jean Paul! Oh look. You've missed your call! Now what will you do?
Jean Paul Sartre: It wasn't my fault. I shall go and complain!
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Saturday, July 24, 2010
Friday, July 23, 2010
Stage 18 - Irritations
The members of Team Philosophe are feeling discouraged. During the whole of the Tour so far they have never even progressed to the middle of the peloton.
The VeloDrone: One may as well stay home and cultivate one's garden!
Le Bon David: Or edit one's magazine.
Jean Paul Sartre: That's right. You two edit a magazine. I had forgotten. What is it about again?
The VeloDrone: Cycling, and philosophy. Would you like to contribute something, when the Tour is over? I think Belle et Bonne is going to ask Simone.
Jean Paul Sartre: Belle et Bonne! That girl is a puzzle to me.
The VeloDrone: Why? She is a treasure, but I have never found her a puzzle.
Le Bon David: Oh, she can be a puzzle. She will insist on calling me her uncle.
The VeloDrone: That is entirely your own fault, David. But tell me Jean Paul, why do you find her a puzzle?
Jean Paul Sartre: She told me that she had no difficulty understanding existentialism. She said it was about how irritating life can be if we let it.
The VeloDrone: Hee hee! That's good. So it is! So is all philosophy if you think about it.
Jean Paul Sartre: I asked her what she found irritating about her own life, and do you know
what she told me?
The VeloDrone: Nothing.
Jean Paul Sartre: How did you know?
Le Bon David: He is her father.
Jean Paul Sartre: No he isn't. Anyway, if she finds nothing to irritate her in her life, how can she understand existentialism?
The VeloDrone: Do you mean to say you agree with her definition of it?
Jean Paul Sartre: No, I'm just saying .....
Le Bon David: He's got you there, Jean Paul. But let's not argue. We'll soon be in Bordeaux. Who's for a glass of red?
The VeloDrone: One may as well stay home and cultivate one's garden!
Le Bon David: Or edit one's magazine.
Jean Paul Sartre: That's right. You two edit a magazine. I had forgotten. What is it about again?
The VeloDrone: Cycling, and philosophy. Would you like to contribute something, when the Tour is over? I think Belle et Bonne is going to ask Simone.
Jean Paul Sartre: Belle et Bonne! That girl is a puzzle to me.
The VeloDrone: Why? She is a treasure, but I have never found her a puzzle.
Le Bon David: Oh, she can be a puzzle. She will insist on calling me her uncle.
The VeloDrone: That is entirely your own fault, David. But tell me Jean Paul, why do you find her a puzzle?
Jean Paul Sartre: She told me that she had no difficulty understanding existentialism. She said it was about how irritating life can be if we let it.
The VeloDrone: Hee hee! That's good. So it is! So is all philosophy if you think about it.
Jean Paul Sartre: I asked her what she found irritating about her own life, and do you know
what she told me?
The VeloDrone: Nothing.
Jean Paul Sartre: How did you know?
Le Bon David: He is her father.
Jean Paul Sartre: No he isn't. Anyway, if she finds nothing to irritate her in her life, how can she understand existentialism?
The VeloDrone: Do you mean to say you agree with her definition of it?
Jean Paul Sartre: No, I'm just saying .....
Le Bon David: He's got you there, Jean Paul. But let's not argue. We'll soon be in Bordeaux. Who's for a glass of red?
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