Lima's Bizzare Marathon

Sierraman said:

This could easily happen to Lance in next years TDF if he's in it.

http://tinyurl.com/3u9tt

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=554&ncid=755&e=1&u=/ap/2004082
9/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_marathon_run

http://216.219.161.193/temp/Lima.mpg

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I saw this one!
But this one I missed :-)

On Aug. 16, a Canadian man wearing tights and a tutu jumped into the Olympic
diving pool after a competition. He was convicted of interrupting the games
and sentenced to five months in prison, although he remains free pending
appeal

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From: "Sierraman" [email hidden]

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This could easily happen to Lance in next years TDF if he's in it.

http://tinyurl.com/3u9tt

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=554&ncid=755&e=1&u=/ap/20

040829/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_marathon_run

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Yeah it could. I was really surprised that nothing happened in the road race.
I think if Lance had been there something would have.
I'll skip the easy comments about priests and grabbing people.
Bill C

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This could easily happen to Lance in next years TDF if he's in it.

http://tinyurl.com/3u9tt

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=554&ncid=755&e=1&u=/ap/20040829/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_marathon_run

http://216.219.161.193/temp/Lima.mpg

They should have shot that [censored]. He'll propably never stop, he'll sit in jail for a few months just like after the F1 incident and
then show up at some other sports event.

"Sierraman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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This could easily happen to Lance in next years TDF if he's in it.

http://tinyurl.com/3u9tt

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=554&ncid=755&e=1&u=/ap/20040829/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_marathon_run

http://216.219.161.193/temp/Lima.mpg

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On 8/29/04 2:46 PM, in article [email hidden],

TritonRider said:

Quoted message said:

From: "Sierraman" [email hidden]

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This could easily happen to Lance in next years TDF if he's in it.

http://tinyurl.com/3u9tt

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=554&ncid=755&e=1&u=/ap/20

040829/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_marathon_run

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B-

Yeah it could. I was really surprised that nothing happened in the road race.
I think if Lance had been there something would have.
I'll skip the easy comments about priests and grabbing people.
Bill C

I doubt it!
He tries that with bikes and those guys will stick a cleat in their face at
30mph!!!

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From: "Ronald" [email hidden]
Date: 8/29/2004 6:06 PM Eastern

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They should have shot that [censored]. He'll propably never stop, he'll sit in
jail for a few months just like after the F1 incident and
then show up at some other sports event.

I don't remember the particulars but it was probably 20 years ago. Some drunk
[censored] fan charged onto the field during an NFL game and one of the
linebackers clotheslined his ass and flipped him on his head. Then there was
the dumbass streaker who jumped over the fence at a baseball game, broke his
ankle, and got lots of face time on national tv as he layed there trying to
cover himself up writhing in pain.
Bill C

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From: Steve [email hidden]

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I doubt it!
He tries that with bikes and those guys will stick a cleat in their face at
30mph!!!

Like Merckx did?
Bill C

On 8/29/04 3:12 PM, in article [email hidden],

TritonRider said:

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From: Steve [email hidden]

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I doubt it!
He tries that with bikes and those guys will stick a cleat in their face at
30mph!!!

Like Merckx did?
Bill C

??
Lets hear the details!

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From: Steve [email hidden]

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Lets hear the details!

Hey Davey how about spreading some enlightenment here.
Bill C

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On 8/29/04 3:12 PM, in article

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TritonRider said:

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From: Steve [email hidden]

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I doubt it!
He tries that with bikes and those guys will stick a cleat in their

face at

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30mph!!!

Like Merckx did?
Bill C

??
Lets hear the details!

I think Merckx got whacked on a climb. Riders are not going that fast
through the steep narrow gauntlets of the Alps and Pyrenees. I agree it
would be much harder to take someone out on the flats. I wouldn't want to
try it! Ouchie! Get a tread mark on your forehead!

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This could easily happen to Lance in next years TDF if he's in it.

http://tinyurl.com/3u9tt

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=554&ncid=755&e=1&u=/ap/20040829/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_marathon_run

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They should have shot that [censored]. He'll propably never stop, he'll sit in

jail for a few months just like after the F1 incident and

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then show up at some other sports event.

They showed the same guy running down the middle of a Nascar event where the
cars are going 200mph and dodgeing the guy left and right, funny as hell and
almost tragic at the same time. I think they managed to get the fool off the
track eventually before he got whacked!

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This could easily happen to Lance in next years TDF if he's in it.

http://tinyurl.com/3u9tt

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=554&ncid=755&e=1&u=/ap/20040829/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_marathon_run

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"TritonRider" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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From: "Ronald" [email hidden]
Date: 8/29/2004 6:06 PM Eastern

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They should have shot that [censored]. He'll propably never stop, he'll sit

in

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jail for a few months just like after the F1 incident and
then show up at some other sports event.

I don't remember the particulars but it was probably 20 years ago. Some

drunk

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[censored] fan charged onto the field during an NFL game and one of the
linebackers clotheslined his ass and flipped him on his head. Then there

was

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the dumbass streaker who jumped over the fence at a baseball game, broke

his

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ankle, and got lots of face time on national tv as he layed there trying

to

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cover himself up writhing in pain.
Bill C

You might be taking about the guy who dressed up like a cheerleader and
almost got away with doing the cheers with the rest of the girls at one of
the big Pro football games. Someone spoted the guy and tackled him. Now that
was dam funny!!!

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From: "Sierraman" [email hidden]

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I think Merckx got whacked on a climb. Riders are not going that fast
through the steep narrow gauntlets of the Alps and Pyrenees. I agree it
would be much harder to take someone out on the flats. I wouldn't want to
try it! Ouchie! Get a tread mark on your forehead!

Bruce have you ever tried to kick a water bottle out of the road at race
speed? I do it on a regular basis from the motor. If it's full and I don't
catch it at an angle it's pretty painful. If you want to stick a leg out from a
bicycle and hit a hard target you are going down hard. That's why jousting
saddles had a high back.
See the War Saddles about half way down.
It's a nice thought but much more likely to injure the rider IMHO.
Bill C

Now here's the link.
Sorry.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://ilaria.veltri.tripod.com/bar
ds/15thcjoustsaddle.JPG&imgrefurl=http://ilaria.veltri.tripod.com/tack.htm
l&h=200&w=166&sz=5&tbnid=x7i19ox5IZIJ:&tbnh=98&tbnw=82&start=1&prev=/image
s%3Fq%3Djousting%2Bsaddle%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8

http://makeashorterlink.com/?B1F921A29
Bill C

Oh come one, you know damn well that was Ronde Chump with that yellow
bag. He's also the one responsible for making the brake rub and for
putting pinholes in Lance's water bottles just before the ITT, all in 2003.

When all these methods failed it's rumored he returned to his lair, the
Fortress of Squalitude and uttered the word, 'Curses!'

Sierraman said:

This could easily happen to Lance in next years TDF if he's in it.

http://tinyurl.com/3u9tt

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=554&ncid=755&e=1&u=/ap/20040829/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_marathon_run

http://216.219.161.193/temp/Lima.mpg

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"Steve" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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I doubt it!
He tries that with bikes and those guys will stick a cleat in their face

at

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30mph!!!

I doubt it. As mentioned in the article, the dumbass actually ran toward the
F1 cars in the middle racetrack last year. 3 or 4 cars had to move off their
line to avoid him, but fortunately no one was worse for the incident.

Unfortunately, the dumbass probably isn't breaking any laws harsher than a
misdemeanor, like trespassing or criminal mischief, but the repeated
incidents bear out that he needs to share a room with Chuck Manson or Jodie
Foster's virtual boyfriend, John Hinckley.

Along the same lines:

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a971107.html

Is the guy who held up those "John 3:16" signs at sports events in jail for
life?

Dear Cecil:

Recently on your America Online site you posted your old column about Rock'n
Rollen Stewart, the guy who used to hold up those "John 3:16" signs at
sports events. You may be interested to know that Stewart is now serving a
life sentence in jail. --Name withheld, via AOL

Cecil replies:

Yipes. I lost track of Rollen after talking to him in 1987. At the time he
struck me, and I'd say most people, as a harmless if obsessed flake. Shows
how wrong you can be. A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut,
staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre
kidnapping stunt. The whole story is told in The Rainbow Man/John 3:16, a
new documentary by San Francisco filmmaker Sam Green. If you doubt that too
much TV is bad for you, you won't after seeing this flick.

Stewart's problems started during his childhood in Spokane, Washington. His
parents were alcoholics. His father died when Rollen was seven. His mother
was killed in a house fire when he was 15. That same year his sister was
strangled by her boyfriend. A shy kid, Rollen got into drag racing in high
school, married his first love, and opened a speed shop. But his wife soon
left him. Crushed, he sold the shop and moved to a mountain ranch where he
became a marijuana farmer, tried to grow the world's longest mustache, and
watched a lot of TV.

In 1976, looking for a way to make his mark, Rollen conceived the idea of
becoming famous by constantly popping up in the background of televised
sporting events. Wearing a multicolored Afro wig (hence the nickname
"Rainbow Man"😉, he'd carry a battery-powered TV to keep track of the
cameras, wait for his moment, then jump into the frame, grinning and giving
the thumbs-up. Rollen figured he'd be able to parlay his underground (OK,
background) celebrity into a few lucrative TV gigs and retire rich. But
except for one Budweiser commercial, it didn't happen.

Feeling depressed after the 1980 Super Bowl, he began watching a preacher on
the TV in his hotel room and found Jesus. He began showing up at TV events
wearing T-shirts emblazoned with "Jesus Saves"-type slogans and various
Bible citations, most frequently John 3:16 ("For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son," etc.). Later accompanied by his wife, a
fellow Christian he married in the mid-80s, he spent all his time traveling
to sports events around the country, lived in his car, and subsisted on
savings and donations. He guesses he was seen at more than a thousand events
all told.

This brings us to the late 80s. By now Rollen had gotten his 15 minutes of
fame and was the target of increasing harassment by TV and stadium
officials. His wife left him, saying he had choked her because she held up a
sign in the wrong location. His car was totaled by a drunk driver, his money
ran out, and he wound up homeless in LA. Increasingly convinced that the end
was near, Rollen decided to create a radically different media character. He
set off a string of bombs in a church, a Christian bookstore, a newspaper
office, and several other locations. Meanwhile he sent out apocalyptic
letters that included a hit list of preachers, signing the letters "the
Antichrist." Rollen says he wanted to call attention to the Christian
message, and while this may seem like a sick way to go about it, it wasn't
much weirder than waving signs in the end zone at football games. In any
case, no one was hurt in the bombings, which mostly involved stink bombs.

On September 22, 1992, believing the Rapture was only six days away and
having prepared himself by watching TV for 18 hours a day, Stewart began his
last "presentation." Posing as a contractor, he picked up two day laborers
in downtown LA, then drove to an airport hotel. Taking the men up to a room,
he unexpectedly walked in on a chambermaid. In the confusion that followed
he drew a gun, the two men escaped, and the maid locked herself in the
bathroom. The police surrounded the joint, and Rollen demanded a three-hour
press conference, hoping to make his last national splash. He didn't get it.
After a nine-hour siege the cops threw in a concussion grenade, kicked down
the door, and dragged him away.

About to be given three life sentences for kidnapping, Rollen threw a
tantrum in the courtroom and now blames everything on a society that's
"bigoted toward Jesus Christ." A cop who negotiated with him by phone during
the hotel standoff had a better take on it: "With all due respect, maybe you
look at a little bit too much TV." For info on the Rainbow Man documentary,
write Sam Green, 2437 Peralta St., suite C, Oakland, CA 94607.

--CECIL ADAMS

(TritonRider) said:

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From: Steve [email hidden]

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Lets hear the details!

Hey Davey how about spreading some enlightenment here.
Bill C

1975 Tour. Merckx had been stirring things up in the early stages along with
new kid on the block Ceccho Moser.

Thévenet was down a minute or two and it seems that a Thévenet supporter
belted Eddy pretty hard in the Liver on the Puy de Dôme and he lost some time.

Final GC was Thévenet, Merckx, Van Impe
Mountains: Van Impe
Sprinter: Rik Van Linden (Bel)

--
le Vent a Dos, Davey Crockett
Six Day Site: http://sixday.741.com/

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1975 Tour. Merckx had been stirring things up in the early stages along with
new kid on the block Ceccho Moser.

Thévenet was down a minute or two and it seems that a Thévenet supporter
belted Eddy pretty hard in the Liver on the Puy de Dôme and he lost some time.

Final GC was Thévenet, Merckx, Van Impe
Mountains: Van Impe
Sprinter: Rik Van Linden (Bel)

Thanks for the authorative report.
Riders are sitting ducks for idiots who want to take them out. That's the ugly
reality.
Bill C

TritonRider said:

Yeah it could. I was really surprised that nothing happened in the road race.
I think if Lance had been there something would have.
I'll skip the easy comments about priests and grabbing people.
Bill C

But there was no one watching the road race. 🙂

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"We should not march into Baghdad. ... Assigning young soldiers to
a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning
them to fight in what would be an unwinnable urban guerilla war, it
could only plunge that part of the world into ever greater
instability." George Bush Sr. in his 1998 book "A World Transformed"

Ronald said:

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This could easily happen to Lance in next years TDF if he's in it.

http://tinyurl.com/3u9tt

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=554&ncid=755&e=1&u=/ap/20040829/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_marathon_run

http://216.219.161.193/temp/Lima.mpg

They should have shot that [censored]. He'll propably never stop, he'll sit in jail for a few months just like after the F1 incident and
then show up at some other sports event.

If it happened in front of me, he wouldn't be in jail, he'd be in a
hospital. You never know what he might be intending, and it's best to
put him out of commission in as quick and violent a way as possible.

I missed the live coverage. Was he able to walk away in police custody?

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Lynn Wallace http://www.xmission.com/~lawall
"We should not march into Baghdad. ... Assigning young soldiers to
a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning
them to fight in what would be an unwinnable urban guerilla war, it
could only plunge that part of the world into ever greater
instability." George Bush Sr. in his 1998 book "A World Transformed"