Prisoner's Tour de France--WTF?

It doesn't seem to be dated April 1, so I suppose it's real. But, WTF? And who's paying for the bikes? And how bad do I have to be to get put into prison in France within the next couple of weeks (or get hired as a guard)?

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Hehehehe

they said ‘penal’

"Never swing a small stick. " Andy Hampsten

by Hons on May 25, 2009 5:00 PM EDT reply actions

so

if I can’t afford my summer alps trip, I should just rob a bank?

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by Willj on May 25, 2009 5:38 PM EDT reply actions

Yes.

And you better implicate me at trial.

by Sui Juris on May 25, 2009 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions

only if i get the top bunk

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by Willj on May 25, 2009 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions

Not sure it's worth being some lifer's "domestique."

Long day--bad grammar. That's the way it works.--Lance Armstrong

by majope on May 25, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions

wow, oh yuk, now look what you've done to sour being a "super" domestique

by sminer on May 26, 2009 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions

insert

“supersize” joke

here

by JFS_PGH on May 26, 2009 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions

No breakaway sprints allowed.

What if they flat? Will they be shot for trying to escape out the back of the peoton?

I'm not Bob Dylan but I never miss a beat.
I ain't no philosopher, I dance in the street.

by flying dog on May 26, 2009 5:19 AM EDT reply actions

This will be torture

No way every prisoner will start this tour with the same level of fitness and physical capabilities. The quick ones will be tortured by being forced to wait on the stragglers and the stragglers will have to go into the red zone every day.

"Non-cyclists. The emptiness of those lives shocks me." Tim Krabbé

by Lopex on May 26, 2009 5:42 AM EDT reply actions

true but

I can’t wait to buy a team shirt (vertical stripes make me look skinnier)

sometimes life is a false flat

by Willj on May 26, 2009 6:30 AM EDT up reply actions

pretty sure the stripes are horizontal

by sminer on May 26, 2009 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions

Steve McQueen says otherwise

sometimes life is a false flat

by Willj on May 26, 2009 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Ah, very slimming, that must have been a hard find though

But a worthwhile find, a great movie Papillion is. But prison stripes are usually horizontal. Vertical stripes are mostly reserved for referees and I guess the body image concerned inmates. But not all horizontal stripes are unflattering as you can see below, and make the connection with the two photos.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3173/2718584720_b6b8913e45.jpg?v=0

by sminer on May 26, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions

and #2 are possible, but why not go with the sure thing?

by JFS_PGH on May 26, 2009 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions

English-language Eurosport guy mentioned it today

still doesn’t sound real to me but who knows? I quite like the idea myself!

by plinytheelder on May 27, 2009 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions

And

what about the caravan? You can’t get people to watch without free shit.

Abruzziamo!

by Chris Fontecchio on May 27, 2009 9:57 AM EDT reply actions

Last I heard

the Giro goody bags are 10 Euro each.

by Monty. on May 27, 2009 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions

It’s a kind of escape for us, a chance to break away from the daily reality of prison," said Daniel,

Maybe “escape” isn’t the best word to use in this situation

by Katiek on May 27, 2009 5:13 PM EDT reply actions