I'd like to share a couple of highly memorable quotes from friends of mine, whilst engaged in the business of Le Mans over the years. Some of 'em - you had to be there, but one or two are lessons in life, as seen through beer goggles.
I'd like to start with the absolutely pitch-perfect, "You don't realise how much you piss on yourself, til your wearing shorts and sandals, do you" and move through, "I've done me f**ckin' wedge and it's only Friday", skirting around, "We're going to run out of petrol" - When?" - "Er, Now", trying our best to ignore, "f**ck me, it's the Milk Marketing Board", in reference to a particularly attractive and buxom lass who accompanied us one year - and finishing with the immortal, but gruesome, "If your toilet paper looks like that, you haven't finished yet".
Can anyone out there contribute to this theme of 'LeMansisms'.
One of the lads who came with us once, and I honestly do know who invited him, is none too worldly wise. A cracking bloke, but somewhat naive and he had only been abroad once before. Here are a couple of his more understandable quotes:
In a small family-run country bistro - " Do you think the waitress is English?" Then "Do they sell any English food?"
In the Auchan - "Do they take Francs in France?"
On the way home - "It's nice to get your feet back on firm terracota". And we were still on the boat!
There was also a terrible mix up at the counter of a shop selling mini radios. He bought alkali batteries, we told him he needed acid ones otherwise the radio would explode and to go back and argue....
An endless source of amusement.
