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From: Dr Claire
Subject: Duffieldisms

What a great website. A fitting tribute to such a legend. And your glossary is very useful I have no idea what he's on about half of the time.

Anyway, I thought I had to share a few of my favourites with you, but then again there are so many!

Of the most recent would be on stage 14 of the Tour 2001. Some leading riders just coming up to the top of a climb. The Devil has just been out menacing them as usual, when DD spots someone mooning. ' There's a bloke mooning. Well some people really are strange. That's where the trident ought to go!' Classic!

My all time favourite though was the tour either 1999 or 2000. The stage was going though the Charente region, and DD as ever was talking about culinary specialities. 'Did you know that the local dish here is rabbit? Very nice it is too apparently. I used to have a rabbit. It was called Sixpence' A truly inconsequential, even surreal gem!

Thanks again, and keep updating that glossary!

Claire

At last. Academic acceptance of David Duffield! Do you ever wonder  if his brain is wired up differently to the rest of us? In a sort of Bionic Commentator type of way.

From: J
Subject: David Duffield

I think I've got a pretty good idea of the calibre of your club if Duffield is your idol. I can't think of a more unprofessional broadcaster. You may find his waffle, inaccuracies, and offensive comments enjoyable but there are many Eurosport subscribers - like myself - who either mute him or listen to a foreign commentator. Duffield is far past his sell-by date. Don't encourage the poor old sod.

Yes, I also think you have got a pretty good idea of the calibre of our club from our choice of unlikely hero. We enjoy cycling, we enjoy talking about cycling, we enjoy getting dirty off road and most of all we enjoy talking bollocks about cycling down the pub. If that ain't what you're about then that's cool. The Agreeable World's not for everyone and we never pretend it is.

From: Jef
Subject: David Duffield

superb site for a top man, ask yourselves this who else could keep you entertained for 7 hours on a haute cat. all dayer and have you noticed he gets the best and the humorous side out of his co-commentators ?

i'll click on again soon jef

You've summed it up pretty well there Jef. I can't really add anything to that.

From: Mark
Subject: Duffieldisms

What about "the battling Aussie", applied to any Australian rider who's having a dig/suffering a bad day/looks about to take the stage/jersey? (Sorry if someone else has mentioned this - haven't had time to read through all the messages.)

Well done Mark for bringing this to our attention. You are quite right and I don't think he uses this to describe any other nationality. Also its often followed by the words "barbie" and "fizzy brown stuff". Whoa hang on I'm listening to DD right now and just realised that when he says "Biggish hitters" really fast it comes out as something quite different. Enough diversions, I'm starting to lose my thread like him as well.

From: Chris, USA
Subject: David Duffield

I am one of the few Yanks who have had the privilege of hearing David's commentary for a major tour. I lived in Morocco and traveled in Europe in 1998 and watched and listened to the Giro and Tour religiously. As it was my first exposure to him, I marveled at his marathon mouth. Face it: not every televised moment of a tour stage is endowed with inherent excitement. David's ability to fill in the slow times with his gastronomic exploits or a good story from another year kept me rapt. I am sorry that my memory is insufficient to add to your store of Duffieldisms.

Now back in the States, I suffer, as do all my cycling friends, from a lack of live coverage of cycling. This year some of us have Outdoor Life Network, with Phil and Paul. They are fine and quite knowledgeable, but lack the off-balance sense of humor and political incorrectness that makes David so colorful. I wish he were calling the races here. I would happily forgive his occasionally overlooking an important breakaway.

Keep up the good work, David and Addiscombe CC.

Chris , Macon, GA USA

Many, many thanks for sharing that with us Chris. It must have been hard previously for you to get by without any cycling coverage at all accross the pond. At least you have the OLN coverage now which I guess is a spin off of the success Armstrong has had. Interestingly you can listen to Duffield live on Eurosport via the Audio feed.



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