Re: [[CR]Mercier on eBay] The French and Runners-up

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Date: 20 Mar 2001 13:27:33 EST
From: "Bill Canilang" <whcanilang@usa.net>
To: IKersey@aol.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [[CR]Mercier on eBay] The French and Runners-up


IKersey@aol.com wrote: <snip>
> This demonstrates a remarkable difference between American and French
> business and social cultures. I may be cynical, but I don't think our
> Madison Avenue-types or corporate execs would ever allow one of their
> products to be tagged with anything less than a "maillot jaune" champion. We
> tend to live in an all or nothing society.

<snip>

This echoes something that Lance Armstrong said recently about how the French love the runner-up more than the victor. Especially if the runners-up are French...

Bill Canilang
Ridgewood, NJ