Sangent

submitted by Sang on 03.13.2006 in Jokes

To combat the heat in the 1950 Tour de France, ABD-EL KADER Zaag drank a bottle of wine and promptly fell off his bike. After sleeping it off by the roadside, he climbed back in the saddle and sped off…in the wrong direction.

In May, 1986, 52-year-old PEDRO GATICA cycled from his home in Argentina to Mexico for the soccer World Cup, only to find on arrival that he couldn’t afford to get in. While he haggled for a ticket, thieves stole his bike.

Cuban postman FELIZ CARVAJAL was denied a medal in the 1904 Olympic marathon when he stopped en route to talk to spec- tators and eat unripe fruit. The resulting indigestion relegated him to fourth place.

Batting at Kalgoorlie, Australia, in the 1970s cricketer STAN DAWSON was hit by a delivery which ignited a box of matches in his pocket. As he tried to beat down the flames, he was run out.

Preparing for a bout at the 1992 New York Golden Gloves Championships, boxer DANIEL CARUSO psyched himself up by pounding his gloves into his face. In doing so, he broke his nose and was declared unfit to box.

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