Floor Jacks, was [s-cars] Robbery....LeMans Classic video

Wed Nov 27 16:12:05 EST 2002

I had the same Le Mans, Andouille experience. The smell lingers in my mind.
Oh my gawd!
If Andouille sausage was the last food item on this earth, I'm a dead man
from starvation.

Needless to say, at our second Le Mans outing I was 50 yards from the
Andouille tent.

Mike in Denver
'95.5 S6 Avant

----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Maddock" <Keith.Maddock at trw.com>
To: <saltinot at alltel.net>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 8:40 AM
Subject: Re: Floor Jacks, was [s-cars] Robbery....LeMans Classic video

Haha!!!

Hmm, I don't remember seeing the Grand Marinier Crepe cart either, but that
would have been a VERY welcome treat after the experience of Andouille
sausage.  I think I mighta seen some funnel cakes though, so Rod would have
been at home ;-)

I have never , ever, ever, EVER, in my life, experienced a food so revolting
as the Andouille sausage at LeMans.   I'm about ready to puke just thinking
about it!
(2nd runner up is definately overcooked brussel sprouts!! )

Just one of many times over here...I see a list of items on a menu, have NO
FREAKIN clue whatsoever what any of it is, and I just pick one!  So far its
worked well, with the exception of Andouille...

Tom, I "owe ya one" for not warning me about that!  Hehe :-)

Keith "No more Andouille!" Maddock

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>>> <saltinot at alltel.net> 14:37:46 27.11.2002 >>>
Gotta love that Craftsmaster Club.  I worked at Sears (hardware) while in
college.  I used to hear all kinds of funny names for Craftsman and other
Sears product lines from the local Athens, GA crowd.  Man....the kooks that
used to come in that store!!  My favorite line was "this thang ain't worked
right since day one!!!"  I finally got fed up with hearing it so I got smart
and said "well, I guess you should have brought it back on day one!!"
Anyway...I'm rambling now.....

No crepes to be had at "the Classic, but I got ahold of some Andouille
sausage.  Keith bought one too.  We walk back over to the French Audi Corral
and sat down to eat.  Well, Keith left his sausage untouched while he ate
his fries.  I on the other hand took a big bite out of the Andouille as soon
as we sat down.  I immediately thought "damn this stuff smells like horse
sh1t"....then as I kept chewing I thought "oh my god it tastes like it
too!!"  So with a straight face I stood up from the table with this stuff
still in my mouth and very quietly walked around to the back of the tent and
spit it out.  The foul taste still lingered and gag reflex was definitely
kicking in....I grabbed my beer and chugged about half of it down.  Things
were going to be OK.

I told Keith that he really needed to try his sausage 'cause it was good!!
Keith put it in his mouth and bite down.  I'm starting to laugh at this
point.  He must have gotten the same smell I got because he proceeded to
release his teeth from the sausage leaving just his teeth marks in it.  It
went straight to the trash can along side mine.  Cheesinya!!

So later I asked Frederic what Andouille consisted of....the answer was "pig
intestines".....awww NICE!!.  "Do you like it, Frederic"....."Oh yes I love
to eat it all the time!!"

Note to self.....stay way from Andouille next time.

Will the LMC stories ever end?!!  What a great time.  I hope more yanks can
make it next time to cover my back.

Thanks again Frederic for all the hospitality!!  Give my regards to Norbert
also.  And of course I send my kisses to Sophie!! :-)

Tom
>
> From: fjamoroso at webtv.net (Frank Amoroso)
> Date: 2002/11/26 Tue PM 09:08:14 CST
> To: peschulz at cisco.com (Peter Schulz)
> CC: s-car-list at audifans.com,  saltinot at alltel.net,
> rpastore at animalfeeds.com (Robert Pastore),
> tfrank at symyx.com (Trevor Frank)
> Subject: Re: Floor Jacks, was RE: [s-cars] Robbery....LeMans Classic video
>
> Sear's craftsman club sale starts next week (you need to sign up for the
> club). For like $89 they have a package consisting of 3 ton floor jack,
> pair of 3 ton stands, creeper seat, wheel chacks and maybe something
> else (I don't remember, I tossed the flyer).
>
> Tom, if you really want to know when you got robbed it is when you got
> to the circuit and the Grand Marnier Crepe Stand was conspicuously
> absent. It ain't Le Mans if you don't have Grand Marnier Crepes. Sorry,
> but it is what it is. I was a bit bummed about not being able to make
> the Classic (I was at Laguna Seca, and although the wife is damn cool, a
> second trip to La Sarthe in one year would be a tall order), but when I
> found out about the lack of crepes, it took a lot of the pain away (I
> probably had about 12 of them during the course of the race, including
> an especially tasty batch at about 4:00am).
>
> Bummer that Audi won't be back with a full factory effort next year. I
> understand the three in a row thing, but then again they may as well get
> all of the benefit from the current R8 next year before the rules change
> for '04. Too bad, I would have liked to make the trip again. What to do
> June 16 next year... F1 GP Aux Canada here I come!
>
> I'm gonna go make some Grand Marnier Crepes to drown my sorrows in.
>
> Frank at s-cars.org
>
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