Clay French Open?!?!?

[Hewittfan22]

I have a question but i dont know if its a dumb or not.
Most of real good clay court players are south americans and spanirds and grandslam of clay is held at France. And there arent that many real good clay court players in france,,, whatsup with that? I was always curious about that,,, If you really wanna know how to play good on this surface they all go to spain not france,, i am really curious about this

[Phil]

I have a question but i dont know if its a dumb or not.

I think you just answered that on your own.

When's the last time a Brit won Wimbledon, or an Aussie the AO?

The French excel at such skills as wine and cheese making, bread baking, surrendering, going on strike, loafing and telling everyone that can't cover their ears in time about the superiority of their culture and language-all of these are, arguably, skills, but none of them conducive for winning grand slams.

[Hewittfan22]

No thats now what i mean dummy, Wimbledon in England almost all the player are playing on grass which makes them a good grass court player, traditional grass court player, and most of players there uses continental grips because of the surface which will make them moe adopt to this surface, they just dont have a good grass court player there except rusedski and henman cause brits sucks at tennis. And for US open and Austrlian open most of austrlians and Americans are really good and they feel more comfortable on this surface( Hewitt, Agassi, Roddick, Phillippousis, Blake, Fish) They never really feel more comfortable on any other surfaces than Hard or Ace bound because they grew up playing on this court.

[Hewittfan22]

I think that there should be a Spanish Open for clay rather than French

[voltman]

The French make great tires.

[K!ck5w3rvE]

grosjean, clement, gasquet, escude, bennetau, the guy who beat agassi......yeah, no good at all.......? The salms are held where they are because Australia, France, England and America were the only countrys that had won the Davis Cup when the slams began....so they played them in the countries of the best players

[spinbalz]

Hewiitfan22, yes you are dumb! *

Slam events are part of history, and that is what makes their prestige, and to reach that level of prestige, a tournament needs to exist since a long long time. Do you think that the Slams would be as prestigious if they would have changed of country each 10-15 years? Of course no, but if we follow your way of thinking the slam events would actually change of countries regularly, and for exemple, Wimbledon would not be anymore in England!

Where was the Spanish tennis 20 years ago? Nowhere, but sweden was the dominant nation on Clay in the Early 80's, so a Slam in Stockholm during the 80's? And in 15 years if the german players dominate on clay would you ask for a Slam in Berlin? DUMB, DUMB DUMB!

HAVING A SLAM EVENT IS NOT A MATTER OF HAVING GREAT PLAYERS.

[BLiND]

"The French excel at such skills as wine and cheese making, bread baking, surrendering, going on strike, loafing and telling everyone that can't cover their ears in time about the superiority of their culture and language-all of these are, arguably, skills, but none of them conducive for winning grand slams"

ROFLMAO... thats SO true... I live next-door to them, my best friend is married to one of them, and I 100% agree with this... if your american, then I applaude your analogy considering your so far away from them

[jings]

Phil, rien ne va plus - too good!

[Camilio Pascual]

Remember what that Bush Administration official said, "Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without an accordian."

[baseliner]

Trivia question of the day.
How many Frenchmen does it take to defend Paris from military attack?
Answer: Don't know. Its never been tried (defended that is)

[pound cat]

Any joke that has to be explained isn't funny. If people more widely travelled and read, they would come to appreciate "them" (that's a racist epithet if I ever heard one ). If you're American, visit Canada, there are alot of "them" speaking French and carrying on their culture. And a couple of "them" are pretty good sports men with the will to win (think hockey) . If you're a Brit, you can swim across the channel and eat some frites.

[david aames]

For a minute I swear I felt I was visiting the Yahoo boards. So how does it feel to carry around thoses same fat old jokes from an internet discussion to another?

If have an idea, why don't you pack a bag and travel a little to experience first hand how americans are perceived in the world these days? You can still deal with mid life crisis and work on your tennis strokes when you come back - that is if you come back with both hands.

[Cypo]

I suppose what really makes us hate the French is their first having had the Gaul to criticise our declaring war on Iraq, and now turning out to have been right. What a bunch of jerks !

[pound cat]

Cypo, I won't touch that comment with a ten foot pole. (I now expect a rash of Eastern European posts) Too silly and narrow-minded for words. Allez Marat. Vive la russie.

[BLiND]

Cypo, I think you mean't "had the Gaul to criticise our declaring war on Iraq, after detonating a nuclear weapon in the pacific for 'test' reasons".

I was in france not a month ago, and its mostly true

I'm English (or British)... I have a stereotype, and its mostly true, same with Americans, French, but not everyone follows that stereotype..

[pound cat]

Did you both mean "gall" as in "nerve" not Gaul, as in early France. If Gaul was intended, it was a very clever play on words.

[Cypo]

I don't know if writing that off as silly is a good idea Pound Cat- Canada is one of several nations which could have a nuclear weapon within months (according to the New York Times) - are you sure that the potential to quickly develop a weapon won't be an even more persuasive argument for bombing than claiming that despite all evidence a country has WMDs ?

Not that we'd bomb nice people who look like us and kind of speak the same language....

(yes Gaul was intentional)

[@wright]

Camilio, you sure love a good simile, don't you?

[chad shaver]

Actually, I'm going to be travelling in Germany, Switzerland and Spain in exactly thirteen days. Will also be riding a train through France.

Funny how you guys jump all over the jokes about the French, but you say nothing about the "Ugly American" comments, which are just as prejudicial and "racist". Why would that be?