Club Arnage

Men take Women to Le Mans ?

I want to know.  ???

A lot of men who don't want to take women are married and view Le Mans as a chance to drink heavily and engage in drunken banter with other like-minded chaps without their partner criticising or complaining all week.

I know for certain that my wife would lack any enthusiasm needed to build a successful beer wall and at frequent points would mutter the despised words "Don't you think you've had enough?"

I'm not saying that all women are like this (in fact many men do take their wives, girlfriends etc - they are just lucky enough to have partners who like doing the same things as them) but I think the majority of CA'ers are in the same boat.

Some of us girls even allow our men to come along as well.... ;D

In our group of 18 this year, we had 4 ladies (3 had been to Le Mans before).

They were quite happy to  "..... drink heavily and engage in drunken banter with other like-minded chaps".

Fidget,

in some instances this may be true.  Our mixed group had a fab time with us girls giving the guys a run for their money, mostly wimping out to our superior drinking abilities.  There may lay the true reason why us girls don't get invited.

Where's JPChenet when you need him?

We had two girls in our group and we all had a great time drinking, talking etc.

It takes a certain sort of person to really get on at Le Mans, be they male or female and if the other partner doesn't like that sort of thing then they wouldn't enjoy it. My wife doesn't so I won't take her (plus she'd ruin it for me).

Just as a point of clarification, we didn't have two girls in our group, they were gate crashes.  The team ruling was to be non-female after the mess one female caused last year and with the same effect this year.

Personally i don't think they added anything except for a couple of guys who had their tongues hanging out all the time.

KKOC are men only.  The ingredients of cars, drink, misbehavin' and living in a field for a week, just don't appeal to most women, and we've gone to escape them and the things that do appeal to them........

 - except shopping.  My wife still wants to know how I can spend 2 hours in a French supermarket, when I get grumpy after 10 minutes in Sainsburys.  Something to do with the fact I can't read the labels, the size of the booze section, and the amount of stock that needs liberating etc etc

Does anyone else have this problem - I seem to spend ages in Carrefour checking out the camping equipment/pools/toys/bicycles spares etc

The grass is alway greener on the other side syndrome !

I can spend hours in Walmart doing the same thing when i visit the United States (except i can read the labels) !

20 minutes in Asda, however is far too long for my liking !

I wasn't in your group FS, we were camped at the far end of MB. The reason I was looking for Mark to join in is that I know he has a no women rule and I thought he would be best placed to explain it. However you have done so admirably.

However, as noted by Mr Spider, the JPC group did 'inherit' two girls this year.

Sorry if it came out a bit strong.  We had a rule in place and didn't follow it completly and then paid the price.  they were very good at using our shower, swimming pool topless, drinking our drink, eating our food etc.

lets hope next year the rule is enforced.

Yep, I'm guilty of that.  English supermarkets on the other hand are wholly unlikeable places and I try to avoid them as much as possible.

I'm in definate agreement to this!! We have a strict "no women" rule (any we may meet there don't count!!) ;)

That said there are some chaps who have become quite distressed at the idea of camping & sharing showers. Quite frankly I have no time for these people so they won't be getting another invite!!
It's all down to the person really, it's just more likely to be a woman who has to go shopping for shampoo, or wants to walk round the town at Saturday lunchtime or stop the drinking by arguing. >:(
My opinion only but I guess it's just easier to be a single sex group??

On the supermarket front: I'm fine spending time in them in France, that said it takes time to fill all those trolleys with beers!! ;D

I must say my wife has no qualms with joining in and if we boys want to be boys no probs there if it gets a bit rowdy she'll take herself off no huffing or remarks and is able stand her own on the drinks front, although she does like the campari which team jpc can never quite understand.

Shopping certainly is not on the agenda as she likes to stroll around the pits and the village or a cycle out to some of the off village bars, very good at the driving as well but still won't drive the Ferrari!

What?   :o  Is this a case of isn't allowed, or is she mad?     ;D

No most certainly not she's on the insurance, but its all too fast, noisy etc and a LHD.  Team JPC will tell you I’m quite happy for people to come out for a spin and drive the beastie and actually understand why they make an excellent sports car its nothing like any other car I’ve driven.

So she's mad then.   ;D

Each to their own I guess.  Having driven two of the beasts before I would love to have another go in one.  Just so much fun!

Back to topic - its a man thing, god alone knows why (but you can ask her).  My wife won't drive anything big or fast - taking more care doesn't seem to be an option.  So she bought a 1300 Suzuki, not a Huyabusa but a WagonR.  About the same money strangely.

Going to have to disagree with you on this.  It's not a 'man thing', it's just 'a thing.'  Some people like big and/or fast, some don't.  It's not gender specific.

In think doris has the right answer.  I remeber one of my team at work  just loved large Ford Grenada's strange really but then again she was Welsh and they always seem to have a bit of a chip so probably felt they had something prove over on us English.   ;D

I'm involved in a lot of amateur motorsport, and out of about 200 drivers I've met/competed against, only 3 are female.  2 have now retired, and the other does one event a year.  Why? I don't think its lack of oportunity.

Maybe it has something to do with stereotyping and sexist attitudes.

My better half drives a 2000 Pontiac Trans Am (big and red) with a 5.7 litre V8 as her daily commute.
It's LHD, 6 speed manual and goes like stink - and that's the way she likes to drive it.
Other than a couple of oddities, ever since I've known her, she's driven big V8 engined American cars.

There's nothing strange about loving Ford Granadas!!!!!!

The supermarket  boils down to a blokey thing like the stuff on the right hand side which consists of gennys, cheaper car bits, camping stuff,barbies etc and also the stuff on the left hand side, ie:-  the drink. The girls usually like the stuff in between like clothes and shampoo stuff, food etc. I think the same applies to all supermarkets english or foreign.