As the Toto Turns 128

by Andy Shen

Factory of Hope

Factory of Hope.

Hello, Johan Facebook friends! This is the goofy cycling website with the cartoon of Johan. Enjoy.

41 Comments

Anonymous

Toto has taken on a decidedly nasty tone as of late.
It’s no longer subversive, it’s ugly. How sad.
You guys can do better than this.

Anonymous

this stuff is GOLD, GOLD I tell you!

“The margin on Hope is real slim. It’s just a loss leader. We’re really looking to lock them into a long contract of delusion.”

Anonymous

It’s satire. Do you understand satire? Let me spell it out for you.

Satire

–noun
1. the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
2. a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule.
3. a literary genre comprising such compositions.
Origin:
1500–10; < L satira, var. of satura medley, perh. fem. deriv. of satur sated (see saturate ) Synonyms: 1. See irony 1 . 2, 3. burlesque, caricature, parody, travesty. Satire, lampoon refer to literary forms in which vices or follies are ridiculed. Satire, the general term, often emphasizes the weakness more than the weak person, and usually implies moral judgment and corrective purpose: Swift's satire of human pettiness and bestiality. Lampoon refers to a form of satire, often political or personal, characterized by the malice or virulence of its attack: lampoons of the leading political figures.

Anonymous

I like how the dialogue bubbles go in a diagonal line and frame the metathematic stuff in the back. That and the very efficient character development inside the text really appeal to my amygdala.

Anonymous

just where did those johan glamour pics come from. i’m dying.

how is it possible one website in new york can completely subvert and mock an entire sport?

Anonymous

Is Lance warrin a Rapha hat? and Berto a trucka hat?

You gotta get Toto syndicated…

Or how about an Operacion Porto Porko Fantasy League?

Anonymous

“no longer laughing” just signed the contract of delusion. Sigh…..guess the only hope is the delusional’s hope the myth ain’t a fraud. Now that’s funny.
Keep it up Toto.
Nice photos of the Hog and his bride. Were you at the wedding???

Anonymous

Gonna make Bernie/Greeeahhggg, 1986, seem like a weekend at the beach house…

Will the ITT or the Giant of Provence play a big part?
Will there be civil war?
Will “Bottle” take sides?

Anonymous

So… when will this site add a sportsbook option?

I really think you guys need to hook up with the local Wappinger tribe (the real Manhattan natives) and get them to sign on for a paritmutuel betting program for local racing. Just think of it Schmalz, you could spend your days running the world’s first cycling OTB… Kind of like a poor man’s AC… scratch that last part. Bet you could hire those big sprinter dudes for, ya know, collections. Maybe Luzzo’s Pizza has some basement space…

Anonymous

change hands following an FBF race. The old guys who sit along the side in their lawn chairs watch with interest.

Great stuff. I love Floyd…

Anonymous

and ASStana…
I just wanted to say that. Please, Levi/Horner, if you are reading this and have any integrity, ride for Garmin or Columbia.
The rest of ASStana SUCK!!!

Anonymous

“…The Welsh Barloworld (Thomas Geraint) rider suffered a broken nose and a fracture of the ischiopubic bone in the groin.

The 22-year-old Thomas went over the guardrail and his bike slid down a banking and ended up in a tree…”

Ouch.

Anonymous

i never understood the people who think o’grady, the guy that draws comics for velonews and does socialist commentary, is funny. THIS IS FUNNY. Although, just like OLN, Velonews is way up Lance’s arse, so I don’t think you will see anything scathing about Le Roi Lance.

Anonymous

berto’s with his warpaint on
lance the only one with white teeth
johan with a wonky eye
WTF does it all mean

Anonymous

I am “friends” with him on facebook, and he commented today about this!

Johan Bruyneel
checking out some cartoons about me on one of those goofy cycling websites. got a good laugh though…
32 minutes ago – via Twitter

Anonymous

Johan doesn’t want to share.

From Facebook.

Johan Bruyneel Lots have been asking 4 the link of that goofy cyclingsite.I’m not sending it.They don’t deserve a few 1000 extra visitors they’re so bad…

Anonymous

my post been deleted but Johan unfriended me. How cool is that!! Johan actually said to himself, ‘I shall unfriend this American dog, Gatens’.

And then he probably told Levi to do it after he got done cleaning out the Astana waterbottles….

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