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Le Mans

Le Mans
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About Le Mans

Le Mans is a city in northwestern France on the Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Mans. Le Mans is a part of the Pays de la Loire region.

On the show โ€” 10 mentions total

In 1953, he was in the Le Mans 24-hour race, but in qualifying he had the same number as another car and got disqualified for having the same number as another car. Just an admin problem, I guess.

from No Such Thing As An Upside-Down Grand Prix, 2016-08-05 at 00:16:09 ยท read transcript

Other times Le Mans came up

  1. Each blade costs about the same as like a luxury car, about 50 grand, so each fan is worth about $9 million, because they're really special shapes. They have to be an incredibly special light, but strong material, and then they have to throw stuff at them or explode them to see if they can still function with them exploded. I've got a couple of land-based bird strikes, non-plane related, so do you know the Le Mans, the car race? I do.

    294: No Such Thing As A 15-Hour Working Week, 2019-11-08 ยท listen

  2. Each fan is worth about $9 million because they're really special shapes. They have to be an incredibly special light but strong material. Then they have to throw stuff at them or explode them to see if they can still function with them exploded. I've got a couple land-based bird strikes, non-plane related. Do you know the Le Mans, the car race? I do. The town of LeMond is twinned with Bolton. Is it?

    No Such Thing As A 15-Hour Working Week, 2019-11-08 ยท listen

  3. How does having a parrot help you steal food? If anyone's distracted. Yeah. It's just this whole woman's career sounds like an excuse to get more food. She was called the Glutton. Do you know what? She had a lover whose name was Le Mans fromage, the cheesy girl. That was the name of her girlfriend. It's like a preview of the cheeky girls, very much more French. Yeah. Cheesy girls. Touch my bum.

    293: No Such Thing As A Sexy Ceiling Fan, 2019-11-01 ยท listen

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