Monsieur Guillaume (Gui) Raynaud

The talented Mr. Gui

Origin: France (Actually born in Cayenne, French Guyana)

Nickname: Le Fox

Position: Handler

Best throw: The no-look, high-release backhand pirouette at S'pore '03

Origin of Fame: Grandson of Dr. Raynaud, the famous French Physician who dedicated his whole life to discover the vaccine against hyper eructation. A Post Mortem Nobel Prize was awarded to Dr. Raynaud in ‘94. After several family meetings that threatened to forever divide the Raynaud clan, a much younger and less hairy Guillaume was chosen to receive the award. This was the beginning of a media frenzy that took young Guillaume for a spin. After a couple of brawls with the paparazzi, a photographer sued Gui for assault, after a reported nose and teeth fracture. The whole incident was settled off court, but the media gave him a reputation of Enfant Terrible that has followed him to the fields.

Kinda looks like: Pepé Le Pew & Jerry Seinfeld

Get To Know Gui

1. Favorite song? Anarchist, by the Sex Pistols. Can't get enough Pogo dancing!!! Have you heard Charles Aznavour's version? C'est magnifique!!!

2. Favorite restaurant in HK? Petrus, at Conrad Hotel. There's no better place for Escargots. Being said that, the Champaign selection is quite limited. Marcus should look into it.

3. Favorite Travel Destination? It'd have to be the Kuwalasi Jungle at the Western part of the Belgian Congo. There is something about being alone in the jungle, facing unknown dangers, you just cannot describe. It's you, your machete and the mosquito repellent against the world. (EVER HEAR OF PHUKET?)

4. If you could bring only 1 thing to a deserted island? What good is my strap-on if I'll be alone? Oops! Did I say that at loud? Don't print that, please (SURE. I WON'T…). How about my grandfather's microscope?

5. Favorite Pastime? Origami. (HIS ELABORATION ON THIS QUESTION WAS EDITED…)

6. Favorite Film? Who framed Roger Rabbit? (DITTO)

7. Favorite saying? No more Mr. Nice Gui!!! (MAN, THE FRENCH AND THEIR HUMOR, VERY SUBTLE)

8. What makes you sweat? When the relative humidity reaches the dew point, which in HK is estimated at 82.9% (er…. WHAT?) Oh, what THINGS make me sweat? Speak English, mon cher. Nothing makes me sweat more than the Urban Council denying us field space for the tourney. Well, that and Sophie Marceau…

9. Anyone famous from present or history you would like to have dinner with and what would you discuss? That girl with the purple leotard from Cirque du Soleil. Have you seen her legs? Mon Dieu! Quelle jambes!!! But the conversation, of course, would be about her technique. On stage, that is… (OF COURSE)

10. What would you do with a billion dollars? First, I'd exchange them into Euros. The dollar will continue to sink, no matter what Greenspan says… Then I'd put half in a Swiss Cheese Bank; will go long with options on the Gruyere.

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