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Come Inside... => The Comedy Room => Topic started by: GROWLER on October 14, 2007, 09:32:46 PM
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I love Top Gear. worthy:
Tonights show was one of the funniest I've seen. Crossing the English Channel in a converted Nissan pick up truck....and they suceeded. eeek:
The funniest bit that had me gasping for breath and rolling on the floor in hilarity, was when Hammonds converted VW camper van sank mid channel, and both him and 'Captain Slow' were seen getting the flask out with a 2 litre container of milk bobbing alongside them, whilst they poured out a couple of cups of tea. Pure classic comedy, akin to Fawlty Towers nearly. Brilliant! happy001
Right, now all you TG haters can fill yer boots and can start slagging them off no doubt. ::)
NOTHING you say will ever convince me that this is not one of the best light entertainment shows on tv...no, it IS THE best. happy088
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I like it... but I was watching the rugby last night... evil:
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The Boy and I watched that. He practically wet himself laughing!
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Did you see the three of them 'light up' the Porsche pipes in the studio, and then Clarkson shoving his in his mouth hot end first cus Porshes have their engines in the back? happy001
Wonder how many complaints about them smokin' in an enclosed public space their's been so far? ::)
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It's repeated one evening this week isn't it? That's when I tend to watch it.
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It's repeated one evening this week isn't it? That's when I tend to watch it.
Sorry Wenchy. I've sort of spoiled it for you now. redface:
You don't strike me as being a TG watcher though tbh.
Mind you, you are a 'motoring family' now though. ;)
I'm going to contact the beeb and congratulate them, and ask have they had any arseholes complaining about the smoking yet.
Bets on it? ::)
Rebels rule OK? happy088
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I also watch TG on repeats.
I was watching the Rugby last night ..... Now England have a problem but to have got to the final is really achievement enough for this fan..... anything else will be almost a miracle.
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It's repeated one evening this week isn't it? That's when I tend to watch it.
Sorry Wenchy. I've sort of spoiled it for you now. redface:
You don't strike me as being a TG watcher though tbh.
Quite alright. I'll have forgetten by the time it comes round. Mind like a sieve at the moment.
I didn't think it would be my sort of thing either, I sort of tune the cars out and then I find them quite entertaining.
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ask have they had any arseholes complaining about the smoking yet.
It was recorded just before the ban. ;)
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ask have they had any arseholes complaining about the smoking yet.
It was recorded just before the ban. ;)
No it piggin' wasn't. It was recorded last wednesday. point:
Get back to yer turnips trouty, and stop spoutin' shite. lol:
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ask have they had any arseholes complaining about the smoking yet.
It was recorded just before the ban. ;)
No it piggin' wasn't. It was recorded last wednesday. point:
Get back to yer turnips trouty, and stop spoutin' shite. lol:
Caaaalm down. Caaaalm down.
I seem to have left out the "prolly" after the "was".
I had no intention of breaking the habit of a lifetime and sounding like I knew what I was on about. ::)
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The show was funny before people realised the stunts and inter-presenter patter was completely scripted.
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The show was funny before people realised the stunts and inter-presenter patter was completely scripted.
Never? eeek:
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The show was funny before people realised the stunts and inter-presenter patter was completely scripted.
Really? eeek:
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The show was funny before people realised the stunts and inter-presenter patter was completely scripted.
At what point do you think they realised?
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The show was funny before people realised the stunts and inter-presenter patter was completely scripted.
At what point do you think they realised?
Just now in my case. sad24:
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doh: Oh FFS! ~ I thought everyone knew that from show number one. Clarkson is a journalist not a mechanical expert. The Hampster was a circuit DJ and radio presenter before he was brought in to liven things up. James May is there for the totty to leer at 'cos he is posh and the fat b'st@rd who was the only one who knew anything about cars had to go because he showed the others up. Same as Quentin W. and Tiff N. who they got shot of because they really know the motor game and it showed.
The current trio are presenters not experts. They are given the "Facts" by the researchers and learn their lines just like any other TV show hosts.
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The show was funny before people realised the stunts and inter-presenter patter was completely scripted.
At what point do you think they realised?
Just now in my case. sad24:
There, there. happy100
What you need is a Magic Turnip to sharpen your senses up, so you don't get taken in again.
Don't tell the others but if you send me £25, I will do you a special deal.
Cash or Western Union is OK.
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doh: Oh FFS! ~ I thought everyone knew that from show number one. Clarkson is a journalist not a mechanical expert. The Hampster was a circuit DJ and radio presenter before he was brought in to liven things up. James May is there for the totty to leer at 'cos he is posh and the fat b'st@rd who was the only one who knew anything about cars had to go because he showed the others up. Same as Quentin W. and Tiff N. who they got shot of because they really know the motor game and it showed.
The current trio are presenters not experts. They are given the "Facts" by the researchers and learn their lines just like any other TV show hosts.
NEVER!
I don't belllllieeeve it! eeek:
Devoed i am. Devoed. sad32:
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The show was funny before people realised the stunts and inter-presenter patter was completely scripted.
At what point do you think they realised?
Series 1, show #1? rubschin:
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The show was funny before people realised the stunts and inter-presenter patter was completely scripted.
At what point do you think they realised?
Just now in my case. sad24:
There, there. happy100
What you need is a Magic Turnip to sharpen your senses up, so you don't get taken in again.
Don't tell the others but if you send me £25, I will do you a special deal.
Cash or Western Union is OK.
Can I have a magic terrkee for crimbo too, oh, and some 'special' mushrooms for the stuffin' like too...please?
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The show was funny before people realised the stunts and inter-presenter patter was completely scripted.
At what point do you think they realised?
Just now in my case. sad24:
There, there. happy100
What you need is a Magic Turnip to sharpen your senses up, so you don't get taken in again.
Don't tell the others but if you send me £25, I will do you a special deal.
Cash or Western Union is OK.
Can I have a magic terrkee for crimbo too, oh, and some 'special' mushrooms for the stuffin' like too...please?
A Magic Bishop's Finger inside you is what you need... whistle:
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The show was funny before people realised the stunts and inter-presenter patter was completely scripted.
At what point do you think they realised?
Series 1, show #1? rubschin:
NO? eeek:
So it's sad32: all been a bit of a sad32: set up sad32: from the the the the sad32: start then? sad32:
I'm takin' the day off to get over the shock. Devoed. sad24:
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But does it really matter? I still think it's funny. redface: Probably because it isn't three dull car bores sitting around arguing about electrodes or gaskets or whatever.
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It's entertainment, show business, call it what you will.
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But does it really matter? I still think it's funny. redface: Probably because it isn't three dull car bores sitting around arguing about electrodes or gaskets or whatever.
Electrodes! point:
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But does it really matter? I still think it's funny. redface: Probably because it isn't three dull car bores sitting around arguing about electrodes or gaskets or whatever.
Electrodes! point:
Not forgettin' points and condensers too. whistle:
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And solenoids... whistle:
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And solenoids... whistle:
Not forgettin' distributors' dynamos' and mechanical gravity fed fuel pumps too. whistle:
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Yes yes whatever. ::)
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Yes yes whatever. ::)
Don't think TG have ever mentioned 'Micras' though? whistle:
Sorry, I forgot, seem to remember them putting the Micra cc on the very uncool wall though IIRC. lol:
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Yes yes whatever. ::)
point:
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Oh dear, inevitable.............
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7046498.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7046498.stm)
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Yes yes whatever. ::)
Don't think TG have ever mentioned 'Micras' though? whistle:
Sorry, I forgot, seem to remember them putting the Micra cc on the very uncool wall though IIRC. lol:
You quite clearly haven't met Mr Wench. Cool is not the word I would use to describe him. lol: He's a miserable 80 year-old trapped in a younger body. As he would say himself. ;D
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He's a miserable 80 year-old trapped in a younger body.
That explains why you're happy on this site eeek:
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happy001 happy001 happy001
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He's a miserable 80 year-old trapped in a younger body.
That explains why you're happy on this site eeek:
It does explain a lot doesn't it. redface:
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Well I am a 12 year old in the body of a 53 year old. cry:
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Well I am a 12 year old in the body of a 53 year old. cry:
We know. It also explains a lot. point:
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sad24:
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Well I am a 12 year old in the body of a 53 year old. cry:
You've aged in a month ;)
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Oh dear, inevitable.............
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7046498.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7046498.stm)
Middle aged wannabe rebels desperately seeking a cause. ::)
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Well I am a 12 year old in the body of a 53 year old. cry:
You've aged in a month ;)
Blimey you are right. I am only 52! Hurrah
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Well I am a 12 year old in the body of a 53 year old. cry:
You've aged in a month ;)
Blimey you are right. I am only 52! Hurrah
rubschin: Hmmmmmmm Not quite what I meant but if you're happy, I'm happy.
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Oh I see redface:
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I am Dr Who.
A 934 year old in the body of a bloke, usually under 50.
At other times I am the Emperor Napoleon or Cleopatra, as the fancy takes me.
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I have similar fantasies. Do you require the name of a therapist. She is very good.
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Well, it's happened.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7046498.stm
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Well, it's happened.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7046498.stm
Better late than never I suppose Tel - see post on previous page for this same reference! Silly boy - should read before posting!
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Well, it's happened.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7046498.stm
point: point: point:
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Oops, got distracted by people wxpecting me to do some work. redface:
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Oh dear, inevitable.............
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7046498.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7046498.stm)
Pay attention Yoda! I am the Affs and I claim my £5.
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Oops, got distracted by people wxpecting me to do some work. redface:
Expecting = Waiting in hopeful anticipation of a happy event (Soon to be dashed I suspect)
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Oh dear, inevitable.............
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7046498.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7046498.stm)
Pay attention Yoda! I am the Affs and I claim my £5.
Where is The Affs? rubschin:
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Oh dear, inevitable.............
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7046498.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7046498.stm)
Pay attention Yoda! I am the Affs and I claim my £5.
Where is The Affs? rubschin:
Does seem to have dropped out of sight on all sites (If you get my drift)
Hasn't been on here since 17th June.
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And now JC has received this accolade!
http://www.topgear.com/content/news/stories/2334/
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Trying to read Rural Rides and people turn up asking me to sort out laptop probs!
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Yes yes whatever. ::)
Don't think TG have ever mentioned 'Micras' though? whistle:
Sorry, I forgot, seem to remember them putting the Micra cc on the very uncool wall though IIRC. lol:
As he would say himself........... ;D
......if given the bloody chance. ::)
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I've told him to register and post! I can't force him to!! sad24:
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So you have no control over him. Very good news!
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I've told him to register and post! I can't force him to!! sad24:
Best not ~ we all need to keep some secrets. 8)
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So you have no control over him. Very good news!
I wouldn't say no control. whistle: eyes:
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I've told him to register and post! I can't force him to!! sad24:
Best not ~ we all need to keep some secrets. 8)
Mr Wench more than most, one fears noooo:
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Oh dear, inevitable.............
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7046498.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7046498.stm)
Lentil munching tree hugging sandal wearing pc arsewipes.
F**K RIGHT OFF! evil:
I bloody knew it would happen. eveilgrin:
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Time for your pill?
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Oh dear, inevitable.............
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7046498.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7046498.stm)
Lentil munching tree hugging sandal wearing pc arsewipes.
F**K RIGHT OFF! evil:
I bloody knew it would happen. eveilgrin:
Like I said earlier:
Oh dear, inevitable.............
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7046498.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7046498.stm)
Middle aged wannabe rebels desperately seeking a cause. ::)
You are just going to have to accept that they are the motoring equivalent of Ant and Dec.
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Time for your pill?
No, but time for another email to TG in support of the rebellious twosome though....and I think I can fairly safely say I'm a non smoker now too, after 5 months without.
Stuff them, stuff their poxy law, and stuff this wretched shit hole of a rancid country of ours. It makes me want to sick2:
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Professional Presenters and journalists who have cornered the market for reporting about cars.
Born in Birmingham in 1970, Richard Hammond studied photography and television production before beginning his broadcasting career at BBC Radio York.
From there, he went on to work at BBC Radio Cumbria, Leeds and Lancashire, before leaving in 1995 to follow his dream of working in motoring. His ultimate ambition was always to present motoring programmes on TV.
After leaving the BBC, he initially took a job in PR and was involved in corporate events for clients including the Ferrari Owners' Club and Renault Sport. But it was not until 1998 that he was given his first motoring job on TV, presenting Motorweek on Satellite channel Men & Motors.
He then proceeded to work on a number of different motoring and lifestyle programmes for cable and satellite channels before realising his dream of presenting Top Gear in 2002. The show currently attracts between four and six million viewers. It is regarded as a cult success, and Hammond has often been the butt of jokes from co-presenter Jeremy Clarkson.
Hammond has also presented science and nature programmes such as Should I Worry About? on BBC One, billed as his "a journey to find the truth behind the headlines". Other TV projects for the BBC have included presenting inventing programme Battle of the Geeks, sci-fi game show Time Commanders and appearing as a team captain on comedy motoring quiz Petrol Heads.
He also presented ITV's eponymous Richard Hammond's Five O'Clock Show.
James Daniel May was born in Bristol on 16 January 1963, and grew up in various towns in the UK before heading to Lancaster to study a degree in music. After completing his degree James went to work at a Trade magazine as a sub-editor. From there James moved to a car related magazine, and onto further car magazine launches. In the meantime James was writing in his spare time and was offered a column in Car Magazine, and had appeared on the Channel 4 show 'Driven'. When offered the job on Top Gear James had to leave Car Magazine who were not pleased with the idea of James appearing on a show with a tie in publication of the same title, and direct competition.
Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born April 11, 1960 in Doncaster) is an English writer and broadcaster who specializes in motoring issues. He writes weekly columns for The Sunday Times and The Sun, but is most associated with the BBC motoring programme Top Gear, which he presented from 1989 until 1999, and then again from 2002 onwards. The show has 2.5 million viewers and won an International Emmy in 2005.
"Not a man given to considered opinion," according to the BBC, Clarkson is known to be forthright in his views.
Biography
Clarkson was educated at Repton School. His first job was as a travelling salesman for his parents' business selling Paddington Bear toys, after which he trained as a journalist with the Rotherham Advertiser.
In 1984, he combined his writing skills with his love of cars, and together with a business partner, Jonathan Gill, formed the Motoring Press Agency (later MPA Fingal), conducting road tests on behalf of local newspapers, and writing for specialist car magazines such as Performance Car from 1986 until 1993.
He married his agent Frances Catherine Cain on May 8, 1993, and they have three children, Emily, Finlo, and Katya. The family lives in the Cotswolds near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, and also has a home on the Isle of Man — where his wife comes from — described by Clarkson in 2004 as "a thorn in the side of Tony Blair's nanny state," because of its lack of an upper speed limit.
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Time for your pill?
No, but time for another email to TG in support of the rebellious twosome though....and I think I can fairly safely say I'm a non smoker now too, after 5 months without.
Stuff them, stuff their poxy law, and stuff this wretched shit hole of a rancid country of ours. It makes me want to sick2:
I'm with you Growler, although I am still smoking. Can't wait for tomorrow when I will be in Kos, smoking in the bar of the all-inclusive 5* hotel.
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Errr Mr Clarkson also gave up smoking some time ago ~ Proof, if proof were needed, that it is all about presentation designed to wind people up. It is no different from Jeremy Beadle.
He made his name with ridiculous stunts and now has to keep them coming or his popularity will fade like the last rose of summer.
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Errr Mr Clarkson also gave up smoking some time ago ~ Proof, if proof were needed, that it is all about presentation designed to wind people up. It is no different from Jeremy Beadle.
He made his name with ridiculous stunts and now has to keep them coming or his popularity will fade like the last rose of summer.
I know Beagles have a thing against smoking, but JC is still an extremely talented writer and a breath of fresh air in this cloying PC world. More power to him, I say.
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the last Rose of summer.
Did you know her as well? eyes:
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Errr Mr Clarkson also gave up smoking some time ago ~ Proof, if proof were needed, that it is all about presentation designed to wind people up. It is no different from Jeremy Beadle.
He made his name with ridiculous stunts and now has to keep them coming or his popularity will fade like the last rose of summer.
I know Beagles have a thing against smoking, but JC is still an extremely talented writer and a breath of fresh air in this cloying PC world. More power to him, I say.
Just making a point about his qualities as a very good self publicist who has cornered a niche and is hanging onto it by use of good stunts. I too enjoy his style and I certainly admire his abilities as a showman but let's not delude ourselves for that is what he is. An enthusiastic showman with a product to sell and the product is Jeremy Clarkson.
Oh and I'm an ex-smoker too .... but aren't most surviving Beagles?
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the last Rose of summer.
Did you know her as well? eyes:
Didn't everyone from our neck of the woods?
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Time for your pill?
No, but time for another email to TG in support of the rebellious twosome though....and I think I can fairly safely say I'm a non smoker now too, after 5 months without.
Stuff them, stuff their poxy law, and stuff this wretched shit hole of a rancid country of ours. It makes me want to sick2:
I'm with you Growler, although I am still smoking. Can't wait for tomorrow when I will be in Kos, smoking in the bar of the all-inclusive 5* hotel.
I'll be only a couple of Islands away from you on thursday meself like too! eastdrink048
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Errr Mr Clarkson also gave up smoking some time ago ~ Proof, if proof were needed, that it is all about presentation designed to wind people up. It is no different from Jeremy Beadle.
He made his name with ridiculous stunts and now has to keep them coming or his popularity will fade like the last rose of summer.
I know Beagles have a thing against smoking, but JC is still an extremely talented writer and a breath of fresh air in this cloying PC world. More power to him, I say.
......but let's not delude ourselves for that is what he is. An enthusiastic showman with a product to sell and the product is Jeremy Clarkson.
Well if he wasn't, he WOULDN'T be presenting the bloody show! ::)
JC for PM! happy088
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I've been reading Clarkson since his Performance Car days in 1993 - his TV style is not representative of the inner man, who should, in my opinion move his talents into politics as I would vote for him!
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...And Jeremy HAS NOT stopped smoking. It says so in his column in The Sun, so it must be true.
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...And Jeremy HAS NOT stopped smoking. It says so in his column in The Sun, so it must be true.
rubschin: According to his web site he has ...... or at least he said so last time I looked ..... but between you, me and the gatepost I don't give a fat rat's arse whether he smokes or not.