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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/3509191.stm "BBC stumps up for tree stunt" Clarkson whacks a tree. Seems the locals thought it was possibly done by vandals. I think they may have a point. It was done deliberately, by Clarkson, for the programme. This sort of stunt shows why I dislike Clarkson and the ethos he and Top Gear encourage. Mind you, if he'd done it to a cyclist he might have been applauded by some of the more extreme supporters of motoring with a right to totally ignore any sense of responsibility of one's actions on what is around you :-/ Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune h*$el*$$e**nd***$o$ts***i*$*$m**m$$o*n**s@$*$a$$o* *l.c**$*$om$$ |
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On 21 Feb 2004 13:17:57 GMT, omcom
(dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers) wrote in message : This sort of stunt shows why I dislike Clarkson and the ethos he and Top Gear encourage. Quite. Although to be fair "the car they could not kill" was the most amusing thing pynexfba has done in living memory. Imagine him having to admit that a rusting normally-aspirated diesel was a superior vehicle! Guy === May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting. http://chapmancentral.demon.co.uk 88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University |
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dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers wrote:
See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/3509191.stm "BBC stumps up for tree stunt" Clarkson whacks a tree. Seems the locals thought it was possibly done by vandals. I think they may have a point. It was done deliberately, by Clarkson, for the programme. This sort of stunt shows why I dislike Clarkson and the ethos he and Top Gear encourage. But how can it be his fault? Surely the tree jumped out in front of him Tony |
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Clarkson whacks a tree. Seems the locals thought it was possibly done by
vandals. I think they may have a point. It was done deliberately, by Clarkson, for the programme. This sort of stunt shows why I dislike Clarkson and the ethos he and Top Gear encourage. But how can it be his fault? Surely the tree jumped out in front of him No, he was just too busy keeping his eyes on the speedo and looking out for those big yellow cameras |
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dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers posted ...
See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/3509191.stm "BBC stumps up for tree stunt" Clarkson whacks a tree. Seems the locals thought it was possibly done by vandals. I think they may have a point. It was done deliberately, by Clarkson, for the programme. This sort of stunt shows why I dislike Clarkson and the ethos he and Top Gear encourage. Mind you, if he'd done it to a cyclist he might have been applauded by some of the more extreme supporters of motoring with a right to totally ignore any sense of responsibility of one's actions on what is around you :-/ That's the main trouble, IMHO, with all the current problems we're having not only on the roads but in society too. The government seem to want to take responsibility away from normal people, so many folk seem to allowing them, and thus don't care anymore what happens when they, for instance, floor the throttle on a roundabout in the wet. Rather than admit their own responsibility and therefore take or suffer the consequences of their own actions they try and wriggle out of all blame and focus on trivialities that other people routinely cope adequately with. JC appears to be in this mould ... -- Paul |
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with all due respect this has nothing to do with cycling, |
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"MSeries" wrote in message
... with all due respect this has nothing to do with cycling, Of course it has - anything that is anti-car is more than welcome on this NG. When I discovered this group I hoped to engage in debate about all aspects of cycling, equipment, sport etc. In fact the posts that generate by far the largest response are the anti-car rants. So bye folks - I'm bored with this - I'm off to find a NG about cycling. |
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When I discovered this group I hoped to engage in debate about all aspects
of cycling, equipment, sport etc. In fact the posts that generate by far the largest response are the anti-car rants. So bye folks - I'm bored with this - I'm off to find a NG about cycling. In case you weren't aware, bad driving practice and encouragement of such can have a serious adverse affect on the health of those of us who cycle on the roads. Indeed, such adverse effects can be fatal :-( A|nd of course, in case you weren't aware, many of us on the NG also drive and enjoy driving. What many don't like and are open about their dislike of, is the encouragement of bad driving practises and of the lenient way in which "accidents" caused by bad driving are dealt with in the judicial system. Of course, if you want to take that as being anti-car, that's entirely your prerogative. Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune h*$el*$$e**nd***$o$ts***i*$*$m**m$$o*n**s@$*$a$$o* *l.c**$*$om$$ |
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Even more non-cycling related, but still an interesting insight into
the mind of Mr Clarkson. A while ago I asked if anyone had seen a report of Clarksons supposed 'ratting' shennanigans. Some suggested this was based on an 'off the cuff' remark or was a fabrication. However, a search of a newspaper archive service brought up the following... Sunday Times (London) June 2, 2002, Sunday I'm gonna make a killing at this charity game Jeremy Clarkson I don't understand. On the one hand we're told there has been zero growth in the economy for the past six months and that if things don't improve in the next few weeks Britain will officially be in recession. But on the other hand we're told that a Wendy house in Bury St Edmunds is worth £4m and that the waiting list for a new Mercedes SL stretches into 2005. The only trouble is finding new and interesting ways of blowing your surplus cash. How about this for an idea: I've just spent ... I can't say how much, you'd faint ... on a day's ratting. The idea is that next February 10 of us will drive to a North Yorkshire farm where we will kill between 400 and 1,000 rats. No guns are allowed, but we will be able to use tennis rackets and croquet mallets. It sounds a hoot... Sunday Express May 11, 2003 HEADLINE: RSPCA STEPS IN OVER STAR'S SICK PLAN TO CLUB SMALL ANIMALS TO DEATH 'FOR CHARITY'; YOU'RE THE REAL RAT, ANIMAL LOVERS TELL CLARKSON TELEVISION'S Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has been "cautioned" by the RSPCA over a sick plan to club animals to death. Clarkson boasted on national TV how he had paid to go to a "ratting party" to slaughter hundreds of rats with pickaxe handles. RSPCA spokeswoman Katie Geary said: "Jeremy had written about this ratting event and we were obviously very concerned about it. We rang him up trying to find out when and where this would happen, but he wasn't very forthcoming with that information. We wanted to send inspectors along to check it out, but he wouldn't tell us anything. "Having spoken to him, there was no one here who didn't believe this event was real. In the end we advised him not to attend. We explained that in our opinion someone of his calibre and profile should be more responsible. It amounted to a caution, which was as far as we could go at the time." John Bryant, spokesman for the pressure group Protect Our Wild Animals, said: "It doesn't matter if they are just rats. If they're captive wild animals and they are being clubbed to death, it is illegal. "It sounds like something out of the dark ages. In my opinion this proves Jeremy Clarkson is a yob. To me, it looks like he is a sadist." RSPCA vice-president Audrey Eyton said: "Mr Clarkson is a very big man - in a physical sense, at least - and obviously takes pleasure in battering or crushing to death small animals. I find this repellent and nauseating." Last night Clarkson was working on a new TV series and "unavailable" to comment. And for something cycling related from Jeremy... The Sun, 5 August 2002. The Lycra Nazis are taking over. By Jeremy Clarkson Bicycle guerrillas? We've already got them. We don't need this new loony idea to encourage them even more to shoot red lights and ignore the Highway Code. They have already taken over a third of the roads with their green tarmac cycle lanes. Now the Lycra Nazis want to take over the whole lot! And they still don't pay a penny for going on the roads which the poor old motorists pay through the nose for....Cyclists and ramblers already have 27,000 miles of bridleways and public footpaths. Roads only cover two per cent of the country and now they want a slice of that too. Well, they can get lost. When will people understand that roads are for cars and that there is no danger at all from speeding motorists if walkers and cyclists steer clear? Despite the above, let's not forget that in the cyclists hating stakes Clarkson is a pussycat compared to the likes of Tony Parsons and David Thomas of 'The Daily Hate Mail.' |
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Howard wrote:
Even more non-cycling related, but still an interesting insight into the mind of Mr Clarkson. Was Paddington bear an illegal immigrant from Peru? |
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