Top Gear Series 21

[LittleEnus]

AndStilliRise said:

I know a Mexicon who now refuses to watch TG.

Whooppy frickin' do. It's called humour and its nice to think there is still a little left these days.

[hairykrishna]

AndStilliRise said:

Perhaps by some remote luck (1 in a billion), I would agree the JC plate and car were a coincidence.

But not all three of them. The chances would be impossible that all 3 turned up with plates related to the war and they were all bought without knowledge of the other.

Sounds like a Top Gear joke gone wrong.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/517859/Jeremy-Cla...

Impossible it was a mistake. Deliberate and the fact Top Gear have not said much.

One plate tenuously related to the war, surely? The complaint about the others essentially amounted to 'they had numbers on them and a number of people died in the war'.

[AndStilliRise]

Debaser said:

Yes, coincidence.

Statistically impossible.

Ok you try and buy one car with a number plate that may cause issues. Then try and get three of them. All related to the same time frame. Why don't you see how many plates you can buy which relate to the gulf war?

No apology, no cry for coincidence. If you were making a multimillion pound program and it was a mistake - would you not want to applogise first and then run? They know the screwed up, so packed up, left the motors there and done one.

I am fan of TG, but this does go a little far.

[Chim]

AndStilliRise said:

Debaser said:

Yes, coincidence.

Statistically impossible.

Ok you try and buy one car with a number plate that may cause issues. Then try and get three of them. All related to the same time frame. Why don't you see how many plates you can buy which relate to the gulf war?

No apology, no cry for coincidence. If you were making a multimillion pound program and it was a mistake - would you not want to applogise first and then run? They know the screwed up, so packed up, left the motors there and done one.

I am fan of TG, but this does go a little far.

Wil you please explain why the fk it is a little to far, even if it was a joke.

Word of advice, I would pitch for the Guardian debate page if I where you, PH will give you short shrift with this kind of drivel.

[Butter Face]

AndStilliRise said:

Debaser said:

Yes, coincidence.

Statistically impossible.

Ok you try and buy one car with a number plate that may cause issues. Then try and get three of them. All related to the same time frame. Why don't you see how many plates you can buy which relate to the gulf war?

No apology, no cry for coincidence. If you were making a multimillion pound program and it was a mistake - would you not want to applogise first and then run? They know the screwed up, so packed up, left the motors there and done one.

I am fan of TG, but this does go a little far.

You're one of many utter pillocks who get sucked into purple crap like this. As if they picked the car because it had 3 initials on the number plate

The last 3 on my plate are FKO and nobody has yet accused me of telling them to fk off :rofl;


Honestly, get a grip.

[rj1986]

AndStilliRise said:

Debaser said:

Yes, coincidence.

Statistically impossible.

Ok you try and buy one car with a number plate that may cause issues. Then try and get three of them. All related to the same time frame. Why don't you see how many plates you can buy which relate to the gulf war?

No apology, no cry for coincidence. If you were making a multimillion pound program and it was a mistake - would you not want to applogise first and then run? They know the screwed up, so packed up, left the motors there and done one.

I am fan of TG, but this does go a little far.

BBC have stated that the porsche is a coincidence.

they haven't commented on the other 2 - in my opinion no reason too, as the link are tenuous at best.
It's like saying you can't drive a Porsche 911 in Manhattan if it's got "911" on the plate

[Dyl]

AndStilliRise said:

Debaser said:

Yes, coincidence.

Statistically impossible.

Ok you try and buy one car with a number plate that may cause issues. Then try and get three of them. All related to the same time frame. Why don't you see how many plates you can buy which relate to the gulf war?

No apology, no cry for coincidence. If you were making a multimillion pound program and it was a mistake - would you not want to applogise first and then run? They know the screwed up, so packed up, left the motors there and done one.

I am fan of TG, but this does go a little far.

But they don't all relate to the same time frame. The number on Richard's Mustang is 14 lower, and James' Lotus is 3 lower. Surely, if they were going to put on numbers relevant to the Falklands, they'd actually put the correct numbers?

[Debaser]

AndStilliRise said:

Debaser said:

Yes, coincidence.

Statistically impossible.

Ok you try and buy one car with a number plate that may cause issues. Then try and get three of them. All related to the same time frame. Why don't you see how many plates you can buy which relate to the gulf war?

No apology, no cry for coincidence. If you were making a multimillion pound program and it was a mistake - would you not want to applogise first and then run? They know the screwed up, so packed up, left the motors there and done one.

I am fan of TG, but this does go a little far.

What's the number plate on your car? I bet that could be linked to the Falklands war as tenuously as the number plates in the article.

[AndStilliRise]

The 255 Britons which died would have brothers, sisters, parents and children.

The Argentinians the same.

Funny?
Is it really that humorous?
I guess if you can find war funny you can have a laugh at anything. I personally cant.

[jbudgie]

Chim said:

AndStilliRise said:

fulham911club said:

Agreed. I think it's a step too far. Clarkson is a bit of a tit most of the time and has an arrogance that makes him think he can waft above it all.

His fans might clap and applaud but those with an once of intelligence just start to see him for what he is.

I suspect his ascendency is about to take a downward slope if he continues like this ....

Argentina is one of the places I would love to visit and what was the point they were trying to make?

The year of the war, the number which died, the number of injuries. This is not 50 years ago so the memories of peoples relatives being mauled are still quite real - Is that really good?



JC is one of my heros, but did do they really have to piss of entire countries?

I know a Mexicon who now refuses to watch TG.

Oh for jesus titties christ sake, the winging little lefties club is over there >>>>>>>>>

Try not to let the door hit you on the arse on the way out

[LittleEnus]

AndStilliRise said:

The 255 Britons which died would have brothers, sisters, parents and children.

The Argentinians the same.

Funny?
Is it really that humorous?
I guess if you can find war funny you can have a laugh at anything. I personally cant.

You need to get out more and start enjoying life. Was Fawlty Towers not mildly amusing with the Germans scene?

[Debaser]

AndStilliRise said:

The 255 Britons which died would have brothers, sisters, parents and children.

The Argentinians the same.

Funny?
Is it really that humorous?
I guess if you can find war funny you can have a laugh at anything. I personally cant.

What are you talking about? Nobody's laughing about dead Britons.

Argentinians have chosen to be offended at some number plates and then threatened a film crew with violence.

[AndStilliRise]

Not much else to do - been a st week.

[Yiliterate]

Debaser said:

AndStilliRise said:

Debaser said:

Yes, coincidence.

Statistically impossible.

Ok you try and buy one car with a number plate that may cause issues. Then try and get three of them. All related to the same time frame. Why don't you see how many plates you can buy which relate to the gulf war?

No apology, no cry for coincidence. If you were making a multimillion pound program and it was a mistake - would you not want to applogise first and then run? They know the screwed up, so packed up, left the motors there and done one.

I am fan of TG, but this does go a little far.

What's the number plate on your car? I bet that could be linked to the Falklands war as tenuously as the number plates in the article.

My number plate has the letter 'P' next to the digit '2'; quite clearly a reference to 2 Para...

[FiF]

Well the BBC are reporting that they've been kicked out of the country. R4 PM toreport Iin more detail shortly.

No doubt I shall continue with my festering contempt of the Argies.

[fatboy18]

fulham911club said:

Agreed. I think it's a step too far. Clarkson is a bit of a tit most of the time and has an arrogance that makes him think he can waft above it all.

His fans might clap and applaud but those with an once of intelligence just start to see him for what he is.

I suspect his ascendency is about to take a downward slope if he continues like this ....

I would like to See Clarkson as the New Mayor of London Love him

[Yiliterate]

FiF said:

Well the BBC are reporting that they've been kicked out of the country. R4 PM toreport Iin more detail shortly.

No doubt I shall continue with my festering contempt of the Argies.

R4 PM?!?!

Well, PM is obviously Prime Minister and R4 is a reference to the 4 letter 'R's that appear in 'Mrs Margaret Thatcher'. Steady on mate...!

[FiF]

Yiliterate said:

FiF said:

Well the BBC are reporting that they've been kicked out of the country. R4 PM toreport Iin more detail shortly.

No doubt I shall continue with my festering contempt of the Argies.

R4 PM?!?!

Well, PM is obviously Prime Minister and R4 is a reference to the 4 letter 'R's that appear in 'Mrs Margaret Thatcher'. Steady on mate...!

They interviewed Chris Goffey in a blatant attempt to link someone with a beard to various Royal Navy stokers.

Unbelievable.

[AndStilliRise]

First of all you have to deliberate it a coincidence or accident.

Pro:
1. All three plates have a reference to the war
2. It is statistically impossible to have all 3 cars with references to the same war, which indicates they have been added to the cars
3. There has been cry of coincidence from TG for the first car, however not the remaining two
4. There has been no apology for the coincidence
5. TG has a history of such things (E.g. Mexico, Belgium)
6. It has been done in the style of TG (Using the car to convey the message, rather then mention anything in the script)

If TG did buy the cars like that then they would the V5 documents to show the car with the plates. However in my opinion the plates have been added. Not sure how to check TBH.

....I am not bothered either way TBH however I have been looking for an argument all day!

[evenflow]

AndStilliRise said:

Pro:
1. All three plates have a reference to the war
2. It is statistically impossible to have all 3 cars with references to the same war, which indicates they have been added to the cars

No, they clearly don't!
And even if they - by a huge stretch of the imagination, did - it is very far from "statistically impossible"... it is perfectly possible.

Edited by evenflow on Friday 3rd October 17:41