Jeremy Clarkson on One Show

On 01/12/11 14:55, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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Did anybody else see it yesterday, and if so, what did you think?

The man is a professional buffoon, so I never believe anything he says.
Which could be difficult where he actually is being serious. Crying wolf
as it were. It was entirely in character with many of his other comments
on Top Gear. Just missing the sideways glance from the other two.


He's just a small boy dressed up as a man.

Hugh

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On Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:24:15 +0000
Bill Wright wrote:

André Coutanche wrote:
Bill Wright wrote:
I think it's most unlikely that he meant what he said. It was, in
fact, a joke, albeit a poor and insensitive one. But it's wrong of
the BBC to censor it.

I appreciate that the right need their martyrs - as do the left -
so I apologise for confusing the issue with the facts. The link
given near the start of the thread:

Davey wrote:
Very well! Personally, I agreed with him, but that's just my view.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15977813

... is still there and still (as of 15 seconds ago) works.

André Coutanche


Yes but it just shows an extract, not the bit at the end which
apparently was worse. That's what we want to see, and that's what
they've censored.

Bill

Was that the bit about why they stopped the train because somebody had
thrown himself in front of it?
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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Davey wrote:
Did anybody else see it yesterday, and if so, what did you think?

The man is a professional buffoon, so I never believe anything he says.
Which could be difficult where he actually is being serious. Crying wolf
as it were. It was entirely in character with many of his other comments
on Top Gear. Just missing the sideways glance from the other two.


Agreed. Apparently, the bon mot in question was the second half of the
story, for the sake of "BBC balance". The first half was a remark to the
effect that he supported the strikes because the roads had less traffic than
usual that morning. Overall, probably not his best effort...

TrevM

In article , Dave Plowman (News)
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Enticing an act of murder is freedom of speech?

Hey ho, the humourless PC brigade ride again. If you genuinely think
Clarkson was being serious you need help.

The man's a publicity whore, like Michael O'Leary at Ryanair. "There's
no such thing as bad publicity" and all that jazz.

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On Thursday, December 1st, 2011, at 16:20:39h +0000, Mike Tomlinson wrote:

The man's a publicity whore, like Michael O'Leary at Ryanair. "There's
no such thing as bad publicity" and all that jazz.

And this newsgroup is certainly doing its part in promoting the presence
of Clarkson in people's minds.

Naturally, this is just the type of "zelebnews" upon which celebrity based
web sites such as Digital$py thrive.

Maybe the original poster was trying to bring this technical news group
down to the same standard?

In article ,
Hugh Newbury wrote:
On 01/12/11 14:55, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In ,
wrote:
Did anybody else see it yesterday, and if so, what did you think?

The man is a professional buffoon, so I never believe anything he
says. Which could be difficult where he actually is being serious.
Crying wolf as it were. It was entirely in character with many of his
other comments on Top Gear. Just missing the sideways glance from the
other two.


He's just a small boy dressed up as a man.

More the sort of comment you get from a certain type after drink taken.

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*Red meat is not bad for you. Fuzzy green meat is bad for you.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

In article ,
Mike Tomlinson wrote:
In article , Dave Plowman (News)
writes

Enticing an act of murder is freedom of speech?

Hey ho, the humourless PC brigade ride again.

Not so. Please read the post I was replying to.

If you genuinely think
Clarkson was being serious you need help.

You need help in comprehension since you must have already read my earlier
post on the subject. Which made my views clear.

The man's a publicity whore, like Michael O'Leary at Ryanair. "There's
no such thing as bad publicity" and all that jazz.

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*Corduroy pillows are making headlines.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

En el artículo , Adrian C
escribió:

Can I have the editorial board of the Daily Mail Shot?

Thank you.

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"Paul - xxx" wrote in message
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Davey wrote:

Did anybody else see it yesterday, and if so, what did you think?

That he's, as ever, an 'entertainer' making cheap shots to get
publicity and thus make more money and I reckon he actually means what
he says about as much as anyone else reading from a rehearsed script.

Frankly, and I'm a petrol head who actually likes Top Gear (mostly), I
think he should be the one being shot!

As a school caretaker who came out on strike, after voting not to but
going along with 'the Union', I reckon it was the wrong thing to say,
at the wrong time. I hope he does at the very least apologise, but he
won't .. he loves the publicity, courts it and doesn't mind appearing
to be a ****wit to so many people, so often.

Lowest common denominator demographic innit.

Hugh Newbury wrote:


He's just a small boy dressed up as a man.

Hugh
Are you sure? His clothes seem to fit quite well.

Bill