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Re: Top Gear -
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Karl S wrote: Rural Southerners, rednecks, know that the “upper classes” despise them. For their entire lives they have been ridiculed, the subject of viscous jokes, etc., and they know it. They also resent it. Can you put a figure on the viscosity of these jokes - is 20W-50 OK? |
....it's Gear oil after all.
Rob.
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John Briggs wrote: Can you put a figure on the viscosity of these jokes - is 20W-50 OK? SAE 90 ....it's Gear oil after all. |
She came into the bedroom wearing nothing but a pink cowboy hat, boots
and spurs and even though she was carrying a saddle over one arm I
wasn't really worried. The jumper cables and a quart of Havoline she was
carrying in the other hand didn't scare me either. But, that wasn't a
rose between her teeth, that was a cheese grater. And I think I passed
out when I noticed the bottle of tequila and a sack of lemons . . .
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Cheerie-vederci . . .
j a m e s
Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.
-- Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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David Taylor wrote: On 2007-02-12, Paul-B <paul (AT) rasf1 (DOT) net> wrote: English football fans actually have a deservedly good reputation nowadays, have had for a good few years now. Eh? ITYM Scottish. The English ones were (more recently than "a good few years") involved in all sorts of trouble. No they weren't. They were well behaved in Germany and well behaved in Portugal. They've been well behaved at UEFA and Champions League matches ever since they've been allowed back in. |
They'll have to be well-behaved for at least another couple of decades
or so before their reputation in the eyes of most of Europe (or the
world, even) will climb back out of the gutter. Whether they like it or
not, the English are seen to be the originators and the worst
perpetrators of drunken hooliganism - this goes WAY back - to the
Seventies just to *my* limited knowledge. That other wankers in other
countries in Europe have played copycat (the Dutch have been aggressive
for years, the Italians now, and the French too) doesn't take away from
the fact that the English are at the root of the phenomenon.
I hate hooligans with a passion. I lived in Loftus Road for 2 years, and
up the road from Millwall FC for 9 years. I saw some terrifying things
on Saturday afternoons. At QPR my back garden was trashed twice by
hoolies battling it out with mounted police. On the Old Kent Road, near
Millwall I was yelled at by a group of 30 or so of the F-Troop, in black
balaclavas, all openly brandishing Stanley knives. Needless to say, I
scarpered as fast as my little legs would carry me!
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But that's not supposed to be fancy. When I was last in France, I, not knowing, nor caring, what they were, decided to order Anduoillettes, which was supposed to be a speciality and a delicacy, in a fairly fancy restaurant. |
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smelly things.
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I almost puked, and I haven't been near an andouillette since. Dreadful, smelly things. One would think that pig's colon and stomach are delicious, live and |
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Karl S wrote: Rural Southerners, rednecks, know that the “upper classes” despise them. For their entire lives they have been ridiculed, the subject of viscous jokes, etc., and they know it. They also resent it. Can you put a figure on the viscosity of these jokes - is 20W-50 OK? |
about. What's tar rated at?
Phil
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"Home taping is killing big business profits. We left this side blank
so you can help." -- Dead Kennedys, written upon the B-side of tapes of
/In God We Trust, Inc./.
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David Taylor wrote: On 2007-02-12, Paul-B <paul (AT) rasf1 (DOT) net> wrote: English football fans actually have a deservedly good reputation nowadays, have had for a good few years now. Eh? ITYM Scottish. The English ones were (more recently than "a good few years") involved in all sorts of trouble. No they weren't. They were well behaved in Germany and well behaved in Portugal. They've been well behaved at UEFA and Champions League matches ever since they've been allowed back in. |
smaller than mine.
Certainly, when replying to a post giving Scottish and English fans
a bad rap, I think you chose the wrong fans to complain about.
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Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote: But that's not supposed to be fancy. When I was last in France, I, not knowing, nor caring, what they were, decided to order Anduoillettes, which was supposed to be a speciality and a delicacy, in a fairly fancy restaurant. Ditto. Delicacy, my arse... I almost puked, and I haven't been near an andouillette since. Dreadful, smelly things. |
as mine were perfectly edible, and not shitty at all. However, some of
the horror stories I read on the internet after that, when I wanted to
do a post mortem of what I'd just done, sounded truly shocking.
IIRC, it was in Lyon airport. (OK, not a fancy restaurant per se, but
it was no burger joint, put it that way.) Anyone wanting to take the
least possible pig-guts and pig-arse risk is, I guess, recommended to
try them there.
Phil
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"Home taping is killing big business profits. We left this side blank
so you can help." -- Dead Kennedys, written upon the B-side of tapes of
/In God We Trust, Inc./.
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On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:10:44 +0000, Phil Newnham <pnewnham (AT) yahoo (DOT) com They made the point during the piece May did on the 250mph run in the Veyron that, although Clarkson went on and on about how fast it goes, in the plane vs. Veyron race he was forced to stick to the speed limits by the fact he was on public roads. That rings true; Clarkson has a clean driving license and if he were caught speeding whilst filming for TG, the BBC would have the excuse to drop it that they so desperately seem to want. But, we saw him get stopped and ticketed by French police for speeding, during the race to the ski resort. |
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0098284/
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On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:10:44 +0000, Phil Newnham <pnewnham (AT) yahoo (DOT) com wrote: Dave Baker wrote: I think you have to appreciate that most of it has to be faked to allow filming to take place. The episodes with Clarkson in a fast car dashing across the continent with the other two racing him in trains and planes springs to mind. How do the camera crew who film Clarkson blasting past at 150 mph get there? My assumption is that they do those shots the next day. |
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But, we saw him get stopped and ticketed by French police for speeding, during the race to the ski resort. |
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