We can't even take the piss out of our enemies in a very trivial way now! If we had had the same level of political correctness during WW2 would have been slagged off for singing Hitler has only got one ball.
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Jeremy Clarkson - Take A Bow Sir!
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Originally posted by xoggoth View PostWe can't even take the piss out of our enemies in a very trivial way now! If we had had the same level of political correctness during WW2 would have been slagged off for singing Hitler has only got one ball.Comment
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Clarkson is saying that the Press reports are completely distorted. He says the number plate was a coincidence, and when it was pointed out, they changed it. The "military veterans" who were so offended were, he says, in their twenties, so could hardly claim to have been involved in the Falklands War.
I'm sure he's still perfectly happy with the coverage in a "no publicity is bad publicity" sense, but I'm also not inclined to doubt that the tabloids just made up a load of crap for the sake of a few headlinesComment
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostClarkson & Co. go to a foreign country and annoy the locals because it gives them an opportunity to promote their show.
Frankly, it looks pretty pathetic when compared to somebody like Alan Henning, who went to a foreign country to help other people and was savagely murdered for his pains.Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostAnd why shouldn't they go to another country and annoy some locals?Comment
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostClarkson is saying that the Press reports are completely distorted. He says the number plate was a coincidence, and when it was pointed out, they changed it. The "military veterans" who were so offended were, he says, in their twenties, so could hardly claim to have been involved in the Falklands War.
I'm sure he's still perfectly happy with the coverage in a "no publicity is bad publicity" sense, but I'm also not inclined to doubt that the tabloids just made up a load of crap for the sake of a few headlines“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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The plate on May’s Lotus contained the number 646, which Juan Manuel Romano, an official in the province of Ushuaia, suggested could be a reference to the 649 Argentinean dead in the Falklands conflict. He noted that Hammond’s Ford Mustang had 269 in its plate, close to the 255 losses suffered by the British.
Anyway never mind that, why isn't Clarkson finding some way to insult the * Spanish? (see today's DE)bloggoth
If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)Comment
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Originally posted by darmstadt View PostSeems like they possibly knew something all along: Jeremy Clarkson 'might have broken licence plate laws' on Top Gear's Argentine misadventure - Crime - UK - The IndependentComment
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Does anyone remember Top Gear before Clarkson et al took over? Was it a bit boring? I don't recall it being very funny.Comment
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They must have specially picked that plate, despite the protests, the FLK ok maybe, but unlikely, the 982, come on!!!Comment
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