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Atreus Tac
Blood Covenant
Pandemic Legion |
Posted - 2009.09.11 18:50:00 - [ 31]
the one with the Mercedes SLR McLaren race to sweden?. that is a good race to watch. funny moments but TV gold |
F'nog
Amarr
Viziam
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Posted - 2009.09.12 06:55:00 - [ 32]
Thanks for all the helpful replies. I guess sleep is now on the backburner for quite a while.
I must say that I enjoy the challenges the most. The rest are funny but nothing to cheer about, unless they involve the dog. |
annoing
Amarr
Dirt Nap Squad
Dirt Nap Squad. |
Posted - 2009.09.14 17:43:00 - [ 33]
I know I know, dragging back an old topic to the front.....
Anyway, i've been watching Top Gear on iPlayer this afternoon and as usual, its the things you didnt notice the first time that are a joy the second.
ie: Watching Series 13 episode 2 (they pretend to be 17 and try to insure a car) and while in the office, on the phone to insurence companies, I noticed the following ...
James May has a photo of the Queen on his desk and a box of miniture cleaning brushes.
Richard Hamilton has a picture of a cow and a box of Smile Pearl Drops (aka the joke about his teeth being whitened)
Jeremy Clarkson has pictures of Will Young and Kristen Scott Thomas
........all pictures are lovingly framed.
In the background, lasting for less than 1 sec, the Stig is using his head with the photocopier (al a classic bumstyle).
I love Top Gear
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Something Random
Gallente
The Barrow Boys
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Posted - 2009.09.14 19:07:00 - [ 34]
The Robin Reliant Reusable Orbiter is about one of the very best challenges to watch, especially the first time when you see it doesn't explode on the launch tower.....
A good item in one of the shows also is there investigation into when the way a modern car is came about.
If youve only just started watching youve tons of great stuff to watch :-) Dont you get Dave ?
annoing - Dim siarad cymraeg (much) but hello anyway from sunny(?) west wales. |
Marko Riva |
Posted - 2009.09.14 19:17:00 - [ 35]
Yeah first time I saw that I thought "That's GOT to be CGI'd, no way something that epic would actually happen".
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Fina Kelitan |
Posted - 2009.09.15 09:44:00 - [ 36]
The recent car vs motorbike vs steam train race was awesome.
Also the car vs the Royal Mail race :) |
Reiisha
Veto Corp |
Posted - 2009.09.15 13:52:00 - [ 37]
Top Gear is awesome all-around. Series 1 was a little meh, series 2 saw the arrival of James May, where the magic started to happen, and from series 4 on it's all awesomeness (except parts of series 8 and 9, to be honest).
Get em all, you won't regret it. |
F'nog
Amarr
Viziam
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Posted - 2009.09.17 07:10:00 - [ 38]
Now that I've finished the American Road Trip, a little bit of a story.
Preamble - I was a little annoyed that they chose the most stereotypical rednecks and their locales in the US for the setting, but the end really made it one of the best. Plus the cow.
Anyway: About 40 years ago my parents went on a road trip to the Deep South. My mom's from Tennessee, part of the upper South, and sort of a border state between the North and South; a bit of a wishy-washy place. My dad, however, is from Pennsylvania, York to be exact - at one point our nation's capital. Be that as it may, they traveled down south in my dad's car with Pennsylvania license plates. Long story short, they spent the whole trip in fear for their lives simply because of their Pennsylvania plates.
So what these three guys (idiots) did was one of the most daring events I've ever seen. Quite frankly, they were safer in the Arctic with the bears and thin ice. |
Marko Riva |
Posted - 2009.09.17 07:20:00 - [ 39]
Now watch the Africa special :) |
RedClaws
Amarr
Macabre Votum
Morsus Mihi |
Posted - 2009.09.17 07:37:00 - [ 40]
I love the one where they have to get a car and turn it amphibian(sp?).
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annoing
Amarr
Dirt Nap Squad
Dirt Nap Squad. |
Posted - 2009.09.17 08:30:00 - [ 41]
 Originally by: F'nog
Preamble - I was a little annoyed that they chose the most stereotypical rednecks and their locales in the US for the setting, but the end really made it one of the best. Plus the cow.
TBH, that was the whole point ... find the most stereotypical rednecks they could find to re-inforce an image. Im sure that, when an American comedy/entertainment programme goes for full effect, they choose a British accent and they ALWAYS go for posh, they are ALWAYS eccentric and even in-bred with strange mothers/fathers etc. Its not for reality but to re-inforce a perception of something percieved as a reality. For every TG style stereotype we have a more serious documentry/entertainment programme that shows the reality. See 'Stephen Fry in America' for an example. He travels to every state in the US in a london black taxi and meets ordinary/extrodinary people. And not a single one is a stereotype. He shows us the 'real' America that we know to be true rather than the stereotype we love to chuckle about. |
F'nog
Amarr
Viziam
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Posted - 2009.09.17 17:52:00 - [ 42]
Originally by: annoing
Originally by: F'nog
Preamble - I was a little annoyed that they chose the most stereotypical rednecks and their locales in the US for the setting, but the end really made it one of the best. Plus the cow.
TBH, that was the whole point ... find the most stereotypical rednecks they could find to re-inforce an image.
I totally get that. It's just that it always seems to be Southern Rednecks that people go after. It's a little tiresome is all. We have so many other types of idiots here that it would be nice to see them for a change. |
F'nog
Amarr
Viziam
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Posted - 2009.09.18 06:36:00 - [ 43]
Edited by: F''nog on 18/09/2009 07:53:02 Originally by: Marko Riva
Now watch the Africa special :)
See above. Now how come none of you w*nk*rs didn't mention the Winter Olympics. I'm only maybe a *edit* eighth of the way through it and it's awesome. And I haven't even gotten to the Mini jump. Ninja edit - it's got the freaking A-Team theme in it. How this isn't one of the "best" I have no idea. Second ninja edit - the only thing missing is Hail Britannia or God Save the Queen from the Stig's bit. PS - my parents just got a Mini and I can't wait to *cough* borrow it from them. PPS - thanks to the above I get to buy their Viggen. |
F'nog
Amarr
Viziam
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Posted - 2009.09.18 07:03:00 - [ 44]
New favorite line:
"It's made from aluminum. Whatever that is."
Geek note: Aluminum, Al, was discovered by an American who named it, what else, Aluminum. The Limeys assumed it was a spelling mistake and named it aluminium, just like Plutonium, Uranium, Einsteinium, and Hydrogenium. |
annoing
Amarr
Dirt Nap Squad
Dirt Nap Squad. |
Posted - 2009.09.18 07:27:00 - [ 45]
Edited by: annoing on 18/09/2009 07:27:17 Originally by: F'nog
New favorite line:
"It's made from aluminum. Whatever that is."
Geek note: Aluminum, Al, was discovered by an American who named it, what else, Aluminum. The Limeys assumed it was a spelling mistake and named it aluminium, just like Plutonium, Uranium, Einsteinium, and Hydrogenium.
Geek note: ignore F'nog for he has no clue as to what he is writing. For a proper explanation of Aluminium (or alumium if you're american) read Wikipedia. Careful F'nog, you might become one of those stereotypical's you get angry about  edit: bloody spelling noob |
F'nog
Amarr
Viziam
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Posted - 2009.09.18 07:41:00 - [ 46]
Originally by: annoing
Edited by: annoing on 18/09/2009 07:27:17
Originally by: F'nog
New favorite line:
"It's made from aluminum. Whatever that is."
Geek note: Aluminum, Al, was discovered by an American who named it, what else, Aluminum. The Limeys assumed it was a spelling mistake and named it aluminium, just like Plutonium, Uranium, Einsteinium, and Hydrogenium.
Geek note: ignore F'nog for he has no clue as to what he is writing.
For a proper explanation of Aluminium (or alumium if you're american)
read Wikipedia.
Careful F'nog, you might become one of those stereotypical's you get angry about
edit: bloody spelling noob
Ah, so you're a conspiracy theorist. I'm not surprised. PS - note my spelling perfection. |
FISHANDCHIPS |
Posted - 2009.09.18 07:43:00 - [ 47]
i say watch the very first episode of top gear for ****s and giggles and see how they have come along seeing as they used to mostly be thin and have hair |
annoing
Amarr
Dirt Nap Squad
Dirt Nap Squad. |
Posted - 2009.09.18 08:45:00 - [ 48]
Originally by: F'nog
PS - note my spelling perfection.
git  |
F'nog
Amarr
Viziam
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Posted - 2009.09.23 06:23:00 - [ 49]
Finally saw the Indestructilux episodes. Just awesome. The rewatched the Artic one afterwards. And so many others as well over the past week or two.
On a totally unrelated note, I haven't gotten much sleep lately. Can't possibly fathom why. |
F'nog
Amarr
Viziam
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Posted - 2009.09.23 11:48:00 - [ 50]
Holy Sheise (hope I spelled that right), I just saw the Brits vs ze Germans episode (11-6) and I can't believe no one mentioned it before now.
Jeremy: "I suggested the skies over southern Britain" (I'm sad to say it took me a minute to get that, but I laughed about it for the rest of the episode)
Then the TG entrance to the event, along with the prior restriction.
The rest of the competitions were hilarious, especially since my parents just received their Mini and I joke that not only for the first time in over 30 years they don't own a Swedish car (1 Volvo, 4 Saabs (real ones, none with one of those crappy GM chassis mind you)), they now own two BMWs (in case you're not a regular follower of my posts, and shame on you if not, we're American - but we're patriotic Americans because up until a month or so ago, GM owned Saab for at least 15 years, even if they only built them for the last six - it's OK if you need a lie down or some sort of medication right now, it's quite complicated*).
But what really struck me was May's performance in the final challenge. He was unbelievable. I really didn't think he had it in him.
One question: The address at the end? What's that first bit about.
1966? Is that F1, football, rugby, cricket, what?
*And this is one of the many reasons why I love my Saab(s). Since none of them were actually built by GM, I can claim that it's a smart, sensible, powerful, fun, European car. But since it's been owned by GM since I got my 2nd (of 4), I can now tell certain types of people that it's a GM car, and as American as you can be. I get to have my cake and eat it too!
Unfortunately, a Saab is not the best car owned by a US company, designed in Germany and built in Canada with parts made in Mexico. |
KingsGambit
Caldari Provisions |
Posted - 2009.09.23 12:51:00 - [ 51]
Originally by: F'nog
Holy Sheise
It's "schiesser"  Originally by: F'nog
1966? Is that F1, football, rugby, cricket, what?
I'm not sure what context you're talking about, but the most famous thing in 1966 was the football World Cup. England Vs. West Germany in the final, England won in extra time with a controversial goal. First and only time England won it. |
Xen Gin
Silurian Operations
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Posted - 2009.09.23 13:25:00 - [ 52]
Originally by: KingsGambit
England won in extra time with a controversial goal. First and only time England won it.
And the last, so tell your media to stop filling it's back pages with England drivel. We all know the media will build up the team saying they are a dead certain, and why everyone should be proud, but you'll come up against Brasil or Spain in the quarters, and all of a sudden they knew they were the worst team ever! |
Jago Kain
Amarr
Ramm's RDI
Tactical Narcotics Team |
Posted - 2009.09.23 13:28:00 - [ 53]
/Jago sings
"Two world wars and one world cup, doo-dah, doo-dah". |
Xen Gin
Silurian Operations
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Posted - 2009.09.23 13:40:00 - [ 54]
Originally by: Jago Kain
/Jago sings
"Two world wars and one world cup, doo-dah, doo-dah".
Yeah, that actually only works if it's direct at Germans and not Brits! |
F'nog
Amarr
Viziam
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Posted - 2009.09.23 14:18:00 - [ 55]
Edited by: F''nog on 23/09/2009 14:19:19 Originally by: KingsGambit
Originally by: F'nog
Holy Sheise
It's "schiesser" Originally by: F'nog
1966? Is that F1, football, rugby, cricket, what?
I'm not sure what context you're talking about, but the most famous thing in 1966 was the football World Cup. England Vs. West Germany in the final, England won in extra time with a controversial goal. First and only time England won it.
Thanks for the spelling correction - I should kick myself for leaving out the c. Many, many, years ago a friend of mine taught me a bunch of swear words in German but never bothered with the spelling (I still remember and use them). I assume you drop the r when you add kopf (probably also spelled wrong - I could actually check my German dictionary, but... - but it's the word for head). Anyway, judging by the context of W-E-1 later in the address, and a few stats in between, yes, it must refer to the Cup. I won't give anything away, but if you're German, and a fan of history, you can probably figure out what W-E-1 also refers too if you take out the dashes and sound out the 1. Hint, it's not sports related. Double hint: "the skies of south Britain". Back on topic, this isn't a thread about kicking around leather balls, but cars (more or less) so take the Cup controversy elsewhere and keep this purely about... um... yeah. |
Jago Kain
Amarr
Ramm's RDI
Tactical Narcotics Team |
Posted - 2009.09.23 14:29:00 - [ 56]
Edited by: Jago Kain on 23/09/2009 14:30:31 Originally by: Xen Gin
Originally by: Jago Kain
/Jago sings
"Two world wars and one world cup, doo-dah, doo-dah".
Yeah, that actually only works if it's direct at Germans and not Brits!
Erm... oddly enough I wasn't aiming it in any particular direction. I am English though, so do I have your permission to use it now? Here's a radical idea, go e-stalk someone else. I can understand your attraction to me (well; who wouldn't?) and your constant need to validate your existence by provoking a response from me, but I think it's getting a little unhealthy now, and you ought to consider calming down to a less frothy state and, possibly, seeking psychiatric help. I might be doing more harm than good by responding to you here and thus encouraging your aberrant (and abhorrent) behaviour, but I think it important that you understand why you are being such a twunt so you can start to do something about it. Get well soon. In any event, you're wrong; it also works quite well on Scotsmen, particularly if there happen to be any in the pub when Enlgand fluke a win against someone in the second round of the world cup... a place where the only Scots you'll find wear black and carry whistles and flags. |
F'nog
Amarr
Viziam
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Posted - 2009.09.23 14:41:00 - [ 57]
Originally by: Jago Kain
Edited by: Jago Kain on 23/09/2009 14:30:31
Originally by: Xen Gin
Originally by: Jago Kain
/Jago sings
"Two world wars and one world cup, doo-dah, doo-dah".
Yeah, that actually only works if it's direct at Germans and not Brits!
Erm... oddly enough I wasn't aiming it in any particular direction. I am English though, so do I have your permission to use it now?
Here's a radical idea, go e-stalk someone else.
I can understand your attraction to me (well; who wouldn't?) and your constant need to validate your existence by provoking a response from me, but I think it's getting a little unhealthy now, and you ought to consider calming down to a less frothy state and, possibly, seeking psychiatric help. I might be doing more harm than good by responding to you here and thus encouraging your aberrant (and abhorrent) behaviour, but I think it important that you understand why you are being such a twunt so you can start to do something about it. Get well soon.
In any event, you're wrong; it also works quite well on Scotsmen, particularly if there happen to be any in the pub when Enlgand fluke a win against someone in the second round of the world cup... a place where the only Scots you'll find wear black and carry whistles and flags.
Hey now, as I already stated, unless there are cars involved, football, or ANY other non-driving sport is verboten (I know I got that one right) in this thread - except NASCAR, because even as an American I know that's just completely stupid, thus it's STRICTLY VERBOTEN; it's rednecks turning left for Raptor Jesus' sake. |
F'nog
Amarr
Viziam
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Posted - 2009.10.02 07:10:00 - [ 58]
Here's a good question: When was Oliver added to the set on his own plinth? Series and episode would be greatly appreciated if there's a ceremony. |
Xen Gin
Silurian Operations
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Posted - 2009.10.02 07:14:00 - [ 59]
Originally by: F'nog
Here's a good question: When was Oliver added to the set on his own plinth? Series and episode would be greatly appreciated if there's a ceremony.
I think it was about two episodes after the special with Oliver. Richard had him shipped over. |
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