Apparently Top Gear South Korea - it wasn't Richard Hammond flying.

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>> ^Deano:
As an Englishman if I spent my days explaining we don't all have crap teeth, live in Castles, are rubbish in bed and dress like tramps I'd never leave the house.
This has reminded me of a program in Jeremy Clarkson's CV that might be interesting. Called Jeremy Clarkson meets the Neighbours he travelled around Europe seeing if people matched their stereotypes. And then at the end a representive from that country would be interviewed and happily mock their nation.


As it was pointed out in Steve Coogan's article, there is a huge difference between rich white people making fun of other rich white people, and rich white people making fun of mexicans. For example, the same racist joke can be perfectly acceptable coming from a black comedian, but quite offensive when told by a white comedian.

I imagine that there's not much exposure to Mexicans in Britain, and perhaps Britain is spared the tension between different races, cultures, and social/economic status that long marred American history. So out of sheer ignorance I guess Hammond's joke could seem quite harmless.

Just out of curiosity, how would people react if an Englishman said similarly degrading things about the Scottish or Indians? (though I'm sure Scotland is much better off than Mexico)

I'm sure Richard Hammond's impressed.

The only good things about American cars I've heard them say in a while were that the Cadillac CTS-V was pretty good (well, the suspension was developed at the Nordschleife, if you can get it around there you can't be too far off), Jeremy liked the ZR1 (at first, he's changed his mind since), Hammond liked the Challenger (he would...) and that the new Camaro isn't horrible (but that's an Australian car, all the important bits are by Holden). Have there been other remarks I've missed/forgotten?>> ^arghness:

Good coverage, missed out many observations about Americans and their vehicles, or Stig's American cousin.
In fairness, Top Gear seems to have had more good things to say about American cars recently.

Marine G said it all. Put out the fire and charge the guy later on.

bareboards2 wrote: I agree that this is the Tea Party mentality of raging at the gov'mint for taxing them to death, reaching into their pockets. Until they need whatever it is the gov'mint could do -- like meat inspections, help in responding to a potential disease epidemic, or whatever affects them personally.

Libertarianism nor small government conservatism means anarchy. Some are questioning all gov'mint spenditures--and they have every right to---while the rest of us are furious at things like...


Welfare recipients blowing tax money in Vegas

and this

USA Today: “$162 million in stimulus funds not disclosed”

and this

$700,000 of taxpayer money to create joke-telling robot. (siftbot would've done it for half that).

Good stuff. Love the sound effects.

Now someone go find the British top 10. With Richard Hammond!

But I do love the Smack Wall. Hey, look at all the obstacl-SMACK YOU FORGOT ABOUT THE WALL.

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>> ^Croccydile:

750kv is still well short of actual lightning, as he also states he feels like "millions of amps" crawling over him. I can assure him if that was actually the case he would be not just burned to a crisp but instantly vapourized . Generously assuming they are accumulating from 240V @ 30A the resulting output is a nary thousandth of an amp.
Still, I envy being able to do something like that.


I am pretty sure he said "millions of ants" not "amps". The amount of electricity coming off his finger is still enough to kill a man, but it isn't pure lightning for sure.

I, too, am envious of that. I'd love to try that.

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Shortly after this video was taken, some weird-looking small guy in a blue-and-red costume with web patterns all over it beat the living crap out of Richard Hammond. Then he swung away on a sticky rope that he apparently shot out of his wrist.

*promote Hammond becoming the Star Wars Emperor