Jeremy Clarkson

to soontobe

I am joking by the way at 13.47pm.
But that is how many people get out of things.

So he meant none of what he says in all his books, and nothing he says on tv or in newspapers.
And nothing he says to anyone.

One thing I have to agree with is treating anyone with respect if they deserve it not because of how important they think they might be.

I think it's been well documented that "The Suits" at the BBC don't like Clarkson because of his refusal to treat them with the respect they think they deserve unless he thinks they deserve it. He also, by his own admission, does not suffer fools gladly. I have the feeling that the incident with the nursery rhyme was brought to the attention of the media by a disenchanted team member as it was cut and would not have been broadcast anyway, but it was leapt on with delight by the get rid of J C crowd

Yes Bags your interpretation was incorrect. Within wishing to be pedantic I didn't actually correct you I merely asked you to point out where I had implied that.

An apology would have been more approprute.

In 'Actives' at the moment, this thread is just above "Is this an obsession?"

It sure is getting to be one on here.

I'm amazed the last three programmes of the TG series have been cancelled. This will lose the BBC a lot of money and they may even have to pay compensation to foreign TV networks who have already paid for them.

What waste of licence payers money and it smacks of petulance.

I thought it was implied in your post of 13:40:42, anya, but my interpretation may have been wrong, inwhich case, thank you for correcting it

The 'slope' thing was funny - whether he meant it to be or not. And he did only mumble the 'n' word.

If they stop him being funny the whole thing will be boring.

He means a helluva lot of money to the Beeb!

Everything JC says is a joke. He doesnt mean a thing.

Please point out where I implied that Bags.

All the fuss is about people telling everyone how awful a person Jeremy Clarkson is. A lot of people seem to like doing that.

So there you are, anya. You have implied from your question that you haven't seen actual evidence of the slope 'insult' and yet you appear to condemn the use of the word.

merlot's last comment suggests to me that this is what people are doing about the latest JC story.

Well I can't see what the fuss was about if that was the case Bags

There happened to be a person (male, I think) on the sloping road surface at the time, if I remember correctly.

I saw some footage, anya, after the furore, and yes, he was talking about a sloping road surface.

Whether I agree with his argument about speed limits is irrelevant, by the way.

Is that how he used the term bags?

Does he actually advocate breaking speed limits? Or do people just interpret what he says about speed limits as an excuse to break them? There's a difference. I've heard him talking about speed limits a few times and I wouldn't call what I heard him say "advocating" breaking speed limits. I'd call it making an argument against speed limits. There's a difference.

I was answering anya's post.

Not necessarily. It also has the meaning he used it for, namely a slope in the road or bridge. I live on a slope and I expect other gransnetters do too.

Whatever Clarkson's private personality (and many psychopaths have been said to be charming and charismatic) his very public persona is of a loudmouthed buffoon who advocates breaking the speed limit, smashing up vehicles and insulting people who can't defend thenselves.

Alf Garnet was a created character, whose pronouncements were highly non-PC. Those who saw that it was all as satire were not tempted to repeat them in real life, but there were still a large number of wallies who thought it an example to be copied.

It seems there is always a trigger happy person at the ready to report whenever Jeremy Clarkson is in the wrong. The knives are always out it seems and yet we still don't know if he actually punched the producer who didn't make a formal complaint.