Top Gear kicked out of Argentina - World gone mad?

Peist2007

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Heaven forbid the country that, to mark the 30th anniversary of the war, renamed its football league "the cruiser, General Belgrano football league" gets offended by a comment made by the BBC.

It is small minded yes. But they arent sticking up posters in the UK about it are they?

Peist2007

Gatling wrote: »

So it took them a week to find a plate with bellend on it in an abandoned car .


Not the smartest of people are they .

Maybe not but it blows the "it was a coincidence, i swear" argument out of the water

Fratton Fred

Peist2007 wrote: »

It is small minded yes. But they arent sticking up posters in the UK about it are they?

If they could, they would.

**** em, they deserve to be ridiculed.

Fratton Fred

Peist2007 wrote: »

Maybe not but it blows the "it was a coincidence, i swear" argument out of the water

How?

A Dub in Glasgo

Fratton Fred wrote: »

**** em, they deserve to be ridiculed.

and so does Clarkson and his sycophantic sidekicks

The Independent:

According to the grey Porsche’s history, it changed its registration to H1 VAE for a three-year period before 2001 and then reverted back to H982 FKL. The fact that the Top Gear team was travelling with the old plate, by now assigned to another vehicle, will add to suspicion that the BBC team realised that the original registration was contentious.

If it reverted to the H982 FKL plate then how could that have been assigned to another vehicle? And there's the fact it reverted 13 years ago.

Fratton Fred

[Deleted User] wrote: »

The Independent:


If it reverted to the H982 FKL plate then how could that have been assigned to another vehicle? And there's the fact it reverted 13 years ago.

The H1 VAE plate was probably privately owned and not sold on with the vehicle, so it reverted to its original -reg. It's pretty common.

Fratton Fred

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

and so does Clarkson and his sycophantic sidekicks

Putting "Bellend" on his car would seem appropriate.

Fratton Fred

Fratton Fred wrote: »

The H1 VAE plate was probably privately owned and not sold on with the vehicle, so it reverted to its original -reg. It's pretty common.

But it says it reverted to H982 FKL. Unless a previous owner kept the H1 VAE plate to sell on with the car (which they'd have to answer for) I don't see how much it could have been set up by the TG guys.

A Dub in Glasgo

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Putting "Bellend" on his car would seem appropriate.

Replace 'would seem' with 'is'

Ardillaun

Fratton Fred wrote: »

It's not so much British mentality, more the sense of humour.

The Germans "get it" because it is similar to their own. The thing with the British and the Germans, is that they can take it as well as they give it.

I don't think the Germans DO get this obsession with a now distant war. It seems to be the only event in German history that ever comes up with a certain segment of British society.

Gatling

Fratton Fred wrote: »

How?

What he said +1

Boskowski

Ardillaun wrote: »

I don't think the Germans DO get this obsession with a now distant war. It seems to be the only event in German history that ever comes up with a certain segment of British society.

Generalisation alert

The Brits are obsessed with this sort of thing and just assume everybody 'gets it' when really there is nothing to get. It's being a boisterous dick.
They're poor losers and they're worse when they're winning.

You get off the Paris/tunnel train and you arrive at Waterloo station. Constant WWII related stuff on anything remotely German.

I guess non Brits just shrug it off at this stage and put it down to idiosyncrasy or something. But it's hardly a nice and humble trait.

I wonder how many jokes were made on wars they lost?

Fratton Fred

Boskowski wrote: »

Generalisation alert

The Brits are obsessed with this sort of thing and just assume everybody 'gets it' when really there is nothing to get. It's being a boisterous dick.
They're poor losers and they're worse when they're winning.

You get off the Paris/tunnel train and you arrive at Waterloo station. Constant WWII related stuff on anything remotely German.

I guess non Brits just shrug it off at this stage and put it down to idiosyncrasy or something. But it's hardly a nice and humble trait.

I wonder how many jokes were made on wars they lost?

Actually, you arrive at St Pancras station, having left Paris which is full of Napoleon related references.

cdeb

The Top Gear side of the story -

http://transmission.blogs.topgear.com/2014/10/10/top-gear-in-argentina-what-really-happened/

A Dub in Glasgo

'As it happens, we didn’t put that number plate on deliberately – Jeremy has said so in print, James has said so on the radio, and Richard will be saying so on the radio again next week'

The 3 amigos said so therefore it must be true :pac:

efb

They should go to the Middle East with H8 I5I5

bear1

cdeb wrote: »

The Top Gear side of the story -

http://transmission.blogs.topgear.com/2014/10/10/top-gear-in-argentina-what-really-happened/

To be honest, that puts it to bed for me.

Gatling

efb wrote: »

They should go to the Middle East with H8 I5I5

They already went , Iraq and Syria unless I'm mistaken in a Christmas special

efb

Gatling wrote: »

They already went , Iraq and Syria unless I'm mistaken in a Christmas special

Not with that licence plate tho

porsche959

http://transmission.blogs.topgear.com/2014/10/10/top-gear-in-argentina-what-really-happened/

Gatling

efb wrote: »

Not with that licence plate tho

Maybe be a future trip could use the following.

Bush 1

Blair 1

Sadam 0

Spook_ie

Peist2007 wrote: »

Lol. Looks like your heroes may not have been shafted by a massive coincidence after all :rolleyes:

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/10/09/jeremy-clarkson-top-gear-argentina-number-plates_n_5957182.html

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/americas/jeremy-clarkson-might-have-broken-licence-plate-laws-on-top-gears-argentine-misadventure-30644418.html

Well considering the registration BE11END has never been issued, it's a rather mute point as they weren't fitted to the vehicle on a public road, indeed if they were fitted on a private road there would be no issue, except for TG haters.

A Dub in Glasgo

porsche959 wrote: »

http://transmission.blogs.topgear.com/2014/10/10/top-gear-in-argentina-what-really-happened/

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=92560547&postcount=417

boetstark

twowheelsonly wrote: »

Be a bit of a laugh to drive around Birmingham with an 'IRA 21' number plate or around Canary Wharf or Warrington with an 'IRA 2' number plate. Maybe pop down to Brighton with an 'IRA 5' plate on.
I'm sure the Brits would find it a bit of a giggle seeing as they have such a wonderful sense of humour..

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Bit of a difference. Falklands war was conducted between two full time armies. IRA campaign was conducted by a bunch of violent criminals against unarmed women and children. I would happily like to see some idiot try to use those plates in UK,

A Dub in Glasgo

boetstark wrote: »

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was conducted by a bunch of violent criminals against

That description of the British Army is a little bit too strong

boetstark

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

That description of the British Army is a little bit too strong

I'm sure you realise that I was was referring to PIRA. Though even using the term army in the same sentence as those cowardly scrum is a bit of a contradiction.

end of the road

boetstark wrote: »

I'm sure you realise that I was was referring to PIRA. Though even using the term army in the same sentence as those cowardly scrum is a bit of a contradiction.

yet the BA were not able to even come near defeating them.

end of the road

boetstark wrote: »

Falklands war was conducted between two full time armies

one of which was taking back what was rightfully theirs which had been stolen over a hundred years ago, and the other re-capturing the stolen territory so they could keep it for strategic purposes (yes thats right its nothing to do with the people living there wanting to be british as they never will be) . as soon as the islands are no longer good for strategic purposes they will be given back to the argentines

Cienciano

boetstark wrote: »

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Bit of a difference. Falklands war was conducted between two full time armies. IRA campaign was conducted by a bunch of violent criminals against unarmed women and children. I would happily like to see some idiot try to use those plates in UK,

The british army have a long, long history of killing unarmed women and children in countries around the world that they're not welcome. Never mind Northern Ireland

Fratton Fred

end of the road wrote: »

one of which was taking back what was rightfully theirs

And if the Argentine army were to miraculously capture the islands, they'd go and do it all again.

boetstark

end of the road wrote: »

yet the BA were not able to even come near defeating them.

I doubt that very much. Thanks for the laugh though. Elephant and flies springs to mind.

This sounds like a classic "two fingers to the Brits" situation without looking at the facts. The vast, vast majority of the Falklands population want to remain under British rule. I don't see why their wishes should be ignored for the sake of the Argentinians.

The Diabolical Monocle

Karsini wrote: »

This sounds like a classic "two fingers to the Brits" situation without looking at the facts. The vast, vast majority of the Falklands population want to remain under British rule. I don't see why their wishes should be ignored for the sake of the Argentinians.

Seriously ??

Planted British people put on an island by Britain want to remain British.

Whatever next ? - I hear Christmas was democratically banned by the votes of turkeys at the local turkey farm.

The crowd at old trafford voted that the penalty against manchester united was illegal and the goal should be cancelled.

The Diabolical Monocle

The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »

Seriously ??

Planted British people put on an island by Britain want to remain British.

Whatever next ? - I hear Christmas was democratically banned by the votes of turkeys at the local turkey farm.

The crowd at old trafford voted that the penalty against manchester united was illegal and the goal should be cancelled.

Doesn't change the fact that they want to remain as is. What are you suggesting, a mass deportation?

The Diabolical Monocle

Karsini wrote: »

Doesn't change the fact that they want to remain as is. What are you suggesting, a mass deportation?

When all else fails trying putting words into their mouth eh ?

I do have one suggestion though - certain people should stop with the disingenuous tactic of saying that various pockets that Britain claims here and there in the world are somehow separate entities when it suits and not separate when it doesn't.
If you're flying the flag, singing the anthem, using the currency, copying the culture, teaching the curriculum then the capital you got all that from should be answerable.

Democracy is great when you get to draw the borders, as the historic gerrymandering in the north will prove.

Theres boroughs of London where Im sure if you drew the right border would be "democratically" an Islamic republic tomorrow.

Its all about who draws the border at the end of the day - and thats they guy with the biggest gun, and to an extent Im fine with that, but dont then give it the bleeding heart and tearful eye democracy is sacred treatment.

It doesn't fit well with Britains past anyway.

And you were the one giving sarky remarks "when all else failed". :rolleyes: I should know better than to get involved in threads like this.

The Diabolical Monocle

Karsini wrote: »

And you were the one giving sarky remarks "when all else failed". :rolleyes: I should know better than to get involved in threads like this.

Bit of a difference between a sarky remark and putting words in someones mouth wouldn't you say ? oh thats right, thats exactly what you'd say and then you'd apologize and tell me how fvcking brilliant I am.

bear1

Karsini wrote: »

And you were the one giving sarky remarks "when all else failed". :rolleyes: I should know better than to get involved in threads like this.

I saw this thread pop up in my email and thought "hmm people are still thinking about this". Opened it up and saw the usual ****e.

fryup

well, did you watch them getting stoned?? literally

farmerjj

fryup wrote: »

well, did you watch them getting stoned?? literally

Not a great Xmas special, nothing happened much till the end and the high tailing out of arg

Gatling

Must say pretty subdued actually ,

In saying that Argentina are getting brave now Vladimir putin are all cosyed up together,

Must reminds Argentina who sent them to invade the falklands in the early 80's

deco nate

Gatling wrote: »

Must say pretty subdued actually ,

In saying that Argentina are getting brave now Vladimir putin are all cosyed up together,

Must reminds Argentina who sent them to invade the falklands in the early 80's

Ah, Ffs sake Gatling man.. You said the magic words! Now you know who is gonna post here soon!!

The Moldy Gowl

deco nate wrote: »

Ah, Ffs sake Gatling man.. You said the magic words! Now you know who is gonna post here soon!!

It's not me is it?

deco nate

Gowlasauras Rex wrote: »

It's not me is it?

LOL, nope.

Gatling

deco nate wrote: »

Ah, Ffs sake Gatling man.. You said the magic words! Now you know who is gonna post here soon!!

Oh crap nooooooooo


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allroad

Anyone know how Clarkson and the other two made their escape?
The footage and commentary seemed to suggest that the workers left by convoy, but the "stars" hid in the hotel.

Helicopter?

Agricola

Saw a bit of the Vietnam special they made from a few years back. What did they do in that episode to stir up controversy? They bought a small motorbike painted from top to bottom with the stars and stripes.... and then they seriously tell viewers that the Porsche reg was all a terrible accident!

Gatling

allroad wrote: »

Anyone know how Clarkson and the other two made their escape?
The footage and commentary seemed to suggest that the workers left by convoy, but the "stars" hid in the hotel.

Helicopter?

Clakson ,Hammond,and may were escorted to buenos aires where a aircraft was charted to fly from a local airfield

allroad

Yeah, that figures.