top gear in Alabama

svandamme · svandamme's Garage

nearly pissed myself laughing

they had the idea of doing a road trip
jezza in an old camaro
hamster in a pickup
and captain slow in some bigas caddilac or soemthing

before hitting Alabama, they decorated their cars with spraypaint...

"nascar sucks"
"man love rules"
"hillary for president"
"i'm bi"
"country & western is rubbish"
etc etc

and some fuelstation ownerwoman got ticked off and "called the boys", rock got thrown and they had to make a run for it, including the camera crew...

LOL

Steve PH · 02-11-2007, 12:42 PM

He he, superb episode! Definitely one worth down loading.

Stephen 325TDS · 02-11-2007, 12:44 PM

svandamme - I saw this tonight, too. I didn't know that the program went out to "Europe" at the same time as the UK showing.
By the way, I can envisage some US folk getting a little upset with some of the stereotyping.

svandamme · svandamme's Garage

i got BBC 1 , 2 & World here
i'm watching the exact same stuff you watch

stereotyping, what part? the "we don't take kindly to strangers attitude in Bama?"

oh well, those that get upset better take a chill pill
we've been getting stereotypiing of europe everytime they bring out a movie that has American kids do something in Europe...(eurotrip for example) do i get upset then? eeh no.

MFAFF · 02-11-2007, 12:53 PM

Brilliant....

Sheer magic...

Paul K · Paul K's Garage

Waiting for somebody to DL it to YouTube...

Dottore · 02-11-2007, 01:37 PM

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Originally posted by Stephen 325TDS

By the way, I can envisage some US folk getting a little upset with some of the stereotyping.

After Borat they can probably handle it!

SLO-BOB · 02-11-2007, 01:48 PM

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Originally posted by svandamme
before hitting Alabama, they decorated their cars with spraypaint...

"nascar sucks"
"man love rules"
"hillary for president"
"i'm bi"
"country & western is rubbish"
etc etc

and some fuelstation ownerwoman got ticked off and "called the boys", rock got thrown and they had to make a run for it, including the camera crew...

LOL

That's pretty stupid. Maybe I should buy a Jag, paint "God save the Queen" on the side and drive through Belfast waving the Union Jack. No less dangerous than driving through Alabama like that. They had more to worry about from the cops than the civilians. They very well could have learned the true meaning of "man love rules".

svandamme · svandamme's Garage

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Originally posted by SLO-BOB
They had more to worry about from the cops than the civilians. They very well could have learned the true meaning of "man love rules".

well, with a camera crew , and a probably 6-7 crew of Brits on a BBC payroll, i think the cops , no matter how redneck will have the smarts to at least keep it civilised somewhat...

either way , it was still funny as hell

Stephen 325TDS · 02-11-2007, 02:03 PM

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Originally posted by SLO-BOB
That's pretty stupid. Maybe I should buy a Jag, paint "God save the Queen" on the side and drive through Belfast waving the Union Jack".

At least half of Belfast wouldn't mind that at all!

SLO-BOB · 02-11-2007, 02:05 PM

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Originally posted by Stephen 325TDS
At least half of Belfast wouldn't mind that at all!

And half of Alabama wouldn't mind the "man love" either.

svandamme · svandamme's Garage

Paul K · Paul K's Garage

Truly frightening.

Thanks for posting!

SLO-BOB · 02-12-2007, 05:30 AM

Yep. Pretty much the response I expected. Seriously-they were lucky not to get their a$$es kicked or worse. It's not so much that the folks down there can't take an insult as much as they don't like being messed with. ESPECIALLY by foreigners! I'm very surprised they didn't get arrested. Remember, black people were being killed there for less only a generation or so ago. Maybe even still I'm sad to say.

That said, it was a funny bit. The looks from the passing motorists were hilareous. I puckered up at the site of the "Man Love" truck. That HAD to be REALLY uncomfortable driving that thing! I'm glad they had the common sense to end it when things got ugly.

Maybe for their next stunt they'll step it up a notch and drive through East St. Louis or South Chicago with "Rap Sucks" and the "N" word, etc painted on their cars. Probably never see them again.

Jims5543 · 02-12-2007, 05:41 AM

Wow! That really shows an ugly side of the south don't it?

Up the street from my house in North Carolina is a car with a big rainbow sticker on the back of it. Its not a gag because its always on there.

I have always wondered if the driver of this car gets crap for that.

That was crazy and kind of sad too. I wouldn't call that poking fun but more exposing the narrow minded.

}{arlequin · }{arlequin's Garage

subscribed. can't wait to get home and laugh my ass off

thanks for the heads up!

Jims5543 · 02-12-2007, 05:47 AM

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Originally posted by SLO-BOB
Maybe for their next stunt they'll step it up a notch and drive through East St. Louis or South Chicago with "Rap Sucks" and the "N" word, etc painted on their cars. Probably never see them again.

The irony in this is that both extreme groups of people are no different. Thats the really sad part.

If I saw them roll into my town I would have been laughing. I might even would have walked over to find out what was up.

Moses · 02-12-2007, 05:55 AM

Clarkson; "In certain parts of America, people have begun to mate with vegetables."

gprsh924 · 02-12-2007, 06:11 AM

that was amazing

stupid rednecks

Jims5543 · 02-12-2007, 06:27 AM

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Originally posted by Moses
Clarkson; "In certain parts of America, people have begun to mate with vegetables."

I laughed at that too, awesome!

Tis eally makes you wonder about the intelligence level of people in general. "I am too stupid to figure out what is going on here so they must be making fun of me. Lets kill them."