Why dont people like Clarkson?

whydoesitalwaysrainonme
whydoesitalwaysrainonme Posts: 532
edited April 2009 in The bottom bracket
Why dont people like clarkson on this forum??
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  • Harry B
    Harry B Posts: 1,239
    I do!
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  • robmanic1
    robmanic1 Posts: 2,150
    Me too
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  • whydoesitalwaysrainonme
    whydoesitalwaysrainonme Posts: 532
    good you two have sense :)
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  • Furbes
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    Me three :!:
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  • Headhuunter
    Headhuunter Posts: 6,494
    He can be quite entertaining but he's definitely a bit of a tw@t,,,
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  • LittleB0b
    LittleB0b Posts: 416
    I haven't really watched him much since i was 19 - which suggests that he can't be interesting enough for me to bother iplayering.

    Is he still just doing that 'what car' programme?

    I think i saw the clip with leo & tim - that was quite cool.
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  • nick hanson
    nick hanson Posts: 1,655
    Clarkson has to be controversial,it's his job.When he's being rude about the PM,people laugh.
    When he's rude & making provocative remarks about cyclists,people loose all sense of perspective,& think he genuinely means everything he says.
    If he wasn't controversial,he wouldn't have an audience,& wouldn't have a job!
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  • El Gordo
    El Gordo Posts: 394
    Because he occasionally pokes fun at cyclists and some cyclists don't have a sense of humour. I believe some truck drivers don't like him for the same reason.

    Personally I think he's great.
  • guilliano
    guilliano Posts: 5,495
    Can be entertaining on TV, but is an arse in real life..... like when he threatened a kid on a beach for taking a pic of him, stole the camera and was generally a complete son of illegitimate means
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  • robmanic1
    robmanic1 Posts: 2,150
    guilliano wrote:
    Can be entertaining on TV, but is an ars* in real life..... like when he threatened a kid on a beach for taking a pic of him, stole the camera and was generally a complete son of illegitimate means

    You've met him???
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    He's so funny.
  • MrChuck
    MrChuck Posts: 1,663
    He's a very high profile exponent of the Daily Mail view of the British motorist, with the sense of entitlement and self-importance that goes with it, and people lap it up. I daresay he's playing a part to a certain extent (and I think I've been surprised in a good way by some things he's said outside of his Top Gear persona) but I know plenty of people whose attitudes towards driving/transport seem to be lifted straight from TG and I don't think it's helpful.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    I like Clarkson, he is funny.
  • markos1963
    markos1963 Posts: 3,724
    I enjoy his programmes and I think he is funny, if you notice he does acknowledge the performance of people that beat him(marathon runner in London for instance) but my problem with him is that people take him too seriously and end up driving with the attitude he portrays. As far as I know he hasn't got a speeding ticket in this country for ages so his driving can't be all that bad.
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  • pst88
    pst88 Posts: 621
    Because he talks.... like this. Every sentence.... has a massive pause. Gets a bit annoying.... after a while.
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  • mercsport
    mercsport Posts: 664
    He's funny . The complete master of the metaphor . Priceless . On Sundays' repeat of the muscle car bash across the western states to the Bonneville flats , he had me hurting with laughter .

    He's got a great job and knows it
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  • fast as fupp
    fast as fupp Posts: 2,277
    he has been known to raise a titter but he wears tweedy suit jackets with jeans which makes him a bad blert.
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  • guilliano
    guilliano Posts: 5,495
    I wear a tweed suit type jacket with jeans too....... am I turning into Clarkson? Or am I actually quite trendy as the jeans are ripped and I wear Converse all stars instead of hush puppies.....?
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  • whydoesitalwaysrainonme
    whydoesitalwaysrainonme Posts: 532
    edited April 2009
    El Gordo wrote:
    Because he occasionally pokes fun at cyclists and some cyclists don't have a sense of humour. I believe some truck drivers don't like him for the same reason.

    Personally I think he's great.
    If That's the only reason people on this forum hate him,they need to lighten up a bit, most of the funny stuff he says about cyclists, truckers and 'traffic wombles' etc is pre written and is pretty funny anyways.
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  • whydoesitalwaysrainonme
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    I also know that the people on the Morris marina forums HATE him with a vengeance because he destroyed 2 marinas, i went on there just for a laugh and they actually call him "you know who". :lol:
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  • spen666
    spen666 Posts: 17,709
    whydoesitalwaysrainonme wrote:
    El Gordo wrote:
    Because he occasionally pokes fun at cyclists and some cyclists don't have a sense of humour. I believe some truck drivers don't like him for the same reason.

    Personally I think he's great.
    That's the only reason people on this forum hate him, and they need to lighten up a bit most of the funny stuff he says about cyclists, truckers and 'traffic wombles' etc is pre written and is pretty funny anyways.

    Thank you for telling me why I don't like him

    The fact you are talking out of your ar*e and are 100% wrong is i'm sure lost on you
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  • whydoesitalwaysrainonme
    whydoesitalwaysrainonme Posts: 532
    why else do you hate him? did u get in a fight with him? did he call you something?
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  • whydoesitalwaysrainonme
    whydoesitalwaysrainonme Posts: 532
    oh spen666 i forgot the 'if' at the beginning of tht sentence.
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  • scwxx77
    scwxx77 Posts: 1,469
    Someone on another forum I'm on described Top Gear as "the last bastion of gonzo journalism in any medium", which i liked.

    It's very entertaining.
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  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    I like Clarkson - he annoys a lot of self satisfied smug b**tards which suits me fine and he constantly take the p*ss out of the PC police - I thought the small Japanese 4 wheel drive hunt was hilarious :D:D:D:D:D
  • Ash_
    Ash_ Posts: 385
    I don't have a problem with Clarkson, in fact I do find him quite entertaining on TV (his attempts at journalism, for over two decades, have been sh!te though). Top Gear is the only car programme I can watch.

    What I do have a problem with is all the small-minded little-Englanders who say things like "That Clarkson, he talks a lot of sense. If he were Prime Minister, the country wouldn't be in the mess it is today, etc., etc., ". Don't these people realise that his TV persona is just for entertainment?
  • whydoesitalwaysrainonme
    whydoesitalwaysrainonme Posts: 532
    agree with you ash_ , dont worry my tagline is just a joke ;)
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  • pbrizzolari
    pbrizzolari Posts: 3
    Besides the fact that Clarkson is hilariously funny, he is also very intelligent.

    His books are well thought out and his character comes through in all of them.

    I think cyclists as a breed are far too sensitive and also more than a little arrogant, which probably explains why a lot of them hate him so much.

    Just my 2 cents.

    PS : I am also a cyclist, i just don't like the attitudes a lot of cyclists have.
  • zedders
    zedders Posts: 509
    He's like my Dad but 2 foot taller! Thinks he know everything like all Dad's. He has some strange views but its just for effect & should be taken with a pinch of salt.
    Ref. hating cyclist? Didn't the Hampster win a race across London on a bike, while Clarkson bezzed up the Thames on a speedboat?
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  • howiejmidlands
    howiejmidlands Posts: 389
    I like him, and his column in The TImes.

    Yes he is annoying sometimes, but so am I.
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