Clarkson

mrushton

Oddly, not everyone of us has a Wiki page/Twatter or Facewash account/Smartphone/Strava thing/powermeter because we don't care about them and are to busy getting on with life (when the MIB allow us to)

bompington

Manc33 wrote:

the producer is punchable

But surely he hasn't signed a contract saying he is punchable, so you wouldn't be allowed to hit him?

chris_bass

bompington wrote:

Manc33 wrote:

the producer is punchable

But surely he hasn't signed a contract saying he is punchable, so you wouldn't be allowed to hit him?

I think you are coming at it from the wrong angle, Clarkson asked him to produce a contract in which it said he wasn't allowed to punch him, he could not, therefore Clarkson punched him. I was there and saw it all, the legalese they were tooing and froing with was spectacular, no normal person could be expected to understand it, luckily an expert was also there. On the plus side he did help me to pay in my tax receipts.

diamonddog

Clarkson doing TG Norway according to Daily Telegraph, that is all.

MisterMuncher

Oisin is a pretty common and ordinary Irish name. He's only "oddly named" if you're pathetically insular.

DeVlaeminck

VTech wrote:

I agree with you about his history, I've never known him try and throw a punch, he isn't stupid and has been in broadcasting long enough to know what you can and can't do.
Likewise he has worked for the BBC long enough to know what you can and can't do.
this was planned.

I don't see him as the kind to throw a punch either - most of us probably haven't thrown a proper punch since we were in our youth if at all and I would guess someone of Clarkson's background falls into that category. If you aren't a fighter then most of us have a pretty big mental block about actually doing that.

However I'm not sure about the line that he knows what you can and can't do in broadcasting - I mean his eeny meeny incident showed monumentally bad judgement - he may have been valuable enough to ride out the storm but if nothing else incidents like that would harm his value to commercial TV - it damages the brand and fewer advertisers would want to be associated with it.

VTech

DeVlaeminck wrote:

VTech wrote:

I agree with you about his history, I've never known him try and throw a punch, he isn't stupid and has been in broadcasting long enough to know what you can and can't do.
Likewise he has worked for the BBC long enough to know what you can and can't do.
this was planned.

I don't see him as the kind to throw a punch either - most of us probably haven't thrown a proper punch since we were in our youth if at all and I would guess someone of Clarkson's background falls into that category. If you aren't a fighter then most of us have a pretty big mental block about actually doing that.

However I'm not sure about the line that he knows what you can and can't do in broadcasting - I mean his eeny meeny incident showed monumentally bad judgement - he may have been valuable enough to ride out the storm but if nothing else incidents like that would harm his value to commercial TV - it damages the brand and fewer advertisers would want to be associated with it.

IMO your looking at it from the eyes of a normal guy but this isn't the same as advertisers and marketing people. Nor legal agents.

I wouldn't be surprised if he has been on the lookout for an "easy out" since selling the company. It is a fact that if you don't own a company you don't have the same love for it.
Likewise advertising companies don't care about bad clients, they care about negative publicity but even then they will always side with financial reward. Sometimes the negative feedback people like JC get is easy forgotten when you have huge revenues coming in.
Also, it's made harder when people like him have a crazy following considering that the shows he puts out is of an overall poor quality.
But.........at the end of the day, he will walk away from this with more cash than most here could ever imagine and I am sure that this will be enough for him to be happy about the whole situation.

RideOnTime

Has anyone ever seen Clarkson and Vtech in the same room?

ddraver

the best conspiracy....in the world

CHRISNOIR

Harry-S wrote:

On a personal note, I once wound him up very badly and it was a long time before he snapped. All he did was look at me, with his hands clenching and unclenching, and eventually coming out with "JUST F**K OFF!!". I can't see him throwing punches in a work environment, but who knows?

Come on, it's a boring Friday in the office. Let's have some details here...

mrushton

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/m ... c-top-gear

Seems there is more to the story as you read thro to the bottom

VTech

mrushton wrote:

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/20/jeremy-clarkson-foul-mouthed-rant-bbc-top-gear

Seems there is more to the story as you read thro to the bottom

Does anyone still think what I wrote was wrong ?
This is not the actions of someone worried about losing £750,000.00 per episode + expenses.

Plus the new company, plus the sale of bedder 6.

harry-s

Come on, it's a boring Friday in the office. Let's have some details here...

Nothing hugely entertaining I'm afraid Chris.

It was at Le mans quite a few years ago, - he was in the pit lane with Noel Edmonds and a shoot was going on of the pair of them walking along and chatting about their passion for endurance racing (Jesus H Christ...). Along with a mate, I decided mid take to walk across their path with spaghetti legs and ridiculous shorts. It was after about take 6 that he lost it.

It wasn't big, and it wasn't clever. And I'd drank a bottle of Scotch that morning.

ddraver

VTech wrote:

mrushton wrote:

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/20/jeremy-clarkson-foul-mouthed-rant-bbc-top-gear

Seems there is more to the story as you read thro to the bottom

Does anyone still think what I wrote was wrong ?

i think Clarkson could personally release a statement saying VTech is wrong and you'd still think you re right

RideOnTime

Harry-S wrote:

Come on, it's a boring Friday in the office. Let's have some details here...

Nothing hugely entertaining I'm afraid Chris.

It was at Le mans quite a few years ago, - he was in the pit lane with Noel Edmonds and a shoot was going on of the pair of them walking along and chatting about their passion for endurance racing (Jesus H Christ...). Along with a mate, I decided mid take to walk across their path with spaghetti legs and ridiculous shorts. It was after about take 6 that he lost it.

It wasn't big, and it wasn't clever. And I'd drank a bottle of Scotch that morning.

PLOP PLOP

bit of name dropping....

and Jesus was there as well...

well I was only saying to the David's this morning that's Milliband and Cameron, when we going for a snort with Hazza, that's Prince Harry...

ai_1

Manc33 wrote:

The only online pic of the oddly named Top Gear producer I can find is the recent one relating to this alleged incident. Who is this guy? Where's his Wiki page? I am not defending Clarkson but the producer is punchable. He looks like he goes around tickling people.

What is your real name?
Firstly I'd like to know if it's odd. Then I'd like to use it to find an online picture of you and look up your wiki page. I will then be able to conclude if you are punchable......sheesh!

Incidentally: It's not an especially odd name. "Jeremy Clarkson" seems more unusual to me. I don't think I've ever met someone called Jeremy. I have definitely met several Oisin's. I presume we're talking first names?

CHRISNOIR

Harry-S wrote:

Come on, it's a boring Friday in the office. Let's have some details here...

It wasn't big, and it wasn't clever. And I'd drank a bottle of Scotch that morning.

It is quite funny though - and to lob Noel Edmonds into the mix is great!

VTech

ddraver wrote:

VTech wrote:

mrushton wrote:

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/20/jeremy-clarkson-foul-mouthed-rant-bbc-top-gear

Seems there is more to the story as you read thro to the bottom

Does anyone still think what I wrote was wrong ?

i think Clarkson could personally release a statement saying VTech is wrong and you'd still think you re right

That wasn't the question, why not answer the question and actually add something to the thread ?
Or are you the one in 12 jurors who finds a man innocent who was caught holding a knife with blood on his hands having just sworn to several people in the pub that he is going to kill the man he found in bed with his wife and trots to the mans house, breaks in and attacks the man in front of his wife and kids and several family friends and is charged with murder?

Evidence is often what normal folk rely on to get to a conclusion and it couldn't be more one sided than the above statement.

thegreatdivide

If I had kids I'd make them read this thread to show them what's wrong with the internet. 18 pages of utter w@nk.

VTech

thegreatdivide wrote:

If I had kids I'd make them read this thread to show them what's wrong with the internet. 18 pages of utter w@nk.

If you had kids you would almost certainly think differently.
BTW, as a father of 3 I wouldn't show my kids 18 pages of utter w@nk because as a father I wouldn't think it appropriate. I would however take them swimming on a tuesday, karting on a satuday and try 3 foreign holidays a year.

slowmart

thegreatdivide wrote:

If I had kids I'd make them read this thread to show them what's wrong with the internet. 18 pages of utter w@nk.

So there's no danger of you modding the place then

ddraver

VTech wrote:

ddraver wrote:

VTech wrote:

mrushton wrote:

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/20/jeremy-clarkson-foul-mouthed-rant-bbc-top-gear

Seems there is more to the story as you read thro to the bottom

Does anyone still think what I wrote was wrong ?

i think Clarkson could personally release a statement saying VTech is wrong and you'd still think you re right

That wasn't the question, why not answer the question and actually add something to the thread ?
Or are you the one in 12 jurors who finds a man innocent who was caught holding a knife with blood on his hands having just sworn to several people in the pub that he is going to kill the man he found in bed with his wife and trots to the mans house, breaks in and attacks the man in front of his wife and kids and several family friends and is charged with murder?

Evidence is often what normal folk rely on to get to a conclusion and it couldn't be more one sided than the above statement.

You really are too easy to play with...

mrushton

thegreatdivide wrote:

If I had kids I'd make them read this thread to show them what's wrong with the internet. 18 pages of utter w@nk.

Twitter/the internet/Facewash is utter w@nk but once in a while it comes good eg Arab spring/fixing your bb/or someone telling you your lights are on. It's just some of the people on there eg the lunacy over a woman on a banknote or Ashley Judd mentioning something about NFL or Cancellara/Heysjerdal having a motor in their bikes

thegreatdivide

mrushton wrote:

thegreatdivide wrote:

If I had kids I'd make them read this thread to show them what's wrong with the internet. 18 pages of utter w@nk.

Twitter/the internet/Facewash is utter w@nk but once in a while it comes good eg Arab spring/fixing your bb/or someone telling you your lights are on. It's just some of the people on there eg the lunacy over a woman on a banknote or Ashley Judd mentioning something about NFL or Cancellara/Heysjerdal having a motor in their bikes

Agreed. Sadly, this is about as far away from an Arab Spring as you can get.

bianchimoon

ddraver wrote:

VTech wrote:

mrushton wrote:

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/20/jeremy-clarkson-foul-mouthed-rant-bbc-top-gear

Seems there is more to the story as you read thro to the bottom

Does anyone still think what I wrote was wrong ?

i think Clarkson could personally release a statement saying VTech is wrong and you'd still think you re right

VTech

bianchimoon wrote:

ddraver wrote:

VTech wrote:

mrushton wrote:

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/20/jeremy-clarkson-foul-mouthed-rant-bbc-top-gear

Seems there is more to the story as you read thro to the bottom

Does anyone still think what I wrote was wrong ?

i think Clarkson could personally release a statement saying VTech is wrong and you'd still think you re right

I could see how someone would smile if the point being made was at least 0.000005% valid but in this case it isn't even as high as that.
This is however why I keep coming back, the beauty of seeing how people live and react is addictive here.

rafletcher

thegreatdivide wrote:

If I had kids I'd make them read this thread to show them what's wrong with the internet. 18 pages of utter w@nk.

You mean to say you read it ALL :shock:

ddraver

yeah we re all sheeple :roll:

VTech

netflix

bianchimoon

VTech wrote:

bianchimoon wrote:

ddraver wrote:

VTech wrote:

mrushton wrote:

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/20/jeremy-clarkson-foul-mouthed-rant-bbc-top-gear

Seems there is more to the story as you read thro to the bottom

Does anyone still think what I wrote was wrong ?

i think Clarkson could personally release a statement saying VTech is wrong and you'd still think you re right

I could see how someone would smile if the point being made was at least 0.000005% valid but in this case it isn't even as high as that.
This is however why I keep coming back, the beauty of seeing how people live and react is addictive here.

must admit aint read the thread, just scanned through last page and the comment made me smile, so thought i'd share my happiness, now i'm all thanks for that