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Post by Rich H » Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:17 pm

jj wrote: Nothing like a bit of sensationalism to get a point across..... :roll:
Nail-head-hit. (Sorry if this offends anyone who has been hit on the head with a nail!)

and promoting your cause a little for free too :thumbsup

I'm still waiting for the 5-100 thousand to die from bird flu. I was promised 5k bodies and what did we have, a dead swan and someone with a cough :roll:
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Post by robin » Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:21 pm

Blatant attempt to get their name in the media - and we all fell for it ;-)

I am sympathetic to their cause and I haven't seen that bit of the episode, but even so I am 99% sure that the whole thing was a dig at silly media speculation about his condition in the first place.

As for them implying you can survive high speed crashes without getting brain injuries, err, Mr Hamster appears to have demonstrated that is the case - I bet they said he was a lucky barsteward which seems to be a fair analysis of the event to me!

Has it reached the stage were every statement made by any person is to be littered with caveats and footnotes?

E.g. "I drove to ASDA today, bought a pie and came home."

becomes:

"I drove [driving is bad for the environment and your health; walking is better for both, though you should take care when walking alone, especially at night; we cannot be held responsible for any injuries sustained as a result of walking to the shops based on this advice; remember only cross at marked crossings, wait for the safe crossing signal; note, just because the safe crossing signal is lit does not mean it is safe to cross; use at own risk] to ASDA [other pie outlets are available] today, bought a pie [pies may be bad for your health, especially if you don't already have a balanced diet, though not all pies are as bad as one another and you are advised to read the information label; if you cannot read, you should enlist the services of a professional label reader; if you cannot afford a label reader ask your local council to help] and came home [in no way does this imply that owning or renting a home is required to eat pies; homeless people are entitled to eat pies too]."

Yawn.

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Post by jason » Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:17 pm

note, just because the safe crossing signal is lit does not mean it is safe to cross
LOL :lol:

That reminds of of the pelican crossing between John Lewis and the Omni in Edinburgh - a mystery voice says, "traffic has been instructed to stop". Another anti-litigation thing no doubt :roll:

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Post by simon » Sun Feb 04, 2007 1:51 am

jasonliddell wrote:That reminds of of the pelican crossing between John Lewis and the Omni in Edinburgh - a mystery voice says, "traffic has been instructed to stop". Another anti-litigation thing no doubt :roll:
Aren't they for blind people? It tells you which direction the traffic has stopped IIRC

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Post by Victor Meldrew » Sun Feb 04, 2007 2:43 am

Political correctness is a language of cowardice..... tell it like it is..
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Post by robin » Sun Feb 04, 2007 8:43 am

simon wrote:
jasonliddell wrote:That reminds of of the pelican crossing between John Lewis and the Omni in Edinburgh - a mystery voice says, "traffic has been instructed to stop". Another anti-litigation thing no doubt :roll:
Aren't they for blind people? It tells you which direction the traffic has stopped IIRC
Aren't pelicans the one with the flashing orange lights? Anyway, for the blind they also have a wee rotating knob that pops out the bottom of the box with the button in it. When you man goes green, the knob rotates.

But you are right, the voice is ass covering for sure. Why not just say "The man is green" ;-)
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Post by rossybee » Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:29 am

robin wrote:Why not just say "The man is green" ;-)
Because that is racist against all other colours of men :roll:
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Post by rossybee » Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:29 am

And sexist against wimmin :lol:
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Post by mac » Sun Feb 04, 2007 12:01 pm

robin wrote:
Aren't pelicans the one with the flashing orange lights? Anyway, for the blind they also have a wee rotating knob that pops out the bottom of the box with the button in it. When you man goes green, the knob rotates.

But you are right, the voice is ass covering for sure. Why not just say "The man is green" ;-)

That's a zebra - black & white stripes in the road and the flashing lollipop - the pelican is the modern version which have traffic lights attached.

They can't say the man is green incase they are colourblind :wink:


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Post by jason » Sun Feb 04, 2007 6:44 pm

robin wrote:Anyway, for the blind they also have a wee rotating knob that pops out the bottom of the box with the button in it. When you man goes green, the knob rotates.
Ah.... I didn't know that! Will look for it next time I'm by one :D

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Post by Novice Racer » Sun Feb 04, 2007 7:16 pm

simon wrote:
jasonliddell wrote:That reminds of of the pelican crossing between John Lewis and the Omni in Edinburgh - a mystery voice says, "traffic has been instructed to stop". Another anti-litigation thing no doubt :roll:
Aren't they for blind people? It tells you which direction the traffic has stopped IIRC
I had always thought it was to let blind drivers know that the lights had gone to red on their side of the road :wink:

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Post by Tom » Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:07 pm

This is more like it... proper Top Gear. That Veyron is amazing. Incredible just how fast that looks.... :shock: :shock:
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Post by Gareth » Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:15 pm

Clarkson for once on good form...finally!
Veyron is aweeeeeeeeeeeesome.

I also like the volvo! :P

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Post by kenny » Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:56 pm

Thought that was a great episode, back on top form. :D

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Post by tigger2 » Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:44 pm

i taped it, my lot were watchin wild at heart :roll: will watch it later

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