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Offline Rob52240

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Top Gear offends another country
« on: January 12, 2012, 11:44:18 AM »
Add India to the list after the Indian government formally complained yesterday.

They shot their Christmas Special in India this year.

So far they've been extremely offensive to:
Americans
Mexicans
Germans
Russians
French
Eastern Europeans
Germans again
Australians
That's all I can come up with off the top of my head.
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Offline Seanaldinho

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Re: Top Gear offends another country
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2012, 11:45:34 AM »
Gotta love the guys though  :D
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Re: Top Gear offends another country
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2012, 11:50:38 AM »
I'm an American, or an American't as soon as they hear someone else say that little joke.  And I usually laugh out loud at their cracks about americans, or whatever other country they're taking a jab at.  I nearly lost it when they hosted the cast of Top Gear Australia and sent a prison bus to pick them up at the airport.

I liked these Jabs at my country quite a bit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40XspbWmTbA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WYaJIDQEQM
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Re: Top Gear offends another country
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2012, 11:54:55 AM »


Of course they offend, only 2 counties on that list know how to make a car that's worth driving.
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Re: Top Gear offends another country
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2012, 12:02:56 PM »
Loved their 3 Kings episode...
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Re: Top Gear offends another country
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2012, 12:06:09 PM »
Strong words from a citizen country that hasn't learned what a toothbrush is for, yet.

I didn't hear them complaining about our gear when they used it to storm beaches in Normandy.

Perhaps I wasn't listening hard enough...


EDIT:

Hmmm, a Dodge Ram and an Atom.  lots of similar things to compare, there ...  :rolleyes:
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Re: Top Gear offends another country
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2012, 12:09:22 PM »
You left out the Koreans. Or those industrious little fellows...
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Re: Top Gear offends another country
« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2012, 12:17:41 PM »
Quote from: wil3ur on January 12, 2012, 12:02:56 PM
Loved their 3 Kings episode...

That was truly hilarious. :aok
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Re: Top Gear offends another country
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2012, 12:24:44 PM »
My Jag doesn't have a trunk crapper or a boot pooper.  :cry

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Re: Top Gear offends another country
« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2012, 12:31:32 PM »
Quote from: Rob52240 on January 12, 2012, 11:44:18 AM
Add India to the list after the Indian government formally complained yesterday.
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They shot their Christmas Special in India this year.

So far they've been extremely offensive to:
Americans
Mexicans
Germans
Russians
French
Eastern Europeans
Germans again
Australians
That's all I can come up with off the top of my head.

 of course they do. it's a large part of what sells their show.
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Re: Top Gear offends another country
« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2012, 01:02:49 PM »
Quote from: Dragon on January 12, 2012, 11:54:55 AM

Of course they offend, only 2 counties on that list know how to make a car that's worth driving.

I didn't see the episode but if Top Gear made some unbelievable claims about India, they were probably spot on true. And that's why they were offended.
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Re: Top Gear offends another country
« Reply #11 on: January 12, 2012, 02:07:12 PM »
Kinda funny how the most blindly-patriotic of us will tell everyone else in the world to get thicker skin and deal with however else we decide to treat the world..
But, when a television show in another country says things that are pretty much true, people get offended....   :cry

Go figure.....

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Re: Top Gear offends another country
« Reply #12 on: January 12, 2012, 02:10:44 PM »
It's entertainment, and good entertainment.  It's also all in good fun!  God bless them for not being afraid to be funny, or make fun of their own country from time to time.

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Re: Top Gear offends another country
« Reply #13 on: January 12, 2012, 02:53:54 PM »
I thought the guy in the new Sherlock Holmes movie was the guy from Top Gear.  Apparently that's incorrect, but damn, they look similar.
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Re: Top Gear offends another country
« Reply #14 on: January 12, 2012, 03:03:01 PM »
Quote from: BoilerDown on January 12, 2012, 02:53:54 PM
I thought the guy in the new Sherlock Holmes movie was the guy from Top Gear.  Apparently that's incorrect, but damn, they look similar.


I haven't seen it but I think it might be because Richard Hammond is a closeted American.
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