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I could have been in the shoes of that TV producer so when that w#nker of a presenter attempted to throw a punch at me I could have legitimately knocked the fook out of him.
He's one of the BBC's biggest cash cows and that makes him pretty much untouchable, and boy does he know it! The BBC know it too and that's why he's been dangling by a golden thread for so long. I expect the whole episode to blow over as a 'publicity stunt' and Top Gear will gain even more followers in the process. If the BBC do finally have the balls to show him the door, ITV and Sky will be queuing up for his signature and 7 figure fee on a blank cheque.
"Back home we got a taxidermy man. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him."
It's one of those good days to bury bad news, when the masses are more concerned over a completely trivial incident that has no bearing whatsoever on their lives!!
Joined: Feb 27 2002 Posts: 18067 Location: On the road
Sherbert Dip wrote:It's one of those good days to bury bad news, when the masses are more concerned over a completely trivial incident that has no bearing whatsoever on their lives!!
Like 99% of everything in the news
Your job is to say to yourself on a job interview does the hiring manager likes me or not. If you aren't a particular manager's cup of tea, you haven't failed -- you've dodged a bullet.
Joined: Oct 19 2003 Posts: 17898 Location: Packed like sardines, in a tin
A number of people have pointed out that if you tried a similar stunt at work, you'd rightly be up the creek without a paddle. Certainly suspended pending an investigation, which is, surprise surprise, exactly what has happened. I don't see what else the BBC were expected to do, or could have done.
The fact that it was that nobber Guido Fawkes who started a reinstatement petition and 300000+ sheep have then signed it says all you need to know about Britain today
Joined: May 25 2002 Posts: 37704 Location: Zummerzet, where the zoider apples grow
Chris28 wrote:A number of people have pointed out that if you tried a similar stunt at work, you'd rightly be up the creek without a paddle. Certainly suspended pending an investigation, which is, surprise surprise, exactly what has happened. I don't see what else the BBC were expected to do, or could have done.
The fact that it was that nobber Guido Fawkes who started a reinstatement petition and 300000+ sheep have then signed it says all you need to know about Britain today
Not forgetting the vile Katie Hopkins and Piers Morgan rushing to his defence.
He's toast
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Joined: May 25 2002 Posts: 37704 Location: Zummerzet, where the zoider apples grow
King Street Cat wrote:If the BBC do finally have the balls to show him the door, ITV and Sky will be queuing up for his signature and 7 figure fee on a blank cheque.
Yes because the last "bloke" ITV paoched from the BBC went down a storm didn't he?
Anyone know what Adrian Chiles is up to these days?
The older I get, the better I was
Advice is what we seek when we already know the answer - but wish we didn't
I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full-frontal lobotomy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ kirkstaller wrote: "All DNA shows is that we have a common creator."
cod'ead wrote: "I have just snotted weissbier all over my keyboard & screen"
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin." - Aneurin Bevan
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