Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Help Keep Boards Alive. Support us by going ad free today. See here: https://subscriptions.boards.ie/.
If we do not hit our goal we will be forced to close the site.

Current status: https://keepboardsalive.com/

Annual subs are best for most impact. If you are still undecided on going Ad Free - you can also donate using the Paypal Donate option. All contribution helps. Thank you.

Jeremy Clarkson suspended

1…2526283031…100

Comments

  • #812
    Tzardine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,883 ✭✭✭Tzardine


    Fluck you Clarkson.

    No I will have to watch dance moms or some other crap with the missus on Sunday night.

    Asshat.


  • #813
    mad muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    steddyeddy wrote: »
    So basically Clarkson assaulted someone in work and people are saying he shouldn't be suspended i.e they're operating on the presumption that if you're good at your job you shouldn't be fired.

    That's the world we live in.

    You bring in the big bucks, you get to get away with anything… maybe even murder.


  • #814
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,777 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    steddyeddy wrote: »
    So basically Clarkson assaulted someone in work and people are saying he shouldn't be suspended i.e they're operating on the presumption that if you're good at your job you shouldn't be fired.

    Some of the posts on here remind me of the infamous Garth Brooks thread where diehard fanboys thought King Garth should be allowed to run roughshod over the laws of the land.

    I like Clarkson too but at the end of the day if you hit someone at work, no matter who you are, you can expect to get fired. The fact Clarkson is in the pay of public money makes his position even more untenable
    mad muffin wrote: »
    That's the world we live in.

    You bring in the big bucks, you get to get away with anything… maybe even murder.

    Thats the problem for the Beeb now. If they cut him loose then they're going to lose some serious wedge of cash. But if they don't cut him loose then whats to stop the next person who hits a collegaue from claiming the Jeremy Clarkson defence. Also if they let him stay on and offer a new contract they're essentially admitting that Clarkson is bigger than the BBC itself. On top of that I get the feeling that if he is let stay he is likely to land them in hot water yet again, no matter how sincere his apology the powers that be will know well that give him enough time (and enough drink) then he's likely to do something else down the line. Probably better they just cut their losses now.

    For Top Gear fans I doubt this will be the last we see of the three lads. No doubt Amercan networks are lining up to sign them such are the sales from DVDs, magazines, etc globally. The new incarnation may not be called Top Gear but it'll still involve the three lads driving supercars through foreign lands and all the other jazz.


  • #815
    mad muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    Did he physically assault the man? I'm sure he just gave him a verbal bollocking.

    Clarkson doesn't strike me as a man who resorts to physical violence.


  • #816
    RecordStraight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,292 ✭✭✭RecordStraight


    mad muffin wrote: »
    Did he physically assault the man? I'm sure he just gave him a verbal bollocking.

    Clarkson doesn't strike me as a man who resorts to physical violence.
    He has form.

    Incidentally, I think the show is becoming The Last of the Summer Wine + cars.


  • Advertisement
  • #817
    Vex Willems
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 506 ✭✭✭Vex Willems


    mad muffin wrote: »
    Clarkson doesn't strike me as a man who resorts to physical violence.

    Ask Piers Morgan


  • #818
    mad muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    Vex Willems wrote: »
    Ask Piers Morgan

    Well. Then it's no more then stomping on a cockroach.


  • #819
    A Dub in Glasgo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,430 ✭✭✭✭A Dub in Glasgo


    mad muffin wrote: »
    Did he physically assault the man? I'm sure he just gave him a verbal bollocking.

    Clarkson doesn't strike me as a man who resorts to physical violence.

    did you read anything about the story?


  • #820
    mad muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »
    did you read anything about the story?

    Just bits and bobs. There was no mention of a physical smack down.


  • #821
    A Dub in Glasgo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,430 ✭✭✭✭A Dub in Glasgo


    mad muffin wrote: »
    Just bits and bobs. There was no mention of a physical smack down.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=94679383&postcount=720


  • Advertisement
  • #822
    mad muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=94679383&postcount=720

    The producer must've told him, Yorkies are for girls.


  • #823
    Little CuChulainn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,624 ✭✭✭Little CuChulainn


    mad muffin wrote: »
    That's the world we live in.

    You bring in the big bucks, you get to get away with anything… maybe even murder.

    If you are a big enough celebrity you could kill two women with your car, get off with a fine of £175 and still go on do to car commercials without a hint of irony.


  • #824
    mad muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    Little CuChulainn wrote: »
    If you are a big enough celebrity you could kill two women with your car, get off with a fine of £175 and still go on do to car commercials without a hint of irony.

    Exactly. This is faux outrage. We are fully ensconced in the cult of the celebrity.


  • #825
    Eugene Norman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,191 ✭✭✭Eugene Norman


    steddyeddy wrote: »
    So basically Clarkson assaulted someone in work and people are saying he shouldn't be suspended i.e they're operating on the presumption that if you're good at your job you shouldn't be fired.

    Tbf his defenders dispute the assault. Certainly he should go if he hit someone.


  • #826
    Eugene Norman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,191 ✭✭✭Eugene Norman


    Little CuChulainn wrote: »
    If you are a big enough celebrity you could kill two women with your car, get off with a fine of £175 and still go on do to car commercials without a hint of irony.

    Is that a reference to something?


  • #827
    NachoBusiness
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,389 ✭✭✭NachoBusiness


    Eugene Norman wrote: »
    Is that a reference to something?
    ...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2qGv7C0-Gk


  • #828
    steddyeddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,565 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    NachoBusiness wrote: »
    ...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2qGv7C0-Gk

    Dear Jesus that's disgusting. As far as I remember he killed two people in Ireland.


  • #829
    Timberrrrrrrr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,957 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    Vex Willems wrote: »
    Ask Piers Morgan

    Ah 5 minutes in a room and the pope would want to slap that gob****e :D


  • #830
    Aidric
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,591 ✭✭✭✭Aidric


    It would damage the top line of the BBC's P&L but Clarkson can't act with impunity, despite his fame. He's not a complete petrolhead oaf but he clearly has difficulty in knowing where the line is.

    If the BBC wants to maintain credibility they have to cut him loose.


  • #831
    zom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,907 ✭✭✭zom


    steddyeddy wrote: »
    Dear Jesus that's disgusting. As far as I remember he killed two people in Ireland.


    Simply stop buying Honda cars in Irleand, this should give them a hint.


  • Advertisement
  • #832
    Pablodreamsofnew
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 430 ✭✭Pablodreamsofnew


    There cannot be Top Gear without him. Sack the producer, problem solved :D


  • #833
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,300 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    steddyeddy wrote: »
    Dear Jesus that's disgusting. As far as I remember he killed two people in Ireland.
    In an accident. OK yea doing a car commercial was more than a little "unwise", more like crass.

    Many worry about Artificial Intelligence. I worry far more about Organic Idiocy.



  • #834
    Tarzana2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭Tarzana2


    Aidric wrote: »
    It would damage the top line of the BBC's P&L but Clarkson can't act with impunity, despite his fame. He's not a complete petrolhead oaf but he clearly has difficulty in knowing where the line is.

    If the BBC wants to maintain credibility they have to cut him loose.
    Nail on the head, all of this.


  • #835
    philstar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭philstar


    so no more Topgear?? :(

    what am i going to do now to fill the vacuum in my dull dreary existence??


  • #836
    20Cent
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,940 ✭✭✭20Cent


    philstar wrote: »
    so no more Topgear?? :(

    what am i going to do now to fill the vacuum in my dull dreary existence??

    Recreate your own version by driving around with two friends shouting racist abuse at people.


  • #837
    Little CuChulainn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,624 ✭✭✭Little CuChulainn


    Wibbs wrote: »
    In an accident. OK yea doing a car commercial was more than a little "unwise", more like crass.

    An accident? He was in the wrong lane wasn't he?


  • #838
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,399 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    philstar wrote: »
    so no more Topgear?? :(

    what am i going to do now to fill the vacuum in my dull dreary existence??

    Watch the repeats on BBC 3.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mj59/broadcasts/upcoming


  • #839
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,575 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    Little CuChulainn wrote: »
    An accident? He was in the wrong lane wasn't he?

    It was hardly deliberate.


  • #840
    colossus-x
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,202 ✭✭✭colossus-x


    I could understand all this fuss if it wasn't for the fact that chap only presents a show about .... cars ! CARS ! Like that's really IMPORTANT.


  • Advertisement
  • #841
    Iranoutofideas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭Iranoutofideas


    One of the English Sunday papers has a shocker of a headline

    "BBC BOSS: CLARKSON LIKE SAVILE."

    :eek:


Advertisement