America, America

This weeks Top Gear featured the boys puchasing a sub $1k car and driving from Florida to New Orleans. Let's stop and think about this for a moment: deep South, cheap cars, middle of Summer, and the most backwards area of the US. It ends up being a recipe for hilarity. I honestly feared for their lives as they were running from an angry mob of rednecks in Alabama.

I know some Americans might get a little bent out of shape because of the ribbing he gives us, but you have to remember Clarkson has nicknamed Hamster "Diana" because they both crashed at high speed, believes German auto makers fan-belts should last "for 1,000 years," and is basically a loudmouth who happens to be absolutely hilarious. Despite criticism, they continue to film in the US and speak glowingly of the z06 and Ford GT. The point is that he was actually very nice considering the "southern hospitality" he received at that gas-station.

If you stop and think about it however, you would have received the same reception in other areas of the world depending on the slogans you painted on your co-presenters vehicles. Sure, in the deep south "Hillary for President, Man LOVE OK!!, NASCAR SUCKS, and Country Western Music Sucks," might get you stoned and kicked out of a hick town, but I'm sure **** football club sucks, bugger the queen, and a picture of Mohammed would take care of a few other parts of the world.

On that note: fat stig was awesome, America is sue-happy, and America is fat with other industrialized nations catching up. We have high fructose corn-syrup on our side. Until we get rid of that, we'll always be fat.

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