Five Things That The Top Gear Team Would Have Ended Up In The Newspapers For, Had They Been Caught.
1) To the abject horror of James and Richard, when they had cleaned the slogans off their cars in America, Jeremy insisted on driving by the petrol station one more time and promptly dropped a match out of the window. Okay, so it wasn't lit, and okay, if it had been the wind would have blown it out, but the point was it would have been arson, and they're all pretty sure the newspapers would have had a field day.
2) During the Bugatti Veyron race, crossing Switzerland, Jeremy drove half way across the country with his trousers off. The footage has since been destroyed, since it burnt the eyes of the people who edited the episode.
3) They have all raced down a country lane, driving much, much faster than the speed limit. This in itself would probably not have made the newspapers, but as there were only two lanes and Richard and Jeremy were being very, very competitive, James was soon left behind and idled away the time by carving his initials and Richard's (in a heart) into a tree. Upon returning, Jeremy scraped the offending bark away: it was only later they discovered the tree was protected by conservation laws and the nearby village held mini-trials for a week about it. They have yet to own up.
4) On the caravan holiday, there is a reel of film that shows Jeremy actually trying to strangle James for being so pedantic while Richard beats him (affectionately) over the head with the Caravan Manual. As James was driving at the time, and they may or may not have been the cause of a several car pile-up way back in the queue behind them, this is probably illegal and there would have been a very shameful headline. However, Jeremy has confiscated the film and only plays it when he needs a very good laugh.
5) There is still a chance Jeremy may sell his friends to the highest bidder: he is the only one that knows what really happened on the double bed in the caravan. They don't talk about that either.
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Date: 2007-02-25 11:32 am (UTC)1) To the abject horror of James and Richard, when they had cleaned the slogans off their cars in America, Jeremy insisted on driving by the petrol station one more time and promptly dropped a match out of the window. Okay, so it wasn't lit, and okay, if it had been the wind would have blown it out, but the point was it would have been arson, and they're all pretty sure the newspapers would have had a field day.
2) During the Bugatti Veyron race, crossing Switzerland, Jeremy drove half way across the country with his trousers off. The footage has since been destroyed, since it burnt the eyes of the people who edited the episode.
3) They have all raced down a country lane, driving much, much faster than the speed limit. This in itself would probably not have made the newspapers, but as there were only two lanes and Richard and Jeremy were being very, very competitive, James was soon left behind and idled away the time by carving his initials and Richard's (in a heart) into a tree. Upon returning, Jeremy scraped the offending bark away: it was only later they discovered the tree was protected by conservation laws and the nearby village held mini-trials for a week about it. They have yet to own up.
4) On the caravan holiday, there is a reel of film that shows Jeremy actually trying to strangle James for being so pedantic while Richard beats him (affectionately) over the head with the Caravan Manual. As James was driving at the time, and they may or may not have been the cause of a several car pile-up way back in the queue behind them, this is probably illegal and there would have been a very shameful headline. However, Jeremy has confiscated the film and only plays it when he needs a very good laugh.
5) There is still a chance Jeremy may sell his friends to the highest bidder: he is the only one that knows what really happened on the double bed in the caravan. They don't talk about that either.
I hope that's okay, and sorry for rambling!