If only Jeffrey knew that “gas” is short for “gasoline,” which began as the British “gasolene” (apparently a British trade name). And their word “petrol” comes from petroleum, a combo of the Latin words for “rock” and “oil.” So they’re calling it a liquid made from rock & oil, and we’re calling it a liquid made from gas & oil. And since you can make liquids from gases much more easily than from rocks (think liquid natural gas), I’d say we have the upper hand. Not to mention that petroleum products can include everything from gasoline to Vaseline, so I’d say our term for the fuel we put in cars is more precise. Not to split hairs or anything. 😜
https://www.etymonline.com/word/gasoline
Everyone single American I’ve met deserves the arrogance reflected back they come across with
For all the “keep within the community” parameters, that sums you up. You’re secluded. And no on else anywhere cares otherwise
Continue to fuck your flag, continue to pretend you hand some kind of constitution, the rest of the world is laughing at you. And you deserve the wake up call
Sounds like you've met a couple shitty Americans. Some of us are laughing along with the rest of the world. I'm not blind to what's going on and I'm not in a cult. Still though, If everyone you meet in the US has an attitude, it might be a you problem.
Even typing that original reply, I was aware of how it came across. I’m sorry, but the rest of the world (by and large) despises you. You’ve ridden your entitled privilege for long enough now. Hopefully things continue to shift where the rest of the world continues to realise this, and continues to cut ties
> Hopefully things continue to shift where the rest of the world continues to realise this, and continues to cut ties.
OR, we could elect a president who doesn't have their head in their ass...
But he never bombed Iran or carried out a regime change in South America. But to be fair if the Netflix budget had been bigger he probably would have done it for laughs.
Wait, wut? I have two questions.
Do you think Top Gear or Grand Tour was on Netflix?
Also do you think England has been a moral compass compared to the USA?
It's especially funny that Jeremy gets on Hammond for being a secret American all the time when EVERYTHING Jeremy does is as American as apple pie except for his accent.
When they made fun of the American tourists during both Africa specials.
That's all I could think of during my Kenyan safari (from Australia) in 2023 when I encountered any 😂
I loved the coffee bean cut in half into a gallon of like warm water.
And the dressing room where James and Clarkson got done up in makeup, wigs and fake teeth to look American but Hammond was still just himself
I loved James'eternal confusion about American cars. How they could have such large engines and produce so little power. It must have been a dichotomy for him though as he's basically saying they should do MORE testing at the Nürburgring.
I get the feeling most people replying in this thread *aren't* American.
I found most of their "jokes" about Americans betrayed their biases and even bigotry and were in bad taste, hypocritical, and had only the slightest bit of truth to them. Those same partial truths could be said about their precious England.
My wife and I have been fortunate to be able to live internationally and travel the world but we've never visited the UK for "holiday".
And one of the reasons why we haven't is James May's tirade against foreigners visiting in one of the early seasons of Top Gear.
I think you are missing the parts where jokes are thrown at the different parts of the UK as well. I’m Scottish and when they slag of Scotland I treat it as just a bit of fun ribbing, nothing more than that.
When they're in Miami shopping for $1000 cars, Clarkson:
I'm looking at a Buick LeSabre. It was rubbish when it was new, it was built by idiots, and it's rubbish now.
As an American, I loved all the jokes made about Americans. A stand out in my mind was when Jeremy was mounting the outboard motors on his amphibious car, and made a comment about each one being roughly the weight of the average American.
As an American, their take on us is a mixed bag. Most of it is good natured fun (or searingly accurate) but I still don't know what James was talking about when he said we put strawberries on everything.
Yeah that one was weird. It’s only happened to me at a four seasons in California - which is probably where it happened to me. Not exactly representative of america
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