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@ 25/02/2007 – 20:32:39
OK.
So how many wives/girlfriends/partners/life partners/whatever are here in blogland whilst the beer-swillers are watching Top Gear? I'm about to gently wander in now and say (in a quiet voice) - 'what are those loonies up to this week?'
Bless.
Oh yeah - forgot that Hamster was as cute as a button. Hope it hasn't finished yet - see ya in a mo!
Gil
sminchin
Pro 
GilraenH
Pro You are beyond sad...well, I mean...err - is he looking extra cute? Dammit - I'm having a look.
The Hamster's looking a little skinny since his accident, just makes my mothering instinct kick in - I want to feed him up!
GilraenH
Pro Just gone in to have a look. What a cute, sweet man - yes, mothering instincts take over. Oh, and now I want to own a Lambourghini. Damn you, Top Gear.
idontknowwhy
yeah i am recording it, love the trio they work so well together they have me howling. i have a secret crush on james may is that wrong ha ha
although actually if you combined them all i think they would be the perfect man, plus they would drive a damn fine car!
GilraenH
Pro You are not 'wrong' bunny - I had a little thing for James May too (not naking this up!) - it was the 'Mummy's boy' syndrome I think. Just needs to keep that hair in check.
We both watch it. It's excellent. It's on whilst I'm on here!
GilraenH
Pro What is it with people and their TVs in the same room as their computers? Madness. The wife only watches it for Hamster - you know it to be true, cj. I have researched this thoroughly. Buy her a Lambourghini and see. Dare ya! 
I watch it and sometimes so does my daughter Sarah, she just likes to see silly men destroying cars! and so do I.
I can't even drive!
GilraenH
Pro Yes - they don't just test cars these days, they do silly things like turn Reliant Robins into Space Shuttles and have Tractor face-offs. This are real expamples by the way! Hope you're having a good night 
Tentativeplotfinder
Just comment on the lovely colour of the car...
Guaranteed to provoke a reaction...
GilraenH
Pro Ah yes - or a comment on 'well, nobody would drive to Tescos like that, would they?'. That one always gets a withering stare.
Tentativeplotfinder
Can't think why they don't think of such essential and practical things on these programmes.
GilraenH
Pro I concur. I mean - what is torque anyway?
magnox
Oh you heathens. Torque is the amount of 'pulling power' of a car. And, no... not that pulling power, Katy from Essex... a Ford Escort Convertible doesn't have a lot of torque.
It's basically the amount of grunt an engine has... consider it like a tug-o-war team. A car with lots of torque has 12 team members.. a car with low torque has that skinny guy from the coffee shop as the sole member. Cars with high torque can accelerate extremely quickly.. and... tow caravans and things.
It's not the same as horsepower... 200hp is a lot for a car us mortals are going to own, but if those 200 horses are skinny, vegetarian types, it isn't going to have the power to put onto the road. If the horses are muscular, 3 times-a-night, kind of horses, then they might have too much power for the tyres to cope with.. wheelspin. Torque is a measure, in rough terms, of how the car manufacturer has managed to convert engine power into usable power. Too many torques.... uncontrollable car.. too few torques... Fiat Panda.
And if your other half wants a Lamborghini but doesn't quite have the money, buy him/her her the 30 grand Airfix version instead !
http://www.paralleldesigns.co.uk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torque
GilraenH
Pro Yes, but does the car come in silver? And is there a place on the dash to put a small bunch of flowers in?
I am with Sir Terry Wogan on this one, though - Torque is something Jeremey Clarkson made up. Wiki be damned!!
rippled_water
Ah dammit, I was on MSN and I forgot about it. then I was on the phone. Priorities, hey?
Little_Monkey
Pro I know its monday, but I sky plused it cos I knew I would miss it...can't cope without a weekly dose of the Hamster!
GilraenH
Pro Sounds like a drug when you put it like that!
Beanyem
mmmmmmmmmmmm the hamster is fine and pocket size, perfect when you are only going out with a small bag!!
magnox
Top Gear isn't about cars anyway. If you think about it, it actully subverts car culture - nearly all of the challenges involving car vs. aircraft/rock climber/marathon runner/public transport end up with the car losing. Supercars like Lamborghinis end up on the 'uncool' section of their ratings board, Fiat Pandas are considered the best thing on 4 wheels.
They destroy caravans, turn full-size cars into remote-controlled toys and don't really review anything. It brings the pub into your house on Sunday night, doing all the things blokey blokes would do if they had the time, money and inclination.
Our American cousins have to put up with tedious comparisons of boot-space, which 4x4 does 8.5 to the gallon and which does 8.3... it's no wonder the Americans download TG as soon as it's available through...err.. less than legal means on the interweb.
It's Saturday morning TV for men who haven't quite grown up, puts the political correctness in the dustbin where it belongs and gets on with the job of being entertaining.
Cars ? Nah.... !
God, I am so glad to have found a place where others too seem to be experiencing a strange attraction to ickle Hammond.
I'm watching it while blogging
And, yes, 'The Hamster' is very, very cute!