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Re: Top Gear to be Americanized...

Post by owtth » Thu Jul 22, 2010 4:47 pm

If you had roundabouts in the States all you'd hear all day is the screeching of tyres.
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Re: Top Gear to be Americanized...

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Jul 22, 2010 4:49 pm

owtth wrote:If you had roundabouts in the States all you'd hear all day is the screeching of tyres.
Ayaan and I went through one yesterday. Bit boring, really. :tea:
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Re: Top Gear to be Americanized...

Post by Pappa » Thu Jul 22, 2010 4:55 pm

I think it's shocking that they'd americanize this. Truly terrible. :tea:
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Re: Top Gear to be Americanized...

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Jul 22, 2010 4:57 pm

Pappa wrote:I think it's shocking that they'd americanize this. Truly terrible. :tea:
If they do Americanize they should get Simon Cowell to play James May. :levi:
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Re: Top Gear to be Americanized...

Post by Pappa » Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:00 pm

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Pappa wrote:I think it's shocking that they'd americanize this. Truly terrible. :tea:
If they do Americanize they should get Simon Cowell to play James May. :levi:
Tom Cruise for the Hamster?

Wait, did somebody say that already?
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Re: Top Gear to be Americanized...

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:04 pm

Pappa wrote:
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Pappa wrote:I think it's shocking that they'd americanize this. Truly terrible. :tea:
If they do Americanize they should get Simon Cowell to play James May. :levi:
Tom Cruise for the Hamster?

Wait, did somebody say that already?
Danny DeVito. (THAT would Americanize it. :coffee:)
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Re: Top Gear to be Americanized...

Post by Deep Sea Isopod » Thu Jul 22, 2010 7:17 pm

This would happen if the Merkins had round-abouts:

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Re: Top Gear to be Americanized...

Post by camoguard » Thu Jul 22, 2010 7:21 pm

Do they Britishcize anything ever?
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Re: Top Gear to be Americanized...

Post by Animavore » Thu Jul 22, 2010 7:23 pm

camoguard wrote:Do they Britishcize anything ever?
Yes. The colonies.
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Re: Top Gear to be Americanized...

Post by Pappa » Thu Jul 22, 2010 10:27 pm

Nobody noticed my funny haha joke so I'm going off in a huff.
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Re: Top Gear to be Americanized...

Post by AshtonBlack » Thu Jul 22, 2010 10:30 pm

Pappa wrote:Nobody noticed my funny haha joke so I'm going off in a huff.
Which joke? Tom Cruise / Hamster?
Because he's short?

Oh. :ddpan:

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Re: Top Gear to be Americanized...

Post by Pappa » Thu Jul 22, 2010 10:32 pm

AshtonBlack wrote:
Pappa wrote:Nobody noticed my funny haha joke so I'm going off in a huff.
Which joke? Tom Cruise / Hamster?
Because he's short?

Oh. :ddpan:
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Re: Top Gear to be Americanized...

Post by Randydeluxe » Fri Jul 23, 2010 12:05 am

camoguard wrote:Do they Britishcize anything ever?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Br ... ion_series
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Re: Top Gear to be Americanized...

Post by Trolldor » Fri Jul 23, 2010 1:59 am

It's Top Gear for Merkins.

Good, let them have their own version, then the good one won't have to be changed.
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Re: Top Gear to be Americanized...

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Fri Jul 23, 2010 2:06 am

The Mad Hatter wrote:It's Top Gear for Merkins.

Good, let them have their own version, then James May won't have to kiss a girl.
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