Podcast 120 - Political cars & coffee crash
Added 2022-08-07 17:01:02 +0000 UTCJonny has an idea for making politics more interesting. Also in this episode, Dempsey & Makepeace versus Howard's Way, seeing Henry Kelly at a wake, the lip licking weirdness of Going For Gold, why you can't have a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, crashing into another motorist you were trying to thank, air drumming driving disasters, a '90s F1 jacket, the new Civic Type R, Dacia prices going up, and early news of a Smith and Sniff live event.
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I've almost had the 'crashing while politely waving thank you' happen to me once. I work as a driving instructor, and had taken one of my lesser talented students out onto the twisty, narrow roads of western Norway. When we inevitably ran into oncoming traffic, my student got so occupied trying to awkwardly show his appreciation towards the helpful lady in the opposite direction that he nearly ran our car into the ditch on the other side of the road. Upon later reflection I realised I should have seen this coming. During a previous lesson, the same student and I were cruising down the motorway doing the speed limit of 90 km/h. Suddenly, he removed both his hands from the steering wheel, closed his eyes and held his hands in front of his face. He then proceeded to sneeze violently multiple times, while I was leaning over from the passenger side, trying to maintain directional stability. When this medical emergency came to an end, I asked him what the actual fuck he was thinking, you know, taking his hands off the wheel and closing his eyes while doing 90 km/h and so on. His explanation was simple enough: he had to sneeze. And on a completely different subject: I saw Guns N' Roses in concert a couple of months ago. They were absolutely shit.
Jan Henrik Engø
2022-08-08 20:48:00 +0000 UTCI'd forgotten that one, before I played it just now I was imagining Kate Robbins singing lyrics over the actual Crossroads theme tune...
Spartacus Mills
2022-08-08 17:38:06 +0000 UTCAn international sales conference was called and the head marketing honchos from the global subsidiaries were summoned to attend in some glamorous resort where the marketing materials were displayed for their awestruck approval. Except the Brazilian, Eastern European and Turkish folk cracked up and informed the Yanks that while telling folk to bügger off, or indeed, to bügger them might be an effective method of birth control it was likely to be counterproductive in other ways. The hotshot septic marketeers went back home to think again.
Chris Rayner
2022-08-08 17:03:40 +0000 UTCThe reason I know this is that many years ago I worked for a US pharmaceutical company. Amid a broad range of products they made oral contraceptive pills. A new product was developed at a time when obtaining effective contraceptive effect was difficult without also producing unacceptable levels of unwelcome side effects. The new product was expected to get this balance optimally achieved. The marketing department back in the Midwest laboured long and hard to develop a global campaign for the launch of this wonder product. They wanted to project the image of perfect balance of qualities, and so they produced some very expensive images of comely young women grinning while they made this gesture.
Chris Rayner
2022-08-08 16:56:53 +0000 UTCThe circle of forefinger and thumb known as OK or A-OK is taken for ‘just right’, or ‘perfection’ in Western European has a lewd connotation in Turkey, Brazil, and elsewhere. It is similar to the extended middle finger in some parts, in others a specific reference to anal sex.
Chris Rayner
2022-08-08 16:49:00 +0000 UTCSimon May in both cases - and he has form with this - the delicious "More than in Love" from Crossroads / Kate Robbins too. All good stuff
Anthony Daniels
2022-08-08 16:39:58 +0000 UTCRe the highly amusing politicians & cars scenario, the leader of the Labour Party in a similarly named South Korean performance saloon?
Will Lander
2022-08-08 12:01:03 +0000 UTCBit difficult to avoid if you’re scuba diving to be fair, but then it that scenario it’s generally accepted to mean “i’m OK” rather than “i’m a fat nazi incel”.
Rob
2022-08-08 09:19:54 +0000 UTCThe OK sign, was added to a list of hate symbols a couple of years back.. I think it started off as a fake news thing, then started actually showing up being used by white supremacists... So maybe not the best time to adopt it! to be safe :) https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-49837898
Paul Sharp
2022-08-08 09:00:02 +0000 UTCWhy has Richard got such a downer on Liz Truss? I would have thought that he appreciated her book 'Eats shoots & leaves'.
Simon Smyth
2022-08-08 08:33:54 +0000 UTCSaloon body for extra stiffness? Ooof.
Smith and Sniff
2022-08-08 07:40:57 +0000 UTCAn excellent idea. Synergies!
Smith and Sniff
2022-08-08 07:39:58 +0000 UTCFor, as you out it ‘Total Wankout’, might I suggest we just enquire to Rich ‘beardy’ Energy to see if him and his Jag are free for chauffeur services? Perfect car and it’s not like you’ll struggle to get him to hold wide open throttle… you might even get a ‘toot’.
Andy N
2022-08-08 07:17:48 +0000 UTCYou missed out the Japanese only FD2, a car that everyone who massively disliked the FN2 (me included) wish we'd have got.
Julian Hale
2022-08-07 22:43:23 +0000 UTCI wasn't sure what Jonny meant by perfection sign until he mention SCUBA diving and Top Gun for pilots and divers that sign means OK (I understand or I'm alright) which is quite different than perfection. It's also used that way generally in North America. Saying someone's car is okay really isn't much a compliment it could even be an insult.
Bill
2022-08-07 22:32:50 +0000 UTCStrange coincidence, on R6 today Guy Garvey mentioned his late mother in law Diana Rigg
Nigel Hancock
2022-08-07 21:27:37 +0000 UTCI have a friend who lives in London and frequently encounters Henry Kelly in his local watering hole. I suspect given Henry's booze enthusiasm it's unlikely he drive these days.
Graham Dallas
2022-08-07 19:49:16 +0000 UTCAlso, the Howard's Way outro still makes me sad because it usually meant it was about to be time for bed on Sunday night. If that wasn't bad enough I had my most hated school lesson ever on Monday morning, I still associate the two things.
Spartacus Mills
2022-08-07 18:41:29 +0000 UTCI think it could be argued that the Howard's Way theme has the best 'go on then fuck it let's add some lightweight lyrics to this and release it as a single' theme song ('Always There' by Marti Webb), but that may be because the only other one I can think of off the top of my head is Anita Dobson's 'Anyone Can Fall in Love' version of the EastEnders theme.
Spartacus Mills
2022-08-07 18:37:14 +0000 UTCSame goes for Smells Like Teen Spirit. Massive Nirvana fan, hate that song.
Andrew Armstrong
2022-08-07 18:11:25 +0000 UTCThis feels weird - listening on a Sunday
Stuart Maxwell
2022-08-07 18:08:03 +0000 UTCJonny may have seen a Longranger 4x4 converted Disco, made from fibreglass panels. They can be very tasteful, emphasis on the 'can be' because they can also be had with awfully chavvy silver LED tail lights. I still prefer my closed bobtail because you need at least a spoon to steal from it. I had to chuckle at the spoof 'Swiss Tony's Motors' sticker in the back of a bread van Polo at the Festival of the Unexceptional show last weekend, a slim sticker with a blue pinstripe and text in the Ferrari font. Said show also had an unexpected appearance from a short man with a custard-yellow Opel Kadett.
Matt Tester
2022-08-07 18:01:09 +0000 UTCWill the news about the live show be posted on the Patreon channel?
Ashley Secker
2022-08-07 17:24:05 +0000 UTC
