4x4s Get Off the Road

Sep 07, 2006 46 Replies

That's hardly relevant, it's what is made of that story. I don't think I'm being cynical when I feel that the story will not be balanced, it'll be the usual rabid rantings with no backup from independent sources. It's on telly, and it's on ITV, just one of those two bodes very ill indeed, but both at once spells trouble. Great play will be made of mud, with lots of shots of it, little mention of the elderly or infirm, or of volunteer groups cleaning up the mess in the countryside. They will talk about the rise in road-going 4x4s and imply that the countryside is flooded with them etc etc etc ad infinitum.

In short, same old s*it.

The bottom line is that both sides will come out looking bad and selfish they always do IMHO. It is exceedingly rare (maybe even unheard of) for a leisure 4x4 user to manage to avoid saying the wrong thing and therefore coming over as a selfish fool. I'd think the best answer is for all of the 4x4 side of this facile argument to avoid partaking in the programme. If the Programme makers go ahead and produce a programme that is no more than a one sided rant from the greenies, it may well do us a lot of favours. Just one misguided comment from our side can all to often do the exact opposite ;(

Regards

Tim Jones

Sadly they'll always find at least one person with a range rover who will waffle on about how powerful it is and how they like to tower above everyone else in traffic (apart from lorries, vans, defenders etc etc). They'll also always find someone who goes on about mud plugging, why should the programme makers talk to reasonable people when there are enough stereotypes on both sides gagging to get their face on the telly?

Hehe. No, it was a good old FWD estate. But the cat did bounce a bit, and I suppose it might have been a wave I saw in the mirror.

|| "Richard Brookman" wrote || in message news: snipped-for-privacy@individual.net... ||| Lee_D wrote: ||| ||| ||| I hit a cat in Sussex the other day. I was doing 60 at the time. ||| I was in the works Megane, though. || || Part of the cat is now also in the works Megane. The remainder || ricocheted nicely and is no longer in Sussex. || || Steve

Yup.

I would advise people to keep clear of taking part in this programme. It is standard practice to load the interviews. They decide which way to slant it and then cut bits out of the interviews to suit their cause. Then can usually find some nutter who is so keen to be on the telly and talks a load of rubbish. I have seen it done with Trade Union meetings about strikes and when I saw the actual bit on the TV it was almost unrecogniseable. I have also seen the same thing done with a programme about Spiritualism they were not interested in anyone except the lady who was hugging a tree. I think the magazines should do more- what about some stickers? I sent cards about 4x4s to Lib Dem friends of mine. They did not even know there was a difference between 4x4s and people carriers! Alan

Was she naked?

Fnarr fnarr..

|| On 2006-09-08, Roberts wrote: || ||| not interested in anyone except the lady who was hugging a tree. || || Was she naked? || || Fnarr fnarr..

Hope the tree got wood.

Fnarr.

I've got a woodpecker just thinking about it.

hoop foorp fnarr *choke*

|| On 2006-09-08, Richard Brookman || wrote: || ||||| not interested in anyone except the lady who was hugging a tree. |||| |||| Was she naked? |||| |||| Fnarr fnarr.. ||| ||| Hope the tree got wood. ||| ||| Fnarr. || || I've got a woodpecker just thinking about it. || || hoop foorp fnarr *choke*

Don't put it in cider, whatever you do.

I need a towel for my dowel.

|| On 2006-09-08, Richard Brookman || wrote: || ||| Ian Rawlings wrote: ||| ||||| On 2006-09-08, Richard Brookman ||||| wrote: ||||| |||||||| not interested in anyone except the lady who was hugging a |||||||| tree. ||||||| ||||||| Was she naked? ||||||| ||||||| Fnarr fnarr.. |||||| |||||| Hope the tree got wood. |||||| |||||| Fnarr. ||||| ||||| I've got a woodpecker just thinking about it. ||||| ||||| hoop foorp fnarr *choke* ||| ||| Don't put it in cider, whatever you do. || || I need a towel for my dowel.

I need someone to show mercy to my Percy.

She asked me for a joint, I said "how about tongue and groove?"

|| On 2006-09-09, Richard Brookman || wrote: || ||| Ian Rawlings wrote: ||| ||||| On 2006-09-08, Richard Brookman ||||| wrote: ||||| |||||| Ian Rawlings wrote: |||||| |||||||| On 2006-09-08, Richard Brookman |||||||| wrote: |||||||| ||||||||||| not interested in anyone except the lady who was hugging a ||||||||||| tree. |||||||||| |||||||||| Was she naked? |||||||||| |||||||||| Fnarr fnarr.. ||||||||| ||||||||| Hope the tree got wood. ||||||||| ||||||||| Fnarr. |||||||| |||||||| I've got a woodpecker just thinking about it. |||||||| |||||||| hoop foorp fnarr *choke* |||||| |||||| Don't put it in cider, whatever you do. ||||| ||||| I need a towel for my dowel. ||| ||| I need someone to show mercy to my Percy. || || She asked me for a joint, I said "how about tongue and groove?" ||

Old fashioned - everyone screws these days.

Well, I nailed her anyway.

Ian Rawlings uttered summat worrerz funny about:

Yeahs , you know it's done right if you've given it a good banging, provided it's not at the crack of dawn.

Lee D

|| Ian Rawlings uttered summat worrerz funny || about: |||||| She asked me for a joint, I said "how about tongue and groove?" |||||| |||| |||| Old fashioned - everyone screws these days. ||| ||| Well, I nailed her anyway. || || Yeahs , you know it's done right if you've given it a good banging, || provided it's not at the crack of dawn. || || Lee D

No need, Simon, I've got him covered. Fnarr.

|| On 2006-09-09, Richard Brookman || wrote: || ||| Ian Rawlings wrote: ||| ||||| On 2006-09-09, Richard Brookman ||||| wrote: ||||| |||||| Ian Rawlings wrote: |||||| |||||||| On 2006-09-08, Richard Brookman |||||||| wrote: |||||||| ||||||||| Ian Rawlings wrote: ||||||||| ||||||||||| On 2006-09-08, Richard Brookman ||||||||||| wrote: ||||||||||| |||||||||||||| not interested in anyone except the lady who was hugging |||||||||||||| a tree. ||||||||||||| ||||||||||||| Was she naked? ||||||||||||| ||||||||||||| Fnarr fnarr.. |||||||||||| |||||||||||| Hope the tree got wood. |||||||||||| |||||||||||| Fnarr. ||||||||||| ||||||||||| I've got a woodpecker just thinking about it. ||||||||||| ||||||||||| hoop foorp fnarr *choke* ||||||||| ||||||||| Don't put it in cider, whatever you do. |||||||| |||||||| I need a towel for my dowel. |||||| |||||| I need someone to show mercy to my Percy. ||||| ||||| She asked me for a joint, I said "how about tongue and groove?" ||||| ||| ||| Old fashioned - everyone screws these days. || || Well, I nailed her anyway.

Hammer going to have to stop this now.

I'd heard you have problems keeping it up!

|| On 2006-09-09, Richard Brookman || wrote: || ||| Ian Rawlings wrote: ||| ||||| On 2006-09-09, Richard Brookman ||||| wrote: ||||| |||||| Ian Rawlings wrote: |||||| |||||||| On 2006-09-09, Richard Brookman |||||||| wrote: |||||||| ||||||||| Ian Rawlings wrote: ||||||||| ||||||||||| On 2006-09-08, Richard Brookman ||||||||||| wrote: ||||||||||| |||||||||||| Ian Rawlings wrote: |||||||||||| |||||||||||||| On 2006-09-08, Richard Brookman |||||||||||||| wrote: |||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||| not interested in anyone except the lady who was ||||||||||||||||| hugging a tree. |||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||| Was she naked? |||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||| Fnarr fnarr.. ||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||| Hope the tree got wood. ||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||| Fnarr. |||||||||||||| |||||||||||||| I've got a woodpecker just thinking about it. |||||||||||||| |||||||||||||| hoop foorp fnarr *choke* |||||||||||| |||||||||||| Don't put it in cider, whatever you do. ||||||||||| ||||||||||| I need a towel for my dowel. ||||||||| ||||||||| I need someone to show mercy to my Percy. |||||||| |||||||| She asked me for a joint, I said "how about tongue and groove?" |||||||| |||||| |||||| Old fashioned - everyone screws these days. ||||| ||||| Well, I nailed her anyway. ||| ||| Hammer going to have to stop this now. || || I'd heard you have problems keeping it up!

No, just problems keeping up!

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