Introductory paragraphs to a review about the Aston Martin Vantage

[voodoopenguin]

"Over the years, we’ve been told by solemn-faced experts that life as we know it is about to end. Strange to report, then, that we’ve managed to survive communism, particle accelerators, fascism, asteroids, Cuba, bird flu, global warming, terrorism, nuclear war, various tsunamis and Aids, and now we are going to be finished off by Fannie Mae.

I don’t even know what Fannie Mae is. Apparently, it’s not a bank and it’s not a building society, but it seems to have been buying mortgages and debts from various institutions. And then, one day, it appears to have woken up and thought: “Oops.” Quite how it was allowed to get in this mess, I’m not sure. Did nobody think it odd that a mysterious organisation was stomping around the world buying debt? Did nobody stop for a moment and wonder if perhaps Fannie Mae was a home for mentals? I mean, we’re talking here about an operation named after the human bottom. How did it sign its deals? With crayons?

Seriously, if I set up a business called Arse and went around buying outstanding loans on the nation’s never-never-land three-piece suites, I wouldn’t get very far before someone with a soothing voice and a corduroy jacket put me in a padded room for the rest of time. "

Mr Clarkson has fun with his car reviews.

[dad@home]

I love Jeremy Clarkson and try to watch Top Gear on BBC America whenever I can.

Without him I doubt the US version (NBC starting March 2009) of the show will be nearly as entertaining.

[SteveO]

linky? Looks like a good one.

[ztirffritz]

US version is dead in its tracks.

[OWC Jamie]

[Filliam H. Muffman]

And in some areas that speak a version of English, fannie means something a little different.

[voodoopenguin]

Here's the link to the whole article:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving...742406.ece?&EMC-Bltn=JNS9K9

Yes, Jeremy was probably thinking of his international audience when he wrote that as here in the UK fanny is near to your ass but not it, and I don't have one.

[Jimmypoo]

Let me guess.... it's Sarah, CHOOSING to keep ALL her dolls. Right?



[quote billb]

[RAMd®d]

Thanks for the link and the... edification.