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To be appalled by Top Gear 02/02/14

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ineedanexcuse · 02/02/2014 20:34

I am watching with my head in my hands and with a sick feeling. The 'team' are driving around a closed supermarket in small hot hatchbacks . The idea is for them to go round as quickly as possible

The amount of food that is wantonly destroyed is just sickening.There are families who have no food to eat today because of a variety of reasons and these idiots are finding it hilarious to drive over perfectly edible food for fun.

Surely there must be a better way to spend our TV license money than pay these old men and the programme makers who dream up this stuff.

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snice · 02/02/2014 20:55

sitting with my head in my hands and a sick feeling

Really?

DirtyGertieatnumber30 · 02/02/2014 20:56

Yep YABU for watching it in the first place! It's soooooo pathetically contrived and predictable.

Don't watch it

Coldlightofday · 02/02/2014 20:57

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ineedanexcuse · 02/02/2014 20:59

sitting with my head in my hands and a sick feeling

Really?

Yes really . I dont have a problem with having feelings for my fellow man but I accept that by the morals of most of the repliers to this thread I must be unreasonable.

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WildThong · 02/02/2014 20:59

You are being a bit P.O. It's just a daft bit of fun, most of it probably isn't real anyway.

PlumpPartridge · 02/02/2014 20:59

Dh and I agree with you, op. It does seem wasteful.

Mind you I grew up in a Muslim country and the concept of wasting food is actively offensive there ('haram') so there may be cultural variations on this topic.

AutumnshadesofGold · 02/02/2014 21:00

ffs turn over then - it's a flipping tv programme & you're an adult (I assume).

Salmotrutta · 02/02/2014 21:00

Hatchback= a car with a tailgate style boot.

In other words, not a saloon.

Hot hatches are "performance" hatchbacks - e.g the old Peugeot 205 GTi and cars of that ilk.

Quangle · 02/02/2014 21:01

I think that might be a bit of an overreaction. How do you sit through circus custard pie throwing?

HamletsSister · 02/02/2014 21:01

They just blew up a car!

youarewinning · 02/02/2014 21:01

My DS routinely watches Top gear - by that I mean repeatedly watches the repeats that are always on somewhere on the box!

Sorry to say I find it funny and at times down right hilarious Grin even took him to Beaulieu exhibition.

Haven't watched today's thought yet.

CaptainGrinch · 02/02/2014 21:02

It'll all be out of date "throw in the bin" stuff.

Pretty sure it was "exposed" years ago that they don't do it with real food that could be sold or even given away.

I'd honestly suggest you pop down to the "Sense of Humour" bank if you want to watch Top Gear. Otherwise, I'm sure there's something "world saving" you could be doing instead....

snice · 02/02/2014 21:02

are you calling my morals into question ineed ?

How very dare you!

moobaloo · 02/02/2014 21:02

Haven't seen it yet

I love top gear! Lots and lots. It's very funny

But, I understand where you are coming from OP, I can't feel 100% happy with that sort of waste. there are people who might be desperately hungry and who couldn't afford enough to feed their families this week and so much more than they needed is wasted for entertainment.

I suppose the supermarket is happy to lose the products for the sake of advertising.

Yanbu

MrsTerryPratchett · 02/02/2014 21:03

They also do kind of thing.

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snice · 02/02/2014 21:04

im appalled by the waste of money that is Celebrity Big Brother-so I don#t watch it

Salmotrutta · 02/02/2014 21:04

I expect it's all the out of date stuff!

IHopeYouStepOnALegoPiece · 02/02/2014 21:05

Im presuming you are all sitting there with full stomachs and enough to see you through to tomorrow.

You presume wrong...but I still say you're overreacting abput this

RandallFloyd · 02/02/2014 21:06

Seriously though, do you not see the Cookery show analogy?
Can you even imagine how much food they get through filming those?

Food is wasted all the time. Yes it's shit and no, I don't agree with it, but the reason for hunger in this country isn't lack of available food, it's lack of money to buy food.

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DontmindifIdo · 02/02/2014 21:07

Oh lord OP, just don't watch!

Most supermarkets throw out lots of perfectly usable food each day. Most people throw out lots of food weekly that they've just left to go off (I know I do).

You are assuming it was food that would otherwise be used to feed families, it's unlikely.

TopGear makes huge profits for the BBC as it's sold worldwide, it's one of the few things they do that makes money. Switch off if you don't like it. Unfortunately, lots of people think you are wrong so it gets lots of viewers, so unlikely to be cancelled any time soon.

CockBollocks · 02/02/2014 21:07

I had a Vauxhall Nova - my first car.

justanuthermanicmumsday · 02/02/2014 21:08

top garbage. I've alway hated the show ever since is saw that grey haired ego that loves himself. none of them have a grain of humour between them. Funny how they've been elevated or deflated in my opinion to the position of celebrities. trashy show for old men that never grew up. I thought that presenter who nearly lost his life would take heed and present something that doesn't involve racing but no he's grown lusher locks he could do give Jennifer aniston a run for her money on a shampoo advert. Twerps

Marylou2 · 02/02/2014 21:10

My brain wants to be shocked and disgusted but It's Sunday Evening and I'm lying on the sofa with a glass of wine and there's a whole new series of Top Gear !!!! I love Jeremy, James and Richard.