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Jeremy Clarkson Q&A on Facebook Is Laugh-Out-Loud Funny

Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear fame has (or had) the best job in the world. At least that’s what the majority of guys think about driving fast cars fast while shouting. The proposition of getting paid big bucks for following your dreams is an intriguing one, I agree, but being Jeremy Clarkson isn’t a 9 to 5 job.
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Photo: Jeremy Clarkson on Facebook
Being an international superstar can sometimes be hard due to the nearly constant attention you get from the mass media. Put yourself in Jezza’s shoes for one day and think about the headlines in the British tabloids and the annals on the internet. Here’s a small taste of what the old orangutan has to live with:

Mr. Mid-Life Crisis (The Telegraph), Here’s Six Times the BBC Should Have Suspended Jeremy Clarkson but Didn’t (Time), Piers Morgan Calls Jeremy Clarkson a Chicken for Refusing Charity Boxing Match (NY Daily), Jeremy Clarkson’s £10m Testosterone Fest (Money Week), Jeremy Clarkson on Love Cheat Rumours: I’m the New Tiger Wood Read (Metro), and so forth.

But tabloid poison isn’t far from being miasmatic to Jeremy because his fans and followers are on the other side of the barricade. Contrary to popular belief, these fans do know a thing or two about empathy, people's capacity to keep going when problems overwhelm and sadness smothers.

Think of this relationship between Clarkson and his fans as a symbiosis: Jeremy makes our lives better by being a buffoon on the television and in his newspaper columns, we return the favor by watching Top Gear by being amused and tapping him on the shoulder via Twitter or a subscription to Amazon Prime.

Another give-and-take relationship comes in the form of a Q&A session such as the one Jeremy Clarkson started on Facebook a few hours ago. The thread is full of thousands of comments, which is why I’ll highlight the funniest questions and answers of the lot. Here's what you've been waiting for:

Q: “Hi Jeremy, have any of the new films been shot in the UK or have you been mostly working abroad for the show? Have you done any ‘real world’ tests?”
A: “Well I'm in Dorset now with this idiot [James May]. Is that real world enough for you?”

Q: “Do you think it will put your Topgear fans off the show because Amazon TV relies on extra subscription, compared to the other channel?”
A: “Yes. You're right. The BBC is free. No, hang on....”

Q: “Jeremy Clarkson, what is the greatest supercar ever created?”
A: “Ferrari F40”

Q: “Favourite country you've visited whilst on Top Gear and why?”
A: “Botswana was my favourite. Happy times”

Q: “What's the worst car out there right now?”
A: “The Mitsubishi phev”
[editor’s note: I think he’s referring to the Outlander PHEV]

Q: “Have you thought of doing a full blown military episode. Test driving 3 of most common military vehicles IE US Army Humvee one of The British troop transports and maybe a Russian. And what is a memory you have of working with the military?”
A: “Tomorrow, I'm in a Challenger. Is that OK?”

Q: “Do you still shoot?”
A: “Yes. Tomorrow I'm shooting a 120mm shell. Erect yet?”

Q: “I got Amazon Prime because of this show and this show alone. Will you still have the same access to vehicles like on Top Gear?”
A: “Oh yes”

Q: “Will you be the first Star in a reasonably priced car on Top Gear to plug your as untitled new show?”
A:”No”

Q: “Hands down, the best presenter, in the world...!”
A: “I agree”

Q: “How do turbos work?”
A: “I've explained this before: witchcraft”

Q: “How many episodes can we expect in the first season? Also, will TheUntitledAmazonCarShow be aired somewhere else as well or only on Prime?”
A: “12 episodes in the first series”

Q: “when new show starts? :>”
A: “In the Autumn”

Q: “What's the new show called?”
A: “Don’t know”

Q: “Do you and Jeff Bezos get on well?”
A: “We haven’t met”

Q: “Would you buy a Dacia Sandero ?”
A: “Yes. If I was poor”

Q: “What do you drive now?”
A: “Golf GTi. Cool eh?”

Q: “How short is Richard Hammond?”
A: “Stupidly”

Q: “What is your favourite peugeot?”
A: “That's like asking me to name my favourite eye infection”

Q: “How grey is James May's hair?”
A: “It’s a wig”

Q: “Are you going to kill James May on camera?”
A: “I’d like to do that”

Q: “Are you sick of Q&A yet?”
A: “I'm on a long journey so no, not yet”
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About the author: Mircea Panait
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After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well.
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