I read about this last week but somehow missed this video of people throwing rocks at cars. A local guy working for them was also hit in the face and went to the hospital. All because of a license plate that had been on a Porsche since 1991 and that some thought might be a reference to the Falklands War. This special will be interesting to watch… if they make it at all?
Translation to the video below. On a positive note, I now know how to call someone a condom in Argentinean:
“We’re waiting for the cars… emmmm. They didn’t give them gas in Ushuaia… We’re waiting to swear at them, dude. hehehe. They had a license plate that read something like ‘Argentina 1982, fuck you’, something like that. [inaudible] Hello, how are you? [inaudible]. No, no, they blocked access on the road. hehehe (0:55) They’re arriving, they’re arriving, hold on. sirens Gay! Gay! Gay! Gay! (puto x4), ‘Forro!’ (=something like ‘horrible person’ in Argentinean slang. Also means condom) Son of a bitch! Gay! Gay! Gay! Yooohaaa ahahahaaaa”
@91MR2 because it appears they were also driving a red Esprit?
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This special will be interesting to watch… if they make it at all?
I wouldn’t call what happened in the south an attack. Some people we’re puffing their chests but I don’t think they were in actual danger. Also, they did their best to provoke the locals into responding that way.
Yeah, I’m not sure how much I believe the whole “it was a total coincidence” story on the plate.
H982 FKL
1982 Argentina invades and occupies the British territory Falkland Islands. 74 days later 649 Argentine military personnel, 255 British military personnel and three Falkland Islanders are dead and Argentina surrenders control of the islands back to the British.
Clarkson, a British TV presenter with a history of pushing issues like this just happens to show up with that license plate? Uh huh, sure.
Don’t get me wrong, I have no problem with them doing it. They just shouldn’t try and hide behind stupid excuses of it being a coincidence though.
It may have been on the car since 91 but that doesn’t mean they didn’t specifically go looking for a vehicle with a plate that made some sort of Falklands reference. I just find the date, island name and the fact that it was a British TV show that did it a little too much to believe that “it just happened by accident”.
I think it’s hilarious that it’s so easy for him to get under peoples skin. I also think the show would totally suck without him and that’s probably why he hasn’t been canned yet.
