If the whole Boaty McBoatface incident taught us anything, it's that the Brits love ratfucking a poll.
As a brit. I gotta admit it does put a smile on my face.
On your boat face?
That's McBoatface
No no, he's Scottish. MacBoatface
I heard he owns land so it's Lord MacBoatface.
Laird MacBoatface to thank you.
It says so on his certificate from Established Titles.
Lard McDonaldsface, coming from your brother across the pond.
The third. It's tradition at this point.
Yeah, we learned some of our best fuckery from you.
There was a ‘perception of crime’ survey done years ago where Midsummer was voted third most dangerous place in Britain. I’m rarely proud of of nationality but that got damn close.
There was also the incident when some Christmas song was highly campaigned to top the charts for best of its kind, and instead Brits crushed the poll and got Killing in the Name of voted best Christmas song instead.
Also... how tf was that in 2021? I would've guessed 10 years ago. Covid really dropped the world in a time slip or smth
We got "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" to number 3 when Margaret Thatcher died, too.
Ah yeah keeping that insipid Joe Mcelderry off the top spot. Particularly enjoy Cowell calling it ‘cynical’ as if he hadn’t fucked every last piece of art, meaning or humanity out of popular music over the preceding few years and replaced it with one great big festering, neon distraction from the monetary black holes that were his armpit-height pockets.
Damn.
I think what's confusing people is that it got to number one in 2009, it was voted the best Christmas number one in 2021
Only third??? That place is a death trap.
Others can play that game too... kinda reminds me of the Snow White vote for Terry Crews
To be fair, he would be great in that role
TBF, Terry Crews would be great in any role I could think of.
Geralt in the witcher?
Edit: Has he ever done any sort of villain role either? He gives constant plucky hero vibes.
In the movie NORBIT with Eddie Murphy he plays a villain. He says some great lines.
Watch Gamer if you want unhinged villain Terry. The movie is dumb but still good because great actors take it seriously
Right? You know he'd give his 1000% in that role too. I'd also love to seem him trash the big bad wolf (played by Silvester Stallone?).
You know what? They should do this. Just go apeshit on the casting for some movie. Go bananas. Pick the absolutely wrong actors for the parts.
Im all for this. It would be the most insane batch of cinema ever made, and it would be beautiful all the while.
I’m here for it. Someone has to do it. Make it a drama. It’ll end up being a comedy. Just play it straight.
I remember seeing a suggestion for a Muppet D&D movie, where in character, the Muppets are represented by other actors, like Miss Piggy as Terry Crews.
Who directs this? John Waters? I feel like he'd get it.
Samuel L Jackson playe by... Kristin Bell.
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson playing as the dwarves. All of them.
You’re making a mountain into a molehill
You mean absolutely the right actors.
Snow white loves yoghurt.
If he was Snow White, I might actually watch the movie
And Pitbull fucking owning up to the deal with Kodiak Alaska.
From time to time I have to think about the
-Adolf Hitler School of friendship and harmony-
and the absurdity never fails to make me laugh.
One of my all time favorite internet troll jobs was the voting in of the Mt. Dew flavor "Hitler Did Nothing Wrong". It's just so out there you can't help but laugh at it.
What would that even taste like?
It was to name an apple flavored mountain dew. Which is why I voted for Gushing Granny
I don't know but I guarantee tbe flavor would blow your mind in the end
Some kind of gas
Is that how brexit was voted to pass?
Genuinely knew a bloke who said he voted for Brexit "for a laugh" because he "didn't think they'd actually do it".
Shades of Trump's win in 2016
That's why we all put "Jedi" as religion 9n the census
Did you see the police post a while ago asking if anyone knew about stolen sex toys? The response was great.
I do not think it just Brits. Imagine the same poll in the US but someone allowed Danny Devito to be one of the options.
But that hasn’t happened so Brits get the credit for having the stones to actually do it
Danny DeVito should absolutely play a giant of some sort.
And just no one acknowledge it or look him in the eye, always just way above him as if hes 10 foot tall.
"Hey watch your head this doors a bit small" as he just walks through no issues
Or the doorframe is far above his head but it still damaged.
I didn't know about that. Thanks for making me search that and having a good laugh reading the Wikipedia article on boaty mcboatface
"Ding dong the with is dead!" And I think that one contest slayer won confirmed that.
Ha ha...yup,correct
Which is the only correct way to answer stupid polls.
''Ratfucking is an American slang term for behind the scenes (covert) political sabotage or dirty tricks, particularly pertaining to elections.''
Well I've learned a new slang word today.
We love to queue to ratfuck a poll.
When they dabble in democracy, they do it the most British was possible; Sarcastically
Are you suggesting Clarkson is not objectively extremely sexy?!?!
BREXIT was a clear indicator too. Several people voted for it because they didn't think it could happen.
This explains Brexit.
I don't get how people can't tell this is just Sexy McSexy Face.
Don't forget trying to send "We're all going to die alone" to the top of the Christmas song competition
My first thought was of the time Mr. Burns bribed his way to being named Sexiest Man Alive. The toughest part was convincing them he was alive.
English trolling at its best.
Like making Rage Against the Machine a Xmas song or Ding dong the witch is Dead the #1 after Thatcher dying.
And then having ratm get cut off at the end by having the great idea of asking them not to say “fuck you i wont do what you tell me” at the end
That’s was almost certainly deliberate from the BBC.
“We’ll put you on live, when we could totally just prerecord it, because you definitely promise to not say the bad words and you famously will do what we tell you”
The BBC can troll with the best of them when it wants.
A few years ago a Tory MP demanded the Beeb end each days broadcast with "God Save the Queen" in order to promote patriotism.
This was BBC Newsnight response:
I remember that. Top class work.
That “it made you a moron” line in that song makes me sad tbh. Must have been about 50 years ago he first sung that, and it’s just as true today.
When meatloaf died with Covid, after using his fame and considerable following to promote anti-vax nonsense, the BBC was specifically disallowed from discussing this in its reporting.
So they ran an extensive article about his song I Would do Anything for Love (But I won’t Do That). Speculating on what he wouldn’t do, letting the reader go find out for themselves. Grand trolling.
the BBC was specifically disallowed
By whom? I don't think the Meat Loaf (Mr. Loaf, "Meat" to his friends, and that last part isn't a joke) estate has quite that much pull.
The BBC is governed by a strict charter preventing it from engaging in criticism of individuals or their beliefs.
Even if someone is a convicted murderer, the BBC can report the facts of their conviction but cannot speculate as to their character, or run “hit pieces” or similar.
Ok but couldn’t they still report on the simple fact that Meatloaf espoused anti-vax beliefs. That wouldn’t be speculating as to his character by any sane definition. That’s just him directly showing his character.
“By any sane definition” doesn’t really apply to the BBC! Their own rules basically forbid them from passing judgement or even having an option on pretty much any issue.
It makes their reporting extremely dull at times. But sometimes reporters get around the rules in funny ways.
Not only is that factual information rather than criticism, it is directly relevant to his death, the news story in question.
Based af. But that's just reminded me that Brexit was 7 years ago at least, and i don't like that.
famously will do what they tell you
Why wouldn’t they? The band is literally named Politely Accede to the Machine.
Ding dong the witch is Dead the #1 after Thatcher dying.
#2
somehow even more appropriate
At least May wasn’t a contender for “sexiest women” this time.
When did James transition?
The day he was born,so about 200 years ago.
Really?
I thought he sat behind The Baby Jesus in class.
Iirc he co-authored the Old Testament
He also hung out with a school of ammonites when he was a young lad.
Impossible, Bim was busy building Shijo-Ohashi
Jeremy… is that you?
His driving would suggest a long time ago.
Does it mean he's not coming on, then?
This isn’t facepalm this is fucking funny
Yup, I can hear him shout, “I’ve done a thing!”
''I DID ITTT!! I'm the sexiest man aaalllive!! AGAINNNN.''
James May looks on in astonishment.
Hammond: *Checking the magazine*. ''Well, you're the sexiest man in Britain.. Which, dare I say, isn't nearly as much of an achievement, is it?'' *Grimaces at camera*
Why are those three old geezers so fucking hilarious? I hope they team up again for another show.
Because they're British geezers. They have this tradition of banter that is just unique and hilarious. They poke fun at themselves as much as anything else.
Edit: Americanised Jeremy Clarkson still haunts my nightmares. One of the most frightening yet hysterical things I have ever seen.
He looks kinda like hes gonna make america great again
I’m should not have clicked that…
That was horrifying & you warned me & I still clicked it.
Two Trumps up.
That was horrific! Game show host on crack
Oh no that's ACTUALLY haunting.
Rip my next few nights of sleep
Sadly May recently said they’re not planning on teaming up again
They have one more TGT special coming out. Then it’s done.
Oh damnd, really? Do you know why? Is it beef or just simply their age
Age.
Makes sense. And also makes me sad.
Yeah. It is really sad. But all things must end eventually.
There are some British YouTubers that replicate the formula to some degree. But I’ll still miss the trio.
Shame. Old tired sarcastic dudes on the road trip has so cozy energy to it
Mate that is spot on!
I can read this in their voices!
SPEED AND POWER!!!
The Sexiest Man.... in the World
It's because he drives a Jaaaaaaaaaaaagggg
It is a facepalm.
I, for one, am outraged Greg Davies didn't win this. He's te Taskmasker for crying out loud!
smashes windshield with log
The facepalm here is OP's slander against Jeremy Clarkson.
Where facepalm?
He's a millionaire with a thousand acres, incredible media connections, and a famously good sense of humour. I can genuinely see it being legit post Clarksons farm.
The new series is *chef's kiss
I'm scared there isn't going to be another.
Don’t worry, they are filming season 4 right now!
Ah good. I feel a lot of the stuff that made the series go on has been rectified now. Hopefully next season is just seeing the farm actually thrive.
Clarkson has always had charisma in spades but this is a little bit too ridiculous hahaaa
Not a chance for Jezza I'm afraid, though I'm sure he doesn't give a fuck haha
...Are you for real. Women might find money attractive, but not sexy. It's obviously a load of dudes trolling the poll.
The bitch of an OP cant recognize that not everyone has the same beauty standards, so it's a facepalm that the "ugly" guy won
How could you NOT vote for that!
Absolutely unequivocally perfect GIF.
You mean beauty lies in the eyes of the beer holder
How is this a facepalm if it’s true?
Are you stupid?
No facepalm here. OP is just jealous of sexy Clarksoooon
I was gonna talk about how I wouldn’t want Holland to win because he’s so young, but I just Googled his age and he’s fucking 27 years old.
How? Man looks 19 at most.
It's because he shaves. If he'd been rocking some serious facial hair, that'd add some age to his face.
I have my doubts that he can rock facial hairs.
Doesn't matter..
Idris E is a better looking bastard than either of them.
It's because we're so used to adults playing teenagers in films and shows, that our whole perception of teenagers is fucked. Tom Holland looks like he's in his 20s, but we've been conditioned to think he looks like a teenager.
I realized this in my 30’s. Our entire perception of what looks 35 and what looks 15 is so skewed because we are used to seeing 15 played by 35 and 35 played by 50 year olds.
That makes sense
The guy’s been Spider-Man for 8 years at this point
Somehow 13 years old Natham Drake look older than Tom Holland playing adult Drake at age 25.
Perhaps it’s Jeremy’s personality.
I mean we are living in a world when women for the past month have been going crazy over a zombified, fictional, radioactive cowboy with bad teeth.
For someone whos 200 years old his teeth are actually in very good condition.
The ghoul is hot. It's the confidence and swagger.
Exactly.
It’s like Clarkson, he’s just got a personality that people just love. He’s a charming bozo and owns it.
Really? He doesn’t even have a nose!
In the Fallout 4 video game you can fuck a zombie who is obsessed with ancient American history.
That’s a challenging wank
Just think about him all hot and sticky in the Bolivia special.
Should have been James may
Couldn't agree more
What's facepalm about this?
OP has no sense of humor
no Facepalm, Clarkson is the sexiest man in the UK
No no no, it's "Clarkson is tye series man.... In the world!"
Oh I'd love to see Simon Cowell's plastic face right now, lol
From the country that made "We love sausage roll" a Christmas number one, another joke that people either don't get or post to r/facepalm to Karma farm
Silver Fox pursuit is still high in the UK I see.
He’s the sexiest man ‘in the world ‘.
I read it as most sexist man in the UK, and wondered what Idris Elba or Tom Holland had done.....
Well in fairness he did manage to pull Lisa (a former model) who is stunning. Maybe there is some truth in it.
Well, he has got enormous tracts of land…
Sexiest man in the UK? He's not even the sexiest man on "Clarkson's Farm"
I mean who would vote for Tom "mouth full of marbles" Holland as a sexy man? He looks like a teenager who is hiding something in his mouth.
I mean in his younger years he wasn't he wasn't repulsive, but honestly he has a certain charisma and easy humor while being pretty down to earth but ambitious, so he has his own charm to him even now, Clarkson Farm has been decently popular.
Checked who voted for this and it was 2000 women on a dating site for cheating on your partners 🤢🫠
Did he make the crown himself ?
By that you mean beating Henry Cavill?
That's very British of them to do this, and I love it
Truly a facepalm, should've been May
Beauty is in the eyes of the beer holder.
This gives me hope don’t take it away
What an inspiration to orangutans everywhere
Declared by a poll on the British version of Ashley maddison. It's basically a marketing ploy.
You may not like it, but this is what peak British performance looks like
God he's going to be even more insufferable on the last special.
Man can’t help it he’s sexy
UK always taking the piss.
I almost read Sexiest as "Sexist" and thought 'Wait.. Tom Holland is SEXIST???' took me a minute. I confused with Sexiest and sexist lmao. //please pradon my English. English isn't my first language.//
Tonight on Bottom Gear, I'm going to get an award from Idris and Tom
Oh no! Anyway...
The facepalm is whoever posted this not having a sense of humor
Sexiest farmer of the year lol.
Beauty lies in the eyes of the beer holder
Not a facepalm. It's dry humour.
Is it like Americans with danny devito, for the lulz
Power and speed! Nyeees its now time for the smug face >:]
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