Can You Make This Thing Go Faster?
by Jeremy ClarksonThe hilarious new collection of stories and observations from Jeremy Clarkson - setting our off-kilter world to rights with thigh-slapping wit once again These days, you might know him better as a tractor-driving Gentleman Farmer, but Jeremy Clarkson wasn't always a horny-handed son of the soil.
Not at all.
Back in the day Jeremy was far more likely to be found gunning around the world in a haze of burnt rubber and petrol fumes.
But life as a globe-trotting petrol-head also meant he was forced endure more than his fair share of foolishness, frustration and downright bafflement.
And, while Jeremy may not a patient man, you have to ask why anyone should have to consider issues as diverse and perplexing as: The downsides of relaxing in a bath of crude oil Why fishing is for people who hate their kids Whether there are noise-cancelling headphones with the power to silence James May Why saving the planet means soggy paper straws and no more children What to do about the rambler who stole his marrow But as puzzling and exasperating as life on the road often seemed to be, you could always count on Jeremy to set the world to rights with a rare wit and unique understanding.
And at full throttle.
Just don't expect it to all go smoothly.
Praise for Clarkson: 'Brilliant.
laugh-out-loud' Daily Telegraph 'Outrageously funny.
will have you in stitches' Time Out 'Very funny.
I cracked up laughing on the tube' Evening Standard.
- First published
- 2020
- Publishers
- Penguin Books· Limited
- Subjects
- Popular culture·Travelers' writings·Personal memoirs
- Language
- English
About Jeremy Clarkson
Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born April 11, 1960) is an English broadcaster and writer who specialises in motoring.He writes weekly columns for The Sunday Times and The Sun, but is better known for his role on the BBC television programme Top Gear.From a career as a local journalist in the north of England, he rose to public prominence as a presenter of the original format of Top Gear in 1988. Since the mid-1990s Clarkson has become a recognised public personality, regularly appearing on British television presenting his own shows and appearing as a guest on other shows. As well as motoring, Clarkson has produced programmes and books on subjects such as history and engineering. From 1998 to 2000 he also hosted his own chat show, Clarkson.His opinionated but humorous tongue-in-cheek writing and presenting style has often generated much public reaction to his viewpoints. His actions both privately and as a Top Gear presenter have also sometimes resulted in criticism from the media, politicians, pressure groups and the public.As well as the criticism levelled against him, Clarkson also generated a significant following in the public at large, being credited as a factor in the resurgence of Top Gear to the most popular show on BBC Two, and calls for him to be made Prime Minister. Clarkson himself was keen to downplay his perceived influence on the British public, stating he regularly contradicts himself, and would make a "rubbish" Prime Minister....
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Agency, Relatedness, and Surrender in Psychoanalysis
Jeremy Safran
Alchemist's Apprentice
Jeremy Dronfield
Agency, Relatedness, and Surrender in Psychoanalysis
Jeremy Safran
Locust Farm
Jeremy Dronfield Staff
Agency, Relatedness, and Surrender in Psychoanalysis
Jeremy Safran
Agency, Relatedness, and Surrender in Psychoanalysis
Jeremy Safran
Dog Knight
Jeremy Whitley
Fritz and Kurt
Jeremy Dronfield
British Politics and Foreign Policy, 1758-70
Jeremy Black
Brief History of the Pacific
Jeremy Black
Dog Knight
Jeremy Whitley
Varieties of Russian Activism
Jeremy Morris
Varieties of Russian Activism
Jeremy Morris
Parsimony and Other Radical Ideas About Justice
Jeremy Travis
Prison House of the Circuit
Jeremy Packer
Cybersecurity Playbook for Modern Enterprises
Jeremy Wittkop
Varieties of Russian Activism
Jeremy Morris
Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz
Jeremy Dronfield
French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
Jeremy Black
The wars between 1792 and 1815 saw the making of the modern world, with britain and russia the key powers to emerge triumphant from a long period of bitter conflict.
Silmans Chess Odyssey
Jeremy Silman
Historical Bible Series
Jeremy Zollars
Upside-Down Apocalypse
Jeremy Duncan
Spirit Lake
Jeremy Ferguson
Perspectives on Taste
Jeremy Wyatt
Emerald Handbook of Computer-Mediated Communication and Social Media
Jeremy Harris Lipschultz
Douchebag Sonnets
Jeremy Freedman
How Rhineland Began
Jeremy Myers
Toerags in Orange Caftans
Jeremy Quirke
American Comics
Jeremy Dauber
Phoenix Kingdoms
Fan Jeremy Zhang
Plato's Ghost
Jeremy Gray
Berserk : Kentaro Miura
Jeremy Mark Robinson
Hidden History of Cole County, Missouri
Jeremy P. Amick
Trail
Jeremy Ashcroft
Fantasy, Neoliberalism and Precariousness
Jérémy Vachet
Social Media and Political Communication
Jeremy Harris Lipschultz
Max Counts to a Million
Jeremy Williams
Understanding and Using the British Legal System
Jeremy Farley
This is a comprehensive guide for all those people wishing to solve problems through the courts.
Every Good Boy Does Fine
Jeremy Denk
Early Roman Warfare
Jeremy Armstrong
School for Extraterrestrial Girls #2
Jeremy Whitley
Food A-Z
Jeremy Lee
Mathematical Logic and Computation
Jeremy Avigad
Papa's Apples
Jeremy McEwen
NES Works
Jeremy Parish
Seasons of a Mother's Heart
Sally Clarkson
Heart-to heart encouragement, inspiration and insight for homeschooling mothers.
Developing a Thorough Business Plan
Jeremy E. Z. Patton
Doctor Who Wasn't There
Jeremy A. Greene
Llewellyn-Jones Fundamentals of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Jeremy Oats
Presenting the latest techniques and advances in the treatment of abnormal pregnancies and gynaecological disorders, this text includes coverage of all contemporary surgical methods as well as providing a guide to all the relevant terminology.
Age of Resilience
Rifkin, Jeremy
Ponds, Pools and Puddles
Jeremy Biggs
Art of New Creation
Jeremy S. Begbie
The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban Literary Studies
Jeremy Tambling
Public Relations Manifesto
Jeremy Knauff
Game Is Afoot
Jeremy Black
Denmark Vesey's Bible
Jeremy Schipper
Guide des Livres Business
Jérémy Borot
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