Jeremy Clarkson

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If you live in Britain and you've just been watching top gear you would have heard James May joking about him not knowing what electricity is and then Jeremy Clarkson saying something like 'hears Asperger's in real life', first of all what does he mean by this? Is he saying that all aspies are stupid? And when he says 'in real life' is he saying that it isn't real? (this guy has been in the news a few times for offending Scotsmen, truck drivers, people with disabilities and people with eye injuries)

What got me was he pronounced it correctly!

Well, James May defiantly has more than a few traits

James May: "Im not convinced by that though because I think electricity is a mystery ... I dont actually believe in it."

Jeremy Clarkson:"You don't actually believe in electricity?"

James May: "No, nobody really understands it."

Jeremy Clarkson (to audience): "What you are witnessing here is Asperger's made real."

James May: "Is that what makes my wee smell funny?

Jeremy Clarkson (hand to head): "No ..."

James May: "Oh thats asparagus."


I don't entirely get it either

I don't about you guys but I thought it was funny I understood it straight away I don't think Jeremy Clarkson meant any offence at all but I'm sure it would be in the paper this week.

I think that the people who usually complain about Clarkson are politicaly correct people who complain about everything which I find annoying.

Were not the Morris Marina Owners club

I'm surprised he even knows what aspergers is

I don't think Clarkson meant any offence by it, he was just saying that perhaps an aspie might question things as common to people as electricity, perhaps because our minds are more open or something. And I think May's comment was probably just for the humour. I have actually wondered for a while whether James is an aspie, he has a very detailed knowledge of many technical things and he reminds me of myself, the outsider of the group, the one always the butt of jokes cos they act differently etc
And yeah finally it's asPergers not Asperger's gosh I hate it when people say we have Asperger's, sounds like assburgers

I saw the episode and I have a theory. It isnt the first time I have heard Clarkson mention AS. I think that either Clarkson has a family member/friend who has AS OR, I propose more likely, the James May has AS and has discussed it with his co-workers.
Furthermore, Clarkson isn't as bad as many people make out. I think he's a genuinely good person who has created a somewhat offensive screen persona. He has a good heart in him. He cares about this country and the people who live here. maybe.... a bit.

James May? The guy who has to have all the tools in his garage lined up exactly right, who can't bear to have the bezel on Jeremy's watch out of alignment, who knows endless facts about things, lived a very simple life, has some difficulty understanding people and fashion, and who failed his driving test because the examiner said "we're going to do an emergency stop - there's a child in the road" and he replied "No there isn't" and kept driving? (for example)

I've thought he might be an aspie for years. I hope he is - he's brilliant!

just vaguely on topic did anyone see clarkson talking to james blunt & not once mentioning how crap his music is? i find the guy funny but i expected better of him.. i doubt he wanted to ridicule aspergers btw

i think he said something generic like "i really liked your last album".. if he liked it that's not so bad, but surely only very simple people enjoy that fools music..? sorry if anyone does btw but he's no innovator & arguably no musician either.. rant over.
on topic, at least AS gets a mention on the BBC, could very subtly raise awareness.. James may does seem aspie & i enjoy the banter he & clarkson have.. i don't have any significant interest in cars etc but it's a surprisingly "addictive" show.

I'm certain Clarkson wasn't calling him stupid, as May pointed out that the nature of electricity is incredibly tricky outside of the normal usage context. In fact, I'm sure Clarkson was throwing him a veiled compliment.

"What is "electricity?" Under the scientists' definition there is a simple answer to this question: Matter is mainly composed of particles of electricity (of electrons and protons,) so if we should say that electricity is a type of matter, we wouldn't be too wrong. Electricity is not matter in the everyday sense, instead electricity is one step down from matter. It's one of the main components of matter. Electricity has mass, although for electrons the mass per cubic volume is very small (the electrons of a wire are thousands of times lighter than the copper atoms, yet the number of electrons rivals the number of atoms. "

And that's the simple definition!

(Sorry, first post, so can't post the link to the quote, but a Google search for - electricity science definition - would take you to it)

If you look at what happened after Hammonds crash you'll see that how they deal
with personal issues is to humorously mention it once and never mention it again.
I wouldn't be surprised if this was there actual way of mentioning it, clearing the air
but not committing, leaving some deniability. I would love is James May did something
like Steven Frys doc on Bipolarity.