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Old 30 May 2004, 09:41 (Ref:987952)   #1
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Some brilliant *cough* James Allen quotes
Post your collection of James's most irritating comments that make you cringe no end...

I was "inspired" to start this thread after yesterdays qualfying performance...

MB: "its 5-2 to Trulli in Qualfying over Alonso...."

JA: " Yes it seems this year Trulli has his head in GEAR... Trulli is really in Alonso's SLIP STREAM this year"

... our heads have gears??

many more coming up after i sit think and cringe....
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Old 30 May 2004, 09:56 (Ref:987969)   #2
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yep, he really is an oracle of cliches!!
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Old 30 May 2004, 10:05 (Ref:987977)   #3
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Re: Some brilliant *cough* James Allen quotes
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[BJA: " Yes it seems this year Trulli has his head in GEAR... Trulli is really in Alonso's SLIP STREAM this year"

... our heads have gears??

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Forget gears, I'd be worried about Trulli being in Alonso's slip stream
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Old 30 May 2004, 10:32 (Ref:988002)   #4
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yesterday:

JA: "Klein has failed to prove so far that he is the cats whiskers like he promised at the start of the year"
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Old 30 May 2004, 11:02 (Ref:988029)   #5
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"Just explain Martin, for the benefit of those watching at home, what an out-lap is...."
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Old 30 May 2004, 11:05 (Ref:988034)   #6
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That wasn't at all patronising.

Give your audience the benefit. Even if you'd never watched an F1 race you could work that one out. Let people learn about the sport naturally it is much more rewarding and develops long term fans.
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Old 30 May 2004, 11:12 (Ref:988042)   #7
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Can't see ITV ever realising that somehow......
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"well that's a monkey off his back" about JB when he got his first podium!
Ok Then thank you Mr Allan (a monkey??)
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"...an open goal for pole position..."
oh dear.
You'd never tire of slapping him would you!!
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Elspeth. A Monkey on the back is a well known saying. It means that you have either got or have inherited a problem.

Getting it off your back refers to solving said problem.

So unfortunately I can't criticise him for it. I said it myself actually.

IIRC James Hunt said it when Nigel Mansell got his first GP win.
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Elspeth. A Monkey on the back is a well known saying. It means that you have either got or have inherited a problem.

Getting it off your back refers to solving said problem.

So unfortunately I can't criticise him for it. I said it myself actually.

IIRC James Hunt said it when Nigel Mansell got his first GP win.
i know its a well known saying it was more the fact he said it a stupid amount of time in the space of a very short time! It got annoying!
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He said it for every little achievment Button made this season and again for Truli. He tends to find a saying he likes and runs with it. I think he would like to be remembered for those little things a little like Murrys 'anything can happen in f1 and it usually does'
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Old 30 May 2004, 12:18 (Ref:988094)   #14
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Quality thread! Everybody should do themself a favour - instead of enduring JA's drivvle tune your radio into 5 live - no adverts and great commentary by Jonathan Legard and Maurice Hamilton.

Even better - get yourself a digital radio - or tune into it on Sky digital

Still - there are so many james allen-isms I wouldnt know where to start.
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I can't get anything but radio 1 in my house so today i used the bbc website and they cannot let you listen to broardcast because they aren't licenced to do so.
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Old 30 May 2004, 12:41 (Ref:988122)   #16
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You can still tune into their weekly Friday night F1 programme online
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surely Five Live is broadcast over the web?
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Five live is on the web, but they switch it off when F1 is on, for contractural reasons.
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Thats what i meant.
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I'm in Turkey so I've never heard JA say "monkey off........"
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I see Tony Jardine is now vying for the irritating comment crown, today coming up with this gem when talking about Jarno Trulli:

"He looks like a ninja turtle doesn't he, with that hair!"

Oh dear......

And besides, I don't think the ninja turtles had hair anyways. So not only is he talking rubbish he is factually incorrect. A model member of the ITV "team".
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What about those : "Oh look it this Martin" in that child like voice.... THOS ARE ANNOYING!!!
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The man is the embodiment of farce.
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You'd think he'd know to say "Grands Prix" rather than "Grand Prixs".
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Quality thread! Everybody should do themself a favour - instead of enduring JA's drivvle tune your radio into 5 live - no adverts and great commentary by Jonathan Legard and Maurice Hamilton.
Definitely recommended - also R5 don't take commercial breaks like ITV do. The only snag is that (during the Premiership season) live football takes precedence over live F1 and then without a digital radio theres no alternative but to endure the ITV commentary and commercial breaks.
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