Post by suggsygirl on Sept 17, 2008 22:03:07 GMT
I thought I'd type this up for you all to save you from the boobies contained within Nuts magazine... Mmmm boobies.
Hi Hamster! Your new show Engineering Connections is all about incredible inventions, but what's the best?The wheel was kind of a handy one to come up with, but I'm more fascinated with suspension bridges - the idea of spreading weight and the difference that makes to the strength of a structure.
Er, right... Can you tell us a brilliant piece of Pub Ammo?
Did you know the skyscraper was invented after a bloke watched his wife rest a book on a birdcage?
Erm, no...
Well, when it didn't collapse he realised there might be something in the design! I'd recommend you save that one for the four pint point. Four pints and people will be impressed. Five and they'll wonder why you aren't talking about boobs and football.
Talking of boobs - as inventions go, bras are pretty good, aren't they?Yes, the degree of engineering is quite astonishing because bras are fighting against one of the biggest forces there is - gravity. I wish we could have found a way of getting the invention of bras into the show so I could have hung out with a load of lingerie-clad models!
What's the coolest experiment you did in the show?To show how a plane's undercarriage works, we strapped a load of bicycle pumps to a grand piano and dropped it from a considerable height. The pumps took the impact and you could still play it afterwards!
You've got pretty bad hair. What do you ask for at the hairdressers?I don't! I just ask to have it cut a bit shorter so I can see out of it. I've been asked what are my long-term plans for my hair - I don't even have a long-term plan for me!
James has pretty silly hair, too. Are you competing with each other?No, f**k that! I had long hair before he'd even thought of it. I had hair down to my belly button when I was a teenager. I just can't be arsed to get it cut.
When you go clothes shopping, do you get the benefit of not having to pay VAT because you can wear kid's clobber?Ha-ha! I'm. Not. That. F**king. Short! I don't even go clothes shopping if I can avoid it. I get my wife to do it for me.
How do you measure James May's speed?
With an egg-timer, or a piece of geographical equipment that measures tectonic plate movements. The plates in the Atlantic move a few centimetres every year, so that's as accurate as we can get.
Other than the obvious, what's your scariest near-death experience?I've had a few close scrapes on my motorbike and there was a situation in America where Jeremy almost had a dust up with a bouncer. I don't know why, but he pulled a collapsing telescopic cosh on me. I got angry with him and squared up, but he put it away.
If it ever kicked off, would Clarkson step in to protect you?
What? No I don't need Clarkson to protect me! I can stick up for myself, you know. I've got mad moves that would tie a ninja in knots.
When you go out for dinner, do you sometimes find yourself unwittingly storing food in your cheeks?No I don't. The nickname 'Hamster' came about when I told a mate we were having a baby daughter and he said, "Ah wow, a little hamster!" Clarkson found out and it stuck.
Hi Hamster! Your new show Engineering Connections is all about incredible inventions, but what's the best?The wheel was kind of a handy one to come up with, but I'm more fascinated with suspension bridges - the idea of spreading weight and the difference that makes to the strength of a structure.
Er, right... Can you tell us a brilliant piece of Pub Ammo?
Did you know the skyscraper was invented after a bloke watched his wife rest a book on a birdcage?
Erm, no...
Well, when it didn't collapse he realised there might be something in the design! I'd recommend you save that one for the four pint point. Four pints and people will be impressed. Five and they'll wonder why you aren't talking about boobs and football.
Talking of boobs - as inventions go, bras are pretty good, aren't they?Yes, the degree of engineering is quite astonishing because bras are fighting against one of the biggest forces there is - gravity. I wish we could have found a way of getting the invention of bras into the show so I could have hung out with a load of lingerie-clad models!
What's the coolest experiment you did in the show?To show how a plane's undercarriage works, we strapped a load of bicycle pumps to a grand piano and dropped it from a considerable height. The pumps took the impact and you could still play it afterwards!
You've got pretty bad hair. What do you ask for at the hairdressers?I don't! I just ask to have it cut a bit shorter so I can see out of it. I've been asked what are my long-term plans for my hair - I don't even have a long-term plan for me!
James has pretty silly hair, too. Are you competing with each other?No, f**k that! I had long hair before he'd even thought of it. I had hair down to my belly button when I was a teenager. I just can't be arsed to get it cut.
When you go clothes shopping, do you get the benefit of not having to pay VAT because you can wear kid's clobber?Ha-ha! I'm. Not. That. F**king. Short! I don't even go clothes shopping if I can avoid it. I get my wife to do it for me.
How do you measure James May's speed?
With an egg-timer, or a piece of geographical equipment that measures tectonic plate movements. The plates in the Atlantic move a few centimetres every year, so that's as accurate as we can get.
Other than the obvious, what's your scariest near-death experience?I've had a few close scrapes on my motorbike and there was a situation in America where Jeremy almost had a dust up with a bouncer. I don't know why, but he pulled a collapsing telescopic cosh on me. I got angry with him and squared up, but he put it away.
If it ever kicked off, would Clarkson step in to protect you?
What? No I don't need Clarkson to protect me! I can stick up for myself, you know. I've got mad moves that would tie a ninja in knots.
When you go out for dinner, do you sometimes find yourself unwittingly storing food in your cheeks?No I don't. The nickname 'Hamster' came about when I told a mate we were having a baby daughter and he said, "Ah wow, a little hamster!" Clarkson found out and it stuck.
