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[edit] Private Pilots Licence
The comment about James studying for PPL at White Waltham states that he didn't qualify. This means that in the Top Gear episode where he raced across Europe with Hammond in the plane there must have been an instructor on board the Cessna 182 Skylane along with Hammond and a cameraman. Either that or he has qualified for PPL but just not added a night rating yet. --Anon
[edit] Hammond Crash
Someone has written that James May was supposed to have been driving the car that James Hammond crashed in yesterday. How, pray tell, do they know this? 82.71.2.60 21:16, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
- I added a ref for it... however I'm not entirely sure that it's notable. It seems commonplace (as stated in the article) for them to switch around based on availability. - Blah3 22:28, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
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- Yes, originally Hammond could not do it as he had previous arrangements. The car though ended up being rescheduled and so Hammond drove it (he had been begging to do it). --Viper007Bond 17:38, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] He's not dead!
Someone keeps writing that James died on 13 February 2007. That's absolutely not true! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.208.88.170 (talk) 00:21, 18 February 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Sniff Petrol
In August 2006, it was revealed that May is a frequent contributor to the online motoring humor magazine Sniff Petrol.
Anyone care to cite a source on this? I'm not saying it's not true, it just seems like it has a good chance of being a joke. --Viper007Bond 17:38, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
- To tie this in with my edit of the article, the reference for this is [1]. Although he has contributed, "frequent" can't be determined (reading it literally he has contributed at least 3 times). Halsteadk 17:39, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Vandalism?
May often refers to himself as "the greatest track coach there ever was". Wasent it like "The other bloke of TG"? --85.167.136.205
- Thanks for pointing it out - it was indeed vandalism by yet another idiot with nothing better to do. Halsteadk 09:46, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Getting Married???
Yeah, right! Oh, and his girlfriend is called Sarah, not Jennifer...
James says hes a single Bachouler? from his last bit of work he made it quite clear he has no gf?
To my knowledge he is not currently dating a female. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.251.89.74 (talk) 01:36, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
- Despite the ribbing he gets for foppishness on the show, and the kidding little details (such as his seen sitting reading the Gay Times when sat next to Hammond at one point ... it's largely scripted, remember), he does by his own claim (in the Telegraph, other websites etc) have a girlfriend in a stable relationship... not regularly cohabiting (because of the smallness of her flat, and the messiness (!) of his house), but certainly together, and even considering whether to have children as neither of them are that young any more. 82.46.180.56 (talk) 18:45, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
Can I ask regarding the children thing, do you have any articles, etc, which state this? I haven't heard James mention this before. Thank you. Aaurora (talk) 05:54, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks. We will shortly be having our third child and I'm 55. Hint- some bits stop working as you get older; some don't. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 18:57, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] nice photo
just wanted to say nice new photo whoever put it up! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.208.88.170 (talk • contribs).
- Hey, thanks for noticing. I uploaded it and got the permission for Wikipedia to use it, but all of the credit goes to Ed Perchick for releasing it under a license that Wikipedia can use. --PS2pcGAMER (talk) 01:35, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] political
Anyone know what side of the political spectrum he lies? With Clarkson being a Tory, and Hammond being socialist, where does May fall? He writes for the Telegraph, wich suggests right wing, but he doesn't seem Tory.
I can' imagine Clarkson (a boy from a mining town in Yorkshire) would be Tory I'd say may seems to be a Tory but I can't imagine him moving to some huge house, he'd just rattle around. He's a verry odd Tory. mattmaloneypresents 14:50 GMT
Clarkson once said; "James thinks oversteer is a left wing plot". So at least we could say he's not left wing.
[edit] AutoCar Message
I found a picture of the Autocar Message in an imageboard and have put it in the article, but since I don't know the licensing status of the image it says it will be deleted in a week.
The image can be found here http://aycu40.webshots.com/image/15559/2001651411993860722_rs.jpg
Someone please edit the page properly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Arunkshrestha (talk • contribs) 10:02, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
The image was a screenshot of scans I'd taken and shared on FinalGear.com. I've tried to clean up the page and remedy the licensing. Minervamoon 19:02, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
I'm going to redo the edit to complete the quote. I know the first 16 characters aren't on that picture, but I have a copy of the supplement and this is the correct quote. Notice the front covers advertises 100 cars reviewed and there aren't that many pictured. Jmg48 12:44, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
I think that's unnecessary: "ROAD TEST YEAR BOOK" was spelled out in red drop-capitals, but that was not part of his hidden message (and not, therefore, the point of the section regarding his dismissal from AutoCar). Minervamoon 16:55, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
So it was part of the hidden message, i.e. hidden in the red drop-caps along with the rest of the message. If we're agreeing on that then surely the whole message should be included? We could speculate on which part of the message he got dismissed for, but that's not really the point. He won't have had editorial approval for the inclusion of any part of the message (it was only published because it slipped through the proof-reading process, and you couldn't possibly notice part of the message and not the rest of it). In any case, the message doesn't really make a lot of sense without the first part. "So, you think it's really good?", refers to the fact that he's cleverly made the first letters of the first 16 articles read the title of the supplement. Jmg48 17:40, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
I agree, it is part of the hidden message. We should not be trying to redefine what part of it was more important than the rest, simply reproduce the facts. It would be good to see a revised image showing this however. Halsteadk 19:44, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
The first 16 characters were meant to be seen. May has said in interviews that he hid a few sentences, not that he hid the actual title of the supplement, which would be absurd. You can't possibly believe that "you think it's really good" refers to those four words; it refers to the whole supplement itself, i.e., "You think this section is good? We'll, it's been difficult work." The Wikipedia article already says "May's role was to put the entire supplement together, which 'was extremely boring and took several months'."
And to quote directly from the 2006 Richard Allinson interview:
- "Well, I can't remember exactly what it said, it was to the effect that you might think that this is a really great thing but if you were sitting here making it up you'd realise that it's a real pain in the--I'm not sure I can say this on Radio 2--arse." Minervamoon 02:32, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
I think you've misunderstood the nature of the message. It was all hidden - the first 16 chars were part of the hidden message, they weren't the title of the supplement, that was written on it in big capitals at the beginning as you'd expect, not hidden in the drop caps as part of the hidden message. If May had been referring to the articles it would read something like 'writing the bloody thing', not 'making the bloody thing up'. You don't 'make up' reviews, you write them. You do, however 'make up' a means of sneaking a hidden message past your editor. I'll try and dig out my own copy and post the missing pages. Please don't edit the full quote unless the consensus view swings the other way - opinions from anybody else would be much appreciated. Jmg48 08:23, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] OCD
James may appears to have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or simmerlar as highlighted on some epsisodes of top gear, could this be respectfully intregrated into the article somehow. Alan2here 09:55, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
~I dont really think he actually has OCD, he's just a bit unusual, i'd like to hope even Mr.Clarkson wouldn't make fun of a genuine disability. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.34.174.140 (talk) 19:58, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
Everyone has their idiosyncracies. I like to keep my phone in the left pocket and keys in the right. That doesn't make me OCD - creature of habit, human, yes. But not OCD. True OCD is a serious mental condition causing the person afflicted significant difficulty in leading a normal life. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.229.91.27 (talk) 03:29, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
- I assume this refers to the skit where Clarkson taunted him by turning the bezel on his aviator watch to be misaligned... I don't think it's meant to be actual OCD, but perhaps picking on him being somewhat pedantic and slightly eccentric in his ways, and.. yes, maybe a little obsessed with cleanliness, given the small brush he keeps in his Bentley to clean dust from the switches. As the show is scripted, and the scene was played out with excellent comic timing and a wry smile on James' face, it was put in for humour's sake rather than any serious suggestion of mental affliction. 82.46.180.56 (talk) 18:38, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Personal life?
The personal life section of this article is...well, lacking. It seems more like a small trivia section than anything else. Firejdl 08:59, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
- Is there any truth to the claim (as stated on Top Gear, end of series 3) that he has a music degree? :) 82.46.180.56 (talk) 19:03, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Television subsection
Hello,
I've reorganised a little bit the televesion section in order to try and make it a bit clearer and better structured. However, I feel it still needs some work for it to be up to Wikipedia standards. What do you think? Amhantar (talk) 02:00, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
Yes Hello, could they change the "rotting shark" thing for the actual name of the "delicacy" of Hakarl
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1karl <-- link —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.50.35.195 (talk) 14:28, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Siblings
I know he is in between 2 sisters, but I'm sure I read somewhere that he has a brother. Anyone confirm this? 172.206.31.170 (talk) 12:51, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Father
If his surname is really May why does the article say his father was the "Reverend G. C. Mills"??? Gustav von Humpelschmumpel (talk) 13:59, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
Rev. Geoffrey Mills was the Rector of Whiston Parish Church, which James attended. Not sure how the text came to say that Rev. Mills was James' father. I edited the text to correct the problem. Austinman (talk) 00:58, 31 December 2007 (UTC) James bears a strong resemblance to Tim Mills, son of Reverend Canon Mills. I suspect it was a case of vandalism79.72.37.219 (talk) 18:10, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Double award winner
Shouldn't there be something in here that he won Heat Magazine's 'wierd crush of the year' in either 2007 or 2008. Also, he won first place for the worst celebrity hairstyle on tv (the Hamster was first) didn't he?Melon247 (talk) 21:12, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Swearing on the telly
Why can you say "Cock" on the BBC (like May constantly does) but not "bollocks"?--Cancun771 (talk) 22:29, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
