By Robert Emslie
If you happened to catch last Sunday’s episode of Top Gear, you surely chortled over the staged mayhem of the (spoiler alert) Hovervan segment and the related shenanigans therein. If you watched that episode closely, as did I, then you might have noticed something strange about two-thirds of the way through.
That would have been the Go-Pro shot of Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson in the cab of the (spoiler alert) Hovervan where it was plainly visible that the Hamster had something written on his hand. If you didn’t catch it, make the jump to see a CSI-like close up.
There it is, obviously written in pen but turned indistinguishable due to a combination of sweat, river spray, and freakishly tiny hands. The former political personality Sarah Palin made famous the practice of using her hands as a place to keep a to-do list for her speeches, so perhaps that’ what the littlest Top Gear host was attempting with his palm penmanship? My question to you is, what do you think Hammond had written on his hand, and if this was part of some secret pact what do you think James May and Jezza had written on theirs?
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Ross Ballot 
Kamil Kaluski
"Whiten teeth – 8PM"
"I'm your left hand"
"Check tyre pressure first"
Jezza is a buffoon
"Ballpoint leaks."
"Not Penny's Boat"
Keep an eye out for Oliver
after some embiggenment, it looks like "dr appt peg 8am"
is Peg his wife's name?
His wife's name is Mindy. He has two daughters, Izzy and Willow.
"So [sic] your bunting"
Apparently, he's also a seamstress.
Be…sure…to…drink….your…Ovaltine?
A crummy commercial?
+1 for the reference.
incredibly, I got that ref too. Did the parents drive a Nash or something? I remember the film in a series of blurry flashbacks.
"I am the Stig."
I wonder if Clarkson's wife is watching? It appears he CAN find "the little man in the boat".
You sir, win the internet. Greatest comment of all time. Ever.
"Remember -do not squeeze too tightly"
"Wash this hand now!"
"If you pee, Sit."
It's a shopping list:
Hair Dye
Teeth Whitener
Crisps
"Stop shaking hands with Sarah Palin"
His lawyer's phone number.
Really, a pinkie ring?
Shave palm its getting hairy.
The ring is a gift from his daughter. Very sentimental.
After looking very closely I can see it says.
Noise
Speed
180°
So it's probably to remember what shots to get during the filming.
Or it could all mean Teeth Whitening and Crisps.
Correction on the number after more examining
looks like 8:15 not 180° the rest I can't make out