The Stig just makes me happy.

This morning started off to a rousing start with me getting to watch an episode of How Not to Decorate, then Decker arrived on-line and we ended up chasing clips of The Stig around YouTube. (We also tried to plan an impromptu getaway to London, but that was quickly foiled by me being too poor to afford a passport, nonetheless airline tickets and hotel rooms and whatnot.) I present to you one of my favorite ever clips of The Stig, not only because there are British accents and Richard Hammond and a recording of “Mind the gap” in the Underground, but because it shows the creative genius of Top Gear’s writers. They have not only created The Stig as a lean, mean, driving machine, they have created a sort of mythology about him.