I like boys. I mean adult boys (don't get me wrong!!!) in the general sense of adult male humans! But I will change to "guys"; just to make sure that we are on the same level!!!

So... I like guys! A lot!!! All my relationships were with guys and some of my closest friends have been guys. But I don't just like them because they are (potentially) warm, strong, rugged, sexy and charming! I want them in my life because they bring another point of view, different from mine. Even when a guy is close to your personality and idiosyncrasy, I find that his way of thinking and approaching situations will definitely be quite different than the one of a girl's/woman's (which is of course natural and can only be expected for many reasons).

There is one other reason for which I like guys: I learn a lot of new things from them. I love to learn and with guys I get to come in contact with things I would not have met or known otherwise. Like one of their favourite toys: cars. And a TV show that talks about cars. A show that is featured in my tv.com favourite shows list among House, CSI, QI, Sex and the City, Star Trek: TNG, The Black Adder and the X-Files: BBC's Top Gear .

For those who do not know, Top Gear is a BBC show about cars, currently in its tenth season. But it is so much more than a show about cars. It's a very entertaining, very amusing, very laugh-out-loud show. There are three presenters: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. Each one is very different from the other in every single aspect, but they have great humour and the kind of great chemistry and "complicité" that you get among people that know each other very well and really like each other, even if they do not agree on anything.

I really enjoy watching Top Gear but not because I want to learn the latest news on the latest models or watch super cars. After all, not only I do not own a car, but I do not know how to drive as well (I am planning to get driving lessons and my license within the next months). No, I like Top Gear simply because I really have a good time watching it. I mean, I have laughed more while watching some Top Gear episodes than I have laughed watching blockbuster comedies. Take for example an episode I watched this weekend - they decided on taking a short caravan holiday so as to explore why so many people (850.000 in UK) like going on holidays in their caravans. I cannot describe what happened but it was truly hi-la-ri-ous.

I know that it is not something for everyone and that many people dismiss it as too superficial and uninteresting. Just a show from three guys overindulging themselves. Three boys talking about their toys. And maybe it is so. Maybe it is even worse/less than that. Nevertheless, it is good fun to say the least. And this is not something to dismiss that easily.

PS each week they have a "celebrity" as a guest - Stephen Fry has been a guest too!

PPS Jeremy Clarkson has been a guest to Stephen Fry's QI quite often as well!