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Messalina
Member
06-19-2005
| Monday, August 10, 2009 - 6:51 pm
You mean a tank top?
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, August 10, 2009 - 6:52 pm
Earthmother, I figured that she started it, but I still don't want her to be part of it, LOL. I think it should be Michelle, Jordan and Lydia, and we can have Kevin and Jeff be in a boy alliance and they can all duke it out.
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Mnnice
Member
08-01-2009
| Monday, August 10, 2009 - 6:52 pm
Should have added, its the style tank top he's wearing.
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Nick
Member
07-31-2004
| Monday, August 10, 2009 - 6:52 pm
it's a guy's tank top.. typically white..
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Messalina
Member
06-19-2005
| Monday, August 10, 2009 - 6:53 pm
Thanks. I'm an old lady and don't know much about young guys clothes.
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Nick
Member
07-31-2004
| Monday, August 10, 2009 - 6:56 pm
oh that's old guy's clothes! think of street car named desire with marlon brando as stanley kolwanski.. laughs..
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Wendy
Member
07-16-2009
| Monday, August 10, 2009 - 6:56 pm
I had no clue they made money the while they were in the house. I thought they only made money while in the jury house. Anyway, was BB3's Allison a fan favorite? I assume she was since she did (the other CBS reality show, can't remember what is it called right now) and came back for All Stars? I liked her but then again I was only watching the edited episodes and had no inside information like the Feeds and so on. I was hoping she and her ex Justin would make up lol
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Nick
Member
07-31-2004
| Monday, August 10, 2009 - 6:58 pm
allison in bb3 was hated! she ended up coming in 2nd to june if i remember right.. it was the choice of the lesser of two evils per that jury!
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Messalina
Member
06-19-2005
| Monday, August 10, 2009 - 6:58 pm
LOL, Nick. I'm familiar with tank tops. I just didn't know they were called 'wifebeaters'. Strange label. Wonder how that got started.
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Chere
Member
08-10-2005
| Monday, August 10, 2009 - 6:58 pm
Allison was on bb4.
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Gnut629
Member
07-31-2009
| Monday, August 10, 2009 - 6:59 pm
As my mother use to say, "if you are not going to help, get out of the way."
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Nick
Member
07-31-2004
| Monday, August 10, 2009 - 7:02 pm
First, we must address the origins of said “wife beater” shirts. Whether or not you know it, the history of the “wife beater” goes back to the Middle Ages, where knights who lost their armor in battles often had nothing but the chain-mail undergarment to protect them. Now, those chain mail undershirts, if you will, were damn strong — even a sword couldn’t get through. Often, when a knight lost their armor and continued to fight successfully, they were referred to as a waif beater (waif, referring to an abandoned or lost individual). Due to the fact that knights who had been abandoned and continued to fight with only the “shirt off their back” (albeit chain mail), they were given this noble title — an abandoned fighter, beating their way through battle. During 1700’s Europe, of course, the phrase “waif beater” no longer had much meaning due to the fact that there weren’t really knights running around fighting battles in chain-mail undershirts. As a result, the phrase was changed to the similarly sounding “wife beater” and used to refer to husbands who treated their significant others in a less than stellar way. The trend changed in 1947 in Detroit, Michigan — when police arrested a local man (James Hartford, Jr.) for beating his wife to death. Local news stations aired the arrest and elements of the case for months after — constantly showing a picture of Hartford, Jr. when he was arrested — wearing a dirty tank top with baked bean stains on it…and constantly referring to him as “the” wife beater. From there, everything snowballed. From then on, men wearing dirty tank-topped undershirts were referred to as people who were “wearing wife-beaters” and the lexicon stuck from that point forward. At least, that’s the history of it all. http://www.pauldavidson.net/2005/05/13/words-for-your-enjoyment-wife-beaters/
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Marksman
Member
05-04-2007
| Monday, August 10, 2009 - 7:02 pm
Because it is common to see white trash type gentleman who might be the kind accused of beating their wife wearing them.
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Wendy
Member
07-16-2009
| Monday, August 10, 2009 - 7:03 pm
Thanks Nick. I know all the HGs hated the two ladies that made it to F2 but for some reason they decided to award Jun the prize instead. I think the cutie Allison hanged out with was the only one that voted for her. Micheal? Loyal to the bitter end even though she threw him under the bus much. Did Justin even made it to jury house? If she was so hated why shove them down people's throat via another show and then All Stars. TV producers are whack.
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Marksman
Member
05-04-2007
| Monday, August 10, 2009 - 7:03 pm
Think pot-bellied guy with a mullet or comb over, some kind of weird facial hair, some kind of weird tatoo on his arm, a beer in his hand... and leaning towards back-handing his wife when she might get out of line. Very common say on the tv show Cops.
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Messalina
Member
06-19-2005
| Monday, August 10, 2009 - 7:03 pm
Interesting, Nick. Thanks for the history lesson.
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Nick
Member
07-31-2004
| Monday, August 10, 2009 - 7:04 pm
anytime.. i love phrase and word origins!
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Nala63
Member
09-20-2005
| Monday, August 10, 2009 - 7:05 pm
very interesting Nick, ty
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Nick
Member
07-31-2004
| Monday, August 10, 2009 - 7:05 pm
they love to shove hated reality stars down our throats because they provoke drama which they think raises ratings.. hence the success of jerry springer etc..
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, August 10, 2009 - 7:06 pm
is there only fish feeds now??
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Nick
Member
07-31-2004
| Monday, August 10, 2009 - 7:06 pm
that was a quote btw.. i didn't write it! re:wife beaters..
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Mamapors
Member
07-29-2004
| Monday, August 10, 2009 - 7:07 pm
Can I just say one more~~ Bless Her Heart!!
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Jarreau
Member
03-02-2008
| Monday, August 10, 2009 - 7:09 pm
And, believe it or not, Jessie did a nice thing - he offered to wash the dishes so Jordan could eat.
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Snoopsmom
Member
02-19-2003
| Monday, August 10, 2009 - 7:09 pm
Have they said what time they are having the POV meeting? Wondering if production is delaying because if there is a blow up they want to make sure it's during BBAD time.
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Sabbatia
Member
08-15-2005
| Monday, August 10, 2009 - 7:09 pm
Sooooo Chima plans to go off on the live show if the power is used?
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