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Cowgirlstraitup
Member
07-07-2005
| Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 11:07 am
I was just thinking of all the bizarre things that have happened during BB that the houseguest were not aware of. Season two 9/11, they weren't told until they found out that Monica's cousin was missing. Season six two hurricanes in Florida and of course hurricane Katrina. This season middle east crisis and the talk of an all out war and 25,000 Americans stuck over there.
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Kiari43
Member
08-25-2005
| Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 11:12 am
life happens, it doesn't stop for 3 months of the year while the show is on.
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Justin42
Member
08-05-2001
| Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 11:13 am
There was the London bombings last year on 7/7, the day the show started and the HGs were already in... and this year the India bombings. Life does go on, but it seems like there are more big tragedies while BB is on. Maybe that's why we all get hooked on it, it's an escape to see people bicker over stupid, meaningless stuff. 
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Cowgirlstraitup
Member
07-07-2005
| Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 11:20 am
Justin, it is an escape, I totally agree.
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Willsfan
Member
09-04-2000
| Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 11:31 am
Sometimes I would rather not hear about the world affairs. War, high gas & food prices, child molestors, serial killers and on and on about how Ken Lay's death was faked is kind of depressing. I'm a news junkie & I usually have the TV on CNN during the day for background noise, but now I can watch BB off and on during the day. I get irked by a lot of their conversations but at least they aren't depressing....yet.
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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 1:16 pm
These people don't seem to care about the news, anyway. I hear them talking about getting drunk, VIP rooms, casting agents, and their dot-coms. I haven't heard much discussion about real-world, current events since Roddy or Michael from BB6.
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Cowgirlstraitup
Member
07-07-2005
| Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 1:25 pm
Oh yeah, I forgot about Roddy (the devil) as Dani would call him. He was always great to listen to on the feeds. Very smart man.
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Justin42
Member
08-05-2001
| Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 1:53 pm
Remember the game they had in BB2 where they redid one of the rooms (the blue room?) to be full of newspaper headlines of stuff that happened when they were in the house, and they had to scan them and make guesses what was true and what wasn't? Interesting they only did it that year, and that year arguably the biggest event of many of our lifetimes happened (9/11). I think the game was pretty close to 9/11 as well (a couple of weeks before, at most-- it was towards the end of the season)
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Willsfan
Member
09-04-2000
| Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 2:17 pm
Justin42 said....newspaper headlines of stuff that happened when they were in the house, and they had to scan them and make guesses what was true and what wasn't?" Yes, I remember! They should do that again! It was an interesting distraction for the HGs and the viewers enjoyed it too.
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Luvmykitties
Member
01-02-2004
| Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 4:53 pm
in BB2 they were still in the house during 9/11? I have heard it mentioned - and about Monica's cousin. Did BB start later in the season then?
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Justin42
Member
08-05-2001
| Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 7:11 pm
Nope, it started about the same time. The show traditionally ends around 9/20. I believe the finale in 2001 was on 9/18, as they were just barely able to get the HGs back to CA to even put the show together. (flights resumed that Friday..? Saturday?)
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