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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 9:46 am
The council did ok by delegating the law and order to Sophie. People seem to look at Sophie as a figure of authority even though she's never held a post on council and they seem a bit afraid of her too. And she's a bit of a hard arse around town. So I think it was a good move. I know I delegate the crap work that I don't want to deal with at. Did they say the council was taking a field trip and left the new sheriff in charge?
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 10:00 am
<57> I really found her behavior hard to take last night. All the talk about ugly this and how ugly people can put on make up. I'd just cringe as a parent. I'd bet money she's never made to do anything she doesn't want to at home. I still like Sophia. I do think she's an old soul. And I totally beleive she'd know about Clint Eastwood, some of those movie lines are classic and you see them repeated on movie tribute shows. I was glad the kids picked the video games, I just think then need to have the arcade only be open certain hours of the day. The upperclass has always been helping out around town and they need to keep doing that. Does anyone know how many eps are left of this show?
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 10:58 am
I didn't get to watch as my little Joey(almost 3 yr old grandson) wanted to watch Shrek the Halls and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Thanks for giving me some insight as to what the heck happened.
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 11:17 am
<57> I thought it was interesting to see them finally choose the fun reward, and then realize that 'with great entertainment comes great restraint'. It was no surprise that nothing got done around town once the arcade doors were thrown open. I kind of enjoyed seeing the flash of understanding as some of the kids realized that maybe their parents have something to it when they say 'no TV until your chores are done...'.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 11:35 am
Brenda, last night when they were reading the journal, i said "You have now been here for 32 days." Also, when they were deciding which reward to pick, I think Greg said they only had a short amount of time left that it wasn't work picking the library for only a week. I am thinking they do shows every 3 days, so if the next show is at 35 days, and the following show is 38 days, and then there will be the finale.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 12:01 pm
<57> Thanks Eeyore, so 3 more eps?
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 12:31 pm
PS - Did I mention I love Alex and his one tooth!!!?!?!? I got a nice little dose of him last night!!! I just wanted to pinch his little cheeks!!! Jared....ahhh little Jared. The end was funny when he was sneaking into the arcade and playing Dance Dance Revolution by himself. Did anyone else have a problem with the "gambling" and casino type games that were offered?
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 1:06 pm
I didn't mind the gambling....kids gotta learn. It's almost impossible to go anywhere to play pool and not have all sorts of side bets. So it's all educational. ;) And the poker help your math skills ;). Jared is adorable. His parents can be very proud of him unlike some of the other kids parents.
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Allietex
Member
08-16-2002
| Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 1:07 pm
Funny we are all so surprised at the cultural knowledge that these kids know and no one has even mentioned how Alex asked if anyone knew pi and I believe it was Anjay and then he both rattled it off. I did not know pi even exixted until I was in high school and I still do not understand it. LOL
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 1:17 pm
LOL! 3.141592654 and that is without looking it up. I won't pretend to remember more than the basics about it though. It's funny the arcane things that you memorize as a kid when it is relatively easy to do.
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Yacky
Member
07-06-2005
| Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 1:28 pm
i read somewhere that the finale is dec. 12
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 1:39 pm
I haven't seen last night's show so I can't comment on it yet. One thing that I'm a bit surprised about is that the kids haven't commented on is the disproportionate number of stars awarded to kids in the Green District. They have three times as many stars as the Blue and Red Districts (LOL and six times as many as the Yellow District). I'm not saying that they don't deserve them but I'm surprised there isn't more contention about that. I think it also shows the incredible influence that Laurel has exerted. She dominated the Council, she was loved by her team (for a long time anyway), she was unopposed in the first election, she barely lost the second election and then she was immediately awarded a Gold Star. Kid Nation aside, she is one of the most dominant reality players to come along on any series!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 1:52 pm
So, Jimmer, you are saying Laurel could give Mike Boogie a run for the money as the greatest reality television star in the history of reality television???? Isn't that, if not close to blasphemy, then almost heresy??? Pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to the diameter of that circle.
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 2:12 pm
We can speculate many reasons for the domination of Green in the gold star reward: 1. Laurel picked kids she knew shared her same mores/ethics - those who would naturally be hard workers. I see that altruistic behavior seems highest amongst the Green District. 2. The Green District started out as laborers and remained in the bottom two jobs for an extended period of time. Very bonding. 3. The other districts have relatively fewer self-motivating members. Yellow took a good lesson from their first council member and became well known as being lazy - then continued (Zach appeared self-motivated until he was council member and then lost the drive, Blaine has headed in the same direction). Red was initially led by Mike who sure doesn't know how to set any examples, then Guylan who turned out to be a much better follower than leader. With DK there is some hope, but he hasn't figured out how to motivate yet. And Blue's initial council member never have the charisma to lead, and then they initially spent too much time as the upper class. Greg only started working towards the betterment of the town AFTER he found out about the gold stars. Fortunately, he has continued with about 50% of that initial effort - but it's usually with an agenda (not altruistic). Only Green continues onward with maturity and the success of the whole town in mind (most of the time time).

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Allietex
Member
08-16-2002
| Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 3:13 pm
I think a lot of it had to do with the kids themselves. They just seemed a more mature group to start with. I suspect that Laural recognized this in them. And the only one who was disruptive was Sophia, and she was actually disruptive in a good way. She called people to account for their actions. And there did not seem to be many egos in the group. I agree that the leadership of the other districts was a cause in their inability to function as well as the green district. I wish I knew what criteria the producers used to pick the first town council. And I still maintain they did not have elections and "redistricting" soon enough and should have made the redistricting a rule like the elections were.
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Curlyq
Member
07-10-2002
| Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 5:58 pm
I don't see how Sophia as sheriff will help at all. The kids may respect her cooking skills, but they don't listen to her. She couldn't even get Blaine out of the arcade, and he's a district leader. All they had to do was put a lock on the door and only open it from 5 p.m. until curfew. Then they'd have all day to work and a few hours to play when the work was done. No sheriff necessary. It seemed like they must've been prompted to pick a sheriff if they're going to be told to leave the town in the sheriff's hands next week. I liked how Sophia handled her reward disappointment. Hard to believe all the books in the store only cost 80 cents, but it was nice of her to buy them to share with the town. Taylor kind of creeped me out with her talk of how the ugly animals should die. She'll never get my vote for president. Yikes! She'd better hope she doesn't grow up to be funny-looking. Leila's parting shot was hilarious.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 5:59 pm
Didn't they initially pick groups by age?
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 6:07 pm
If I recall correctly, each member of the original council picked the kids that would be part of their district. I think Taylor in particular tended to pick people closer to her age so the Yellow team is younger.
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Bonbonlover
Member
07-13-2000
| Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 7:16 pm
Allie..I agree the redistricting and elections should have been sooner. And I think that the redistricting should have been a totally new pick...not simply choosing 1 member from another group... not enough mixing it up. Jimmer I think you are right, each initial Counsel member got to choose anyone for their group, Taylor thought it would be fun to have them all about her age...
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Bonbonlover
Member
07-13-2000
| Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 7:29 pm
Kona..thank you for your post... I agree that Laurel is a dynamite kid, but I don't think that that she alone is to credit for the Green team's domination. The green team happens to have a lot of really great kids on it. And yes, they were the laborers and cooks for many weeks... those are the jobs of the workers... and at least the 1st few weeks, the gold stars were awarded to those that worked the hardest..
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Allietex
Member
08-16-2002
| Friday, November 30, 2007 - 1:50 pm
Taylor's comment that, "Ugly people can put on makeup and look pretty but animals can't" kind of left me speechless. Pretty seems to be high on her requirement list. I loved it that Lala deserted her and went to work. I think being completely isolated began to get to her. I she had had Lala to support her, I don't know if she would have ever given in. I will say she did a good job on the dishes. Apparently she worked all day on them. But with all that she was just catching up with what the others have already doen. I find Jerrod really strange. Sometimes he seems just a delightfully quirky little kid, at other times he kind of creeps me out.
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Curlyq
Member
07-10-2002
| Friday, November 30, 2007 - 10:04 pm
I know what you mean, Allietex. At times he's cute and funny, but I can't help but wonder how he's perceived by other children. He definitely marches to a different beat. He kind of reminds me of that kid in A Christmas Story. Remember the smiling child wearing the goggles in the line to see Santa?
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Mammyyokum
Member
06-05-2005
| Saturday, December 01, 2007 - 4:36 am
Pi are round Cobbler are square
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Sharinia
Member
09-07-2002
| Saturday, December 01, 2007 - 6:28 am
re Jared, it is striking to see a young child so confident in his eccentricity. maybe his parents are that way. he seems super intelligent (like many of the kids) i can easily envision Sophia with a princeton degree, writing political/social commentary
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Skydiver6
Member
07-21-2006
| Saturday, December 01, 2007 - 8:32 pm
I know Taylor acts awfully bratty but I find her very interesting. While I don't approve or agree with her attitude and thoughts on things like pretty being important I do admire her courage. For such a young girl, away from her family and all on her own, to speak up and not give in even when confronted by 4 older boys is remarkable. The girl has guts. If she gets her morals and work ethics straightened out I believe she will go far in life. I really like Laurel. She's made a few mistakes but so does everyone and she is just a kid still. I could see this young lady being president someday. I'm proud that she is from Massachusetts. On most reality shows we always get the idiots representing us. :o) I was also impressed with how Zach dealt with Taylor. He understood that she is stubborn and proud and didn't try to force her. He gave her some things to think about and a way to try to makeup for some of her errors without feeling like she backed down. That's pretty remarkable for any age.
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