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Pamy
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01-02-2002

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 7:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
What was Linda's lie????

Scorpiomoon
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06-06-2002

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 7:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Pamy: She wasn't living in poverty. Her and her fiancé lived in a beautiful area and lived in a gorgeous house. The HDTV was the least of it, the house was huge and stunning.

Also, on the way to the airport, Linda's friend let it slip to Mark that Linda spends a lot of time on the Web. She said Linda surfs the Web all the time. Therefore, Linda also lied about not knowing how to use a computer and being afraid of them. She was very familiar with the Web and computers.

Beachcomber
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08-26-2003

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 7:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Linda lied. She lives in a gorgeous old home in Portsmouth near the water. MC said he could move in and not miss a beat from his lifestyle. Also, a guy (I think was her brother?) said to MC that she was an internet freak. So MC was really irked and cut her. They showed nothing of Femia's and Dom's hometown visits but MC voiced over that what he saw on those visits was what he expected. He told Linda, you know what is coming, and then cut her.

Puzzled
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08-27-2001

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 7:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think it really got to the Benefactor when he said that Linda could have bought her mother a leg with the money spent on the big TV.



Cricket
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08-05-2002

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 7:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks for the info, everyone. So Linda's Mom really is sick? She wasn't lying about that? I have to agree with MC that if she lived in this beautiful home and had an HDTV, perhaps she could have helped her Mom.

I don't understand why she would lie about not knowing how to use a computer. I didn't see every episode. Was it one of the assignments and she said she couldn't to get out of an assignment?

Buggles
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09-07-2002

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 8:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Linda acted like she NEEDED this money to buy her mom a leg. Then MC thought hmm if she sold some of her fancy possessions & got a real paying job (she played football for free..evidently she mooches off her fiance) she could help her mom. The motivation to do something to help her mom is NOT THERE. He also learned that she spends a lot of time on the net too & totally lied about that...

Yay for Femia! I wasnt loving her throughout (she was a bit hyperaggressive for me) but she showed such class tonight & definitely had the right stuff. I was so happy to see a black woman win...and that she SO clearly earned it regardless of her race was an added triumph.

Scorpiomoon
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06-06-2002

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 8:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Cricket: I can't remember the exact assignment, but I remember it was the one where Dom played with the band and smashed the guitar, one of them wrote a children's book and Linda, after making a big about being so afraid of a computer that her hands were shaking when she touched it, created a Web site.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 8:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks for the info!!!!

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 8:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The assignment had to do something with them getting out of their box-doing something they weren't comfortable with--something like that....

Kiersten_love
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08-03-2001

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 10:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That house and its belongings are her boyfriend's, so she did not lie about it. I firmly believe that MC should have known something about his hand picked playmates, so not knowing about where they live and where they come from is BS. Lets face it, MC is a big child who just wanted to play on tv with some kids, and he got what he got exactly what he paid for too. BTW, i happen to like MC and his child like ways, its endearing. JMHO

Potted_plant
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08-29-2001

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 11:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I like Mark Cuban also. I thought Femia deserved to win, she fought hard to get there.

Mark is going to pay for Doms college. Didn't mention paying for the pre requisites OK, that was mean.

I am glad Linda got busted. I am sorry her Mother needs a leg, but Linda doesn't seem to be doing anything pro active to help her obtain one. I wouldn't expect her B/F to sell his tv, but I would expect Linda to get a paying job....or something to raise funds.
Her lie about having a phobia about computers cost her big time, s it should.
Too bad we didn't get to see the other families.

Eacollins
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10-30-2003

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 5:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
jMHO but I don't think that it was so much the big house that doomed Linda--one could make the case that it is all her boyfriend's stuff and she herself was poor. I believe it was the lie about her computer phobia that truly did her in.

Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 5:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It was hysterical to hear her say, in diary talk, she should have taken Mark to another house instead of lamenting about not telling the truth!

Had she been honest she would have won and she knows this now, having seen last nights show. Mark really liked her.

Linda is being supported by her boyfriend and that does not mean he is responsible for her mothers life style. She could have been straight about that.

Lying about her computer skills was really grim. On an exercize where everyone was to push themselves out of their comfort zone, she settled in and created a website, something that was VERY comfortable for her.


Rslover
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11-19-2002

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 8:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
So, the promos certainly weren't full of sh*t and the ending was predictable. The look on Mark's face when Linda was called an "internet geek" was priceless. It did look like she could afford a leg for her mother. I thought Femia gave a great answer and certainly deserved to win. Dom's answer was so bad and his "dudes" and "mans" so annoying. It was very nice of Marc to say he would pay for Dom's college.

Buggles
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09-07-2002

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 9:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok.. yes it's Linda's finace that technically has the $$$ but Im guessing MC figured why should HE buy her mom a leg when the future SIL can.... and/or Linda, if she got a paying job.... or put to use her clandestine internet skills.....

MC probably felt like Linda was racking up the sugar daddies & he didnt want to be one of them. His intention was to give someone a leg up to make the most of themselves (no pun intended).

Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 10:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I doubt MC cared about the finacial status of any contestant. He implied had Linda not lied she would have won.

He did not stop making money after he sold his .com business for millions.

It was about Linda's lying, not her money. She posed as a poor ghetto kid that needed money for her mom's leg and a technophobe, neither of which are true.

If she had said her boyfriend had money and supported her but she wanted a shot at a million for herself that would have been fine.

Femia's family has money and she won.

Auntiemike
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09-17-2001

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 10:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am sorry that Mark offered to pay for college for Dom. In my opinion he does not sound like he is quite ready for the commitment it would require to get serious about an education. I'm not sure he would give it his all nor would he fully appreciate it as it is given to him. He needs to grow up and work towards some goals. (Plus, I really, really have a problem with his lack of vocabulary and limited articulation. Is he really college material?).

I am so happy that Femia won. I'm looking forward to hearing how she capitalizes on this opportunity.

Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 11:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Dom's 60 minute speech was pretty sad. "I brought the rock star thing here dude"??? What his rock start trip is about still eludes me. Maybe college would help him learn how to articulate and expand his vocabulary. One can always hope.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 12:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thank God it was not 60 minutes, Ms. Bat!

Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 12:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
oh god yes........seconds. SECONDS!

Potted_plant
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08-29-2001

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 1:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
60 seconds that he couldn't speak for LOL I think he was done in about 40 LOL

Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 2:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
His 60 secs was more like 20 sec. The boy couldn't speak if the rock star himeslf came down from the heavens.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 6:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think MC will be supporting ROck Star for years!!!!! He lurves him!!!!

Femia was a gracious winner AND loser, glad she won!

Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 6:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am happy with the outcome as well. I chose Femia in the beginning as my favorite.

Jasper
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09-14-2000

Wednesday, October 27, 2004 - 1:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    

quote:

I am sorry that Mark offered to pay for college for Dom. In my opinion he does not sound like he is quite ready for the commitment it would require to get serious about an education. I'm not sure he would give it his all nor would he fully appreciate it as it is given to him. He needs to grow up and work towards some goals. (Plus, I really, really have a problem with his lack of vocabulary and limited articulation. Is he really college material?).


I'd be highly surprised if he was even remotely interested in college, I believe it means WORK, which doesn't seem like something genial old Dom is interested in. Plus when he mentionned Femia's family having money, that irked me, seemed like sour grapes, and so what if her family has money, that's her parents hard earned cash to enjoy. With Dom's 60 seconds, it would have been better if his nightmare had come true, no words would have been better, he came off sounding like a 12yr old, even then most 12 yr olds have a more expansive vocab, than rock star dude. and one has to question what sort of conversation MC could have with this guy before the beer buzz sets in.



Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Friday, October 29, 2004 - 3:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
SO much for having friends!! You know, I have an old pc and would NOT know how to even TURN ON a fancy laptop like MC had out that time when Linda created the website.

Her friend who said Linda was always surfing the net really made a huge mistake. If you have cable you are hooked up and ON all the time...some people have VOICE recognition software and Linda may truly not have EVER had to do any 'hands on' work.

I am just playing Devil's advocate here but I feel that her BOYFRIEND's house and her boyfriend's income and big screen tv should NOT have even come into the decision making process.

Linda should have been more clear and Immediately explained her limited computer experience when her seemingly drunken friend made the computer comments.

mind you, she also could have been out and out lying. I dont know.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Friday, October 29, 2004 - 4:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
seemingly drunken?
they barely even showed the friend-how the heck do you get that the friend was drunk?

Bob2112
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06-12-2002

Friday, October 29, 2004 - 5:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think Linda would have defended herself to Mark on both issues if she was not out and out lying. She knew that she was in trouble and for the first time in the show, she did not try to argue against it. If she didn't feel she was lying, she sure picked a bad time to get quiet.

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Friday, October 29, 2004 - 6:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I agree with Bob, also she made the comment that she should have taken him to a different house...that shows she is deceptive

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Saturday, October 30, 2004 - 2:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I said 'seemingly drunken' as they had all been out to dinner and some of the friends were really loud, boisterous and strident. No doubt drinks were served and after years of experience I can say definitively people sound a certain way and behave a certain way even after a drink or two.

This would also explain why Linda sat quietly beside MC. If she had a few as well Linda wouldnt have been able to think fast enough to mitigate the friend's comments. Just a theory!!

Glad Femia won BUT at the end It struck me that MC deliberately wanted a go-getter and a not-so-bright person at the end. His FINAL test of interviewers trying to get the dirt about the other final contestant was obvious to me. If you had TWO good competitors and of equal abilities, that final test would have been of no worth. It only worked as Femia COULD have ripped apart Dom like she had previously during the rest of the show.

Yes, it showed her ability to be professional. However, was Dom there legitimately?? or just as a pawn for better ratings?? LOL Oh well, I think it is hilarious that Dom is going to get some $$$$$ and handouts from his Buddy MC.

Like someone above said "MC lurves Dom" ROTLF

Cricket
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08-05-2002

Tuesday, November 09, 2004 - 5:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Scorpiomoon stated:
"Cricket: I can't remember the exact assignment, but I remember it was the one where Dom played with the band and smashed the guitar, one of them wrote a children's book and Linda, after making a big about being so afraid of a computer that her hands were shaking when she touched it, created a Web site."

Ahh, thanks, Scorpiomoon. I remember this episode. I ususually taped them and fast forwarded through a little, so I must have missed that. For some reason, Linda's voice grated on my nerves and her incessant speeches about how she HAD to win to help her mother just didn't ring true.

Fruitbat, like you, I was absolutely shocked when Linda showed no sign of remorse about lying to MC, but rather thought she should have taken him to another house to continue her charade. That really shows a complete lack of character in my opinion.

So her 'job' is playing football, but she does it for free. Well, hello...get paying job. Sounds like Linda likes coasting through life and maybe felt that's why she HAD to win the money, lol.