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Guruchazz

Wednesday, September 20, 2000 - 09:20 pm Click here to edit this post

I can't tell you how much it's meant to me having the chance to get to know George on Big Brother over the last few months. It was sad seeing him leave the house and it will definitely not be the same. He added a sense of humor, a good work ethic, and kindness to the household and it's something many people, including myself, will treasure forever. CBS did a wonderful job selecting him for the show and I hope a lot of opportunities open up for him and his family.

Vgood

Wednesday, September 20, 2000 - 09:50 pm Click here to edit this post

Well said. I think that what most people fail to understand about George is that he is not a sophisticated man. I truly believe that he did not understand that some of his RR antics could be offensive. He was trying to win the show, he would not have done anything to compromise that, he didn't see that his actions could have done that. Doesn't make him a bad person, just a guy who really doesn't have a lot of social graces. He is loyal, and stood by his word not to nominate Eddie. I am glad his daughter received a scholarship, sweetens the possible regret of not taking the $50,000 to walk. Best to him and his family :)

Tukuul

Wednesday, September 20, 2000 - 10:21 pm Click here to edit this post

Well, aside from the original spacing, I couldn't have said it better. If anyone is bitter, it's all the Brit fans. George will be A-OK long after Brit gets booted from her AOL Webchat job.

Like I said earlier, most Anti-George people on here probably haven't watched an iota of the video feeds and couldn't judge anyone's character more than they could judge the distance between two fingers pressed together.

Green

Thursday, September 21, 2000 - 03:27 am Click here to edit this post

Y'know, right after they announced that George was thee banished one, I was elated _ clapping my hands together as one would if their team scored a major basket or touchdown _ but that andrenalized high was soon replaced, as the houseguests were leading the jolly green giant of a man out towards the door ... as it were, a sort of hollow feeling overcame me; this was the man many of us had loved to hate?? ...

so this was the man that had stirred our outrage, our passion, our funny bones, our cerebral cortexus, our blood lust, our sense of justice and injustice, our patriotism, our b.s. detectors, our civic duties, our wifely duties, our doggy duties?? ... this man was a monster?

to some, George had been a blue collar Moses, carrying tablets of truth from the Mount; or a mall-land Marx, urging the proles to take over the death factory and seize the means of production _ short of that, to abandon it _ to show that The Man! could not and would not pit brother against brother, sister against sister, brother against sister and so on and so forth ... but to others, George was a raspcalian, a carpetbagger, a scalliwag, a Benedictine Tom Arnold, a weasel, a quisling, a wart, a snake-oil salesman, a huckster, an aw-shuckster, a muckrakester, a bad impressionist of grossly maligned caricaratures ...

... but who was George really?? ... was he the jolly suburban spaceman, blasting off to a better world where candy falls from the sky and free-range chickens cavort with chain-smoking soon-to-be-divorcees?? ... was he the accident-prone gun-toting Deer Hunter who played Siberian roulette and lost?? ... was he the modern all-American humourist whose characterizations were too hot for these hypersensitive, progressive times?? ... was he the log cabin lummox, or the crafty cagey long-con artist? ...

... whatever your thoughts of the man, the man we called George, Chicken George, Chickenman, ChickenHead, Chic~Filet, Fried Chicken, Chicken Salad George, he was a man; if you cut him, he bled _ bled red, white and true! ... but if you dissed him, well, he din't like d'at d'ere d'at much, and trespassers paid! ...

anyway, enough of the philosophiclesizing ... when the other houseguests were showing George out the door, you could sense their apprehension and conflicting emotions; one on hand, they thought: `man, this ain't right, sending the ChickenMan out to the field,' but they were also thinking, `whew! glad it ain't me!' ...

the part that hit me hard was the sight of 'ole daddy George with all his luggage just as he stepped through the sliding doors to the lot and there, there were his three daughters in all their daughterly-ness waiting to greet their bounced'n'trounced daddy ... they sobbed and yelped as he stood there before them, the man who had helped raised them, the man who had gone under the microscope so that they might have a richer life ...

... but the daughter who affected me most was the littlest one, who shivered in place, tears running down her plaintive prepubescent face, her twiney legs twitchin' bare below her mini-skirt; it seemed she so badly wanted to put her arms around her father, her immediate role model for all the future men in her life, the man she would measure all others against; she wanted and should've gotten a big 'ole hug ... but, curiously, quite queerly, George kinda just stood there in front of them still holding up all his baggage, quite possibly in shock ...

but still, one might expect that he would have instinctively relinquished these valises, toss them aside, so that he could grasp his three precious girls and squeeze them hard in the biggest daddybear hug he could muster after months of isolation from them ... but George didn't do that; he didn't drop everything to hug all his daughters as if they were the most valuable thing on gawd's green earth ... and it struck me as strange ...

TO BE CONTINUED?

Djgrrl

Thursday, September 21, 2000 - 03:34 am Click here to edit this post

Green.. well written. I honestly thought George only had 2 daughters. I don't recall him ever saying he wanted to put 3 daughters in College. I am still thinking she was a niece or friend. Hmmmmmmm......strange indeed !!

Green

Thursday, September 21, 2000 - 03:41 am Click here to edit this post

omigawd!
are you sayin' that the li'l one was a fake daughter ringer brought in to elicit more sympathy?!?!

... this ... is ... thee ... last ... crazy straw! ! !

Casper

Thursday, September 21, 2000 - 04:25 am Click here to edit this post

I almost felt a little sorrow for George when he was talking about Eddie and his pain and how he himself has had to deal with sadness...a little swelling of glands(in my eyes) but then the RR skit hit me. I still can't believe he put bullet holes on his shirt(ketchup) and said "I got blasted".

Yeah I'm GAY----I didn't like what he said about Josh and all the drag stuff & make-up since he has a problem with "gayness". But I got over that. I just can't understand the RR skit. That was not funny---till this day I can't not "get over" that.

Yes--we slip and fall (no pun) and we are taught to get up and laugh it off....but come on George.

Like Ann Richards said "poor George he was born with a silver foot in his mouth". Although meant for Bush. George stuck his foot in his mouth on this issue.

Playnice

Thursday, September 21, 2000 - 05:33 am Click here to edit this post

I'm going to miss him. I had that same sadness, that hollow feeling. No doubt, he had his good judgements and poor judgements as we all do..and maybe that is why I'll miss him..he was human and it showed while SOME others are doing thier darndest to keep their outward appearance as something they aren't. Thanks for this thread (most of it, anyway).

Tukuul

Thursday, September 21, 2000 - 07:31 am Click here to edit this post

See? This just goes to show that you don't know George or his family. Your diatribe above is wasted space for the simple fact that you still have no clue who he is.

George has 3 daughters. Jess, Nikki, and Erica

I can't believe you people didn't know that after watching for 3 months. Sad.

Nishy

Thursday, September 21, 2000 - 10:26 am Click here to edit this post

I'm sorry, but the post-banishment interview did nothing to redeem George in my eyes. I particularly disliked his response to the questions about his reasons for nominating Curtis and Brittany. Especially Curtis. He was asked why he used such an odd and picayune reason. His response was a complete non sequiter "Curtis changed later and tried harder to get along". Not only was it a non-answer, but it showed that he still believes that his reason was valid, and that Curtis was the one who needed to change. Good grief.

Twiggyish

Thursday, September 21, 2000 - 10:57 am Click here to edit this post

Tukuul, is this meant to be a George Love thread? If it is, why are you so rude?

I make my own judgments. In the beginning, I too liked George a lot.
His antics over time drastically changed my opinion. By telling us we obviously can't judge character, with your point directed at George is laughable.
Please give some of us the benefit of the doubt. This is a free country, we ARE entitled to our opinions.
By the way, what were you saying about Cassandra a few weeks ago. I do recall some conversations.
I honestly think your intention is to inflame people and cause problems.

Tukuul

Thursday, September 21, 2000 - 03:00 pm Click here to edit this post

Wrong. My intention is to make those who misjudged George feel like crap.

Green

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 12:28 am Click here to edit this post

... like the crap George kept stepping in??

Tootseug

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 01:02 am Click here to edit this post

You are NOT going to be able to make us feel like crap. We know what we saw, unlike some who are blind to it...hum....tunnel vision??

Also Tuk...you are incorrect about most of the non-george supporters not watching the live feeds!! How do you think it is that we saw it?? hummm......what's your excuse?

Lastly, like most of the non-george supporters here, I do wish George well. I am happy that he got the school scholorship (sp?) for his daughter. That is wonderful, and will give George and Teresa some time to get the money together for the #2 daughter's education. He did a really good job on the live show. Really dealt with it well, and was terrifically funny. And, I do wish him well, and I am SURE that he will have exciting career possibilities. He was loved most of all I think, buy the people who don't do the internet feeds, but by just the TV watchers. And he really has a following.

So Tuk, ease up. Remember, this is a game. We watch the players, and form opionions on how we see the participants, playing the game!

Big_Al

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 01:17 am Click here to edit this post

<My intention is to make those who misjudged George feel like crap.>

Tukuul--none of us, except you, misjudged George.

What's that strange smell coming from your direction, Too Kool???

Green

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 02:30 am Click here to edit this post

About now is when George should start a religion ... chicken-worship should play a major part in it, as should scheisser-stepping-in, such as maybe parishioners would have to cross a threshold of doggie doo as they enter the backyards of worship ... baptism would be by water hose and hose water ...

communion would be? uh, someone help me here, by George ...

proper dress would be anything from bad drag to spaceman to Orange Julius Caesar to low-budget special FX victim ...

any other tenants or customs for the Church of George??

Webrover9

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 05:07 am Click here to edit this post

I wish the best for George but that doesn't mean that I have to invite him to dinner. I do not miss him or his "grandstanding" at all.

Tukuul

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 07:44 am Click here to edit this post

You say you are an "internet feed watcher" and that George is this sorry person, yet "he was loved most of all" by the TV crowd.

The fact is that you watched him so much his personality wore out on you. That's why everyone is saying "I liked him in the beginning". However, just because his personality got old to you doesn't mean that everyone else MUST feel that way and spread all kinds of propaganda.

When you say "I really wish him and his family well", exactly which face are you saying that from?

Jay0mck

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 09:48 am Click here to edit this post

Yeah.. most loved of all Tukuul.. Thats why he was voted out. Makes perfect sense to me

Your words...
"doesn't mean that everyone else MUST feel that way " <------- read carefully Tukuul, this applies to you too. As Curtis says.... "suck it up and deal"

Lynnseamonkey

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 10:06 am Click here to edit this post

I was amazed that George's reaction tohis three daughters was to shout over and over in their faces "is it all right".. the two older ones finally hugged HIM.. the little one.. heck, I thought he'd have dropped the luggage and scooped her up in a heartbeat!!! it was too strange.. Mega, Jordan, Karen, Britt, Cass .. ALL ran and hugged their greeters.. george seemed more interested in waving to and greeting the assembled
crowd!! That was bizarre.

Teresa didn't give him time to hesitate, just grabbed him and hugged him and loved him..

I'll be kind and attribute this to him being in shock, but it did seem like his primary concern was "is it all right... am I hated?"

I really felt for his youngest daughter.

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I participated in George's AOL chat and had to pity the person trying to type up what he was saying.. some record-length "sentences".. and he was still talking in third person, still basically selling himself and justifying stuff..

The best best thing for me was Jess' scholarship
and how touched she was!! That was too cool.

I think George has plenty of fans and supporters and it really IS going to be alright..

And, I'm glad he was voted out.

Rufusgriswold

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 11:59 am Click here to edit this post

I wonder if he's hugged the little one yet... She was cute -- and virtually ignored.

Big Al -- thanks for the pronunciation hint -- I've been pronouncing it "Tuck-Yule." Didn't make much sense, but then...

Tukuul

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 01:57 pm Click here to edit this post

You are all speculating again. Also, you need to watch the tape again. His daughters were NOT ignored. Jeesh!

Judy

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 02:11 pm Click here to edit this post

Could someone please move this to "Outside the House"?

Rmgreco

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 02:24 pm Click here to edit this post

The little one was his neice

Cathie

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 02:28 pm Click here to edit this post

If that was his niece then where was his youngest daughter?

Biggrandmother

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 02:34 pm Click here to edit this post

Yes, she is his niece, and not only was she ignored, but George then accidentally *sat* on her in the live show, just like he did Chiquita. They edited it, of course.

Katie

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 02:44 pm Click here to edit this post

Then where was his youngest daughter????

Moderator

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 04:00 pm Click here to edit this post

Moving to OUTSIDE THE HOUSE (k)