Archive through August 27, 2000

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Caffinebuzz

Saturday, August 26, 2000 - 03:56 pm Click here to edit this post

This week it is a puzzle (4920 pieces). It is a picture of the 7 HGs sitting on the couch. They have until Friday noon to complete it.

They wagered 50%.

Needmylifeback

Saturday, August 26, 2000 - 04:02 pm Click here to edit this post

Let's see...it takes me about a week (4-6 hours a day) to do a 2500 piece puzzle...so, I would have wagered 50% as well...unless my uncle was in the house too! (He used to "steal" a piece and carry it around until the puzzle was complete and then have the honor of putting the LAST piece in!)

Just don't let George near the puzzle!(or PUGITA!)

Gail

Saturday, August 26, 2000 - 04:11 pm Click here to edit this post

Coming from a puzzle addict with about 1200 puzzles, depends on the picture and depends on the builders. I can build a 1,000 piece puzzle by myself in about 3 - 4 hours if it has an easy picture. If it is a difficult puzzle takes a day or two. If there are at least 2 - 3 of them who like puzzles and have a knack for it, this will be an easy challenge. Still, depends on the picture. 5,000 pieces is a lot of work getting everything sorted.

Janine

Saturday, August 26, 2000 - 04:12 pm Click here to edit this post

They THINK it is a picture of them...they did not get a picture of the completed puzzle to work off of.

Jbob

Saturday, August 26, 2000 - 04:17 pm Click here to edit this post

Assuming they work on it for 12 hours a day, that works out to about 72 pieces per hour. I guess that's do-able, with 7 people.

By the way, did you hear Jamie's comment? They were trying to figure out what the picture is. She said, "Maybe it's a picture of us on the cover of TV Guide!"

Sbw

Saturday, August 26, 2000 - 04:45 pm Click here to edit this post

But the best Jamie comment is that since it has more than 4 corners, the puzzle must be oval.

Drpepper84

Saturday, August 26, 2000 - 05:01 pm Click here to edit this post

Um, let's see....watching the HGs put together a puzzle--more or less interesting than watching them arrange dominoes?

Chris

Saturday, August 26, 2000 - 05:03 pm Click here to edit this post

I think it rates somewhere around "watching grass grow". {yawn}

Reader2

Saturday, August 26, 2000 - 08:45 pm Click here to edit this post

LOL! The FF for the show tho could be more fun to watch than grass, but not much! wonder if anyone has thought of giving the HG a sheet to cover the puzzle to keep Pugita away?

Voyeur

Saturday, August 26, 2000 - 09:37 pm Click here to edit this post

Actually, what if Big Brother took one piece out of the puzzle in order to burn the HG? :)

Gomer

Saturday, August 26, 2000 - 09:53 pm Click here to edit this post

I started another thread about "color blind"but moderator closed it and said to use other thread,so I'll try this one-hoping I'm on topic.

On live feeds George said he was color blind so wouldn't be any help to them.

My question (s)

If he's color blind how does he know catsup is blood-colored

How does he know he has green hair? (what he shouted when K walked the last mile)

If he's lying is it because

A-he can't fit those pegs in proper holes?
B-he refuses to help in challenge since he may be gone
C-If he stays he doesn't want to be accused as the bumbler who blew the challenge-thus setting himself up for future noms?


Not trying to be flip here (well,maybe just a litle) but I'm aware that some color blnd people can distinguish SOME colors (or varying shades

Moderator

Saturday, August 26, 2000 - 09:59 pm Click here to edit this post

Thanks, Gomer! This is a great thread for this. :) (c)

Gomer

Saturday, August 26, 2000 - 10:02 pm Click here to edit this post

Mod-your welcome-I SERIOUSLY would like to know that colorblind question (shades,etc.)

Max

Saturday, August 26, 2000 - 10:08 pm Click here to edit this post

Gomer, You asked:
If he's color blind how does he know catsup is blood-colored? I don't know for sure 'cause I'm not color-blind, but don't most people who are learn to compensate? I'm sure that somewhere along the line, folks would get used to hearing that tomatoes (and therefore catsup) are red. Of course, with Heinz introducing that new, IMHO yucky, green catsup, that theory could go out the window!

How does he know he has green hair? (what he shouted when K walked the last mile) I recall at least one of the other HGs telling him his hair was getting green. That's one explanation.

Plus, being color blind usually means you either have a hard time distinguishing yellows and reds OR blues and greens, but not necessarily both.

Or, it could be that he's fibbing! :)

Zoe

Saturday, August 26, 2000 - 10:08 pm Click here to edit this post

Easy Gomer, the same way you know the sky is blue! He does have some education!

Actually, colorblind does not always mean that you literally don't see any colors. It comes in varying degrees. Some people have trouble distinguishing between light colors others dark colors. For example light yellow and light pink may look like the same color, or Dark Blue and Dark Purple look like the same color. Does this help?

My father-in-law had complete color blindness, he once painted the rust spots on his black car all different colors and thought it looked fine! LOL! It was really funny! This condition is rare though.

So depending on the colors in the puzzle will depend on how much George will be able to help.

Laurie

Saturday, August 26, 2000 - 10:13 pm Click here to edit this post

Sorry to get off topic here.. but Zoe, just gotta say I loved the father-law story. ROFLOL :)

Max

Saturday, August 26, 2000 - 10:38 pm Click here to edit this post

ROFLMAO, Zoe, over your father-in-law story. Too funny! :)

I wish BB would give us a camera shot from over the table so we could see the progress on the puzzle. They keep saying things about pieces seeming not to fit but really being okay. I'd like to see how "creative" they're getting with the way it goes together!

At least with this challenge, everyone can work/talk together. It should also give the insomniacs something to do.

Gomer

Saturday, August 26, 2000 - 10:48 pm Click here to edit this post

Thanks to the people's answers on the colorblind thing.I had a childhood friend that was colorblind who passed his driving teast because he knew the green (or red)was on the top of the stoplight (see I can't even think right now which is which) so I understand conditioning.

But red on yellow (the part he put the catsup on) guess it's possible-still the green hair thing-even if they told him he may not have been conditoned to it.

I seee plots behind every action

Lt Columbo :)

Ororo

Saturday, August 26, 2000 - 10:51 pm Click here to edit this post

Yet another cheezy weekly challenge. Why does BB have to recycle the same challenges? The Dutch HGs had to assemble dominoes and a puzzle as well. But, be alert for increasing nastiness towards HGs in the challenges. In Holland, BB pulled a bait and switch on the HGs. They were given a different weekly challenge than what they had prepared for and subsequently lost. :(

Speaking of cheese: The Dutch HGs (or gewoners in Dutch for those of you that care) also recorded a song called "Big Brother Lied"...all words are in Dutch except for "Big Brother Lied". Cute, eh?

If you are interested in the original words to the theme song, check out the BB-NL theme song thread under other topics. I'll post a translation later, but the song is also quite CHEEZY in Dutch.

Voyeur

Saturday, August 26, 2000 - 10:53 pm Click here to edit this post

On the live feeds George was commenting that there were a lot of black pieces. I went over the the www.bigbrother2000.com site and pulled up the "Vote for your Favorite" voting box because there is a picture of all 10 housemates (them all standing on the porch in front of the house) on it and I wanted to see if there was a lot of black. While there are a fair number of housemates wearing dark or black clothing, I did notice something odd. Brittany's hair in the picture is dark, not that fuschia color she had when she entered the house. And didn't Cassandra say she was wearing a peach dress the first night? She's wearing something dark in the picture.

It looks like this picture may well have been taken before the national broadcast of them all entering the house. Which means they all knew who was going to be in the house and may have gotten to talk some before going in the house.

Max

Saturday, August 26, 2000 - 10:59 pm Click here to edit this post

Ororo,
Thanks for the comparison to the Dutch version of BB. I've never seen any other version, so it's nice to have some perspective on the formula.

You said, But, be alert for increasing nastiness towards HGs in the challenges. In Holland, BB pulled a bait and switch on the HGs. They were given a different weekly challenge than what they had prepared for and subsequently lost. I'm curious what the intial and then modified challenges were.

Remember, this show is based on a format that Paul Romer, et al, developed. The format is what CBS purchased rights to air. Some things are adapted for the different cultures (for example, pie-eating contests are an American thing, it wouldn't work in Europe). There's some info about this in the interview with Paul Romer on the CBS official site.

Anyway, that's why I'm curious about the challenge you mentioned. I always want to peak at my Christmas presents before it's time to open them! :)

Voyeur

Saturday, August 26, 2000 - 11:04 pm Click here to edit this post

Continuing to look at that picture, the guy in the back doesn't look like Josh either.

Cathie

Saturday, August 26, 2000 - 11:24 pm Click here to edit this post

Not to beat a dead horse, but the colorblind thing is not a big deal. I work with blind and visually impaired children and the color factor is one of the least disabling. The colors they don't see well are usually seen as shades of gray and they learn early on what color to call things like ketchup, the sky, etc. George might need more time to match up pieces, but should be able to match shades and details of the photo. I have a few kids who have NO color vision at all and see everything in shades of gray - kind of like watching black & white TV. They would still be able to see the detail in a puzzle piece. Just a thought...

Evan

Saturday, August 26, 2000 - 11:36 pm Click here to edit this post

This is worse than watching paint dry!!!

I can't believe we are going to have to sit through a week of this. CBS keeps shooting themselves in the foot (sorry for the crude analogy, ha ha). This is pitiful!

At least they could have given their beer privileges back. It was MUCH more fun to watch them acting like fools.

Mrbluehair

Sunday, August 27, 2000 - 12:10 am Click here to edit this post

Gomer...I had a friend in high school who was red-green color blind (a very common form of color blindness in males). Red and green would appear as differing shades of gray to him. Even though he was red-green color blind, he would faint at the sight of blood. In biology class he fainted at the sight of someone in a movie getting an innoculation. Another time he fainted at the sight of a test tube of blood.