Archive through July 21, 2002
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If you were Gerry, would you exit voluntarily?:
Archive through July 21, 2002
Gritss | Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 05:00 pm     Every time I see the live feeds in a long view, Gerry is sitting by himself playing solitaire. That's got to be eating at him. I think he will shake things up and exit. |
Ketchuplover | Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 06:07 pm     That'll show 'em |
Curlyq | Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 06:15 pm     Heck no. He said this morning that he would never hit the panic button and leave, but that he's prepared to leave (as an evictee, not voluntarily). He said you reach a point where you already vested so much time that you feel like it's too late to leave now. If I were him I'd fight until the end. |
Classycassfan | Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 06:22 pm     Lets also remember that if he stays to get evicted he gets a vote in who takes the money and if he voluntarily exits he does not. Let his revenge be his vote |
Ketchuplover | Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 06:28 pm     For his sake I hope he doesn't have to choose between 2 of the creeps. |
Maryann | Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 06:39 pm     I think that two creeps are Dani and Josh...who were you thinking of Ketchup? |
Lookie_Lou | Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 06:42 pm     Go Gerry! I just don't understand why people hate him so much....He isn't THAT bad compared to some of the others. |
Squaredsc | Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 06:49 pm     i don't think he will exit either, after all he is used to dealing with ignorant adolescents(sp). Go Gerry
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Niceguy | Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 06:52 pm     Hell no Gerry shouldn't go. But he better start working Jason, it seemed like he was trying to work Tonya this morning. Its intriguing how quickly Dani has decided to be the witch so quickly but I guess if you're not sleazing it up there aren't many places to go on the show. |
Liddiebug | Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 07:18 pm     Reminds me of a line in the movie Jerry McGuire..."It's not show friends, it's show business"..or something to that effect. I do not honestly believe that anyone is in that house simply to meet some interresting people and get "discovered". It's the money honey. He should stay and work on a new stratagy. |
Gritss | Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 08:07 pm     I was hoping we would discuss this from a psychological standpoint. ie, Gerry is pretty isolated from the other 10 now that Lori is gone. He doesn't have anyone to talk to unless he barges into a group. And then some people make polite conversation. My thinking is he can't really believe he has any chance at the $500k, so why go through any more of this treatment. I admit I didn't think of the consequences of forfeiting the $750/wk stipend. I don't think any of the prior BigBro's or Survivor's had quite an example of one person being such a pariah to the group. Maybe he does have a chance at the $500k, but I just can't see that. No other winner of the comparable shows was so out of sync with the others. Richard on Survivor 1 was the closest example, but I don't think that compares with here. A better comparison is Kent in BB2, but he was never totally isolated from the others like Gerry is here. |
Pamy | Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 09:20 pm     I feel sorry for him. I don't see why so many dislike him, I guess I am too busy really really disliking Josh!
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Snee | Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 10:11 pm     me too, pamy! i don't think gerry is such a bad guy. they are saying that he's lied and such, but most of them have as well. picking on one person--especially one with differences--unites the others and makes them feel safer and more validated. it's a peer group exclusion bully thing. teen girls are especially good at it. (middle school teacher here!) in such a controlled atmosphere it isn't really that surprising i guess, but i would have thought it would have started later. oh well. i am soooo upset for gerry and his family regarding the nasty things josh has been saying. anti-semetic? racist? homophobic? maybe gerry is, but he hasn't shown me much that would make me describe him that way. what goes halfway to making me feel better (and i hope it makes gerry and family feel better) is how the editing was right on tonight and really showed how nasty josh is. IN YOUR FACE, MEANIE! |
Snee | Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 10:13 pm     oh, and no, i wouldn't leave. gotta stick it out and be eligible for the vote. muahahah! |
Penpoint | Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 10:45 pm     Gerry is just an old fashioned liberal--his veto speech came right out of the nineteen sixties/seventies. Josh has twisted it into Gerry being some kind of homophobic, racist Nazi. Although any thinking HG couldn't possibly believe it, there is something about Josh's negativity that has attached itself to Gerry. Josh's demonizing of Gerry is the cruelest thing I've seen in three years of Big Brother. |
Zeyna | Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 10:48 pm     Josh was imitating Gerry as Hitler earlier today, hand gestures and all. Amy was with him, laughing it up. It was not a nice site and Gerry has done nothing to deserve that. BB should warn Josh about his behaviour. |
Classycassfan | Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 10:50 pm     Pen I have to agree with you about it being the cruelest treatment of any houseguest. Put at the same time I think Gerry is handling it as well as anyone could. Yes at times he joins the group where he is not wanted but he pretty much keeps quite in these situations. He spends alot of time just playing cards by himself. He knows he is the target but he is not going to give anyone the satisfaction of acknowledging it. |
Ryn | Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 10:52 pm     If Gerry walks - there is no eviction this week - Josh is saved, he isn't gonna walk. Actually I found it amusing Gerry said if he could he would take the hit (before Lori and Macel). If he meant it he should have walked out right then. Love how they can say things like that (and several have - this year and last). |
Penpoint | Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 10:55 pm     Classy, didn't mean to imply that Gerry was being negative--only that the others now see him through negative lenses caused by all of Josh's ranting. |
Battlestar | Saturday, July 20, 2002 - 10:56 pm     Gerry is a teacher in a middle school...and from my experience and information, there are few rooms more cut-throat, picky with everyone vying for power then a teacher's lunch room. Gerry can handle it and wait to be voted out |
Teresah2000 | Sunday, July 21, 2002 - 04:49 am     I'm starting to feel sorry for Gerry myself, sometimes he can get on your nerves, babbling on and on about everything, but I can't see any reason for the other HG to be talking so bad about him, and I'm shocked the BB let the other HG, (Josh) slander his name like he's doing, saying *I hope the parents pull there kids out of his class room. I can see trash talking a person, but trying to ruin his career and life, is going to far. I glad most of the bad treatment on Gerry doesn't make it on air, but still, you never know, one of his students or parents might get the live feed, that would be pretty sad for someone. |
Classycassfan | Sunday, July 21, 2002 - 05:36 am     Pen I didn't think you were being negative in your post I just thought I would add how I thought Gerry was handling it since I had not seen any posts as to that matter. I really did agree with your post. Sorry if you thought I found it negative, since I didn't   |
Eliz87 | Sunday, July 21, 2002 - 06:12 am     I think Gerry will be just fine, everyone. You don't go on a reality TV show (especially with a group of much younger people) expecting a walk in the park. Gerry knew as soon as he walked in the door that he was the "different" one, and he's doing the smart thing by being nonresponsive about the hard time he is getting. As a teacher, I'm SURE this isn't the first time he's experienced this, because we all know how little respect teachers get from their students these days. |
Alaginger | Sunday, July 21, 2002 - 06:35 am     I think Gerry is just playing the game his way. He did some things at the beginning he couldn't live with, so he did something about it. If he was man enough to admit he made mistakes, then he is man enough to be ostracized for awhile by those he don't get it. Also, sticks and stones, blah, blah, blah......words can't hurt me. I don't think the words hurt him, considering where they are coming from. But I agree, I don't think he is going to make it for the long haul. |
Needmylifeback | Sunday, July 21, 2002 - 07:07 am     If you add up the maturity level of the 6-pack (Josh in IMHO gets negative points) they don't equal that of Gerry. Gerry knows that he won't be around much longer because of this - he's just taking the time and probably hopes that his influence will be a positive one to at least one player .... (if I can just change one life in a positive way with my actions, then what I have done is worth it....) It's probably what he's thinking and he does want say in that final vote. I'd be thinking the same type of things - and I'd be playing an aweful lot of solitare, if I were in that house....They'd absolutely drive me CRAZY if I didn't - and that what comes from being almost twice as old as they are! |
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