Archive through August 08, 2002
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Archive through August 08, 2002
Woodpecke® | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 11:40 am     Three months in a house would not make anyone's life a huge financial disaster, and if it did, she shouldn't be risking the time away from her life and responsibilities. (Using a phrase like financial disaster in this instance merely confirms that some people posting on this board give the rest of us absolutely no credit.) |
Crazyfan | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 11:40 am     So many good points made here. I have never met anyone that could not use $500,000. I also have never met anyone that had a 1 in 12 chance to win/earn $500,000. Danielle is trying to win the game and she is using anything she can to get support. IMO however I think she made a bad choice in going fot the I need the money more than anyone else play. Not only was that insulting to the other player but a grand display of how low she will go to win. This to me was a bad chess move on her part. |
Ryanc2002 | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 11:41 am     BMH - She shouldn't have eve brought up needing the money, it's just wrong. If I was in the house she'd have lost my vote just for that act alone. |
Bmh | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 11:42 am     She never said it would be a finiacial disater..she said it would just hurt her a little in the finacial department..you people here are making her money issues bigger than they are Obviously she wont be broke..or she wouldn't have came on the show..all she was trying to express was that the money means alot to her..and it would help her a great deal to get it simple as that..drop it!! |
Kaili | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 11:46 am     I have to say I agree with Crossfire here. It's a gamble. Would she take the same amount of money to Vegas that she is giving up to be on the show and bet her job on odds of 1 in 12? If it was such a great risk and I was not truly struggling or starving in my current situation, I would let the opportunity pass me by. If it is such a risk of a financial disaster, she should not be putting her whole family in that situation. If she was single and struggling, sure. But why take your whole family down with you with those odds? If she can afford to do this, which to some degree she probably can, then why not go for it? Her odds of winning are better than her odds were of getting casted in the first place, right? |
Wcv63 | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 11:46 am     Crazyfan I don't think she did that. They were talking about what they would do with the money if they won and apparently she will use it to get a house, pay bills, provide for her children and take some financial stress off the family. Doesn't sound like a case of someone having a pity party for herself. It sounds like a solid plan for the future /i{should she win the money.} I think talking about how having a baby young limits your life can fall into the catagory of PSA (public service announcement). She shows that someone who made mistakes in her life can still be successful but also warns that that success is hard come by. I'm sure she wants something different for her own girls and stresses that although she loves her children that things would have been so much easier had she waited until she was older. I can't fault one thing she has to say about this topic. |
Ryanc2002 | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 11:46 am     Bmh - Either way it was a simpathy play. And no, I won't stop talking about what a low blow it was to the other houseguests. |
Scorpiomoon | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 11:49 am     Woodpecke®: "Three months in a house would not make anyone's life a huge financial disaster, and if it did, she shouldn't be risking the time away from her life and responsibilities. (Using a phrase like financial disaster in this instance merely confirms that some people posting on this board give the rest of us absolutely no credit.)" Excuse me? Maybe you weren't listening/watching the live feeds last night when Dani was telling Marcellas and Chiara about her financial concerns. She told them she had left her job and left her boss in a lurch and that she wouldn't be surprised if she didn't have a job to return to once the show was over. She mentioned her and her husband had to take out a loan to make up for the money they are losing because of her missing wages. If she gets out of the house and has no job, incoming bills and loan payments due, wouldn't that be "financial disaster"? You're right. Maybe she shouldn't be taking this risk. But that's not for us to judge. Don't insult me when you obviously lack knowledge and details about the topic at hand. |
Crossfire | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 11:49 am     Is that what she said woody? From other descriptions, is sounds like she really rolled out the povery card. That is what I imagine people are reacting to. Until it is resolved, ordering people to drop it is wrong. I am with Ryanc on this one, I'm not interested in picking a winner on need, and I hope the houseguests have none of it too. |
Bmh | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 11:50 am     That is fine Ryan..I just think some of you guys are taking what Dani said and making it out to be something worse than it actually is..she isn't a terible person just because she needs money..gezzz |
Ryanc2002 | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 11:52 am     BMH - No she's not, but it was a low blow for her to mention needing the money. |
Bohawkins | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 11:55 am     In the days of early television there was a show called Queen for a Day. Contestants would come on, and tell pathetic tales of how they needed things, like an operation or clothes for kids, or house repair. The studio audience would then select the winner, based on which one's story moved them the most. The selected "Queen" received their special request, plus a day in a fancy hotel, a shopping trip and other prizes. I sort of like having one, or two, of the houseguests in the big brother show, attempt to appeal to the other's houseguest's heartstrings. Plus, I would like to see, maybe one, or two people, who have some kind of obvious disadvantage, like a handicap. It makes for a nice mix. It didn't work in BB2 when Autumn told her tale of woe or for Krista. Eddie had the handicap in BB1, so maybe that was his hearttugger that got the tv audience, and perhaps made it unfair for the rest. As long as the tv audience doesn't vote, it makes it interesting. It would be fascinating to see if playing the old misery song could move the others to, in effect, donate their possible winnings to the one with the saddest tale. |
Woodpecke® | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 11:59 am     I don't care what she said, Scorpiomoon. Danielle is not risking financial disaster by spending three months in the Big Brother house. If she did actually risk her job and family by going on a game show, she is an idiot an I am more than willing to question her judgement. I do not think she risked anything. She is merely trying to make a play for sympathy and she needs to knock it off. I am also up to date on this game and all of the side plots. |
Mystery | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 12:00 pm     I guess Dani could use the money to get medical attention for the bruises she must have from the arm-twisting that was done to cause her to leave her boss in the lurch. |
Mollywood | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 12:03 pm     she made a very bad error. everyone in there is there for the money. all feel they need it most. she fell off her thrown with that one. hey, maybe thell give her codeine too. |
Mollywood | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 12:07 pm     Plus i doubt they would let someone in the house who was on the verge of financial ruin. just wouldnt happen. this is much too controled to kick up a law suit when the family commits suicide on the Jerry Springer show |
Zeyna | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 12:10 pm     Hey everyone needs 500K. The single people will one day probably have a family, and kids, and could use the money as well. I don't mind Dani sharing that info, but when she said that she'd be "devistated" if she was voted out, that was going overboard. This is a game and the only person that deseves the money is the one that wins the game. She only hurt her chances of winning by saying that. It reminded me of Krista and Hardy mess last year. |
Mollywood | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 12:10 pm     bowhawkins...i watched that as a kid, and cried everytime they took the mink coat back. but its a different time, and people are harder, more cynical, and self involved i know i am! |
Azriel | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 12:22 pm     Scorpiomoon : She told them she had left her job and left her boss in a lurch and that she wouldn't be surprised if she didn't have a job to return to once the show was over. She mentioned her and her husband had to take out a loan to make up for the money they are losing because of her missing wages. Okay, here is the key phrase 'she left her job' She is taking a gamble at the crap table of life. She left sure money and security for a throw of the dice. Bmh, I don't think anyone is bashing Dani here. We are just saying that she doesn't deserve to win the money because she has a family. I don't think she 'needs' the money because she has a family either. Lots of people have kids and a family and their manage to get by with two incomes. It's called managing the money you have. You can't always live the life you dream of but if she truly loves her family then that is where she should find her happiness. |
Wcv63 | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 12:24 pm     Azriel she does find her happiness with her family. She has stated that all along. I don't think she is searching for happiness. I think she is searching for security. Big difference although one can certainly lead to the other. |
Crazyfan | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 12:25 pm     I agree with you Woodpecker (dido) |
Cassandra | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 12:27 pm     I may be wrong and if I am please no bashing, but don't the HGs get paid something like $750 dollars a week for being in the house. I don't make that much a week (close, but not quite) and as a single mother I do fine. Therefore, I think they should not be complaining about being broke and having no money. Even if they were not being paid they made that choice. |
Azriel | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 12:33 pm     Well, if you want security you don't quit a job and take out a loan on a gamble... |
Azriel | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 12:35 pm     Cass, Josh said on the feeds that they get $104 dollars a day. That sounds pretty good to me. |
Azriel | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 12:38 pm     It's not that I don't sympathize with Dani. I've lived the same life that she had, BUT that doesn't make her more deserving to win the money. There is a difference in what you need and what you want in life. Do you understand what I'm saying? |
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