Why So Down On Roddy
TV ClubHouse: Archives: Archive Two:
Why So Down On Roddy
Costacat | Wednesday, August 07, 2002 - 07:00 pm     Why on earth would Roddy's name be on a plaque at the House Of Blues? Earthmom, if it's there, let me know where. I'll be heading there in a few weeks. |
Earthmother | Wednesday, August 07, 2002 - 07:09 pm     I will... |
Bmh | Wednesday, August 07, 2002 - 07:54 pm     Roddy is way to condesending..and a know it all..it is just soo annoying..he thinks he controls everybody and what he says goes..Im just tired of it.. when Eric leaves tomrrow that will be his first blow..and then when he gets nominated by D/J/M(hopefully)..that will be the 2nd blow..and when he walks out 1 week from tomrrow..that will be the third blow..Roddy needs to go now!! |
Gina8642 | Wednesday, August 07, 2002 - 08:03 pm     I think it will be fun to watch if Roddy goes. However, I think he is really, really good at this game. Even if any of them manage to nominate him, they will have a much harder time getting the votes to stick to him. Don't count your eggs before they are hatched. |
Wink | Wednesday, August 07, 2002 - 08:15 pm     Firstsnadra1 I think Roddy comes off looking pretty good on the tv show. Maybe I should just stick to that and skip the live feed reports. I think he's a very good player, I just think a judicious use of duct tape might come in handy for those moments when he's letting us all know how lacking we are intellectually and when he's teaching his playmate life lessons. |
Oregonfire | Wednesday, August 07, 2002 - 08:24 pm     San Fran, that cartoon is perfect! I'm going to print it out and put it up somewhere. Reminds me of grad school. |
Minkster1973 | Wednesday, August 07, 2002 - 08:34 pm     IMHO Roddy seems to be a good guy. I agree that he has made a mistake hooking up with Chiara. They don't mesh well together. I am actually seeing a spark between Lisa & Eric (I really didn't until recently). Who can blame two people for growing emotionally (and physically) attached in the house? I mean the four of them still seem to be attached by the umbilical cord in some ways. It's only natural for them to cuddle with someone they can talk to and someone that they are attracted to. The cuddling last year seemed so innocent, comparatively speaking. This year it seems to be very HOT. Did Eric and Lisa have sex last night or not? I can't seem to find the answer anywhere! |
Firstsnadra1 | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 05:16 am     Too funny, Wink! Maybe someone could toss a roll of duct tape over the wall of the bb house? LOL Although I don't think one roll is enough...they could all use some! ha...that just reminded me of the toilet paper over the wall in bb1! |
Tj2353 | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 09:52 am     *What555456: "Why are all of you so down on Roddy?" ~You surely opened the gates & released the flood waters of "IN MY OPINION...!!!"; made for great reading and I want to send a thank U2U! *Annie_Oakley: 2words4U ~ Thank You! *Tripwaste: "Of any houseguest ever (aside from Cassandra from BBI), young Rodderick may be the most worldly of the inmates to come down the pike." ~ThankU for remembering Cassandra. I agree with this particular observation(opinion). "Roddy and Dani are the two leaders in this game." ~I agree; the rest are the 'followers'. These are their character traits in life. *Everyone else and I do mean EVERYONE: ~This board is like no other. You set the standard for class and intelligence while still being strong in your 'opinions' and that is a Hard Hard combination to achieve. Cudos to you all! |
Becca | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 10:48 am     I don't think Roddy is a horrible person at all. He seems to have morals. He's probably a good guy. However, I don't want him to win this game. He comes across on the live feeds (not so much on t.v, just boring there) as extremely arogant. He very much has a sense of entitlement, and I don't think honestly he's been playing very well. (He's made a lot of tatical errors.) He keeps on talking about loyalty, Jason should have loyalty to him, everyone should have loyalty. A major part of me thinks, why Rod? I feel like he underestimates the other players and because of this he didn't stick to his game plan. He truly seems to think he's the smartest person in the house, so of course everyone will be bowled over by him. He's in for a rude awakening. I don't want Roddy to win because I don't think he really deserves to win. Yes, he talks people into voting his way, but it feels like he doesn't really understand the game. He's in for a rude awakening when he's little lacky is thrown out of the game. If the others get HOH, they will most certainly throw Roddy on the block, and I'm fairly sure that the Rodmaster will be voted out next week. He focused far to much on the end game, instead of the "stay in the game" part of the game. |
Bastable | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 11:38 am     I imagine a lot of people may start to dislike Roddy if they find out he really doesn't care much about Chiara. Sure, it's a clever ploy in terms of the game, but I think the spectre of emotional abandonment is high on EVERYONE'S fear list, so toying with a woman's emotions is no way to win fans outside the house. It's possible to be TOO smart-- and that happens when you do clever things that stomp all over people's emotions. Roddy is walking the line right now--and he's gonna screw up soon. When you stick around in an unequal relationship, it usually ends in fights and tears. |
Tymber | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 03:45 pm     Safer? Hmmm. Good question Ryn.... (8/7/02 9:25 AM)... I’m not sure. <shaking head::::trying to do the math> At a glance Eric, Gerry, Jason and Josh seem to be presenting themselves as “white heterosexual male” too. Does the safer angle still hold? Ya think some folks feel safer when picking apart any of those guys due to those three descriptors? Could be. If that's true: oh well. Could it be Roddy’s particular rendition of Golden Boy which triggers such a response for some? Do some people conflate the descriptor with the rendition? Guess I’ll cut ‘em slack if they do. What stumps me is reading about how Roddy “uses others” (Earthmother) - what does that mean! - , or about the “pseudo-intellectual crap filled brain of his” (Wink), or about him being “an arrogant misogynist” (Buzzelda). Speaking of steady streams of Horsecrap, I wouldn’t mind it at all if feeds included just one stogy-puffing, sitting around the hottub session featuring one Golden Boy himself and our own Goddessatlaw. I’d tune in! <popular consumption: “show us what you‘ve got!“> She is right, you know: nobody’s challenging him on the horsecrap. The closest challenge to horsecrapping I’ve witnessed so far was Lori challenging Josh, first week. Alas, none of the other HG were within earshot for that one. <shrug> I’m wondering where is Roddy’s finesse? Surely he’s got one. From all appearances he continues to play, or behaves as if he’s playing, by topping from the Top exclusively. Since his stint as HOH, he’s spoken aloud a few times about his need to pull back a little (I mean in general, not specifically anything to do with Chiara), but he’ll have to do more than step aside from a veto challenge in order for me to see it. I don’t see Chiara being fooled at all by Roddy to this point. FWIW, heated debate aside, since I don't seem to be making much progress with my idea to spend a day fly fishing with Bobby Knight in Colorado, Wyoming or wherever... why not Roddy? I could show him a good time for an afternoon. |
Goddessatlaw | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 03:51 pm     SIGN ME UP!! Anyone got an in with Arnie? Just give me a few days to continue all my cases and I'm all over it. Also, any messages anyone wants to convey to Roddy - send them to ME!! |
Niceguy | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 08:04 pm     Roddy found out tonight that he's far less influential(powerful)than he led himself to believe. He's safe this week but after Saturday he knows that the only person truly in his corner is Kiki. This is going to be intriguing to see how this plays out...particularly with the returnee. |
Curlyq | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 08:13 pm     I'm just wondering if we'll see Roddy adjust his behavior at all this week now that Chiara has the power. Will he be walking on egg shells around her? Could this be the week we finally get to see Roddy apologize to Chiara after a fight? |
Goddessatlaw | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 08:20 pm     Please, Curlyq - he'll be painting her toenails and sucking her toes before it dries. Prepare to reach a whole new level of disgust. |
Wcv63 | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 08:24 pm     Goddessatlaw, I disagree. I believe that he thinks he has Chiara on a short leash and does not need to modify his current methods. He has said, since the HOH competition, that he will tell Chiara who to put up. Is Roddy worried? Nope. For all intents and purposes he is HOH. |
Goddessatlaw | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 08:33 pm     WCV - Chiara's a livewire, although admittedly increasingly under Roddy's thumb. If he spends the next week treating her like Eric treated Lisa, you're right. However, Chiara's in the power position and I wouldn't discount her willingness to lord it over Roddy and even possibly do something in defiance of him. You can only apologize for living so much before you hang your tormentor by the short hairs. MHO |
Bmh | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 08:34 pm     Roddy will be sweating it this week..no matter what happens..he is not in control anymore and he is coming back to the real world now..notice how he went to bed a little after the eviction he is up now..but he was def. not happy |
Becca | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 08:38 pm     I do feel bad for Roddy, but in a sense he needed to learn this. He can't trust everyone in the house (or anyone). I think he really thought that people would vote out Lisa, because it was in Roddy's best interests to save Eric. What he doesn't realize is that what's in Roddy's best interest isn't always what's in everyone else's best interest. Perhaps this will help him get back on track, but I don't think it really will because I think too many people have his number. roddy is very good at controlling weak minded people, but he can't control the Jasons or danielles. |
Dfwteddy | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 08:47 pm     TJ2353: IMHO, I would like to suggest that Jason be included in your list of leaders. One does not always have to be out front and seemingly in charge to be a leader -- sometimes you let your lieutenant lead the charge. He's playing Dani as much as she's playing him right now, knowing that Dani has a strong need to feel she is in charge and pulling the strings. Right now her need to be in charge is to his advantage, so Jason allows her to be out front and appear to be the leader of their little pact. While she is out front, he can act angelic and work on Roddy quietly behind the scenes. We have a saying in the South (and Jason, being a good Southern boy, probably has heard this): "If you must kill grandma, slit her throat quickly." (I don't the origins of this saying.) In other words, if you have to do something distasteful, it is more merciful if you do it quickly. At some point near the end of the game, if he can't make it to the end with her, Jason may have to sacrifice Dani. If he does sacrifice her, Jason will do it surely and swiftly -- and it will clearly demonstrate that he was the leader of this pact. Curlyq: Don't hold your breath on that! |
Wcv63 | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 08:50 pm     Dfw darlin...being a southern gal through and through I can honestly say I have NEVER heard that saying before. Maybe it's a Texas thang? I do agree with your first paragraph though. |
Dfwteddy | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 08:56 pm     Wcv63: LOL -- maybe it is a Texas thang! Have heard it all my life and assumed it was just another Southern saying. Thanks for setting me straight! |
Cathie | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 09:03 pm     LOL, I'm from the FW part of DFW and have NEVER heard that one...must be one of those Dallas thangs...  |
Tj2353 | Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 09:57 pm     *DFWTeddy: I sincerely believe that Jason is an incredibly wise young man; kind hearted, good spirited & sensitive. He most likely achieves the goals that he sets for himself. Having said that, IMHO, he is a Winner, but not a Leader. ~ I am living in Alabama, presently, and I am very honored to have him "represent" .......ON THE OTHER HAND,I am originally from New Jersey....Go Roddy Go! --- NOT!!! |
|