Foodbunny | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 06:50 pm     Approximately 20 percent of Caucasian men will show signs of male pattern baldness by the age of 20. The incidence of male pattern baldness increases 10 percent per decade through a man's life. Hereditary balding or thinning is the most common cause of hair loss. The tendency can be inherited from either the mother's or father's side of the family. Source: American Academy of Dermatology So I wouldn't necessarily say he's even balding early. |
Timton | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 06:57 pm     Why is it whenever a guy says he has a secert everyone goes OMG he's gay. I don't think he is but I would pay money to see Marc face if that happened. (BTW did everyone see that segement of Marc/Gerry so funny!) He does look older then 30, but I don't that's it. |
Willow_Woman | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 07:00 pm     Hmmm...interesting. Let's see, what profession includes people who can home in on any weakness/passion/emotion and manipulate the he*l out of you because of it. Can talk you into seeing their point of view *even though* you know in your heart it's wrong. Can look you in the eye and make you believe they have your best interests at heart, while at the same time trying to figure out ways to screw you? And all the while making you somehow feel good about it? Oh wait, I think he's in advertising. |
Dagny | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 07:00 pm     Timton, I don't think Roddy is gay... I think it's more likely that he has some background training that would help him win the show... |
Shannonu | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 07:04 pm     Dagny I heard that too. Roddy has had a plan for this whole game. I think that just might be his big secret. He thinks that everyone thinks he is genuine but he doesn't know that us and some of the houseguests have caught on to his game. In my eyes he made one mistake that proved to me and anyone else watching that he was playing all of them. It was when he had that conversation with Marcy in the hot tub. He admitted that he started that whole fight with Josh the day before evictions to make sure that Josh went. The second part was really the kicker for me. When Mar and Roddy went back in the house after the HT conversation and Roddy said to Mar that he can't wait to see the tapes after this is all over and he giggled with glee and called himself the master manipulator. HE ACTUALLY CALLED HIMSELF A MASTER MANIPULATOR!!! I really hope the evicted houseguests were watching. Him saying that might actually change some final votes. Oh and about the balding thing, My husband just turned 30 and has a bald spot exactly like Roddy. He started losing hair when he was about 25. |
Sassylady | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 07:10 pm     Willow: First off thank you for complimenting my attire...just in a Sassy mood Balding: My 18 y/o gorgeous son has a spot on the top of his head--we haven't told him yet. hmmm? I wonder if Roddy's parents have told him yet? LOL Theo: Awhile back Roddy was telling the story of Jim Jones and the mass suicides w/kool-aid. Out of his own mouth he has said he thought he could control them all--especially if they were more like Josh. I know Roddy felt good today because Jason was the one he thought he could not control...Just creepy. |
Gidget | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 07:12 pm     http://www.mrsgiggles.com/stories/gentlist8.html rofl laughing. found this on search of roddy mancuso. hope i'm not breaking rules it is gay man stories so don't click if such things offend you |
Wrat1010 | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 07:23 pm     Maybe what Roddy whispered in Chiara's ears 10 minutes before the show was: "You are not in love with me and you have never been in love with me but you will vote for me in the final anyway. When I snap my fingers you will feel completely refreshed and forget this conversation. SNAP" |
Jayalltheway | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 07:23 pm     Okay, this is total speculation, but since Roddy seems to be a big hockey fan, I went to the Internet Hockey Database and typed in the names Richard Mancuso and Roddy Mancuso. Apparently there was a Richard Mancuso that played 5 minor league games in Quebec in the '76-'77 season. Big speculation, but if it IS him, then that would make him about 42 years old. It probably isn't, but who knows. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0013311977.html |
Sassylady | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 07:24 pm     Maybe he is a psychiatrist. He would not be lying, maybe his bachelor degree is in psychology. (I think that he is the one with the degree in psychology)A psychiatrist is trained in hypnotising people. P.S. I hope no one is offended by me and a few others putting on our detective hats and trying to figure out the mystery of Roddy. Outside of this game Roddy might be a very nice and wonderful man. I am analyzing the character in the show. So please I hope no one is offended by my remarks.
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Twistedsis | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 07:26 pm     Ok a queston for the lawyers out there: If Roddy's big secret is some past training, which gave him leverage in this game, would that give the others a valid reason to sue BB if Roddy wins? *OR* If Roddy has concealed this from BB a valid reason for both the others and BB to sue Roddy himself? Just wondering........ |
Kennyb | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 07:29 pm     Wow Gidget---That was just scary!!!!!! ROTF!!!! |
Willow_Woman | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 07:31 pm     Woah! Hold on! Jayalltheway...you may be onto something. Remember the convo. Roddy had when he was saying how his Dad took them to have ice skating lessons. They started out bad but then got really good. Hmmmmm.......... I still believe he looks like 42. At least the 42 year-old men in my neck o' the woods. Sassylady, you could never offend anyone! Just looking at your little yellow face and that red beret and those shades brings a smile to my face.
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Sassylady | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 07:32 pm     Gidget! That had Roddy's picture and a story about him and Eric...Good heavens people have been busy..putting that together so quick. How can they legally do that? I think the mod. might get upset with that on the thread... |
Wrat1010 | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 07:34 pm     Twistedsis (and Oliver Stone): What if Roddy hynotized Arnold and the rest of the producers? |
Reader234 | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 07:35 pm     OH jayalltheway, could be!! I also remember him (Roddy!) talking about mentoring other young hockey players! I would think one way to be on the ice as a coach would be to have hockey experience!! (my ds hockey player 12 years and counting!!) I forgot this about Roddy, thank you!!
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Skol | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 07:36 pm     I can believe he's dyslexic. My husband is dyslexic and he never tells anyone. He feels embarrassed about it. He is extremely articulate and knowledgable on just about any subject and can lecture a lot like Roddy. My husband also has the ability to manipulate conversations very easily just like Roddy. When they did the competition running into the house to find objects Roddy found the oar and spelled it orr. That would be the something like my husband would do because he was taught to spell phonetically. Actually, he'd probably spell it or, ore, orr, oar on one page in the same sitting because dyslexics never consistently spell anything the same even when it's wrong. It's not true that dyslexics don't like to read. Reading is a struggle so they concentrate on the things they find interesting. My husband reads a lot about mechanics, engineering, physics, etc., because he enjoys these and also probably because math makes more sense than words. He can conceptualize things very easily. He has the memory of an elephant because a dyslexic makes mental notes when they hear things unlike the rest of us who know we can rely on the book when it's time to study for a test. Not sure if this is his big secret, but I have no problem believing Roddy is dyslexic. He might not have gone to college because it is really hard for people with dyslexia. My husband gave up because it was just too much of a struggle. They'd give him extra time for tests but it didn't help. One time he spent six hours on a calculus final because he'd have a lapse in concentration and when he looked at the page he couldnt' figure out what part of the equation he was on and he'd have to go back to the beginning over and over again. Many dyslexics do wonderful, but there are varying degrees of dyslexia. |
Sassylady | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 07:40 pm     Okay we might be onto something with the hockey thing...uh..I don't know how to read stats but his didn't look that good. He did say he played hockey.
{{{{{{{{Willow}}}}}}}} You are so sweet. Thank you! Isn't Eric's last name Quellette? I am still on the floor with that earlier site <blushing> |
Skol | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 07:43 pm     This is slightly off topic but about the dyslexia. It's hard for them in college when they know they know it, but they can't pass an exam because the format doesn't suit their brain. I took physics and I was having a very hard time. I just couldn't understand what the heck it all meant. I'd go home and talk to my husband about it. He'd read my chapter for me and then explain what it all meant and then I'd understand it so I would know what formulas to apply to a particular question. At this time, he hadn't taken physics in school. I ended up getting an A on the class. A year later, he's taking physics and could have a discussion with the professor about electricity or whatever, but when he took his first exam he got an F. It sucks being dyslexic. |
Twistedsis | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 07:44 pm     Skol I agree with everything you say, your husband sound just like my oldest son who is a computer tech with cisco and citrus certifications. However your forgetting that Roddy is a writer by profession and has a college degree. Those 2 things alone make me doubt dyslexia. Dyslexia has absoultly NOTHING to do with intelligence and everything to do with the ease required in reading and writing to be an author. |
Jayalltheway | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 07:47 pm     If it is him, he wasn't very good at all in terms of becoming a pro, but to have made it that far he must be at least decent. The QMJHL is part of the CHL which is just one step below the NHL, it's where all the NHL players are recruited from in Canada. The fact that he only played 5 games all season means he was probably called up from a lower league and then was dumped again when he didn't pan out. |
Sassylady | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 07:47 pm     Skol: My husband sounds identical to yours! That is why I wrote earlier that it is nothing to hide--yet my husband does hide it (he went through school undiagnosed)--but he is a very smart man. And he has to be the one talking and explaining everything to everyone. Also, they learn to manipulate at an early age--to cover. |
Sassylady | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 07:52 pm     I will go over my tapes..but I thought for sure he said he was dyslexic..I am not even sure who brought it up in this thread but maybe they heard it too.
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Willow_Woman | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 07:52 pm     I've been teaching a long time now and I've never had a dyslexic student that was able to read with any kind of fluency. Roddy seems extremely well read. BTW, what was that book he gave Chiara? He said it was his favorite book. She poohpoohed it in the DR. "A *book???" she asked, as if he'd handed her a snake or something. |
Theo17 | Saturday, August 24, 2002 - 07:54 pm     carl sagan book roddys big secret, he is going to try and claim he is human |