Archive through September 19, 2003
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Archive through September 19, 2003
Sabiho | Friday, September 19, 2003 - 04:29 pm     I can't believe the way these people have acted for only being seperated from family for three months. There are Military people out there that are shut off from the world for much longer than three months. I just had to give my point on that. They need to stop complaining, or else they need to have a big brother on a navy ship for it's deployment. I hope Jun get's the money, cause I can't stand <> Allison. |
Prism72 | Friday, September 19, 2003 - 04:32 pm     My sentiments exactly. Thanks for pointing it out. |
Surreal_Badger | Friday, September 19, 2003 - 04:37 pm     as someone who has friends who are in the services and are separated from loved ones for A LOT longer than this show, I concur (and these folks are really "laying their lives on the line" -- sorry jee -- and are getting paid A LOT less than this group, to boot) -- of course, for me, this is an indictment against robert, as well as against ali and jun |
Earthmother | Friday, September 19, 2003 - 04:42 pm     I always laugh when I hear the excuse for bad behavior "they are trapped in that house with nothing to do, what do you expect?" I expect proper behavior from adults...So do you think the pioneers who slept, ate and lived in one room ran around during the winter calling each other filthy names, and passed the time thinking of ways to kill each other...hahahahaha I see the problem having a lack of imagination. They expect to be entertained instead of entertaining themselves. Cook, clean, make playdough (I'm sure they have flour, water and vanilla), swim, play word games, jog, exercise.. |
Puzzled | Friday, September 19, 2003 - 05:20 pm     ...So do you think the pioneers who slept, ate and lived in one room ran around during the winter calling each other filthy names, and passed the time thinking of ways to kill each other Actually, I think a lot of them did--and if you killed someone, you'd probably get away with it, too. They were the kind of people who are such idiots on BB. Fortunately, most people weathered the hardships through their own ingenuity, standards, creativity, and hard work--or the continent would be empty. Those are the kind of people who do well in submarines and separated from loved ones like the poor military in Iraq. Now there's an idea--have the next BB in a submarine! |
Earthmother | Friday, September 19, 2003 - 05:31 pm     Yeh, and we can cut off the oxygen when it gets too much for us..lol not long enough to kill them, of course, just to put them to sleep for awhile...like the last week |
Monalisahi | Friday, September 19, 2003 - 05:44 pm     Earth.....LOL......these girls stay in bed already. You think the oxygen has already been cut off? |
Bmh | Friday, September 19, 2003 - 05:44 pm     Ummm even if your off in the Military in most cases you can at least contact your family once in a while to let them know how your doing. It is always a struggle for the Houseguests because they have NO entertainment so it just makes them miss their families even more. Simple as that |
Dntexas | Friday, September 19, 2003 - 05:47 pm     unless you are submarine sailor, it was nothing for us to go AT LEAST 3 months with no contact from our spouse |
Slothkitten | Friday, September 19, 2003 - 05:50 pm     Yes Earthmother,I've read that the pilots on a plane have suddenly dropped altitude in order to knock out a unruly passenger,yikes! |
Sonotech | Friday, September 19, 2003 - 05:55 pm     As one who grew up as a military brat and as a former Marine I couldn't agree with you more. I too get tired of the terrible behavior of some of these hgs being blamed on "the house and the isolation from the outside world." Give me a break, this little game is a cake walk compared to what our service men and women live with everyday. I just want to add, that I enjoy the game of BB for all of strategy, lying, manipulation and underhandedness but in the end I still believe in being a good sport. It doesn't appear to be a concept that the 2 finalists are familiar with. Still I'll root for what I believe is the lesser evil and hope Jun gets the big prize. |
Bbrock | Friday, September 19, 2003 - 06:00 pm     I think it was harder getting into BB this year, because I do have a hubby in Iraq. (6-months as of today and at least 6-months more to go.) You really cannot compare the two, I would be happier if I was locked up in the BB house for 3-months as opposed to 12-months in a country away from my family, lucky to get a phone call that stays connected for more than a couple seconds. I would rather go 3-months with no communication than 12-months with constant worry. I'm not trying to start a debate here, just telling how I feel. |
Fabnsab | Friday, September 19, 2003 - 06:11 pm     I agree with everyone that it is much harder to be put in a wartime situation and be separated from your family than to be put up in the BB house but that doesn't make their emotions any less real. No, they shouldn't complain because they have it easy comparatively, but they are still allowed to miss family and cry over it. I spent a month overseas this summer and was supposed to be there through xmas but I had to come home because I missed my husband so much. I DID think of the men and women in our military often, and what they must be feeling. It did give me empathy but my tears did not slow down and it actually made me hop on the next plane because I knew that nothing short of fighting for my country would be worth the separation from my family. |
Earthmother | Friday, September 19, 2003 - 06:12 pm     Not so simple bmh..My best friend's son has been in Bagdad for 2 months and in Kwait 3 months prior (5 months). He's living in a tent, in heat far more intense than Southern CA, he certainly hasn't had a Mexican feast nor lobster served in a clean kitchen, and all the while ducking bombs (I guess that's his entertainment)..he has not been able to have contact with home since his last month in Kwait. I can't, NO I won't feel sorry for these people or believe that they can't be held responsible because they are friggin' bored. |
Monalisahi | Friday, September 19, 2003 - 06:24 pm     I don't feel sorry for them either and I don't think we even need to use the military as an example (although it is a very legit one). Heck, just give them my 2 kids constantly asking, yelling, fighting, etc. Mom!!!! She did this. Mom!!! I need $20. Mom!!! he took the car. Mom!!! I need new shoes. MOM!!!!!!!! If that's not enough to make me sink to the levels they have, then nothing would. I'd have to say BB would be a vacation....lmao. <just kidding, I love my kids like there's no tomorrow and I would miss them terribly if I were away from them for 3 months.> |
Earthmother | Friday, September 19, 2003 - 06:32 pm     yes I know you love them Mona, but you should at least have a chance to find out how long it would take to miss them...lol |
Helgapataki | Friday, September 19, 2003 - 06:34 pm     Earthmother, in your post of 5:53 pm, you weren't "threatening their lives" were you?????? If so, I certainly hope that CBS calls you out on it...LOL...we do tend to exaggerate when annoyed, don't we??? |
Earthmother | Friday, September 19, 2003 - 06:37 pm     Helga, I think (per the rules) I can verbally threaten to cut off their air supply, I just can't put my hand on the valve and while breathing deeply and with compassion shut the damn thing off... |
Helgapataki | Friday, September 19, 2003 - 06:40 pm     Earthie, you made me smile. I haven't smiled much on this board lately. THX!! |
Puzzled | Friday, September 19, 2003 - 06:43 pm     LOL, Earthmother, was infinitely kind and compassionate. She just wanted them to have a nice little nappy-time. |
Monalisahi | Friday, September 19, 2003 - 07:00 pm     Earth...hmmmmm, where do I apply for BB5?...LOL |
Sabiho | Friday, September 19, 2003 - 07:05 pm     I was in the military, and there many months that I had no contact with my family, had no entertainment except for a book, things are different now a days on a ship, but close to the same. |
Lancecrossfire | Friday, September 19, 2003 - 07:32 pm     Per the LFP, they have indicated the want sometime to do because they are 1) spoiled, and 2) active. The first point speaks for itself--they are acting like 8 year old snot nosed little brats. Active? If they are using being active as a reason for wanting something to do, why do they want a movie all the time over crafts projects. With a movie you sit and watch--with crafts or some such project you have to participate and do something--be active. They are going to get either 500K or 50K, and it seems they feel they shouldn't have to finish the game to get it. Part of the game is the full time in the house if you are the last two. Why don't they discuss what affects the game has had on each of them? Or how it has changed their young perspectives on life--if it has at all? Or why not discuss in an adult, objective manner the things they liked and disliked about the way each HG played--and also include in an adult way, what they may have liked about each HG--or what they learned from each one? Why not discuss dreams for what you want to do in life? Or take a week to decompress and enjoy the solitude after having a house full of people. While some of the discussion might not be all that exciting to us, at least they would appear to be more than acting like whiny little twits. When it comes down to it, they want one of two things--their money without completing the game, or 2 if they have to complete the game, they want it to be like real life would be--with friends, phone calls---oh wait--that would mean they don't want to complete the game. These two wouldn't know real hardship if it walked up and bit them in the butt. |
Puzzled | Friday, September 19, 2003 - 07:46 pm     I can't help wondering what a BB would be with people who had real hardships in their lives. A single parent, working for minimum wage, whose family knew real hunger at the end of the month. One of the first POW's in the Iraq war. An older person who lost their in their '50's, from some place like Enron--pension gone, no health insurance, too young for SS, almost unemployable. Someone from a third-world country, whose child had died from famine. Some of these people would be thrilled to have PB&J, and some would find BB a piece of cake, with McDonald's, lobsters, etc. Most of them would be thrilled to get the $10,000 that the jury gets. Sure know that I would be very, very happy to get that $10,000. |
Gidget | Friday, September 19, 2003 - 07:49 pm     What I wouldn't give for a 3 month vacation away from life. Sleep as much as I want. No responsiblities. I like PB&J. AND get paid. Where do I sign up for this gig. LOL |
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