Windella | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 02:17 pm     i haven't noticed any one talking about this. quite a few times BB has anounced that it takes 440 laps to swim a mile. have the HG's done this, i think not. and what kind of twist do you think this will be? i think i remember Rob swimming some but not much and the only HG who did. |
Peachie | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 02:20 pm     They have done this the last couple of years windella, just trying to be funny I think. ;o) |
Justshirley | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 02:21 pm     BB has said this before, Windella, I remember hearing the same thing a few weeks ago. Just BB being funny, poking fun at how puny their pool is. Time to come up with some new material, if you ask me. ;) |
Bonzacat | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 02:21 pm     Windella, I think BB is just funnin' with the HG. It's irony and some sarcastic humor tossed from the control booth. Usually the HG yell back something like, "screw you" when they hear it. And you know that no one is going to swim those laps..... |
Justshirley | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 02:23 pm     Jinx. |
Windella | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 02:24 pm     i thought it was kind of lame, but knowing how lame BB can be, anything is possible |
Crazydog | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 02:37 pm     You know, they really should install one of those circulating type things, so it's basically a swimming treadmill. Yes, it might be expensive, but I'm sure they have the money. Then whoever wants to could get exercise. Better than sitting around all day doing nothing. |
Justshirley | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 02:41 pm     Wasn't it one of those the first year? But the HGs never found or read the instructions on how to turn it on? I've wondered about that in subsequent seasons. Am I hallucinating again? Does anybody else remember that? |
Therlin | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 02:47 pm     shirley, you are correct. The HGs never figured it out. One time the voice over said "will the HGs learn how to use the pool?" Another day, BB had turned the pool on for them for a while and the HGs thought that it was self cleaning itself. |
Therlin | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 02:48 pm     And by the way, I think that announcing the # of laps needed to complete a mile is genius. I would have loved to see their expression the first time they heard that. They should throw them off balance once in a while. I wish they had more facts and weird statements. |
Crazydog | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 02:49 pm     Is it the same pool still? Did they go through and rip out the pool and put in a new one? If not, why don't they tell people how to use it? Me, I'd be pushing every button I found on there. |
Therlin | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 02:50 pm     Beware of the sledgehammer. |
Lori | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 02:54 pm     Now that would make for an interesting competition...who can swim laps the longest! |
Twiggyish | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 02:56 pm     It could come up in a trivia competition. |
Therlin | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 02:58 pm     I like that. Random facts all week long at random times, 24 hrs a day, and then have a trivia competition. |
Gigglesalot | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 02:58 pm     Why doesn't BB have more odd comments and/or facts? Did they have them in the beginning? I think it would break the monotony and perk interests. |
Windella | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 03:11 pm     it would have been funny to see the HG's trying to 'swim' in that pool. |
Cinder | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 03:38 pm     Thank you for asking the question Shirley and thank you for answering Therlin. I never understood the pool thing- and I kept reading that there was something about it. Why didn't BB ever tell them? And again, why isn't it there anymore? |
Therlin | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 03:39 pm     I may be wrong, but I think I read somewhere that it was taken out because it would be too noisy. Please keep in mind that this was 4 years ago and all those details are very, very fuzzy in my mind. |
Cinder | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 03:48 pm     Therlin- why didn't you write it down 4 years ago and save it for us? I am just glad to know that I am not the only one haunted by that question every year. I had read it was a hot tub- but that made no sense to me. I didn't want to ask- because it was a moot point. But I REALLY wondered why BB spent all that money and never gave them clues. Now I know they did- once- and possible they stopped because like you said- it was too noise. That would also explain however- why the pool is SO SMALL. It was intended to have that thing. BB- please don't do that to us again. The hamsters aren't smart enough. Just tell them- or clearly explain it to us. |
Ocean_Islands | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 06:27 pm     I think it's the same pool. But none of them care about the swim aspect of it (if they even know). |
Therlin | Monday, September 08, 2003 - 07:58 pm     Ocean, while I also think that it's the same pool, I think that the lap thingy that should be on one end is not there anymore. Of course, maybe I'm making all this up. But I'm pretty sure I read that the mechanism was removed for BB2 due to high noise. (and so they installed a hot tub to give us some noise to talk about) |
Dan | Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 08:05 am     I suspect the 440 laps will come up in a future competition one way or another. Generally speaking, BB don't do anything without a reason. |
Gidget | Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 08:45 am     As long as Alison is in the house, they will not risk a fact based trivia competition. Jun and Erika much more nimble minds. And it is clear to me BB wants Alison in the end. |