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Donut

Monday, March 17, 2003 - 05:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Just wondering if hubby and I are the only ones not watching.. i cant bear to watch..
what are the other nonwatchers doing? I am watching the finals to My Life as A Sitcom, which i havent been following.. it appears to kind of suck...

Car54

Monday, March 17, 2003 - 05:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I can't watch him speak..I have to read it later. He always says NU-CU-LAR and I can't listen after that. I will read the transcript tomorrow.

Luvmom

Monday, March 17, 2003 - 05:42 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I refuse to watch.I'd rather play on the computer with my daughter..

Donut

Monday, March 17, 2003 - 05:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i knew it! we were the only ones in the entire world, or at least the US and Canada not watching...
well its over anyways, and the show I watched not only stunk but they left the results as a cliffhanger..
well, i was hoping that not watching would qualify me to become an instant Canadian, but it looks like all you Canadians watched too...

ok, are you all going to stay with CNN for followups, or join me to watch the next bad show.. Dirty Rotten Cheater... Isnt there any good tv on Mondays anymore??

Donut

Monday, March 17, 2003 - 05:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
hooray! hey Car, i knew i could count on you! we always have the same opinions :)..how bout that weatha today!!

Cassie

Monday, March 17, 2003 - 05:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I couldn't stand to watch him either. I hate the way he says AmeriCUH.

Car54

Monday, March 17, 2003 - 05:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It was awesome, D! I had my office window open this afternoon. I am watching the design line-up on HGTV. There are not many shows I like on the networks on Mondays.

I listened to NPR all day today and the PR machine had the whole thing on the news all day, so there was nothing to see. I have been so upset about all this, I am finally just giving in to it.

48 hours- He is going to declare war on Survivor night...you watch. Go for the big rating night...they don't miss a thing.

Twiggyish

Monday, March 17, 2003 - 06:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I wish we hadn't watched. =(

Donut

Monday, March 17, 2003 - 06:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
48 hours... figures, he wants his show to be doubly as good as '24"... i better stop before i get started.. i came here to get away from it.. and i dont want to start a hot thread here.
i am glad you had nice windows.. i was in a cold windowless room most of the day, but hubby did pck me up for lunch and we ate in the car by the lake..it was great
anyways, glad to see all you guys at this thread..
thanks for keeping me company here :)

Donut

Monday, March 17, 2003 - 06:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
twig, you didnt watch. i erased it from your memory with my special happyzapper..
if i am remembering correctly, didnt you also "not watch" the glutton show last year? was that you?

Twiggyish

Monday, March 17, 2003 - 06:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
((Donut)) Thanks!

Squaredsc

Monday, March 17, 2003 - 06:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i watched with 1/2 an ear, i did hear the 48hrs though. i also can't stand to hear him say nucular.

Willsfan

Monday, March 17, 2003 - 06:42 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I tried but ever since someone said he reminded them of Curious George (of the children's book) I can not even look at him without thinking about that. So, I looked out the window and tried to listen.

Dahli

Monday, March 17, 2003 - 08:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I never watch - absolutely cannot stand to, won't discuss it and refuse to think about it... can we say ostrich? ;-))

Bastable

Monday, March 17, 2003 - 08:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
<must..... not..... post.....>

Babyruth

Monday, March 17, 2003 - 08:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL Bastable!

I went out to dinner with a bunch of friends...none of us could bear the thought of hearing that puppet-man "speak".

Kaili

Monday, March 17, 2003 - 08:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Awww...Bastable! I was hoping to hear your take on the speech. I'm actually surprised there isn't a reaction thread set up for it yet. I suppose general discussion isn't the place for it anyway.

I was at work when it started- I turned off the radio cause I didn't want to hear him, and it was over by the time I got home. I saw a rerun of it and watched all the Larry King stuff though. I'll leave it at that for this section of the board :)

Donut

Monday, March 17, 2003 - 08:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
love this thread that i started...
Dahli-- wanna go dig some holes with me in canada?:) oh wait, i just read your blurb and you ARE from canada! so meet me at the border..us ostriches can run fast.. i will be there in a minute...

Egbok

Monday, March 17, 2003 - 09:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
For the record, I didn't listen to George Dubya either.

Kaili

Monday, March 17, 2003 - 09:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
If you now ahead of time more or less what will be said- why listen to the exact wording right? What words he used as padding to the actual message of "we're going to war" didn't matter a whole lot to me I guess.

Phatcat

Monday, March 17, 2003 - 09:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
nucular and wreckanize...arghhhhhhhhhh

Djgirl5235

Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - 04:37 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Donut - I too am a Canuck, and very much an ostrich right now!

As for the speech, I had to watch along with my bf since he's incredibly interested in it. I'm a natural worrier, and during the gulf war (I was 16) I managed to give myself an ulcer at that time with worrying about the war, I'm trying very hard to just put it out of my mind and praying for the strength to get through this!

BTW, last week during the tele-conference, everytime he said "Saddam has used weapons of mass destruction in his own neighborhood", I heard the song to Mr. Roger's Neighborhood running through my head... I too cringe everytime he mentions NUCULAR...

Sia

Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - 04:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Bush does have a twang, but I don't remember anyone making fun of Jimmy Carter or JFK for their accents. JFK always talked about the ahmy and navy, for cryin' out loud. Unless a person is trained as a broadcast journalist, he/she can't help speaking with a regional dialect or accent.

(Yes, I realize that a degree in broadcast journalism doesn't guarantee the removal of the speaker's native drawl or speech impediment. Examples: Bahbwa WahWah, Tom Bwokaw, Wita Bwavuh, all with very noticeable impediments and Dan Rather with his Texas twang.)

Car54

Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - 05:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Are you kidding? Did you never watch Saturday Night Live and see the lampoons of Jimmy Carter?
And I have comedy records from my parents with routines where comics made fun of JFK's Boston accent.

I don't just disagree with his accent or pronunciation. I disagree with virtually everything the man has ever said and everything he stands for. I am listening, I am just not buying it. I don't think he has passed the laws yet (big YET) that I am not allowed to disagree with him or that it is mandatory that everyone has to listen and believe it because he says it.

Phatcat

Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - 05:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Regional dialect or accent has nothing to do with wrong pronunciation of a word. And btw, Car, Survivor is going to be on tomorrow night this week. hmmmmm...wonder if they were tipped off ahead of time...

Pray for our troops!