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Webkitty

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 04:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yea Yuhuru!!! I can't tell you how many times I wanted to make a "crappy mood" post like that!! (not nessecarily in the AI thread, but just anywhere, lol)
No slitting of wrists, though, ok?....
Rabbit sounds just wonderful to wrestle with, doesn't he?

Yuhuru

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 05:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
now i'm smiling. thanks webkitty. my wrists are still in tact :)

i'm trying to watch survivor, sort of

Yuhuru

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 05:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
thanks rabbit. oh my where are my manners?

Azriel

Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 05:14 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I just got through watching the show here in Singapore. I think Kimberly Locke was by far the best singer of the night. She sang with so much feeling and so effortlessly. It was really beautiful.

I loved Ricky Smith tonight, too. I've always been a Larry Gatlin fan so I was familiar with the song and Ricky really nailed it. I enjoyed listening to him.

Everyone knows I can't stand Carmen, but people, REALLY, she STUNK. That was a gawd awful rendition of that song. I nearly fell off the couch when Paula told her that she could tell she was a dancer by the way she moved. HUH?!?! She always stands in the same UGLY pose, with a hand on her hip and her face pushed forward. It looks AWFUL and when she actually moves she looks wooden. Who is voting for her?!?!

I thought Trenyce was soso. She was not comfortable with country music and it showed.
I actually liked Corey. I'm not sure why...
I agreed with Simon about Clay. Show me something different already. Kim C - ICK!
Reuben, nice but didn't do it for me. Joshua is no Garth Brooks. ~sigh~ My poor Julia sucked. ~sniff~ Crappy song choice, but she was still better than Carmen!

Bandit

Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 08:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm so glad that some of us are coming out of the woodwork and agreeing that Josh should get to come back if he gets deployed. Ladytex said it best-Having the flu and serving your country is like comparing apples to oranges. He would not be CHOOSING to drop out, he would be forced because of his military obligations. Crazy, I'm sorry-I respect your opinion and you made valid points, but I think it's only fair to him to be able to finish what he started.

Crazydog

Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 08:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
OK I am tiring of debating about Joshua. I still don't like him and I don't think he's all that great. But to those of you saying that getting called to Iraq would be involuntary... I would like to point out that presumably nobody forced him to join the Marines. It's not like he's in the reserves or anything. This is his career, for which he gets paid. He is active duty. That means that you could be sent somewhere at any time. You don't join the Marines and then say that you'll only do it if you don't have to actually participate.

I just don't see what the difference is. I have a full time job. I doubt my employer would give me several months off to compete in a game show. Assuming they let me, if emergencies arose, I'd have to be back at work. I'd be forced to come back to work because of my work obligations. Same thing with Joshua. It's just that his employer is the United States Marines. I chose to work for my employer same as he CHOSE to work for his.

I guess I'm just going to have to agree to disagree with some of you. I think people are bending over backwards just because he is in the military and that's so noble so we are cutting him breaks that others wouldn't get. Yes, I think it's great that he wants to serve his country. But I don't think that warrants putting him on a pedestal and offerring his name up for beatification. Being a Marine should not warrant a double standard. He should be treated just like everybody else.

Bandit

Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 10:09 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Of course we can agree to disagree, but just a question to those of you who think he should NOT be able to return....Is it maybe because you don't particularly like Josh that you think this way? Would the situation be different if it were Clay or Reuben?

Sorry, I know that's probably a dumb question, but I'm hearing a lot of backlash about Josh, and wondering if that isn't the root of some opinions.

(Hangs head and wanders to the "Dumb Question" thread.)

Crazydog

Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 10:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
No, if it were Clay or Reuben or anyone else had to leave the show because of some sort of emergency, be it work, personal or otherwise, I would say the same thing. So sad too bad.

The biggest problem I have with the whole Joshua thing is not because I dislike him but because I feel like he is being given special treatment just because he is a Marine. I feel like the show would not be willing to do the same if any of the others had a legitimate emergency, and that's why I am so against his coming back next year if necessary.

I think all the competitors should be treated equally. If you need to leave the show, for any reason, then they should get a "good luck and thanks for playing".

Tabbyking

Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 10:24 am EditMoveDeleteIP
yeah, if one of the gals gets an emergency yeast infection, "or sumpin' " equally indicative of an urgent scenario, like a zit... there isn't a lot to compare to war, luckily!
however any of us feel about the rules applied to joshua, i think the rules aren't ours to make, so not really much to hash over, if it doesn't change anything. i have heard some people (in person, not on this board) say they don't like josh because they are anti-war. so sometimes people are getting pretty far out there!

my big question is and i would like some ideas: why does simon always look behind him? just wondering!

Hummingbird

Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 10:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Any doctors in the group? What is that huge lump on one of Simon's right knuckles?

Tabbyking

Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 10:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
maybe a calcium deposit/cyst.

or, maybe it's a callous from over-use.
is he righthanded?

tabby tries to keep a straight face.....

Tabbyking

Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 10:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
sounds like maybe a Ganglion cyst, although i haven't looked at simon's hands.

Crazydog

Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 10:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Tabby, shame on you! Besides, the callouses would be on the palm!

Prisonerno6

Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 10:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I thought that gave you hairy palms, not calloused ones... ;-)

(I, of course, wouldn't know...)

Bandit

Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 12:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL!!!!!!

Fruitbat

Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 01:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Crazy and Beach. Go read Grooches article about Josh in the Misc Gossip thread.

I caved there for a minute but I am back in your camp.

Bandit

Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 02:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wow, that was an interesting. Kinda puts things in better perspective.

Squaredsc

Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 03:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
setting up camp with a big comfy tent.

Crazydog

Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 03:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OK, I read it. Special treatment and sympathy, that pretty much sums up my opinion on him. I didn't like how he says his wife has "been through a lot" by having him away from home, struggling to cope with his absence while he is competing on a game show. Hey Joshua, why don't you call up Justin Timberlake and have him cry you a river, I hear he's with Celine Dion. What about the REAL military wives who have husbands getting shot at right this minute?

It's just ludicrous - I just hate whenever reality show contestants make conscious decisions to spend time away from their families and then try and act like they are carrying the world on their shoulders because they are apart. If you don't want to be away from your family, then don't apply for these shows.

The more I read this article, the more Joshua's situation disgusts me. I dislike him even more now. To me, it confirms exactly what is going on with his situation. Conspiracy.

Fruitbat

Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 03:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yes, your posts have echoed my feelings. I agree with your other points here as well.

Squaredsc

Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 04:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
ditto the echo

Fanny

Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 04:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Talk about things being upside down, backwards & switched around. I mean, priorities & such.

Fruitbat

Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 04:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh God! you two again!! And well said Fanny. My thoughts exactly.

Pagal

Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 04:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Is there an echo in here?

Fruitbat

Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 04:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yes, there are two freaky little echos following me around. I am going to feed them in a minute so they will settle down for a nap.