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TV ClubHouse: Archive: American Idol (FOX): The Finger Flapping Frustration Club: Archive through April 03, 2003

Whoami

Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 10:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Heheh, I couldn't resist starting this thread!

Anyone who hates Trenyce's finger flapping, sign up here!

Abbynormal

Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 10:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Me me me!! I'm so in line right behind you I am ALL up in your personal space!! :)

Mygetaway

Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 11:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm in. I've hated it from the beginning too. After Trenyce, then there's Christina Aguilera or however you spell it.

Moderator

Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 11:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Warning: Keep the hate to the finger flapping not the flapper. I am trying to remain in slacker mode until Big Brother 4. Don't get me grumpy.

(simon)
oops I mean (dh)

Serate

Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 11:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
SIGN ME UP! I hate flapping fingers no matter WHO flaps them! *L*

Jhezzie

Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 12:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Finger flapping and fake, Mariah-like scales. LOL!

Whoami

Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 12:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh goodness! I don't hate Trenyce! Just her flapping! And I'd never promote hate against anyone!

If there's a better word to title the thread (like "Finger Flapping Frustration Club" or something) please feel free to do so!

Tishala

Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 01:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
i do not like flaps here or there,
i do not like them anywhere!

no finger flapping in this house,
no finger flapping at that mouse
no finger flapping while you sing,
you mustn't flap at anything!

while whitney, christina, and mariah
can flap her fingers, i don't deny ya,
i prefer it not for my idol;
i think of it and take a midol.

so of your flapping, miss trenyce,
i do declare, you must now cease!
take your mic and all your lip gloss
and give it one swift, friendly toss.

to clack and flap and snap your fingers
makes all who like you just malinger.
please calm your fingers, our sweet missy
or like the wicked witch said: "i'll get you my pretty"

Djgirl5235

Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 06:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sign me up with the finger flappers... I was watching Star Search last night (Lord help me!) and their female finalist, who won the competition, was a flapper, and I was thinking - Who would absolutely be screaming at the tv right now!!!lol

Hermione69

Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 06:04 am EditMoveDeleteIP
It is a bit distracting, isn't it?

Love the poem, Tishala!!!

Hotlantan

Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 06:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I find it very troubling that some of us feel the need to encourage and support a specific "HATER" club in this supposed safe haven of peace and love.

Why don't we start a "HATER" club to show our disgust and contempt for any contestant who keeps smacking their behind like a jockey/dominatrix during every song?

Just keep the hate to the behind smacking, not the smacker. Nobody will know who is being singled out for the "HATER"ing, so it will be okay.

Sad...

Alisons

Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 06:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
OK, it drives me CRRRRAAAAAZY to see some of these people try to make "meaningful gestures" during these songs - IMHO,the worst offender is Josh. WHAT is all that pointing and hand gesturing all about? If he were not a Marine riding a wave of patriotism, he would be GONE. Folks - support the troops another way!

Hermione69

Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 07:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hotlantan, I don't anyone here is saying they hate Trenyce. Personally, I like her. The finger tapping is a tad distracting to me, but not that much. But it really drives some people bonkers and that is really all people are trying to say. As Whoami suggested, maybe the name of the thread does need to be changed to something like Finger Flapping Frustration Club or Weird Gestures Irritation Club. As it stands, it seems to suggest something that is not really the intent.

Not1worry

Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 07:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
If we changed the title of this thread to the AI2 Aggravating Actions(AI2AA), then I could mention that while I enjoy Carmen's voice, she does a sudden forward motion that makes me think she's having severe stomach cramps. I need to pay better attention, I haven't noticed anyone slapping their rump! It's gotten to where I'm paying more attention to Trenyce's fingers than her voice.

Bandit

Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 08:06 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sign me up for the club too. Although some might say she's keeping time (or trying to anyway). I just think that she wants to be Whitney Houston sooooooo bad, and Whitney does that with her fingers too.

Marymc

Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 08:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
i'm in....it's distracting, annoying and if you REALLY watch, she's NOT keeping time. i think it's a nervous habit. the a$$ slapping's gotta go too...that's a country music "thang". yes, it looks like carmen's got cramps. do any of these people actually WATCH their own performances? i know i had to when i took a public speaking course and it's amazing how fast you stop doing annoying things when they're pointed out to you. reminds me of the bush-gore debates when their people made them watch saturday night live skits of themselves and basically said, "STOP DOING THAT!"

Bandit

Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 08:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sorry, but I have something about Trenyce that bugs the living daylights out of me, and I've hesitated to mention it for fear of having tomatoes thrown at me, <ducking> but since she won't go away, I have to say it.

I thought she was great with "I Have Nothing." Otherwise, I think she has minimal talent, tries to be sexy and she's not (someone else mentioned the facial expressions-that's funny) and I think that she relies on tricking a song up with her eeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEeeeeeEEEEEEEEE. She can't hold a note like Clay can, so she has to fluctuate and it bugs me!!!!!

Moderator

Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 08:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The thread title has been changed to "The Finger Flapping Frustration Club"

It has already been made very clear that this thread is not intended to be a place to bash the contestents themselves, only the annoying habits they have.

Thanks!
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Weenerlobo

Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 08:37 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Spankin da Mikey

Brenda1966

Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 08:40 am EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL Weener!

Yes, the finger flapping with the long, fake nails makes me cringe so much I had to change the channel last night.

The way Carmen slaps her hip/abdomen also drives me nuts. It doesn't take much to drive me nuts...

Snee

Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 09:07 am EditMoveDeleteIP
yeah, and the way celine thumps her chest is annoying--oh wait. she's not in this. sorry.

Walker

Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 09:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
funny thing i never noticed the finger flapping i was too distracted by the facial expressions..not good.

Djgirl5235

Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 09:53 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Walker - I have a few facial expressions that are driving me nuts - I cannot actually "watch" the following contestants due to their facial expressions - I do however, shut my eyes and just listen:

Trenyce
Josh
Ruben

I have to watch with my eyes closed or I can't get a good picture of the performance - I'm too distracted.

Wcv63

Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 09:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Finger flapping, hiney hitting, face contortions, lip licking, squat bobbing, chest thumping, teeth baring (although some might call this a smile, I'm talking about the baring of teeth and gums that has no connection to an actual smile), repetitive arm reaching and other such weirdness is wildly distracting and forces me to close my eyes and just "listen" to the performance rather than watch.

A lot of these things are just tics and/or bad habits and I'm sure too ingrained to fix in the short term, but nonetheless it takes away from the overall performance.

Fanny

Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 10:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
This is a really funny thread, y'all.

That finger flappin is extremely distracting to me, too. At first I thought maybe she was tapping out secret messages in Morse code or something, but now I just think it's nerves.