Floss
Jane Asher
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Post by Floss on Mar 26, 2008 22:29:46 GMT
Wasn't she the one who complained about being talked over "when negotiating" when she was asking a fishmonger which market was best?
I am delighted that my sweepie is such a tosser. He's more than I could have hoped. God, I love this show.
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bauerbotherer
Jane Asher
"I'm a stubborn cow who wants to have the last word."
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Post by bauerbotherer on Mar 26, 2008 22:34:01 GMT
Wasn't she the one who complained about being talked over "when negotiating" when she was asking a fishmonger which market was best? That was Sara. Shazia was lurking in the background - the best ones wait until later in the series to appear (that's what I'm hoping anyway).
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Post by Cherubic on Mar 26, 2008 22:35:11 GMT
Bollocks is there some kind of booby prize? Can we lathc on to someone else unofficailly like? Yes you can latch onto someone, but it will be unofficial and you can't win. However if that person goes out I suggest you cut your losses and find something else to do with your Wednesday.
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Post by Steven on Mar 26, 2008 22:44:07 GMT
I started to hate Sara during the bit with the fishmonger. It was the thoroughly passive aggressive way she said something to the effect of "I'm finding that when I'm negotiating, it works better if people don't interrupt me." What, you're finding it now? Literally, this second? Or is that just a really dickish way of saying "please can you not interrupt me in future?"
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Post by xenomaniac on Mar 26, 2008 22:55:28 GMT
Everyone needs to back off my sweepstake and his beautiful, beautiful lips. Is it ok to back on to his beautiful, beautiful lips? No.
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Post by David on Mar 26, 2008 23:01:55 GMT
The lips were definitely the highlight, I agree. It was interesting to see so much bad (i.e. real) skin on display, too.
In a slightly-less interesting opinion, I groaned when they were split into boy and girl teams again. It was obvious from the last three seasons that the women would be organised at the start, then flirt with a few male customers to get over the finish line, whilst the men would spend most of the morning trying to work out who had the biggest cock, before descending into rows and general ineptitude. No change, then.
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Post by jamiek on Mar 26, 2008 23:02:50 GMT
I'm already rewatching it on Iplayer.
Dear God it is amazing.
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Post by Steven on Mar 26, 2008 23:08:22 GMT
In a slightly-less interesting opinion, I groaned when they were split into boy and girl teams again. I was disappointed by that too - I was hoping for something like in the American version where they got split into "book smarts" and "street smarts" or something a bit more inventive.
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Post by Rad on Mar 26, 2008 23:12:41 GMT
They changed all the sets (apart from the waiting room)! And was that a new Frances? And the girls won the opening task. It's all going wrong!!! If we're not careful, the best person will win as well...
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Post by pauliepoos on Mar 26, 2008 23:20:58 GMT
It was obvious from the last three seasons that the women would be organised at the start, then flirt with a few male customers to get over the finish line... So obvious that in the 3 previous opening episodes the women's team lost twice, albeit with a male team leader on one occasion?
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Post by David on Mar 26, 2008 23:21:45 GMT
Another thing that occurred to me - Sralan sold Amstrad for £125m? That's not exactly a huge amount, is it?
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Post by David on Mar 26, 2008 23:23:32 GMT
It was obvious from the last three seasons that the women would be organised at the start, then flirt with a few male customers to get over the finish line... So obvious that in the 3 previous opening episodes the women's team lost twice, albeit with a male team leader on one occasion? I didn't say the women won every time, I was just describing their opening operational tactics - which is a fair assessment, I reckon. God, I sound like a contestant.
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Post by Ceeb on Mar 26, 2008 23:28:32 GMT
Kevin = Matt Lucas as 'H' Steps in Rock Profile
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Post by David Hunter on Mar 27, 2008 0:41:22 GMT
Kevin = Matt Lucas as 'H' Steps in Rock Profile Oi! Lay off our young cub Kevin! I'm disappointed. One show in and there were no men in pants. And is that a new Francis? We spent the whole show thinking Raef had been specially created by Jilly Cooper. Surely that's not his own hair? And as for Nicholas, did anyone else spot he was the double of a young Queen Victoria?
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Post by treacle on Mar 27, 2008 1:13:06 GMT
Kevin = Matt Lucas as 'H' Steps in Rock Profile And as for Nicholas, did anyone else spot he was the double of a young Queen Victoria? Can't say that had come to me til now but GOD YES! He was the combination of many things I hate, including but not limited to: people too education centred, people with those stupid Jazz beards, people who wear sunglasses inside/at night, people who in any way resemble David Cameron through speech or appearence and people whose faces just don't seem quite right. When Raef is gone too I shall be happier. And I've grown quite fond of Alex already, although I do want to flatten his hair out.
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Post by Rad on Mar 27, 2008 1:46:37 GMT
I have to say H in Rock Profile was my first thought about Kev, too, although now I think he is a generic Matt Lucas character because the voice was a bit more like one of the other characters (the shop customer, maybe?)
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Post by Feral on Mar 27, 2008 1:52:43 GMT
I kept on thinking something was different with this series, and then it came to me - they've got rid of the EVIL TV LIES!!! Well, some of them at least. Receptionist women is still there, thank heavens.
Alex's lips really are the stars of the show so far, perhaps closely followed by Ian's cheek dimples. Oh and Raef's astonishing cuntiness.
I have high hopes for my sweepstake Jennifer though, she's looking good so far.
And I can't believe in the next episode they make Her Maj Lucinda Ledgerwood CRY! Nooooes!
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Post by SBaholic on Mar 27, 2008 6:54:06 GMT
I started to hate Sara during the bit with the fishmonger. It was the thoroughly passive aggressive way she said something to the effect of "I'm finding that when I'm negotiating, it works better if people don't interrupt me." What, you're finding it now? Literally, this second? Or is that just a really dickish way of saying "please can you not interrupt me in future?" My sweepie is a dick! I'm glad she's going to speak up though and be fesity, meek as she appears. I will be sorry to see the demise of Mr de Lacy and his little cube goatee. It was quite fun watching him cringe at his own buffoonary on You're Fired! But you know he's learnt fuck all from it. Still deciding what Raef is, really. A ladyboy Jimmy Carr? And Sophocles is the new Syed/Tre! Their bathroom looked unbelievably shit, and a bit like a prison.
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Post by Tracy-Ann Oberman on Mar 27, 2008 9:05:47 GMT
I was getting quite nervous in the boardroom sequence - Alex is too pretty to be fired! Thankfully de Lacey Brown showed his true colours "I'm very cultured and can't talk about football" - just what you should say to impress Sr'alan...
I'm hoping for lots of shots of Alex answering the phone in his pants, Alex coming out the shower, Alex wandering round the house shirtless, Alex pouting those beautiful lips... He reminds me of a prettier Conrad Gates from Footballers Wives and is my new official TV crush.
No one else really stands out yet but what is Keisha from the Sugababes doing in Alpha?
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drooboy
Jane Asher
Too good for Nancy
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Post by drooboy on Mar 27, 2008 9:06:43 GMT
Alex's lips were nicely shaped but a bit TOO red. It looked like he'd either supped a year's worth of Vimto or spent the previous day snogging someone very stubbly (hoping for the latter, obviously). And to be fair he was a pretty rubbish project manager - to pretend there was no split was daft. But NDLB sealed his fate in the boardroom and was rightly sacked.
Can't remember the name of the other tall stubbly bloke who looks like he'd just stepped off a Menatplay shoot - pretty but couldn't bear to listen to him speak for more than about 6 seconds.
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Post by QuincyMD on Mar 27, 2008 9:12:14 GMT
I'm backing Raef, not sure if he is playing a game or just a complete and utter tosser.
Interesting that every single one of the woman is totally unmemorable.
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Post by pauliepoos on Mar 27, 2008 9:18:32 GMT
The BBC site reports that Alex likes watersports, and is single, but has a girlfriend. The Virgin site reports that Alex likes boxing and ballroom dancing. Katie Hopkins reports that Alex is "manly and brave" and also "brilliant, beautiful and ballsy". www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article963474.ece
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Post by Boswellox on Mar 27, 2008 9:31:50 GMT
And to be fair he was a pretty rubbish project manager - to pretend there was no split was daft. But NDLB sealed his fate in the boardroom and was rightly sacked. I'm not certain he was a bad project manager. He delegated jobs rather than trying to control the entire operation himself which is what he should be doing. Apprentice pm's in the past have a tendency towards control freakery. He had overall responsibility for the success of the task but if other members of the team cannot carry out their own brief then that is their responsibility. Also, it seemed to be Nicholas, Raef and the one who kept whining like a big baby who perpetuated the split. They seemed to resent common pushy northerners taking the lead. Nicholas' 'defence' in the boardroom was just appalling.
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Chris
Jane Asher
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Post by Chris on Mar 27, 2008 9:58:09 GMT
Alex was undoubtedly a shit manager. His time-management was appalling (lets spend the whole morning arguing and doing research that then just gets ignored in the chaos that ensues when we actually have to DO something), every time he stuck his nose in anywhere he fucked it up (wasn't it him who ultimately suggested the stoopid price for the lobster?) and most of his time on the ground seemed to spent saying "you've fucked up" which... helpful.
Rafe still should have gone, because my brain cannot imagine him displaying any of the key Apprentice skills : buying, selling, managing, being creative and looking good answering the phone in your pants. But Alex was still crap.
Shazia was pissed off because someone dropped her squid, and that shit is expensive. For that alone, she is my favourite.
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Lita
Su Pollard
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Post by Lita on Mar 27, 2008 10:09:05 GMT
Can't remember the name of the other tall stubbly bloke who looks like he'd just stepped off a Menatplay shoot - pretty but couldn't bear to listen to him speak for more than about 6 seconds. Lee? I could listen to him for hours. I think he's being unfairly overlooked here in the rush to praise Alex and his lips. Especially as he made an effort to defend Alex in the boardroom
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