Who is not watching Big Brother?

What is it all about then? I know its a group of people locking a house but that about it.

-- Anonymous, August 03, 2000

Answers

Nah, I'm not into it at all either. Watched 1st half hour, got bored of the petty egos and pretentious behaviour. Wish death upon each and every one in a slow and painful manner.

-- Anonymous, August 03, 2000

have they done the washing up yet? or made the bed? I haven't watched it either and have little inclination to.....ZZZzzzzz

-- Anonymous, August 03, 2000

Jay
Looks like there's at least three of us, let's hope this encourages more to crawl out the woodwork.

-- Anonymous, August 03, 2000

Never watched it, don't watch much telly unless it's sport. Enough human tragedy in my life supporting NUFC.

-- Anonymous, August 03, 2000

never seen it. Heard about it (on here mainly).

-- Anonymous, August 03, 2000

Never watched it. Don't need to as Softie keeps everybody up to date with what is going on.

-- Anonymous, August 03, 2000

Jay, you really should watch it!!! I know all the hype is a pain in the ass but it is truly addictive once you start!!! Even my cynical father watches it now - even if it is just to wind himself up over the stereotypical characters!!! Give it a go, you might like it!!!

(;o)

-- Anonymous, August 03, 2000

You don't know what you're missing: the most openly competetive and pretentious one of the lot has been nominated for eviction. He's in a wonderfully black mood now, looking for retribution and constantly asking why they nominated him (obviously, if he now survives the public vote they'll all nominate him next time for being such a graceless bastard). Tough titties, Andrew. He's also one of the weedy wets who fawn around Nicholas constantly (Nicholas being the true Machiavellian in their midst), so his position is also looking a bit less secure now.

Seriously, it's utterly gripping and if you let aversion to the hype put you off then you are only cutting your nose off to spite your face. The fact that they are nearly all so obnoxious is what makes it so compelling, it's those brief flashes of humanity that shine through despite them being utterly self-indulgent tosspots that make it so rewarding.

The supposedly halfwitted Brummie woman with the awful makeup actually came up with a tremendous idea for a play that they have been told to devise. It surprised the rest of them almost as much as it did me when she came out with it....amazing what can hide behind lip-liner, bleached hair and nose rings.

-- Anonymous, August 03, 2000

My reasons for not watching is that I've got no nose...

how do you smell?

Awful. nne nu nu nannnanananan nanana na na tatata ta...

Machiavelli in the mist, Softie? That means you wouldn't see him cut your nose off to merely justify his argument that Big Brother shows how silly people really are, apparantly. (oooh that was clever)

Good job you don't vote people off here eh Nicci?

-- Anonymous, August 03, 2000

I have to admit Mrs Pilgrim (and Softie) have got me hooked. I hate them all so much I want to see them all thrown out! Pleased as punch that the pervert Andrew will probably go. I just hope Nick follows very quickly. Talk about 2-faced! The Sun reckons today that he's been spinning a pack of lies i.e. his wife didn't die in a car crash - he's never been married, and he's never worked as an escort etc etc. Favorites are Anna and the coloured chap whose name I've forgotten (Craig?) just cos they're less obnoxious that the rest.

-- Anonymous, August 03, 2000

Its Bollox.

-- Anonymous, August 03, 2000

Spot on Josh. Not that I've ever seen it. But if Pilgrim says he's hooked, it must be cr@p.

-- Anonymous, August 03, 2000

Oh thank you very much Screach. That's very nice. So the dried frog pills are working then - No Geordie in the posting!

-- Anonymous, August 03, 2000

Great stuff -far better than Flatmates but not in same league as Castaway 2000. What was that blerk doing with the Sky phone to get chucked off the island?

-- Anonymous, August 03, 2000

Just bloody typical, it's most of the blokes who don't watch it ! Just goes to confirm how uninterested men are in human nature and relationships,this is the root cause of the differences between the sexes. It is obvious that Softie is a prince among men, a bloke who has an interesting mind. My Hero! I am so pleased Darren said what he did to Nicholas last night, he has gone up in my estimation, I can't wait for Andrew to be evicted so it can put pay to Mel's love interest, after buzzing round all the blokes in two weeks she settles on one and he is about to be thrown out, what a bummer! She is now throwing a thrombie, Great fun,Does anyone agree with me ? Mrs Pilgrim.

-- Anonymous, August 03, 2000

The downfall of Andrew is hilarious. I'm also certain that if Caroline survives tonight's vote she is less likely to be nominated next week as some of the bigger players are beginning to work out the plots bubbling under the surface.

Nicholas has obviously realised that his direct approach at nobbling the sycophants has been rumbled and is now cunningly using suggestion instead of coercion. "I think Anna's going to win it," he says to his bunch of cronies as though just making conversation, knowing full well that they will probably follow his lead in the hope that it is what he wants them to do. Sadly for him, with Andrew in the firing line he is most likely about to lose his most easily led acolyte.

I was equally impressed by Darren voicing his concerns to the others last night, but have also enjoyed the way that Nicholas and Darren are starting to work as a double-act: it at least shows mutual respect which is more than can be said for the rest of them who Nicholas seems to view as mere insects.

Although he is a dreadfully manipulative and slimy shark, Nicholas provides 90% of the entertainment. I would love to see it come down to Nicholas, Anna and Darren and see him floundering about with the two who have actually sussed him out. He might have stop playing roles and be himself. I can't believe how keen they all are to swallow his tall stories.

See how it goes from here on in now that Nichola, Caroline and Andrew have introduced open rowing into the equation; reckon there could be some extremely entertaining playground fights ahead which will be conspicuous by Nicholas's absence.

-- Anonymous, August 04, 2000

Hurray, agree with everthing you have said, softie, I think that if Caroline survives the cut again, people will also get iffy about nominating her again incase they come up against her and are out themselves.What do you think of Nichola, why can't she put on some clothes some of the time? Is it just me who thinks she looks like an anorexic greyhound!?

-- Anonymous, August 04, 2000

Anorexic greyhound - hee, hee, hee!!! Love the description Mrs. P. (:o)

Expect a posting from Yelli on this subject!(:o)

-- Anonymous, August 04, 2000

Agree completely Mrs Pilgrim! The girl is always naked and there is no need for it!!! Revolting creature!!!

(;o)

-- Anonymous, August 04, 2000

You sad sad people.....

-- Anonymous, August 04, 2000

Gav, if you were in the country, you'd watch it too!!! It is really addictive!!! (:O)

-- Anonymous, August 04, 2000

Still waiting for Thomas to get into a blazing row with Nichola and Anna about how he got the farm ahead of his older sisters because he was the only son.....wimmin's(sic) rights lectures from the Millie Tant of Big Brother could be highly watchable. Thought that Thomas showed some lovely touches on the ball yesterday as well and could be what we are looking for in midfield :-)

I've no idea why Nichola spends the whole time naked, but find her a lot less frightening when naked than Sada! I kept worrying every time she stepped down into the garden in case her legs shot up inside her. Urgh! Belsen victim.

It looks like they all want to let Craig's skiving with the bike challenge lie because they have all decided to vote him out next time. That was incredible how he snuck straight off to get out of doing anything.

It was fascinating how Caroline's idea for the play became 'our' idea...dead good it was as well. The one thing I hope above all else is that Mel doesn't sleep with that pranny Andrew before he gets hoyed out. She's going to be dangerous when he does get thrown out, mind, since she's already burned her bridges with the other blokes and the girls know she was the Judas in the previous votes. Give them chainsaws, that's what I say!

-- Anonymous, August 04, 2000

Softie, honestly, let me ask you a question. Why is it addictive? (I have a horrible feeling the words ordinary people are going spring up)

TM

-- Anonymous, August 04, 2000

Softie what are you going to do with you time when it all comes to a sticky end????

-- Anonymous, August 04, 2000

Chainsaws could be the answer,but I reckon Big Brother should call them into the diary room and give each of them some video footage of what has been said about them by some of the others! Then watch the fur, hair and teeth fly!I reckon Nicholas will be the first one to end up in the chicken sh*t.By the way has anyone seen them tend that garden,and has anyone ever had beetroot in curry!I'd love to have more info on what they are eating as most of the plates at meal time look like pig swill,maybe they should add a few more recipe books to their shopping list.

-- Anonymous, August 04, 2000

It's people laid bare. No outside influences while they're in there: no telly, no radio, no newspapers. They have to generate all conversations from life experience and have no handy gadgets to do the housework, cooking and washing for them. This means that all those fiddly household jobs are doubly difficult because they aren't just tedious, they are even more tedious than usual. Given that few of us have the ability to live in such a large communal group these days, nobody is quite ready for it except for Nicholas, Anna and Thomas who have experienced armed forces, convent and huge family respectively. Small wonder that the first to go was the pampered 'it' girl who is used to having everything her own way, she wasn't even aware of how selfish she was being.

What is so addictive is that the more time that passes, the more heartily sick of each other they become. Almost all of them have made a slighting reference about one or more of the others to other members of the group. The interaction and forging of alliances between members of the group is intrinsically fascinating. You find yourself empathising and identifying strands of your own personality that you dislike in members of the group and see how much it winds the others up. I would have been voted out in the first week! As the link with the outside world fades, things that have happened inside have become their shared history and have started to become the main frame of reference. People no longer talk about, "some people are like this" and instead now talk about "Craig didn't do such and such on Thursday".

It's just like when you start a relationship and have that great period where everything either of you says about yourself or your history is new, bright and shining to the other. You also have the opportunity to quietly edit your personal history as you see fit. In that situation you normally have the delights of discovering the other person physically, but this lot have instead had to meet 9 new people and don't have the shagging to make up for it. They are just entering the 'first rows' stage of their relationship: easy in the beginning, as differences of opinion tend to be about concepts rather than each other, but they've got straight into the minefield of domestic responsibility and don't have a telly to turn on to avoid communicating.

Certainly nothing ordinary about this lot - they were all happy to undergo a total loss of privacy and must have wanted to be on the telly. Despite the unnatural nature of their existence, the chance to see human nature at work is invaluable. I can't be arsed with soap operas - this is really happening.

-- Anonymous, August 04, 2000

Jay, the football season starts and I become a father....what time? :- )

-- Anonymous, August 04, 2000

Rather you than me mate :o)

-- Anonymous, August 04, 2000

Jay, having declared that you: are not, never have been and have no intention of ever becoming, a man, on a previous thread, I find your relief that it is me rather than you becoming a father a little baffling (though nothing like as baffling as my grammar in that sentence :-))

-- Anonymous, August 04, 2000

Sounds to me like there's no half measures with this. It's either the best thing on tv since sliced bread or it's tv at it's worst, and surprise, surprise, sounds to me like the second. But, on the 'if-you- ain't-tried-it-don't-knock-it' basis, I might watch one episode, just to see what all the fuss is about.

Mrs Pilgrim, you sort of hit the nail in my case. I can think of nothing worse than using the lives of currently living 'ordinary' people as entertainment. Fictitious ones are bad enough - Constipation Street, etc - but trying to relate to what sound like a bunch of slimey pathetic no hopers is beyond me I'm afraid.

-- Anonymous, August 04, 2000

I ment as a parent in general softie I don't do children anymore than I do windows or cooking ! :o)

-- Anonymous, August 04, 2000

So - Andrew then! I thought I wanted him out right up to the minute when he was voted out and then I changed my mind!!!

Bloody good row between Caroline and Craig tonight - long may that continue. And fair play to Mel for being the first to see through that tw@t Nicholas! I suspect he may be in for some votes very soon!

Be interesting to see what Andrew has to say once he's back in the real world. I think he may be most outspoken about the house than Sada was - and he is going to be very shocked when he see's what Nicholas is up to.

Tune in at 11 tonight people!!!

(;o)

-- Anonymous, August 04, 2000

"Oh Andrew you're such a star, everyone loves you!" Except the 68% of callers who wanted the big-headed arsehole hoyed out. Heh heh heh! Much punching of the air and shouting "Yes!" in the Softie household :-)

Nicholas has to stay in, he's the one who makes it so interesting and the sparing between him and Darren is getting seriously interesting. Craig will pick up the most votes next week for skiving on the bike and Caroline probably will as well because the rest of them will want to avoid the open rowing unless they learn to behave themselves.

-- Anonymous, August 04, 2000

I`m starting get this niggling feeling that Nicholas is a plant. Either that, or else they all belong to RADA and were given agendas and told to improvise! Nicholas is too evil, and he knows he`s on camera all the time, so he`s either very stupid, or it`s all being done for the benefit of the cameras. Yelli, of course, doesn`t agree with me about this, and Pete just think they are the most annoying bunch of wannabees they could muster! (:o)

-- Anonymous, August 05, 2000

Its BOLL*X !!!!

You're all being had - apparently a million votes were cast to bin whoever on Friday according to 5 live - the TV company are making a mint - at least Who wants to be a millionaire had some semblance of skill to win.

-- Anonymous, August 05, 2000

Josh, it's not about winning. The person who survives this gets 70k which hardly makes up for letting a bunch of strangers watch you sh*t for 9 weeks and having to put up with the rest of them. The vote calls cost 10p - a bloody snip next to the "50p per minute calls last at least 3 minutes" crap on the gameshows. Going to have to agree to disagree on this one.

-- Anonymous, August 06, 2000

The very sad soaraway Sun leafleted the compound by air today trying to get all the other contestants to get rid of Nick. Sad.

Nick can't possibly win. Even if he is down to the last two, it seems inevitable that the other one will win when the public votes. mind you, he'll make a mint selling his story to the sad soaraway Sun.

-- Anonymous, August 07, 2000

Can't believe it is Caroline, and boring Tom is still in.Is there a brain in there or is it just working at half speed.Where will the life and soul come from next? still it saves Mel from having to pick the next male to home in on for one more week! at least the interview tonight with Davina should be more forthcoming than usual,can't wait to see her reaction to Nick, the man is a pathological liar!!!!!! Does anyone feel as deflated as I am that some of the entertainment is leaving the house?

-- Anonymous, August 11, 2000

Mrs. Pilgrim - Yelli is living it up in Teneriffe this week, but I was left strict instructions to record every episode. No doubt she will spend the whole of Wednesday catching up - and will be posting volumes on here by Wednesday evening!

Something which niggled me last week - as a smoker, if I had run out of ciggies and someone was smoking (secretly), I would know! Believe me, I would be able to home in on the culprit with the accuracy of a heat seeking missile! Why wasn`t Nicholas sussed?

Thomas has to have a deep dark secret, do you think he murdered his sisters in order to inherit the farm? Or maybe his mother dressed him as a girl?

My husband still hates the programme, but funnily enough is always around when it`s on! (:o)

-- Anonymous, August 13, 2000

With Caroline gone that's the last of the easy choices for the rest of them. The pushy "me me me" crowd are all gone so it's time for some real poker.

Reckon Mel has an outside chance of facing the drop but expect Nicola and Craig to get it (Craig got the sympathy vote for the embarrassing outburst from Caroline last time) and I can't wait for Nicholas to start intimating that Anna only claimed she was walking out to avoid picking up a nomination last week....it was eating him up, you could see it in his face.

Galaxy, agree entirely on the ciggies issue, but I imagine that whole house and most of their clothes must stink of fags because they smoke everywhere and don't even wash their bedding. Urgh! More interesting would be to know what Nicholas gets upto in the greenhouse where we keep seeing him adjusting his clothing....I think I'll pass on the marrow thanks, Pet :-)

-- Anonymous, August 13, 2000

Oh! You picked up on the greenhouse thing too?! Doesn`t bare thinking about!(:o) How come you are up so early - getting in some practice for the forthcoming sleep deprivation? (;o)

-- Anonymous, August 13, 2000

Go to bed at about Midnight, can't sleep until 2.00 and then get up at 6.00....a depressing cycle I can't seem to shake. Means I end up producing ridiculous numbers of weird statto rubbish about NUFC. Help!

-- Anonymous, August 13, 2000