The Apprentice 2012 Thread

Natasha Whittam wrote:

largehat wrote:

It's fine to point out when something is shit, when it's actually shit. That's not negative. She was shit, that's why she got fired in the first show.

And Coyle is a shit manager - check his stats if you don't believe me.

You're not funny, you're just repetitive and tiresome.

largehat wrote:

You're not funny, you're just repetitive and tiresome.

Where did I claim to be funny?

You said it's ok to call that woman on the Apprentice shit even though many people feel she wasn't the worst candidate.

Yet I can't call Coyle shit even though we're in the bottom three.

I honestly don't get your logic.

Natasha Whittam wrote:

largehat wrote:

You're not funny, you're just repetitive and tiresome.

Where did I claim to be funny?

You said it's ok to call that woman on the Apprentice shit even though many people feel she wasn't the worst candidate.

Yet I can't call Coyle shit even though we're in the bottom three.

I honestly don't get your logic.

You're allowed to call Coyle shit.

If you call Coyle shit every day, on any pretext you can think of, such as in a thread about a TV programme, or a thread about whether the players are in the right frame of mind to play, then that's where the repetitive and tiresome aspect kicks in.

In fairness to you, you haven't described yourself as funny, but your fan club considers you to be the epitome of wit and charm.

largehat wrote:

In fairness to you, you haven't described yourself as funny, but your fan club considers you to be the epitome of wit and charm.

I'd like to join both the Natasha and Largehat fan clubs - where do I sign up? Do I get a signed photo of you both and a card on my birthday?

Quent wrote:

largehat wrote:

In fairness to you, you haven't described yourself as funny, but your fan club considers you to be the epitome of wit and charm.

I'd like to join both the Natasha and Largehat fan clubs - where do I sign up? Do I get a signed photo of you both and a card on my birthday?

There are different levels of membership available.

VIP members get a picture of Patrick McGoohan receiving felatio from Taylor Cole.

largehat wrote:

Quent wrote:

largehat wrote:

In fairness to you, you haven't described yourself as funny, but your fan club considers you to be the epitome of wit and charm.

I'd like to join both the Natasha and Largehat fan clubs - where do I sign up? Do I get a signed photo of you both and a card on my birthday?

There are different levels of membership available.

VIP members get a picture of Patrick McGoohan receiving felatio from Taylor Cole.

Well it could be worse. It could be a picture of Gary Coleman getting a blow job from Taylor Cole.

That's sealed it, I'll Paypal you £100.

Thanks xsmiles, thanks to your post it now looks like I want to see Gary Coleman getting a blow job!

Quent wrote:Thanks xsmiles, thanks to your post it now looks like I want to see Gary Coleman getting a blow job!

Timing is everything.

Anybody else think that Katie models herself Katie Hopkins?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00q15kd

Honestly all i heard there was just white noise.

utter tosh.

"I hate a blagger" lol - ironic.

On another tangent, how many times a series does somebody misuse the term 'USP'?

It made me cringe last series for instance when Natasha said "We went with Lad's Mag as our USP!"

The fact that it was a lad's mag isn't even an SP, let alone a unique one.

This really pisses me off!

Had not thought about it - but now it will annoy me if I hear it. There is plenty of rubbish being said on the apprentice already this year.

FWIW I think the women clucking around the zoo should have all been fired excluding the fit one. Bilyana.
All she was trying to do was get sales and they were using her as an excuse not to do anything. They looked and sounded pathetic. What was the logic in "taking turns" - as take turns there may as well have been just one of them there if only one of them was going to sell at a time. The fit one should have pointed this out and saved herself. I don't think she properly answered any of Sugar's questions and it cost her.

ps.

It makes me laugh how they go running into shops with a bag full of crap pretending they are a business. They run in with a camera crew in a group of four, wearing suits and trying to flog ALL of their stock for next to nothing because they only have 10 mins left. Everything about it screams apprentice! Surely the shop keepers know this? Don't they?

doffcocker wrote:On another tangent, how many times a series does somebody misuse the term 'USP'?

It made me cringe last series for instance when Natasha said "We went with Lad's Mag as our USP!"

The fact that it was a lad's mag isn't even an SP, let alone a unique one.

This really pisses me off!

You're right, doffcocker. USP is a commonly misused term. People use it when they mean 'differential'. I have a few pet hates like this.

- when people use 'infer' in place of 'imply' - you can infer that I mean something, you can't infer in the first place.

- when people use 'literally' in a figure of speech ie 'this team is literally on fire today' - I don't think so. Common in sports commentary.

- when people use 'refute' instead of 'deny'. 'Refute' means to categorically prove an allegation wrong, not to deny it. Common in news reports.

- when people use 'less' instead of 'fewer'. This one is very common. ie at the supermarket you see signs which say 'eight items or less'. This should say 'eight items or fewer'. You should only use 'less' when you are dealing with a non-countable noun such as furniture or equipment.

I also hate the word 'basically' and the term 'at the end of the day'. Common whenever a stupid person is asked their opinion on something, ie Question Time, radio phone-ins.

Just hours to go until the next episode. I already have my bag of treat size Twirls and an 8-pack of Pepsi.

I reckon Cod Eyes is for the chop!

Gawd it's Wednesday again. Sans doute the missus'll be dragging me on to the sofa around 9pm for another dose of spoilt brats in need of English lessons, manners and a good slap. I may volunteer to manually empty the septic tank instead, but I don't think she'll let me get away with it.
FWIW the thing that irritated me most in last week's debacle was what JayJay mentioned about them standing around at the zoo waiting for a turn with the ice cream tray so they could sell something. It reminded me of our back four. " Tackle him!" - "Sorry Wheats - it's not my turn."

I agree. At least Bulgarian Betty showed some initiative, hence the reason I was disappointed when she got the finger.

She was a mouthy cow with an attitude problem. No one likes that.