The Apprentice, thread 5- Townies behave like baffoons in the countryside.

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Wouldn't the flushing cat toilet need to be plumbed in? And connected to the sewer, which would then get blocked with cat litter and necessitate an expensive visit from Dyno-Rod. I'm sticking with next door's garden!

The cuffs on those wellies would be covered in mud in no time, as well as the soles being too thin for farm life!

I would have prefered to see Daniel leave than James.
They are both annoying but there is something very slick and slimy about Daniel... I instantly dislike him.

James could have been good if he'd let his ego take a back seat once in a while. He doesn't let anybody else get the limelight, that's why he overrides a lot of the group's decisions, with disasterous consequences.
(who knows, maybe they will bring James back, after all, the rules have changed quite a bit this time around, so anything's possible)

And who knows what's going on behind the scenes. James is a real looker with a good personality, so maybe he was getting tons of offers roling in and decided to go for them, so maybe they let him go.
We never know what's really going on.

Mark is a brilliant salesman, but too quick to smirk when someone is getting it in the neck Hardly a team player.
But you can't deny he could probably sell snow to an eskimo which is what's pissing Daniel off really

I think Felippe and Sanjay are dead wood. They will go next.

Roisin is like the outsider at the Grand National, steadily making her way from the back to the front and pushing all the loud-mouthed, gobby, so-called confident ones out of the way in the process.
I don't think she will win, but will be in for a while yet.

Bianca has definitely got something, but has a sulky, sullen, cold way about her when things aren't going her way. Who wants sulleness and sulking?
Katie still has more to offer, I feel.
I also think there's more to Solomon, but we haven't seen it. But then again, maybe not.
Anyway, that's ginny's predictions for how it will all pan out.

limited my cat is bold, but would give me the wtf face if I presented him with that device!

I am just catching up on this now. Thank fuck james has gone. Mark next. He is a sneaky cunt. Roisin to win.

Thank Christ James is gone. For the first time ever I was shouting: ' i hate him!' at the tv during the Country Show. Foul, misogynistic, thick little prick that he is. Also, when they were sorting out the NY show I was saying that James couldn't possibly go because he has a crim record (without actually knowing any of the stuff in the press, I just 'felt' it). But off he went so he doesn't.

Roisin to win!

I was wondering how James got through immigration BringMeTea too because he does have a criminal record for two assaults.

The assaults were bar brawls and look like a combination of his short temper, dimness and alcohol. It was probably lucky for Roisin and the prggramme that he wasn't drinking at the county show, because he was getting angry with her sensible and calm advice. He's stupid and arrogant, which combined with alcohol, is explosive. It was a little scary to watch. He did it with Bianca on a previous episode, but again, that was in the kitchen over nothing stronger than a cup of coffee.

Anyway, US Immigration can waive a criminal record, and I suppose they did because it was the BBC asking which probably helps.

But then again, it's just occurred to me that James didn't disclose it and decided to wing it. It's a distinct possibility after his last performance of hiding his blunder for the morale of his team .

I was shouting at the screen during that episode.

The contestants must have known they were going to NYC because I'm sure that would have been classed as work and they'd have needed a visa. It's a limited permit that doesn't entitle you to work in the US, but makes it legal for you to work on something that's for your own country. You need to attend a short interview.

I can't believe the BBC wouldn't know that and go through the proper process. If you don't do it and are found out, they arrest you, hold you in a cell and deport you on the next flight. It's happened to friends of mine who made a genuine mistake because it's a bit confusing and thought it would be okay to own up at Immigration and perhaps pay a penalty for not following the rules.

Big mistake. Nearly 24 hours in solitary confinement with a steel toilet, a bottle of water and a sandwich that was still frozen. And, of course, they were billed for the flight.

They can ban you for good. If I'd have had that treatment though, I'd never want to set foot in that country again.

I was shouting about that and DH was looking at me like: 'I've heard that story so many times. It's boring. Will you shut up?' You, of course, have not heard it.

I've just discovered this thread and read it right through. Thank you all for making me laugh so much. I only watch The Apprentice for comedy value these days, but your comments have made it even funnier. I've watched all 10 series and it wasn't long before I realised that the programme really doesn't reflect the real world of business. Nobody would speak to people in the way LordShoogar does and they choose the biggest twats they can find as contestants. When the prize used to be a job with SurrAlan at a salary of £100k, if the candidates were as good as they claimed, they should have been earning that much already,

To answer the query raised in the thread about last year's winner, Lord Sugar was on The One Show earlier in the week and said she is successfully running 4 salons providing the beauty treatments or whatever it was she wanted to promote.

Finally, I agree with all the comments about James. He must have been picked for his TV value because for all his self-aggrandisement, he came out with some truly toe-curling statements. I am recently retired and in my firm he wouldn't have lasted 5 minutes. I did a lot of interviewing in my last few years and met some really pleasant and impressive young people. I don't think I ever came across anybody quite as transparent as him.

I'm really looking forward to reading next week's version of this thread. Thank you all again!

Interesting points about US immigration Limited. I have been a few times but have no desire whatsoever to put myself through their immigration ever again. But really shocked that dickwad got in if he does have convictions. I would have paid folding money to see him in a cell with a frozen sandwich.

James clearly has a major problem with capable women - the way he treats them is appalling, and I felt that Roisin deserved a medal for not giving in to the overwhelming temptation to knee him in the balls. I really didn't understand all the love for him from both Sugar and Nick.

Remember that rabbit sculpture from a few weeks ago? Well, I BOUGHT ONE!

Pics or it didn't happen

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crimbo, it hasn't arrived yet. Should be here in January.

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